APPLE Week!

We had a blast during our Apple Week! We learned about the life cycle of an apple, Johnny Appleseed, parts of an apple, described apples, wrote about apples, read A LOT of apple books, investigated apples, had apple experiments, tasted apples, graphed about apples, and much more! No wonder we were so tired this week!

My Favorite part of apple week was.....
snacks- Justin and Axel
cooking applesauce- Saanvi S
apple patterns- Jaden and Logan R
tasting apples- Thienn
reading apple books- Bella
the whole week- Logan P
erupting apple- Alan
apples- Aws

Investigating how many crayons are equal to one apple!

 Then we decided to try out play-dough!

 We predicted wither apples would float or sink.

 It floated!!

 Many of us tried to push it down to see if it would sink. 

 We also had an apple experiment where we predicted what would happen when we put baking soda, cinnamon, and vinegar inside an apple. Some guesses were: bubble, explode, nothing, disappear, and  erupt.

 Many of us had a chance to pour the vinegar into the apple. There were lots a laughs and screaming each time! Sorry first grade!

 Whole Brain Learning in Progress. We were teaching our partner about the life cycle of an apple. 

 To finish off the week we talked about solids and liquids and made applesauce.

 Favorite part of the week for many was our apple party! We tried all sorts of new foods all with apples. 

We took turns rolling dice to fill in the basket of apples. Teamwork is great! 

 Some of the work we created! 

Room Parent Still Needed

 UPDATE: We have a few wonderful parents that have offered to help out this year and be Co-Representatives. Please be on the look out for emails from them as they will keep you updated with classroom and school wide information!

We still need an official Room Parent! This parent would be in charge of planing classroom parties and working with PTO as a voice from the school to our classroom parents. I know there is one parent who is interested but can not plan all of the parties. If you are interested in team working the classroom parties we can have Co Representatives as well! There is an information session in the courtyard Wednesday morning 9/17/14 at 8:00 a.m.! Coffee will be served! Please let me know if you would be willing to take on this role!

Thank you,

Collect your BOX TOPS

WE NEED YOUR BOX-TOPS!!! Please collect box-tops from your groceries and bring them to the class each week. We will use the money we earn from box-tops to put towards classroom items! Make sure you check the expiration date! 

Thank you,

Peak into September 8-12 Week

We were pretty busy yet again last week!

We went to the library for the first time and had a blast with Mrs. O'Mara. Don't forget library books are due back every Monday!

We also started our center rotation this week! It  was a lot of fun and I am completely impressed with how well the students are doing with it so early on!

We also have been taking brain breaks and dancing, or practicing track with athletes. It's a lot of fun!

 

In math we were learning about comparing numbers. We played a game with dice and counters and we had to compare who rolled the higher number. During this game we also learned that it was okay to not always win but to have fun with our friends!