March Writing and Crafts

After reading The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, the children wrote about what would happen if 

Thing 1 or Thing 2 visited their house and we made a.....

 

 ...Thing 1 or Thing 2!  Thank you to Mr. Barr for making patterns for us to use! 

We read the story The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman.   It's a tale of friendship between a leprechaun and a happy dog.  Then we shared when we felt lucky with our partners and classmates.  Students then completed the sentence stem, I feel lucky when.... and made a leprechaun, too. 

I feel lucky when I see Mrs. Dryzal because she is the best and she is nice.  :0)

 

 

I feel lucky when I see Mrs. Dryzal because I like her.  

I'm lucky to have such sweet firsties!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Read Across America

 

During Intervention, we read The Cat in the Hat, then made hats with long o rhymes to connect to the

sound we are practicing during Fast Track Phonics.

 

Our Display

 During the afternoon, the K Kids stopped in to read to the students.

The K Kids did a great job and the First Graders loved listening to our guests.  

 

In ELA, we wrote about what would happen if Thing One and Thing Two came to our houses and made a paper Thing One or Thing Two.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Hip, Hip, Hooray! It's the 100th Day!

Sharing clues about our 100th day bottles wearing our 100th day crowns.

      

 

Our 100th Day Bottle Display in the Hallway

Dancing and Counting to 100 with Go Noodle

 

Students wrote to the prompt "If I had one hundred dollars...."  

Most of them wanted to go shopping, to the movies or out to eat.

 

 

My firsties insisted on having me in a picture with them, so here we are being silly together.  :0)

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

President's Day Fun and Games

Here are some links to some Presidents Day activities:

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/presidents/presidents.php

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/games/

https://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/presidentsDay.cfm

Enjoy your day!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Valentine's Day 2016

 Students made Valentine Man Card Collectors.

 I have been making these with my firsties for many years and they are always so cute!

After our Everyday Math lesson, we solved riddles to create a heart on the 100 Grid.  

 

Then it was time for our Sundae Bar!  Thank you to all the families who donated items to make it a success!  

 

A finished sundae

 

Our firsties enjoying their ice cream!

 

Smile!

 

Yum!

 

Super smiley!

Joy!

 

Cheese!

Card opening time!

 

They had so much fun and were so thankful for their valentines....

 

 ...thank yous were being shouted across the room.

Our flower craft for the ones we love!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Go Noodle!

Our class loves Go Noodle!  It gets them out of their seats for much needed movements, provides brain breaks after long periods of work time and also helps them to learn to focus and calm themselves through yoga.  You can use Go Noodle at home by visiting

www.gonoodle.com 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Reading Roots

 

In our Reading Roots class, students read a story called The Artists of Benin City.  In the story, artists at the Queen's Art School in Africa created a bronze metal hippo.  Our STAR story, Crafting Fun for a Rainy Day, provided directions for making clay animals.  For our Adventures in Writing lesson, students chose to write how to make a clay hippo.  After students wrote their directions, they were able to use them to create their own play-dough hippo.  

The students worked hard on their projects!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal