Turkey Trot

Taking a rest after the race.

1st place and 2nd place.
I was so proud of these two. They are both in our class and won 1st and second place out of all the 1st graders! Way to go!

Even the turkey ran the race.

Starting out. On your mark, get set, GO!

All the 1st grade lined up and waiting for the signal to GO!

Our principal is such a great sport! I loved her cute costume!

Listening to the instructions for the Turkey Trot.

Our school held it's first annual TURKEY TROT!! Our Awesome principal even dressed as a turkey! The kids loved it! Each grade raced for a mile. The top 3 winners from each grade level received a prize. 1st: a turkey, 2nd: a pie, 3rd: a movie rental pass. Each child that participated received a voucher for a free doughnut.
A good time was had by all.

Stone Soup

I read the book "Stone Soup"" to our class and then we made our own Vegetable soup. Each child in our class was supposed to bring a vegetable to put in our soup. Almost everyone in our class brought one. The funny thing is, almost everyone brought carrots! It was so funny! We had 12 students in our class bring cut- up carrots to add to our soup. Thanks to everyone for sharing and helping us to have a delicious soup. We also learned some new poems about soup to practice our reading fluency. Here is one of the poems we have been practicing.

Soup, soup soup in a pot. Soup, soup the soup is hot! Soup, soup do you want a lot?

Thanksgiving math

I like to integrate subjects whenever I can. We did a fun sorting and graphing activity with runts. The runts are different fruit that may have been placed in a "horn of plenty" by pilgrims. Each child got a cup full of candy and had to sort it and then graph how many they had of each fruit. When they were finished they got to eat their candy.

Update... practicing math... Red Ribbon Week

Using math manipulatives to practice adding and subtracting.

I apologize for the blurry pictures...my camera is having troubles!

NOVEMBER book orders- I haven't sent these home yet, but feel free to look and order online now!

November Book Orders

Dear Student and Parents,

It is time for November book orders. Books are a great Christmas gift. If you would like to order books for your child for Christmas, please write that on their order and I will call and let you know when the books arrive so you can pick them up.

Book pick for SeeSaw: Too Many Toys by: David Shannon

This is a great story by popular author and illustrator David Shannon. I have read this book aloud to our class and they enjoy it.

Book Pick for Firefly: The Three Snow Bears by: Jan Brett This is a version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” using an Eskimo girl as the main character and polar bears. It is a book we will read in our class this winter.

Book Pick for Winter Gift Books: This order is full of books and book series that would make great holiday gifts. I’ll let you decide which one is your favorite!

Thanks again for your support in ordering books. You may also order books online @ www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. Our user name is shaffersstarstudents. The password is firstgrade. With each book you order online our class receives a free book for our class library.

Thanks!

Mrs. Shaffer

1st grade writing sample

I LOVE to read the stories that my students write! I love the way they spell things and the many things they come up with in their writing. It's just so darn cute!

This isn't a very good picture, but this is what this student wrote "Win you tak hot stuf awt of t ovin you wear mitins win you cross the road you look booth ways never pok peopol with sizrs or forks" -GREAT safety tips don't you think?

Don't you just love it! My favorite is the "never poke people with sizzors of forks!" I also love the invented spelling that I see my student using in their writing.

Pumpkin Math and Science

This week we did a fun activity with pumpkins. Each student got to have their own pumpkin to take home after our activity. We learned how to estimate and to measure.