V is for Visors

Our class wearing their visors on Visor Day.

Peace,

Mrs. Dryzal

A to Z Countdown: Week of 5/25

 

 

This week's activities include:

 

Tuesday~ S-Summer Birthday Day!  Summer birthdays may bring in treats!

 

Wednesday~T-T-shirt Day-Wear your favorite t-shirt!

Thursday~U-USA Day--Wear Red, White and Blue!

Friday~V-Visor Day--We will decorate visors to wear!

 

Have a great week!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

A to Z Countdown-Week of May 18th

Monday--N-No Homework Day

 

Tuesday~O-Outside Day-Bring a towel or blanket to work outside!

Wednesday~P-Purple Day--Wear purple!

Thursday~Q-Quiz Show Day-Play quiz show games in class!

Friday~R-Reading Day-bring your favorite book for quiet reading time

 

Have a great week!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Vale Wood Farms

 

 

On Thursday, May 7th we visited Vale Wood Farms.   The children learned about each step in the milk story, "From Moo to You." They rotated through stations to learn what a cow eats, how she makes milk, and how that milk is turned into the dairy products found in your refrigerator.  We even

had an ice cream treat at the end of our tour.  Here are some photos from our trip:

 

 

Lunch time!

 

Yum!

 

Learning about the recycling program at the farm.

 

Inside the milking parlor

 

 

Polly the Dairy Cow

 

1 week old calf

 

Learning about what dairy cows eat daily.

 

Processing plant

 

Making homemade Ice Cream

 

 

Enjoying our ice cream cones!

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal



Week of May 10...A to Z Countdown

Monday--I-Ice Cream Day-we will have a special treat!

Tuesday--J-Joke Day-Bring a favorite joke to share!

Wednesday--K-Kindness Day

Thursday--L-Letter Day-Write a letter to your favorite teacher.

Friday--M-Music Day-We will listen to music while we work.

 

Have a great week!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Learning in Room 23

Math

 

 

Last week, we completed our Geometry Unit in Math.  As a final activity we read the book, The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns and then created a shape man or woman, and wrote why we would want to be that shape.  The children were very creative with their ideas.

 

Writing

 

As part of our St. Patrick's Day activities, Lucky the Leprechaun visited our classroom and brought us magic powder that made Leprechaun pudding when milk was added and we shook it up while singing a special chant.  We read the story The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman and then wrote about when we feel lucky.  Above is our display and below are two examples of their work. 

 

Reading

 

In Reading, my leveled group just completed the Reading Roots program.  They will now begin Reading Wings, the program for grades 2-5. The last book we in SFA Roots was Paul Bunyan's Pancakes To celebrate, students wrote a tall tale about a larger than life pet they would have similar to Paul Bunyan's pet, Blue Babe.   As part of the celebration, I made pancakes from scratch, and we had them as a mid-morning snack.  The children really enjoyed them!

 

 

Language Arts

 

In Language Arts, we are working on Research Writing.  This unit we are focusing on Earthworms.  On Friday, students observed a live earthworm and made Venn Diagrams comparing earthworms with people.  Their observations will be used as part of their research writing project.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

 

 

March in Room 23

 

 

 

As part of our Geometry unit, students worked on composing and decomposing 2-D shapes, using different shapes in Math class.   

 

 

The book we read as a springboard for our fantasy writing project.

 

 

In Language Arts, we were working on writing Fantasy fiction pieces.  We read the book, Square Cat

 by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.  Then we brainstormed about two challenges we would have if we were square, and something good about being square.  We then used our brainstorming paper to compose our fantasy fiction pieces.  Above are our square people.                                                                                                                         

                        

 

The author of Square Cat enjoyed our work with her book, that she sent us a copy of her new book Square Cat ABC.  We cant' wait to read it on Monday!  We are also now members of Eula's Fan Club!  

 

 

On Monday, it was first grade's turn to take part in Mocha Monday.  The students were able to sip cups of Hot Chocolate during our afternoon break.  The smiles on their faces show how much they enjoyed their chocolaty treat! 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Valentine's Day 2015

 

We celebrated Valentine's Day in Room 23 on Friday, with the exchange of Valentines and an ice cream sundae party.  Thank you to the families who donated the toppings for our sundaes and to Galliker's for donating the ice cream! 

 

 

Passing our Valentines into our Heart Man bags. Check it out on Pinterest!  

 

We did a sink/float experiment using Candy Hearts, Vinegar, Water and Soda.  You can download the experiment sheets here.

 

The students were very interested in the results. 

 

Our Sundae Bar

Enjoying ice cream!

My sundae...YUM!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

100th Day of School

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The students were able to walk through the streamers into our room on Tuesday morning.

We solved several problems to create the number 100 on the Hundreds Chart.

Our class with Zero the Hero wearing their 100 crowns.  

At the end of the day, the students took home a 100 snack to share with their family.

Thank you for stopping by! 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal