We ended our week wonderfully today with stories, videos, games, and the friendship picnic that we have been anticipating all week. In this mornings math, we practiced counting, and working with the calendar. It is amazing how far along our first graders have come in only 7.5 days of school. We are so proud. The first graders then played a game called 'Top It' against the teachers; they won! After learning how to play, they found a friend to work with, and played in partners. They really enjoyed this game. We recommend you play it at home. It is great for both number recognition and value. After recess we prepared for our 'Making Friends Picnic' by reading the story 'Please Say Please.' This is a story about different animals learning about how to use their manners at a dinner party. After discussing that good friends use manners, and share, we took our games and snacks outside for sharing, on our picnic blankets. Again, I want to thank all of the families for providing wonderful snacks to share from your culture. Everything was delicious, and the students got to learn a lot about differences, and how they should be embraced. (They were particularly happy to embrace foods from different cultures.) All of the students in first grade did a wonderful job sharing, taking turns, and using manners. It was a pleasure.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
ASA First GradersWe are caring, balanced , reflective, openminded, risk-taking, knowledgeable, principled, thinkers, communicators, inquirers, explorers and learners. Mr. Mason McCormickI am: a husband, teacher, friend, researcher, grad student, mulitliteracies specialist, designer, social media fanatic, lover of all things tech, creative, and progressive. I am an energetic, life-loving, no-nonsense person; passionate about respectful, rigorous, and relevant teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Archives
June 2016
Categories |