Angel Choir Jackson Hospital

Angel Choir at Jackson Hospital

The Angel Choir sang at Jackson Hospital.  Thank you to our drivers and parents that came out to support us.  The Angel Choir did a beautiful job sharing Christ during this most marvelous season.  I can't think of a better way to begin this holiday season than hearing these precious angels!

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Thanksgiving Feast

Look at these cute Pilgrims and Indians from the Friendly Frog Pad!  What a day!  We had a great time celebrating at our First Grade Thanksgiving Feast.  Thank you to the many parents that helped make our feast special.  God blessed us with beautiful weather and a sweet program by the FABULOUS FIRSTIES!  May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving!

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Angel Choir at The Cottages

Angel Choir sang at The Cottages on Thursday.  What a blessing!  They did a fabulous job!  I think the parents and teachers were blessed as much as the residents.  There's nothing more beautiful than hearing the angels' precious voices lifting their praises to the Lord.  What a glorious day!

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Alabama/Auburn Day

Iron Bowl Day Fun

The students enjoyed a special day to dress in their favorite Iron Bowl team shirt.  As you can see from the graph, Auburn fans outnumbered the Bama fans.  However, we had a great day cheering on our favorite team. 

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Zoo Fun

Thank you to all of our wonderful "buddies" who spent the morning with us.  It was a perfect day for a trip to the zoo.  The students enjoyed time with their special buddies at the Montgomery Zoo.  Thank you so much for the time spent with us and the wonderful memories.  

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50 Day of School

We had a great time celebrating fifty days of school in a big way!  The students came to school dressed in their 50th day attire and rocked -n- rolled the day away. We used venn diagrams to compare and contrast life in the past and now, listened to oldies but goodies on the record player, and made a recipe book for our yummy coke floats.  Students experienced games from the past such as hopscotch, jacks, and hula hooping.  We enjoyed literacy stations with ABC order, double facts, odd and even, and rolling our way to 50.  The students wrote about children of the fifties and children today.  We even had a "fifty second" contest of bubble blowing, counting, and bunny hopping.  I hope the 50th day of first grade will rock your socks off, too.

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Homecoming Week and Angel Choir at Holiday Market

We had an exciting week with homecoming activities and an Angel Choir performance at the Holiday Market.  We were honored to have the opportunity to be a blessing to others as we sang at the Holiday Market. The students did a fabulous job at their first performance.  Thank you for being there to support the Angel Choir.  I hope that you enjoy some pictures from our exciting week.

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Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed Day

We had a great day celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday.  Thank you to Mrs. Waters and 

Mrs. McClelland for helping us prepare our applesauce that was a hit!

  These students LOVE non-fiction stories. We started our day of apples with a KWL chart.  After reading  few non-fiction books about apples, the students filled out their own KWL charts.  Then, we created an apple book showing the stages of the apple tree and labeling an apple.  We had apple themed math and literacy rotations.  At the end of the day, we celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day with our special applesauce snack.  We cooked it in the crockpot in our classroom and it smelled like FALL all day.  The students said it was the "best applesauce EVER!'  Each student took a recipe home to their parents.  It was a FUN, apple filled day in First Grade!

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IXL and Math Practice

First grade is such a happy place! I love spending each day with these precious children! 

We had the high school Service Class visit our classroom last week to help us with IXL. I wish you could have seen the excitement on their faces as these high school students came to help us. I think they loved it as much as the first graders.

Although it was a short week, these students worked extra hard with subtraction.  I am so proud of them.

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What's New in First Grade?

The students are doing a great job taking AR tests.  Many students have already met their first nine weeks mini AR goal.  I am so proud of the students.

We have enjoyed studying Science and completing our first "Dancing Raisin Experiment." I am always in awe of their love of learning and natural curiosity to know more.

We have started our reading rotations and small groups.  The students are learning to work independently at literacy centers while I have the opportunity to work with small groups at the reading table.  I love this small group time where we can focus on reading skills and reading fluency.  I'm pretty sure they love it as much as I do! 

Thank you for helping us get our year started with a BANG!  

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Solar Eclipse 2017

Solar Eclipse 2017

Solar eclipses are a BIG deal!!  We enjoyed learning about the GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE 2017!  We enjoyed making a coffee filter solar eclipse craft, reading about solar eclipses, visiting the library for special activities, and enjoying a special solar eclipse lunch and snack.  What a fabulous day in first grade!

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First Day of School 2017-2018

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It was a joy to share the day with these firsties!  We had an amazing day.  I am looking forward to a wonderful year!  Thank you for sharing your child with me!