On Tuesday, our class took a field trip to The Nature Center At Shaker
Lakes. Thank you to Kati Daltorio, Beth Gillespie, and Justin Wold 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!
We read the book Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace by James Promios.
We talked about the seven year old boy in the book and the actions he
took that made a difference in the lives of the people in his
community. Then, we brainstormed actions we could take to make a
difference in our community and decided to organize a food drive.
I also shared the following video from Kid President with the students:
I think it is important for the students to
understand that even six and seven year olds can do things that will
make a difference!
Together with the other first grade classes, we wrote a letter to the
students and the staff at Boulevard School asking for their help with
this project.
We also made posters to "advertise"our food drive and hung them up around Boulevard School.
On Friday afternoon, we organized, counted, and boxed/bagged all of the donated food.
Thank you to all of the families who participated in our food drive!
Because of the generosity of the families and staff of Boulevard School,
we were able to donate 451 cans, boxes, and packages of food to needy families in our community in time for Thanksgiving!
On Wednesday, our class took a field trip to the Woodbury Science Lab.
Thank you to Alison Bradford, Nicol Coxon, and Dipendra Shrestha for chaperoning!
There, the students were introduced to the scientific method by conducting an experiment to figure out how many drops of three different liquids (water, oil, or vinegar) could fit on a single penny.
This week, we have been learning about the consonant digraphs wh, ch, th, sh, and ck. One of our spelling words was "whip". As I was introducing the list of words to the students last Friday, they were really excited about this word and immediately started doing the "Whip And Nae Nae". The deal was if every student in our class spelled "whip" correctly on the spelling test, we would do the dance this afternoon. Honestly, this is pure joy!!!
On Wednesday, our class took a field trip to The Nature Center At Shaker Lakes.
Thank you to Mike Coxon, Kati Daltorio, and Justin Wolf for chaperoning!
While we were there, we explored two habitats - the marsh and the forest. We learned about the different plants and animals that inhabit each place. We will return to these habitats again in January and May to see how they change with the seasons.
