It is fun being a Daisy! (Student Blogger: Ainsley)

My name is Ainsley. I am a Daisy in Girl Scouts. It is fun being a Daisy. You get to do cool things like go on field trips and meet other Girls Scouts. Being a Daisy is fun!

Stuck!

On Thursday, we read Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers, which inspired us to write some "Stuck" stories of our own.

If you haven't read Stuck, watch the book trailer! Then, read some of our first grade authors' stories below. (Some of these are still a work in progress...) Enjoy!

It all started when I threw my Wii up in a tree. Then I threw up all my Wii games and they got stuck! Then I threw up my friend's Wii U. Then I threw up his Gamepad and all his Wii U games. Then I threw a lion up. Then I threw the Seahawks and they all got stuck! Then I threw a king cobra. Then I said “That’s it!” I got my baseball bat and a baseball and whack! Everything came tumbling down!
-Milo

It all started when my present got stuck. Next I threw my toy up. Next I threw up Noah T. Then I threw Milo up. Finally I threw up my birthday cake and then everything came down! Except for my birthday cake!
-Hailey

OK, can you hear me? I am stuck in a volcano. Throw everything you see. But it all got stuck...
-Cedric

It all started with someone named Thomas who got his glider stuck. Thomas threw this bike to get this glider. Then he threw this TV to get this bike. He tried this fence to get this TV but all of that got stuck. He threw my mom’s car and dad’s car to get this fence but they got stuck too…
-Thomas

My toy truck got stuck up on a roof. I threw my books but they got stuck too. I threw my mom’s phone but that got stuck too. I threw my dog and my things came down.
-Isaiah

One day I played with my cats. We played with her toy mouse. Then it got stuck in a tree. I threw my favorite ball. It got stuck. I threw my phone and it fell down.
-Ainsley

It all began when my brother got stuck up on a tree. And then I threw my other brother up in the tree. And then I threw my mom and then it all fell down. But not my mom. My brothers came down. And then I found a beautiful diamond and then I threw it up and then the diamond and my mom fell down.
-Noah K.

First I was playing with a stuffed animal. Then it got stuck in a tree. I threw a knife and that got stuck too! I picked up a house and that got stuck too. I threw up a gorilla. That got stuck too. Finally I threw up two houses and it all crashed down.
-Jalen

It all started when my TV got stuck in a tree. So I threw my friends. They got stuck too. So I threw a house in the tree. You can guess what happened. It got stuck too! I threw Miss Kloczko. OK she got stuck too. So I threw a phone. Finally I threw a volcano and everything came down.
-Jacob

One day my pencil got stuck in a tree. I tossed a panda and it got stuck. Next I tossed an eraser and it got stuck too. And two leaves fell down. I tossed Noah T. and it all fell down. I am going to throw my pencil up again.
-AJ

It all began when my toy Elsa got stuck up in a tree. I threw my pet up the tree. Next I threw my teacher, Miss Kloczko, up the tree and then I threw a peacock’s feather and it all fell down. The end. Ta-da! And they lived happily ever after.
-Ariana

Thanks for reading!

We are thankful for music!

Today we are thankful for...

Check out these silly dancers!

Are you thankful for music? What kind of music do you like? Leave a comment!

Countdown to Thanksgiving Days 5 & 6

Yesterday, we talked about how thankful we are for our homes! We each made a plan to help out at home this week, and we will be commenting on the padlet below to share what we did. Check it out!

Today, we are thankful for our school! We spent a few minutes before our last recess today cleaning up the playground. We picked up lots of trash, put away balls, and returned TONS of bark chips to the bark box!

Thanks for reading! You can leave a comment on our post! What are you thankful for?

Writing Together

This week our first graders did some amazing writing together, both at home and at school, both on paper and digitally!

At school, we all worked together to write a paragraph comparing the two types of whales we have learned about. Each team got to contribute a sentence or two to our paragraph, and we revised and edited it as a class. It turned out awesome!

One of our homework digital challenges this week was to add a word to the padlet below with the spelling pattern we have been working on, /ing/.

And my favorite of all... on Friday, we got to go to the computer lab, and each first grader left a comment on our penguin padlet!

Do you like to write? Do you like to write on paper or digitally? Working with others or by yourself? Leave a comment below!

Countdown to Thanksgiving Day 2

Today we are thankful for...

Friends working together on a team task

Thanks for reading! Are you thankful for friends? What do you like to do with your friends? Leave a comment below!

Countdown to Thanksgiving Day 1

Because Thanksgiving is coming soon, we are going to spend a little time each day being thankful!

Today we are thankful for...

Our first graders have some cool facts to share with you!

Did you know that Luke turns into a jedi and the cheetah is the fastest animal in the world? -Jalen

My sister is the best and leopard seals eat penguins. -Courtney

Did you know 10x10=100 and 1x1=1? -Parker

I know that 5+5=10 and blue whales have baleen. -Milana

Good scouts give awards to good people. -Wesley

I have 5 senses. -Jacob

Thousands of years ago there were dinosaurs and they are now extinct. -Milo

Humpback whales communicate by singing. -Amaru

Friends help friends. -Cedric

Dolphins are actually fish. -Ariana

Did you know that a blue whale baby drinks more than 100 big gallons of milk each day? -Olivia

Blue whales are big. -Isaiah

I'm learning about orca whales and blue whales! -Katherine

The blue whale is bigger than the orca whale. -Eliana

I know that the orca whale has a dorsal fin. -Ainsley

I learned that hedgehogs are mammals. -Rohin

12+12=24 -Noah T.

Books can teach you lots of amazing things. -Emma

I learned that when orca whales swim by a leopard seal, they make a big wave and the leopard seals will go into the water. -Hailey


Thanks for reading! Do you have any cool facts in your brain to share with us?