Listen to Reading through the MeL and Scholastic Book Flix!

We have access to a wonderful service through Michigan Electronic Library.  It is scholastic book flix! Click on databases and then Scholastic Book Flix.

Click on the image above and then choose databases

Buddy Research Sites

Here are the other sites used with our buddy class:
kids.nationalgeographic.com
enchantedlearning.com
kidrex.org

Magazine Research Site

Helping Hands,
This is the link to the San Diego Zoo website. Please use this for your animal research.  Have fun!!!

http://kids.sandiegozoo.org

Adding to 10 in many ways, Half Day of School Friday

This week we will continue to grow our brains in math by learning different strategies, and games to add to 10.  Another term for this is Complements of 10.  We have used penny fist addition today will will be learning penny plate addition, the 10's frame and we will continue with our rainbow facts to 10 tomorrow.  We will continue to learn about the 11 ways to build 10.  This is the foundation for our "Fact Power" or quick recall of addition and subtraction facts.

Click on the photo above to hear a song about rainbow facts

Friday we will have the Hurricane Hustle at 9:45.  We also will dismiss for our half day at 12:05 P.M.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Your partner in education,

Michelle

Salvation Army Christmas Assistance

Goldilocks STEM

Goldilocks STEM

Click on the book to hear the story by James Marshall

In the next coming weeks the children are going to be working on a STEM TALE project involving building a bed for Goldilocks that can hold weight.
We as a first grade team are looking for donations of:
1. cardboard paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, toilet paper tubes etc. (children need to be able to cut through it)
2. decorating supplies such as:
cotton balls or puff balls, fabric scraps, pipe cleaners etc.
3. Pennies and washers to add weight to the bed

We are so excited to embark on this project and know the kids will love it too!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!
Your partner in education,
Michelle

Enemy Pie

Today we used the book Enemy Pie to discover how "enemies" and turn into "friends".  Your child is bring home a visible thinking routines called "I used to think...Now I Think..." This is a visual way to see how our thinking has changed.

Click on the book to hear the story