Sterling's Snippets: Artists in the Making

What a busy couple of weeks we have had in 1st grade! I am so looking forward to visiting with you this week at Parent-Teacher Conferences. I have been busy gathering information to share with you and am looking forward to CELEBRATING your child's individual achievement!

Our field trip the Plains Art Museum was a huge highlight of the week! We had a great time on the bus, in the exhibit hall and in the creative art studio, making our penguins! Those of you that participate in Remind should have received a cute text message photo of your 1st grader! If you haven't signed up yet, please see me and I'll help you register! In the meantime, check out these cute photos!

Meet Mason

Mason was our Star Student October 31-4 and is a shining example of what it means to be kind and caring. Mason always wants to make sure everyone is happy and has a smile worth a million bucks! After meeting Mason, you will quickly learn that he loves the color red, his dogs Loki and Sif and of course, his Mom and Dad and little sister, Claire. Check him out below making his penguin!

Meet Iris

Iris was our Star Student this past week in 1st grade. Iris leads by example in first grade, always staying focus and on task, wanting to learn. Iris loves crafts, all subjects in school and her family of 6. I think Iris may perhaps be a future teacher in the making! She was quite the helper this week, even helping me check student word sorts. Check her out below taking her job VERY seriously!

A Peek at Our Week

Reading: In reading we have been working hard to practice our standard, Key Ideas and Details, by asking and answering questions about texts, retelling stories, and describing the characters, setting and plot. Students have learned about nouns, verbs and adjectives as well. In phonics we are working on R blends.

Math: In math we are working on addition fact fluency to 10. Students are learning how to make combinations and solve equations efficiently. We will learn about Number Bonds next week through several hands on activities. We made turkeys to show off our knowledge of combinations of 10!

Writing: Students are learning how to add details to their small moment stories by using vivid verbs, transition words, feeling words, speech bubbles and more! The students are really mastering the Revising and Editing table and are supporting one another nicely to make corrections to their writing. I can't wait to share writing with you at conferences!

A story plan a student uses to craft her writing idea.

Students use post-it notes and red pens to revise and edit their writing with partners.

Anabelle and Alexis work to revise each other's pieces.

Science: In science we began our Earth science unit. Students have learned about natural and man-made resources. We learned about the importance of water on Earth and even created our own water cycle. Thank goodness my experiment worked!