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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

Addition strategies, Antarctica, and as always... more books

Another great week! These first graders are making connections, asking more and more questions, and showing off their learning in so many ways! So exciting to watch!

Read about our week below!

The only predator of the leopard seal is the orca whale. -Tanaya

We learned about the leopard seal. It eats krill. -Kendall

We made a poster of penguin facts with sticky notes. -Carol

We made a tear art leopard seal. -Allyson

We read new books. -Jared

Today we wrote about things that are scary. -Nya

We read Lost and Found. -Ryan

We read Some Things Are Scary. And we made a class book called If You Were a Penguin. -Anahi

We had no school on Veterans Day and we got to meet a veteran on Tuesday. -Cooper

We read the book Polar Opposites about a penguin and a polar bear. -Fabiana

We learned about doubles facts in math, like 1+1 or 2+2. -Indigo

We read a nonfiction book about leopard seals. -Parker

We learned the word blubber. Blubber is a layer of fat that keeps animals warm in the water. -Lorenzo

We learned what a prepositional phrase is. It means the part of a sentence that tells where or when. The illustrator of Some Things Are Scary has the same name as I do. -Jules

We stuck smart cards on the leopard seal chart and we read a book called Polar Opposites. -Alex

We thought of scary things during writing, like if glue got stuck in your hair. -Juan Carlos

We had to do two workshop jobs today because we had no school Wednesday. -Tianna

We read Sea Life. -Jade

We watched a video about a diver who sees leopard seals. -Isandro
(Isandro found this video at home while doing his own leopard seal research!)

We learned a new signal word, fierce. -Anshika

We made our own leopard seals with whiskers on their noses. -Damion

We learned a new signal word for math. Addends are numbers that you add. -Lea

We watched a leopard seal video with very scientific pictures. -Liam

Leopard seals eat squid and fish and penguins and other seals and krill and cephalopods. -Kyara

I couldn't go to school on Thursday because I was sick. -Deniz

We learned what a number line is. We use it to add. -Jaykob

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Student Blogger: Colin

Leopard seals eat fish, krill, and penguins. Leopard seals can stay underwater for like a whole recess. Isn't that so cool? That is 15-30 minutes. They also weigh 1,000 pounds!

I found this super picture through Google. It’s the anatomy of a leopard seal!