Welcome Back!

We are learning about the leopard seal. -Brielle

We read a book called What I Saw in the Teacher's Lounge. -Alexis

We learned what solitary means. It means a person or an animal that likes to be alone. -Jacob

We wrote new year's resolutions. -Krishelle

We picked new numbers on our teams, because some of us forgot our old ones! -Logan

We learned that a resolution is a promise to yourself to try to do something. -Noora

We learned that leopard seals are solitary. -Mihir

We learned that penguins are not solitary. They are social! -Savannah

We learned that leopard seals live in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. -Lilliana

Miss Kloczko read Tackylocks and the Three Bears to us. -Ginger

One of my new year's resolutions is to play more Pokemon Go. One of my other resolutions is to not ask to go to McDonald's anymore. -Jonah

One of my new year's resolutions is to stay healthy and not eat cookies for dinner. -Aiden

We learned what pinniped means. Pinnipeds are animals that uses flippers for feet. Two of my new year's resolutions are to stay healthy and work out. -Gino

It was raining and I brought my magnetic guys for recess. -Oscar

We watched a video about Mount Rushmore. -Carson

We got to read to self! -Sophia M.

We learned what frigid means. It means very, very cold, like today. -Owen

Yesterday my team predicted that solitary meant solid. -Ella

We learned a new strategy. We learned how to make a ten. When the answer is going to be more than ten, you can use this strategy. -Sam

We practiced labeling the world map with continents and oceans. -Alexia

First graders, can you point out all
of the continents and oceans for your family?

One of my resolutions was to not fight with my sister. -Antonio

One of my resolutions was to try to get a Nintendo. I also wrote a long story today during writing time. -Henry

We wrote about the teacher's lounge and and funny things that might happen in there. -Sophia D.

We had buddies today and we did artist trading cards together. -Lucia

It's 2016!

Hello! Welcome back to school! I can't believe it's halfway through the school year already!

We had a busy week! New seats, a new social skill, the start of a new science unit, a new chapter in math... We even set our own New Year's resolutions! No more coffee for me! (These kids are already keeping me accountable! "Is that coffee or tea, Miss Kloczko?")

The kids came up with most of the captions for the photos below—we thought our blog post would be a perfect place to practice using captions, one of the nonfiction text features we are studying!

We are studying Europe, so we have pictures of Europe in the classroom. -Kendall

Quite a lot of background knowledge, but SO many great questions.

This tells us how we can show compassion. Our class came up with all of the things on it. -Lorenzo 

These are team points for compassion. -Parker

The fallow deer, the only deer with flat antlers! I wonder what those are for? (And thanks, Kendall, for helping me color him!) -Miss Kloczko

This is "Owls Here, Owls There." -Allyson

This is the "Lady Liberty Bugaloo." France gave it to America. -Indigo

This chant is about teeth! -Aaqil

We wrote lists of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. -Carol

We used nonfiction books to help us find out what kind of teeth animals have. -Fabiana

This book had lots of animals! -Anahi

We made this chart together to sing a fallow deer song. -Aaqil

Check out a few awesome cinquain poems!

P is for Pilgrim in our America book. -Alex

Miss Susan from BASE was our mystery reader. -Carol

This week's signal words! Ask your first grader to explain one to you!

Check out our padlet below to see what the kids had to say about our week!