Hooray for the 50th Day!

Wow....what a great celebration our 50th Day was in 1st grade!  Students were dressed to 'twist and shout' their way through the day and it was great fun to see everyone is their special attire!  Our morning started with the task of writing the steps to make a root beet float, a favorite treat in the 50s! Students also enjoyed hearing from a special guest speaker, Charlotte Morgan (Mrs. Black's mother), who shared what life was like growing up in the 50's.  She had many fun pictures and jewelry items to share with our learners as well! First Graders then challenged themselves to different 50's activities such as; how many bubbles they could blow, how many 'twists' twisted, how many bunny hops hopped, how many times they could hula hoop and how high they could count! During math, students worked hard estimating how many tootsie rolls and atomic fireballs would fit their 'records'.  Last, this fun day came to a close with music from the 50's, complete with a record player and of course, a chance to sample some delicious root beer floats!

1st Grade is ready to 'twist and shout' through the 50th Day!

A flashback to the 1950's....

Enjoying some time with our guest speaker and her interesting photographs!

How many bubbles can you blow in 50 seconds?

How many times can you hula hoop in 50 seconds?

 Day 50 Math Fun with Candy Measurement!

Getting an up close and personal experience with the record player;) 

A delicious end
 to a fabulous 50th day!

Halloween Fun!!

Costumes of all sorts were 'modeled' today as the first grade classes enjoyed a time of classroom celebration with a 'Witches' Brew' and a Halloween game or two.  The first grade classes then paraded through the Parkview Nursing Home giving 'Boos' and 'Hair-raising Greetings' to the local residents.  Take a look at the 'Hocus Pocus' that was being had today....

PBIS North Park Reward

It was a beautiful fall day yesterday for our PBIS award of lunch and play at North Park!  The Wellman Elementary students have really been doing a phenomenal job of following our 3 expectations at school of being respectful, responsible and safe.  The students of Wellman Elementary filled our PBIS bucket to the brim to earn this fun 'lunch trip' by being 'caught' showing these 3 expectations.  Here are some glimpses into the smiles that were caught yesterday...

Daily Five Literacy Time!

As growing readers and writers in first grade, there are many different literacy components that students engage in during the reading/writing block of our day.  Our literacy time is based off of the Daily Five philosophy, which promotes choice and independence during reading and writing activities.  We believe this philosophy develops greater student engagement and meaningful reading/writing activities for the students.  Each day, the first grade students have the opportunity to choose between five categories that will promote what he/she is learning within the classroom.  These categories are Word Work, Read to Self, Work on Writing, Read to Someone and Listen to Reading.  Students work on 3 of these categories when they are not meeting in a small group.

Read to Self in action!

Making Words in Word Work!

 Small Group time with our instructional leveled books!

Read to Someone!

Apple Baking!

Since our apple orchard visit a couple of weeks ago, the first graders were able to use their harvested apples to create a yummy apple treat.  Our classes worked together to peel apples and add the necessary ingredients for a scrumptious baked apple crisp.  Of course this yummy food was served warm and a la mode!  Ask your little one what he/she thought of this dessert.

FFA Visitors!

Earlier this week, the Wellman Elementary First Graders enjoyed a special visit from some high school FFA representatives.  The FFA program stands for Future Farmers of America and promotes education about agriculture in our world and the growing process of these plants.  Since we are now in the season of fall, the FFA students focused activities on the life cycle of a pumpkin.  Students enjoyed hearing a pumpkin story, sharing descriptive pumpkin words, making a pumpkin bookmark and sequencing the life cycle of a pumpkin.