Books Galore! September 20

Reading
Our classroom library is rapidly growing!  Thanks to all of you who ordered books from Scholastic and the efficiency of Laura Adams in preparing the book order, we have a pile of brand new books for the classroom library.  It's amazing how quickly the bonus points add up from the books that you order for your children; these bonus points can then be used to get additional books for the classroom.  The students were thrilled to see the stack of new books for them to explore.  There is nothing like a room full of children who are excited to read and discuss what they are learning from reading.

First Grade Math
The first graders have been busy describing, identifying and comparing 2-D shapes.  Using patterns blocks, the students filled in the outlines of Pattern-Block Fill-Ins and recorded the number of each shape and the total number of blocks used.   We have also been exploring the different ways to compose various shapes using combinations of pattern-block shapes.   For example, what pattern block shapes can you use to make a rhombus, trapezoid and hexagon?  By engaging in activities that focus on shapes, the students are becoming more aware of the shapes around them and how shapes can be described, sorted and compared.

Thank Yous
Thank you to SA and AW for bringing in bouncy balls for our class.  The children love playing with the new balls at recess!  Our classroom is chirping up a storm thanks the crickets brought in by ER and TC.  Jackson is thrilled with his scrumptious food supply and the nature noises have a calming influence in our classroom.  Thank you to KL for generously donating books from the book order to our class library.  The students have been reading up a storm.  Thank you to Laura Adams for organizing our book order in such a timely manner!  And thank you to all the families who ordered books.  Thank you also to all the children who have brought in animal books to share with the class!  After a book reading by Donna Wong last week, the children were treated to homemade cookies baked by ours truly, LW,  thanks for the yummy treats!  We really appreciate all the box tops that are being sent into school - please keep cutting them out and sending them in!

Posted on September 20, 2007 10:17 AM | Permalink