Winter Books/Lollipop Party

On Friday, room 109 poured over books about snow, winter, and winter holidays. While sharing and discovering the books, we enjoyed a tasty treat. 

Cookie Decorating

On Friday, Flynn Park earned a cookie decorating party as part of a PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) celebration. Room 109 used colored icings, sprinkles, chocolate chips, and M & Ms to decorate their cookies. 

Compliments to the Writer

Today we concentrated on what we do well as writers. Room 109 broke up into pairs to read each other's opinion pieces. The task was to find three compliments to give each other about what they had done well as a writer. 

Peer Editing

Room 109 students have been begging to have their writing displayed on the smartboard by using our new document camera. Lately we have been composing opinion pieces. As a class, we point out a few things the author did well and one suggestion that could make the piece even better. These first graders are analyzing a piece about which pet is the best. They are debating the placement of a period to determine where it makes the most sense. 

Absorbing Investigation

On Friday we went to the science lab to continue our investigation of water. We observed as colored water climbed up paper towels and we compared fresh celery to celery that had been in colored water since Monday. We compared this to the school garden. We talked about how we water the garden and how the plants absorb the water.

Strengthening Frienships

Room 109 has been working on getting to know each other more to find what we have in common. We learned that many of us have the same favorite colors. Also, pancakes are a popular breakfast favorite. Finding these similarities will help us build our friendships. 

Super Readers

Recently, room 109 read the story Dex: The Heart of a Hero. In this story, Dex the dog wanted to become a superhero. He researched, trained and built his stamina. Room 109 student compared Dex's story to how they are training and building their stamina to become super readers. We know the job will not be easy but we train everyday. :)

Beautiful Day

It was a beautiful fall day today. During recess, we chose to explore the garden and play together. 

Fall Parade and Party

Room 109 partied down. 

Ready Radishes

Some of the radishes we planted were ready to be picked!

Math Games

Today we played math games to help us visualize our math facts. 

Bus Evacuation

Today we had a bus evacuation drill to practice leaving the building.  We also learned about bus safety and emergency exits. We all got to practice leaving the back of the bus. When we got back in the classroom, we talked about what we had learned. One student pointed out that we also have a fire extinguisher in the classroom. 

Symphony Trip

Today we went to Powell Hall. We viewed an educational concert put on by a collaboration of the St. LouisSymphony and the St. Louis Zoo. The students had a blast! They recognized some of the musical pieces from music class and of course recognized familiar animals from the zoo.

We were excited to ride the bus together as a class.

We had to wait in line for a while as there was schools from all of the St. Louis area trying to get in.

We got to see a building being torn down as we were waiting.

The inside was very fancy. The railings were even covered with red velvet!

We got to sit in the balcony.

We had a picnic lunch after we got back.

Bubble Gum Testing Party

Room 109 celebrated completing an intense round of reading assessments. The students remained focused and quiet while I administered each test individually. We needed to celebrate their patience and hard work! 

Building Our Stamina

After practicing with our reading buddies, room 109 worked on building their stamina by reading their good-fit books. The students enjoy reading in unusual places!

Reading Buddies

Room 109 practiced checking for understanding with their peanut butter and jelly partners (reading buddies). Peanut butter would begin reading and jelly would check for understanding by asking who, what, when, and where. Eventually the strategy will be combined with retelling and literary elements.