Thursday, October 27, 2016

We Love Pam!

Pam Holz, our Washington County conservationist, has long been a favorite in the first grade classrooms at WE! We are always excited to share her enthusiasm and passion for the great outdoors. So far this year, she has been in to extend our science learning about plants! She does an awesome job of getting our young learners moving during their learning!





Park Play

Enjoying some well deserved play time at the Wellman North park as part of a school wide PBIS reward!






Jack-O-Lanterns

Last week we put our fine motor skills to the test and created some unique Jack-O-Lantern lanterns! They are helping us to get into the fall spirit!





School House

On Thursday, October 27th, students were able to explore the old one room school house at the top of the hill. This was a fun way to continue to explore the similarities and differences between school today and long ago! Thanks to Mr. A for setting up this learning adventure!






Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Saturday, June 4, 2016

End of the Year Fun!!

Our last weeks of first grade flew by swiftly! There were numerous special activities which gave us all an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and great learning of our firsties this year! Check out the pictures below, highlighting a few of these special events!

The first graders enjoyed a yummy lunch in the Kalona Park thanks to the area businesses.  The students munched on pork burgers, chips, bananas and vanilla ice cream!  Although there were pool facility issues, that did not keep our first graders away from enjoying the warm afternoon.  The Kalona Pool helped provide hoses and sprinklers for the students!  There was also a 'homemade' slip and slide to be enjoyed!!  We hope your little one filled you in on the fun of this day!











We are so thankful to have a great team of staff members who worked together to plan a wonderful field day during our final days at WE! We all had a great time celebrating the end of the school year in our Friendship groups. All students enjoyed lawn games, kickball, wiffle ball and free play on the park equipment. And we wish you could have been there to hear the screams of excitement as first graders discovered the surprise as we returned to school-a two person inflatable obstacle course!







And lastly, thank you to the MANY volunteers who made our "trip to China" possible! Students enjoyed traveling to a museum, eating at a Chinese restaurant, playing some traditional games, ribbon dancing and creating their very own Chinese lanterns.