Memories from 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, and 11/12
Johnny Appleseed Day Sure Was Fun! (07/08)
Take a peek at this Fall Fun Learning Day...
Pumpkin Math-Messy Math Fun! (07/08)
Look at all the math we did with pumpkins.
Our Fall Party (07/08)
Check out this fantastic party!
Scarecrow Day...Reading, Writing, Math, Art, Dancing, and
Cooking! (07/08)
A glimpse at Scarecrow Day
Our Thanksgiving Program Taught Us Lots about History! (07/08)
Wow...what a great performance!
Polar Express Day (07/08)
All Aboard for a Magical Trip to the North Pole
Making Gingerbread Houses (07/08)
Check out our creations...we had SO much fun!!!
Happy New Year in 2008! (07/08)
We had a noon countdown our first day back in 2008!
Snow Day 2008 (07/08)
Despite a -20 Degree Windchill We Had a Super Snow Day!
Our Celebration of 100 Days in School (07/08)
Who knew math could be so much fun?
Our Valentine's Party (07/08)
Celebrating Fun and Friendship
101 Day...Almost as Fun as 100 Day! (07/08)
Check out these adorable dalmatians!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! (07/08)
What a Fantastic Week We Had...
St. Patrick's Day (07/08)
Leprechauns Got Into Mischief in Our Classroom Today!
Our Egg to Chick Project (07/08)
Hands on Life Science...What a Fun Way to Learn!
Caterpillars to Butterflies (07/08)
Another hands on science project!
Our A to Z Countdown (07/08)
What a super fun way to say goodbye to first grade!
Patriot Day 2008...We sang songs, read books, wrote about the
U.S.A., made patriotic friendship bracelets, and celebrated
America today. What a special day to learn about the wonderful
place where we live!
We Are Proud to Be Americans....Check out our learning fun! (08/09)
Apple Orchard Field Trip...We learned so much about how apples
grow and why bees are so important. It was fun to be outside on
a beautiful day too!
What a Fun Time Out in the Country! (08/09)
Johnny Appleseed Day...We had a parade and walked from state to
state just like Johnny Appleseed did! We planted grass seed
instead of appleseeds. Then we made applesauce and did learning
stations!
Look at Our Johnny Appleseed Theme Day...A Step Back in Time... (08/09)
Scarecrow Day... What a fun way to celebrate literacy with
reading, writing, painting, books, corny jokes, songs, poems, and
Square Dancing! It was a
regular barn dance in our classroom!
Look at all the math we learned from a pumpkin! (08/09)
Fun Halloween activities in class, at our parade, and at the Fall
Party!
What a Fabulous Fall Party...Peek In on All of Our Fun! (08/09)
Our 50th Day of School...Fifties Style! Take a step back into
time...
What a Fun Way to Learn about 50 (08/09)
We learned about the first Thanksgiving and put on a program for
our families. What a fun way to learn history!
Check out our version of the first Thanksgiving... (08/09)
All Aboard...the Polar Express... for the Magical Ride of a
Lifetime...all the way to the North Pole!
Climb Aboard the Polar Express...Where Will It Take You? (08/09)
After reading The Gingerbread Baby we decided to make houses for
our own gingerbread babies. Sharing candy and working together
sure is fun!
Look at the houses we built for our gingerbread babies. (08/09)
After Polar Express Day we were transported around the world to
learn about holidays in many different places. That Polar
Express is a magical train!
Check out this trip we took to learn about Holidays Around the World. (08/09)
Happy New School Year 2009...Our Noon Countdown...Check out our
fun and excitement to be back at school!
Celebrating 2009 on our first day back to school after winter break. (08/09)
Can you believe that we have had almost 50 inches of snow and
three snow days this winter but on our Snow Day theme day it was
too cold to play outside. That didn't stop us though...check out
the fun!
We brought the snow inside for our Snow Day! (08/09)
We have been waiting for 100 Day for so long! It was worth the
wait...we had so much fun exploring 100 in so many ways!
100 Days of Learning Fun in Grade One...Take a peek at our day...(08/09)
101 Day is another fun way to celebrate math...
Look at these adorable dalmatians (08/09)
Valentine math and party fun. Check out this wonderful day of
smiles, sweets, and friends!
What's Better than Friends at a Valentine's Party? (08/09)
Take a look at the ways we celebrated reading with Dr. Seuss.
Green Eggs and Ham Day, Wacky Wednesday, Silly Sock Day, Hat Day,
and Oobleck Day made
Check out Dr. Seuss Week...a Celebration of Reading and Fun! (08/09)
St. Patrick's Day Fun....We made hats, leprechaun boxes and
traps, and even wrote "Wanted" posters. Lucky Charm
Math brought us luck...leprechauns showed up, messed up the room,
and left us gold chocolate coins.
We Couldn't Trap Leprechauns... but...They Showed Up! (08/09)
Earth Day 2009...We had a super day of learning how to care for
Earth...not just Earth Day... but everyday!
Take a peek at our Earth Day Projects (08/09)
Check out our celebration of America! We are lucky to live in
such a great country!
Patriot Day 2009
The rain stayed away long enough for our parade and seed
planting. Then we headed inside to do learning centers with our
wonderful parent volunteers! Look at all of the learning fun we
had on Johnny Appleseed Day!
Our Johnny Appleseed Day 09
Take a peek at our first field trip to an apple orchard. We had
lots of fun on a beautiful sunny fall day in the country!
Our Trip to the Apple Orchard 09
Take a step into our classroom on Scarecrow Day! What a fun day
of learning with a scarecrow theme. We had centers of square
dancing, math, jokes, poems and songs, writing stories, and
baking, and painting!
Scarecrow Day 2009
What a fun...but messy...way to learn more about math!
