Our Beautiful Earth

Over the course of the last 2-3 weeks, first graders have been learning about the physical characteristics of our earth.  Students have been learning about our earth's landforms and bodies of water.  Students have been mesmerized by our countries' unique features as they were able to 'soar' over different areas of our country.  As we have built our knowledge in this area, students were challenged to sculpt our landforms/bodies of water according to clues.  Being the 'potter', students used play-doh to demonstrate their understanding of the physical features on earth.  Ask your little one share about any of the following landforms and bodies of water:  plateau, mountain, hill, valley, plain, island, river, ocean, lake and pond.

Kindness Counts!!!

During the month of February, first graders have been reminded of kind actions and words that help keep our community of learning a happy place to be.  Last week during Friendship Groups, the 5th graders encouraged us to practice giving compliments and then asked each Wellman Elementary student to do the same to one other person.  As we continue to grow in our social interactions, the first graders are able to see a 'visual' reminder of paying it forward with kind words and actions.  If a first grader catches another 1st grader giving a compliment, lending a helping hand or sharing kind words, he/she ties a ribbon to our 'Kindness Heart' that hangs just outside the 1st grade doors.  Ask your little one to share what he/she has noticed with kindness in and out of the classroom!

Valentine's Day Fun!

It was a fun filled day as we celebrated Valentine's Day together as a class.  Students were challenged to stack conversation hearts as high as they could go in a Valentine's Day Minute to Win It challenge.  Students also feasted on many different yummy foods and then finished our day reading their heartfelt Valentine's to one another.

Day 100!!

Well, we are officially 100 days smarter in first grade!  We had a blast celebrating this day with everything the 100 way on Monday!  It was awesome to see the 'young spirit' of the age 100 shine through in the awesome costumes.  We made sure we were fashionably dressed on this day, constructing headbands, badges, and glasses to wear.  Putting our counting skills to the test, we worked in small groups to count to 100 by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's and created some colorful posters!  A highlight of the day was putting together a necklace of 100 Froot Loops.  We also took some time this week to enjoy the classic commercial of 'How Many Licks to the Center of the Tootsie Pop?'  Since we are an inquisitive bunch, we thought we would give it a try with at least 100 licks!  Ask your child how many licks it took for him/her!  We also enjoyed a 100 snack and received our certificates of achievement for our hard work in first grade so far to date!

First graders make very stylish 100 year olds;)

Our 100 Day Posters!

Froot Loop Necklaces

What does 100 look like?

Does it take 100 licks to get to the center of the tootsie pop?