Pattern Blocks

The students have been learning attributes of different 2D shapes and making patterns with them. This is an example of composing shapes to make a pattern block design.

Updates

Upcoming October Events and Dates to Remember:
- Oct 15th: picture day
- Sat, Oct 18th: Fall Carnival 
- Oct 24th- Planning Day/ No school for students 
- Oct 29th: Early Release  (not the 22nd- it skips a week this month)

Fire Safety

Captain McAvoy (fun fact - he is Mrs. Pugh's brother) came in to teach the 1st graders about fire safety.  Students learned about what to do if a fire started at home, how to get help, and fire fighter equipment.  Thank you Captain McAvoy for sharing your safety tips!

September Star Students!

Layel and Will H. are our two September Star Students! They were chosen for great behavior and always doing their best work.  Congrats to Layel and Will H!!!!

Five Senses with Popcorn!

The class enjoyed some yummy popcorn while learning about the 5 senses.  We heard the popping, smelled the buttery smell while it was cooking, felt the popcorn to describe how it felt, wrote about how it looked, and the best of all tasted the popcorn and recorded down butter, salty, and delicious. Thank you to the families who donated popcorn for this fun activity!

REFLEX MATH and iReady!

Reflex math is an excellent way to practice addition and subtraction facts in first grade.  At school students will rotate turns logging into this program daily.  I highly encourage you to use this at home as well if you haven't already done so.  The students love it and last year I was able to see noticeable math gains where students no longer had to use counters or fingers to solve quick addition or subtraction problems with 0-10.  Each student has their username and password glued into the front of their planners. Please let me know if you have any questions!  iReady is another program students will be able to use to practice reading and math lessons and skills.  iReady is currently not available for use yet so be looking for that login information in the near future.

There's No Place Like Alimacani

 

I am so excited to have your child in my class this year!  We are celebrating 25 years of academic excellence at Alimacani with our 2014-2015 theme "There's No Place Like Alimacani".  In room 34 we will be following the yellow brick road to success in reading, writing, math, science, and much more!  I hope everyone can join us at Open House on Sept 11th to learn about classroom procedures, schedules, and academic expectations.  I am looking forward to another great year!