100th Day of School

Today we had so much fun celebrating the 100th day of first grade!

The day was a HUGE success!  The 100 item trail mix was delicious!  We had fun guessing the 100 things in each person's mystery bottle!  The 100 chart name art turned out really cool!  The 100 bead necklaces looked great on the students!  The students worked collaboratively to build structures using 100 cups!  Everyone was so creative while making their 100 pictures!  What a great day!

Using 10 pieces of 10 different ingredients (mini marshmallows, gummy bears, goldfish crackers, pretzels, teddy grahams, skittles, mini oreos, chex cereal, chocolate chips, and smarties), each student created a trail mix consisting of 100 items.  We used ten frames to practice counting to 100 in groups of 10.  Thanks to Carla Macklin & Catherine D'Cruz for helping us make the trail mix!

 Thanks to Sammy's family for the mini marshmallows!

Thanks to Dominic's family for the gummy bears!

Thanks to Venkat's family for the goldfish crackers!

Thanks to Farrah's family for the pretzels!

Thanks to Marie's family for the teddy grahams!

Thanks to Evelyn's family for the skittles!

Thanks to Antonio's family for the mini oreos!

Thanks to Paul's family for the Chex!

Thanks to Jack's family for the chocolate chips!

We had fun trying to figure out what each person in our class put into his/her mystery bottle.  Some examples included pennies, beads, snacks,and other trinkets.  The students did a great job counting out 100 items! 

Each child used a blank 100 chart to create personalized 100th day of school artwork.  We looked for patterns in each student's work and compared the different patterns that each  person's name made.

Each student used 100 beads to make his/her own necklace.  They planned out their designs on a 100 chart.  Everyone had fun creating this 100th day jewelry!  Thanks to Carrie Shelfer & Mark Sundahl for helping us make our necklaces!

In small groups, the students worked collaboratively to build structures using 100 cups.

We made pictures using cut outs of the number 100.  I was really impressed with the students' creativity!

It's been an amazing first 100 days of school!  I feel so fortunate to spend my days with such an incredible group of first graders!

Field Trip To The Nature Center At Shaker Lakes

On Thursday, our class took a field trip to The Nature Center At Shaker Lakes.  Thank you to Scott Shelfer and Craig Macklin for braving the cold and chaperoning our field trip!

This was our second field trip to The Nature Center.  Once again, we were exploring the forest and marsh habitats.  We compared what they are like in the winter compared to the fall.  We will be back in the spring!

Field Trip To The Woodbury Science Lab - 11/19/14

On Monday, our class took a field trip to the Woodbury Science Lab.

Thank you to  Dalia Elimam and Sean Malone for chaperoning!

We learned about matter.

 

We practiced describing properties of matter.

We inquired, experimented, and explored with different materials. 

We also had time to explore the many different items in the lab.