2008-04-30

2008-02-08

The first graders in Room 7 reached an important goal on February 7...the 100th day of school !  We started the morning doing a variety of activities, all for 100 seconds.  Then we strung 100 Fruit Loops onto fishing line to wear as edible leis.  After lunch, Room 7's students rotated through the four other first grade classes to participate in each teacher's activities.  The consensus for the day was that it was FUN, FUN, FUN !   WHEW ! ! !

2008-03-21 

On Tuesday, March 18, the first-grade classes went on a study trip to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek.  Room seven's students learned about many wild animals and their habitats.  The live animals they have are especially interesting, from raptors to reptiles to a live mountain lion.  Our docent, Joy, was terrific with the students.  Everyone, including parents, had a great day!

http://www.wildlife-museum.org/

Stations today were successful thanks to all the parent volunteers that came to lend a hand. The stone soup smelled delicious and tasted great too! Kids had brought in vegetables. They enjoyed drawing them, writing about them, chopping them for soup and then eating the soup. In the afternoon, first graders discussed story plots, worked on writing interesting sentences using adjectives and worked with the base ten blocks.

Keep well and healthy! 

Dear Parents,

    By this time any parents of students in my class know that computer expertise is not one of my personal strengths.  Hopefully, I communicate well enough with all of you that this is not a problem. However, please feel free to call me at my home phone number or see me before or after school if you need more information about our classroom activities.

    I have a GREAT group of students this year and am really enjoying my first year as a teacher at Kensington Hilltop.

• Continue working on addition and subtraction to 20. Read everyday! Work on learning high frequency words. Write short paragraphs using topic sentence, three detail or supporting sentences, and an ending "wrap up" sentence. Use lots of interesting adjectives. Please remember to look at the daily classwork and check for concept comprehension. Review and practice! Read interesting books to your first grader everyday! Arrange lots of playdates! Have fun!