Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali!  

Diwali is a very special holiday of  India.  

Today, we enjoyed learning many interesting facts about India.  

Click bellow to hear our class say hello, in Hindi.

As part of our celebration the students listened to music

 from India and danced to some Bollywood videos, 

For our read aloud, we focused on folktales from India. 

Here are some snap shots from our India booklet. 

The best part of the day , was hearing wonderful information form Sohan.

We could spend a week on this interesting country. 

Global Read Aloud

This is our last week of the Global Read Aloud. Over the past six weeks, we have been studying the works of Amy Krouse Rosenthal.  During this study we read the book Chopsticks. 

After finishing we practiced our own skills with marshmallows and chopsticks. 

Today, Mrs. Watson's first graders shared their OK  drawings. We loved seeing them. 

OK book on Youtube

Making applesauce

Fall is one of my favorite times of year. I love the colors, falling leaves, and smell of applesauce cooking. As part of our soil unit, the students made applesauce in class with the help of Mrs. Kirkland.

Building with 3-D shapes

The kids have been exploring and building with 3-D shapes as part of our geometry study.

Looking back at October

October was such a fun month, and I really did not post as many photos as I should have.  Here is a recap of some of our favorite moments.

As a STEAM activity, the students were challenged to  make a free standing haunted house with materials found around the room.

As you can see, there was a lot of creativity in progress. The final products were really something!

Our

As part of our plant unit we looked at seeds inside of fruit. 

We read a really wonderful book called Crankenstein. The students wrote their own examples of when they turned into a "Crankenstein".

Wednesday, November 4th

Today, in language arts, we read the story Stone Soup     Even though this is an old folk tale, but rich with story elements and vocabulary.

Here is the vocabulary that we are focusing on this week: trudged, village, peasants, barley, cellar, spare, hospitality, harvest, cupboard, broth, banquet, loft, splendid, fetch, entertained, charity, and deceive. 

After reading the story as a class, the kids broke off and reread the story as a readers' theater.  

November 2, 2015

I can't believe the month of October is already over. It was a very exciting month with our study of bats and spiders.

For the month of November we are going to be continuing our work on handwriting with our new handwriting booklet. The children still continue to struggle with the concept of a capital letter.


For word work, we read the book A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting and learned four new vocabulary words: peer, insist, bellow, and lumber.