Bard Bragging



The First Grade narrators received their "Bard" Tags 
for there participation in the Shakespeare Festival.

Many happy faces!

Destiny, Sirius, Hunter, Jessica, and Justin



Shakespeare Festival Reminder!

Please join us
on Thursday, May 1st and Friday, May 2nd
at 4 PM



Have a Cupcake 100-Chart

Destiny, Jessica, Sirius, Justin, and Hunter

Angelina, Anthony H., Anthony I., and Megan

Moby Max Badges!

Two Moby Max Brag Tags were handed out today!

Destiny has 20 Moby Max Badges that equals 4 Brag Tags!
Anthony I. has 10 Moby Max Brag Tags that equals 2 Brag Tag!





Precious Gift

Justin presented me with an adorable owl this morning.


It's Planting Season!

This week's Time for Kids covered planting.


We planted sunflower seeds.

Jessica, Sirius, Justin, and Angelina

Hunter, Anthony H., Anthony I., and Destiny
And made sunflowers.

Jessica, Anthony I., Sirius, and Anthony H.

Hunter, Justin, Angelina, and Destiny


Reminder!


First Grade and Kindergarden Mathematics Test

Friday, May 2, 2014

These tests will cover all the Mathematics concepts that have been introduced since the beginning of school.

What is That? by Justin

Butterflies have lovely colors. Because of their lovely colors, they are pretty.  They are black, yellow, orange, and even blue. There are a lot of different kinds of butterflies in the world. Butterflies are caterpillars when they are little. Then they turn into a butterflies in 5 or 6 weeks. It takes time for them to hatch, so you have to be patient.



What is That? by Destiny


Butterflies are sometimes orange with black spots, but they could be lots of different colors. They are big or small. Their skin is green. They have blue sparkling eyes. I think that they are very pretty. They fly through the air, using their wings. They sleep upside down at night. They have very good eyesight. I like them because they are pretty when they fly through the air.



What is That? by Jessica



Butterflies are colorful and can be green, blue, or other colors. They have big wings that let them fly. They can be big or small. Butterflies are pretty like flowers. You usually find them outside in gardens. I like butterflies because I like the way they flutter by in the air.


Minecraft Creeper 100-Chart

Anthony I, Jessica, and Sirius
Justin, Megan, and Anthony H.
Angelina, Hunter, and Destiny

Yay! A New Reader!

Anthony I. is a new reader! He began reading Bears today and completed his first story. Anthony also received Brag Tag Swag!

Congratulations!

Happy Easter Chicks

Easter brings a chick of yellow 
Such a cute little fellow 
Peep, peep, peep 

Cheerfully, bops around from left to right 
Lays many eggs to color bright 
Bounce, bounce, bounce 

At last, the Easter bunny comes with candy 
Sweet treats are always dandy 
Hop, hop, hop

Angelina, Hunter, Jessica, and Destiny
Anthony H.,  Justin,  Anthony I., and Sirius

The Invention


Uncle Archie needed Leslie and Elliot to help with an invention at DENKi 3000. The invention they came up with was better than Transmints and the electric pencil sharpener with retractable lens. They invented a big monster who lived in DENKi 3000 with all the other monsters and Jean-Remy. Leslie and Elliot were helping out. The made Philippe, the monster, to keep people happy and laughing. Philippe was invented to tell jokes. He was give a job at Famous Freddy's and he entertained the people in the restaurant.

by Destiny


Uncle Archie needed Leslie and Elliot to help with an invention at DENKi 3000. The invention they came up with was better than Transmints and the electric pencil sharpener with retractable lens. They invented a green monster that Elliot and Leslie tested out in the woods. Jean-Remy said that the invention was crazy and didn't understand how they made it. Uncle Archie said that it was simple. Leslie explained how they made it. She said they used metal, nails, and Famous Freddy's pork dumplings. Uncle Archie guessed that the monster would save DENKi 3000. Jean-Remy said that it was wonderful seeing them all smile.

by Jessica




Bunny 100-Chart



Moby Max Badges!

We had lots of Moby Max Brag Tags to hand out today!

