Wind Socks

Here are pictures as we observed our windsocks moving in the wind on the playground. Your child has brought his or her windsock home today. Please help find a good place to hang it at home!

How to Make Toast

In preparation for writing How-To books, students explored the steps necessary to make toast. If your child hasn't shown you already, ask for a demonstration next time you're hungry!

Temperature

Students are investigating all aspects of weather this week. We are enjoying looking at photos of each other in types of weather all around the world. Students have learned about different types of clouds and made cloud flip books. They have practiced measuring temperature and compared land, air and water temperatures in the morning and after hours of being in the sun. They next constructed wind socks and will see what these can tell us when we take them outside soon.  Next we will create mini water cycles and hopefully answer some great student questions that have come up through our inquiry. Above are pictures of students collecting their temperature data outside.

Poetry Jam

Today we started the day with our Grade One Poetry "Jam." Students shared their published poetry collections with their first grade peers. Ask your child about the wagon wheel format we used for our share. The Poetry Jam was a wonderful celebration of students' hard work and newly developed poetic prowess. Students shared their pieces with confidence and keenly listened to others. Thank you to our room parents for arranging jam-filled treats to celebrate with afterward. And your child brought home a little gift from their teachers, too, to remind them of their Poetry Jam and to keep looking at the world like poets! Well done, first graders.