The Second Day

We had a fantastic day! It's so exciting to see the children picking up quickly on routines and procedures. Two very important things they should know and do without thinking are their classroom number and to push in their chair when they stand up. We are getting better! :-)

Highlights of today:

We learned about the calendar.
We reviewed how to use scissors.
We cut out our birthday graph piece.
We created a class birthday graph.
We learned a game called, "I Ate a Snake."
We had Art and Music.
We learned our Morning Meeting spots.
We reviewed recess expectations.
We read "A Quiet Place" and thought about our favorite place to calm down.
We practiced and discussed "Take a Break."

 

Our Class Birthday Graph

 

 

 Guided Discovery with Scissors



The First Day

We are officially First Graders! The first day is done, and we're ready for day 2. Today was a little hectic with all of our short lessons on procedures and expectations in the lunch room, classroom, and the bus. Tomorrow we will review playground expectations. We had our first indoor recess today. We're hoping for sunshine tomorrow, so we can get outside and play. Even though we were busy running all over today we still did a lot!

Here are some of today's highlights:

 

• We learned our classroom number.
• We practiced pushing in our chair when we get up.
• We reviewed the proper use of crayons.
• We colored our birthday graph piece.
• We heard "First Day Jitters."
• We had "Jitter Juice.
• We learned what jitters are.
• We went to gym.
• We went to library.
• We took a class picture on the playground.
• We learned snack procedures.
• We learned breakfast procedures.
• We learned what to do in the morning.
• We read our first morning message.

 

This is Jitter Juice. It will help keep the first day jitters from coming back tomorrow.

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 Here we are on the first day of school! What a cute bunch!



Welcome to First Grade!

It was so fun meeting so many of you today at Check-In. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone else on Tuesday! There is a mistake on our classroom calendar. The color days are off. The first day of school will be a BLUE day, not green. I will send updated calendars home on the first day of school. Thank you for taking time to come and learn about First Grade. It's going to be a great year!

Last Day of School PIctures

I'm so sorry I forgot to post these earlier! I hope you all had a fantastic summer. It has been fun seeing you at check in. Please come and visit!

 

Love, Miss Grimes

 

 

Last Day

More pictures to come of our last day of 1st grade. Please check back after June 18.

Movies

If you have a favorite G rated DVD movie, please bring it tomorrow! One will be chosen to watch after year book signing!

Review of Symmetry

We reviewed symmetry by using pattern blocks to create a symmetrical design!