Jessica has 25 Moby Max Badges that equals 5 Brag Tags!
Justin has 20 Moby Max Badges that equals 4 Brag Tags!
Anthony I. has 7 Moby Max Brag Tags that equals 1 Brag Tag!
Megan has 7 Moby Max Brag Tags that equals 1 Brag Tag!
Anthony H. has 6 Moby Max Brag Tags that equals 1 Brag Tag!

Congratulations, to all!

Anthony H. has 

Reminder


There are no Spelling tests on Friday, April 18, 2014, however Kindergarten does have Spelling words and sentences to write for homework.

Spelling tests will resume the following week.

Reminder

First Graders will receive their parts for the Shakespeare Festival on Monday. 

Students will need to study and memorize their parts with their homework. Their homework load will be lighten, but they will be graded on the memorization process and will be quizzed each week.

Each student will need to have their part memorized by Monday, April 28, 2014.

The Shakespeare Festival will be held at 4 PM on Thursday, May 1, 2014 and Friday, May 2, 2014.

Writing Wednesday - The Leftover Egg


All the Easter eggs were used, but as I moved the green, plastic, grass in the basket, I found a rainbow colored egg hiding. As I reached for the egg it cracked and a teeny baby chick hatched from the rainbow egg. I named it Jessica. I took it inside to feed it. Then I took the chick to the pet store to get Jessica a cage. When we got home Jessica ran straight to her egg. I thought that Jessica liked the egg better than the cage. So she would be cozy at night, I put a little pink blanket in the rainbow egg. Then she snuggled up and fell asleep.

by Jessica



All the Easter eggs were used, but as I moved the green, plastic, grass in the basket, I found a rainbow colored egg hiding. As I reached for the egg, I saw that it was wrapped in pretty foil. I loved the lovely colors of the wrapping - red, green, yellow, blue, orange, and purple. My favorite flavors for candy eggs is chocolate and vanilla. When I unwrapped the egg I saw a chocolate one and I was very happy. I loved the chocolate egg.

by Justin



All the Easter eggs were used, but as I moved the green, plastic, grass in the basket, I found a rainbow colored egg hiding. I reached for the egg. I gently gabbed it and saw that it was a very pretty egg in a rainbow sort of way. Taking it home, I put it on my bed. The egg hatched and a yellow, baby chick came out. I asked if I could keep it. I put it in a pink blanket. My mom liked it very much, so I kept it and loved it very much.


by Destiny 



Spring Chicks 100-Chart

Sirius, Destiny, Jessica, and Hunter

Justin, Megan, and Anthony H.

Reading Success!

This morning, Megan successfully completed her Bears reading book!

Congratulations, Megan.


Monkeying Around

In Time for Kids, we read about monkeys.

I then gave the students their first drawing and writing assignment. I showed them step by step how to draw a spider monkey.

Here are the results.

Angelina, Destiny, and Hunter

Anthony I.,  Jessica, and Anthony H.

Megan, Justin, and Sirius


Springtime





Spring is a lovely time of the year. The weather gets warmer all the pretty flowers bloom. I like to walk down the path by my house and look at the pretty pink butterflies while listening to the baby birds tweet. I like the tweeting they make, up in the apple trees. The baby birds like me and I like them.

By Destiny



Spring is a lovely time of year. The weather gets warmer and all the pretty flowers bloom. I like to walk down the path by my house thinking about planting more flowers. I will go to work at the flower store to get more money to buy little, brown pots. The daisies and sunflowers will go in the pots. Then the flowerpots will be put on my porch. I will enjoy the pretty flowers while I sit in my chair and watch them bloom. 

By Jessica



Spring is a lovely time of year. The weather gets warmer and all the pretty flowers bloom. I like to walk down the path by my house in the sunshine as it shines brightly. Spring is my favorite time of year because the sunshine makes my plants grow. My birthday is in springtime. The rain comes in Spring to feed the pants. Have a nice Spring.

By Justin





Welcoming in Spring 100-Chart

Jessica, Hunter, Justin, and Destiny

Anthony H., Anthony I., and Angelina