Pumpkin Math 09
What a beautiful fall day we had for our costume parade and
party.
Fall Parade and Party 09
Our 50th day of first grade was so much fun! Join us for hula
hooping, math fun, rootbeer floats, and a sock hop!
50's Day- Our 50th Day of School 2009
Take a peek at our ride aboard the magical Polar Express. This
was our ride to the North Pole that kicked off Holidays Around
the World! Arctic Fun!
Polar Express Day 2009
After reading Gingerbread Baby, we decided to make our own
gingerbread houses. Check out all of the fun we had making these
wonderful creations!
Making Gingerbread Houses 09
Take a peek at our first day back to school in 2010. We made
lots of noise, toasted with applejuice, and decided on New Year
resolutions.
Happy New School Year 2010
Below zero windchill and a lack of snow changed our snow day a
bit this year. Check out the day we had making ice cream, doing
a blubber experiment, watching a virtual snow storm movie, and
reading and writing about ice and snow.
Snow Day 2010
Exploring 100 was so much fun! Look at all of the learning
activities we did!
100 Days in First Grade 2010
Dr. Seuss sure makes reading fun! We had a week to celebrate!
Check out our fun activities based on Dr. Seuss books!
Dr. Seuss Week...What a Celebration! 2010
Check out our Happy Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day 2011
Who knew that counting to 100 could be so much fun! Check out
100 Day!
100 Day Celebration 2011
It was too cold to go out and enjoy the snow so we brought the
snow inside. Check out all of our fun activities to celebrate
winter.
Snow Day 2011
We were so excited to be back at school after winter break. Take
a look at our mini New Year's Party for 2011. There is a lot of
fun learning ahead in the new year!
Happy New School Year 2011!
Check out these creative and fun gingerbread houses that we made
after reading books about the Gingerbread Man...
Gingerbread Houses 2010
We took a magical trip to the North Pole. The best part is that
this Polar Express kicks off our Holidays Around the World trips
to many countries. Our passports are ready...
Polar Express 2010
We had so much fun learning about history and the 1st
Thanksgiving while at the same time preparing for our show. Sit
back and enjoy all of our Thanksgiving learning fun. (Be patient
on page one...the video takes a minute to load.)
Thanksgiving Program 2010
Take a step back in time... to the 50's... as we celebrated the
50th Day of School. We explored the number 50 and life in the
50's including root beer floats and a Sock Hop!
50th Day of School... 50's Style
Take a peek at our Fall Parade/Party... Fun was had by all!
Fall Party/Parade 2010
Look at the fun afternoon we spent exploring math concepts of
measurement, estimation, counting, and cooperation! What a
fantastic way to learn math!
Pumpkin Math 2010
What a great day for a Scarecrow Day. Take a peek at our
learning activities including: Pattern Math, Painting, Square
Dancing, Poems & Songs, No Bake Haystack Cookies, Writing a
Story, and Corny Jokes. Learning fun...
Scarecrow Day 2010
We had a beautiful fall day for our apple orchard trip. Check
out this slideshow to see our sunny smiles and fall fun!
Apple Orchard Field Trip 2010
Check out the wonderful fall day we had for our Johnny Appleseed
Day parade and learning stations! What wonderful parent support
we had too! Thanks to all...we had a fabulous day of learning
fun!
Johnny Appleseed Day and Parade 2010
We learned about America and the freedom he have that makes us so
special. Check out our patriots...wearing red, white, and blue.
We LOVE the USA!
Patriot Day 2010
We LOVE Dr. Seuss! What a fun day we ha. Check out our learning
and reading fun!
Dr. Seuss Day- Green Eggs and Ham 2012
Valentine's Day Fun!
Valentine's Day 2012
Check out all of the ways we explored 100 on 100 Day! It sure
was a fun day of learning...worth the wait for sure!
100 Day 2012
We finally had a snowy day on Snow Day! We caught snowflakes and
looked at crystals. We made mini snowmen and snow angels. Most
of all we had fun together. Inside we did a blubber experiement,
turned liquids into solids, and made Shake and Bake Ice Cream.
What a Fun Snow Day at school!
Snow Day 2012
We watched the clock at noon and celebrated being back at school
for 2012. We have a lot of learning to do!
Happy New School Year 2012
Take a peek at the fun we had creating a house for Jan Brett's
Gingerbread Baby Character! We each brought candy to use to
decorate and had so many choices when we added details to our
houses! What a great afternoon...
Gingerbread Houses 2011
Step back in time to the 50's as we celebrated our 50th Day of
School. We explored the number 50 and learned a lot about life
long ago. Check out our learning fun...
50th Day of School 2011
Check out our fall fun on this beautiful, sunny day. Lots of
scary costumes and silly smiles both at the parade and party.
Enjoy!
Fall Party and Parade 2011
Check out all of the math we did with pumpkins. Working
cooperatively was the word of the day. We estimated weight,
circumference, and if our pumpkins could float. We predicted the
number of seeds we would find and counted them in groups of ten.
What a fun way to do math!
Pumpkin Math 2011
Scarecrow Day was a fall celebration of learning complete with
square dancing, corny jokes, writing stories, painting, scarecrow
popcorn hands, patterns and tally tables, and fun! Check out our
day full of fun activities...
Scarecrow Day 2011
Even though it rained, we were all smiles celebrating Johnny
Appleseed's birthday! Check out all of the learning fun that
took place inside our classroom thanks to our marvelous parent
volunteers!
Johnny Appleseed Day 2011
We celebrated America on this Patriot Day 2011! We sang
patriotic songs, made friendship bracelets, and learned about our
flag. We learned what it means when we say "The Pledge of
Allegiance." Finally we had a flag parade and joined the whole
school in making a "living" flag! We LOVE America!
Patriot Day 2011