Popcorn Graphing

To wrap up our graphing unit we had a fun celebrations with all of the first graders today.  We had four different kinds of popcorn for students to try and we graphed their favorite kind.  Caramel was the big winner, with cheddar close behind.  A few kids voted for salted and kettle corn, but not too many at all!

 

I also thought I would share a picture of my own little dears getting ready for Halloween!

 

Fire Safety Day!

Today we celebrated Fire Safety Week.  We talked about what we should do in emergency situations that involved fire.  The students were already very knowledgeable about what to do if their clothes started on fire and what to do if there was smoke in our house. 

We practiced what to do at school if there was a fire.  Our entire building was able to exit in under 2 minutes today for our Fire Drill!  I was very proud of my first graders for handling the surprise fire drill like champs!

After lunch students got to go outside and learn to become mini firefighters!  Each student had a chance to spray a fire hose and they learned about all the tools on the fire truck!

Thank you Pecatonica Fire Department!

 

We even got a surprise visit from Sparky who was hanging out in the car!

 

It was pretty cool learning about all the tools!

 

Today was also our last day with Mrs. D.  We had a celebration to celebrate learning and following our I-Care rules!

 



Thank you Mrs. D for sharing your friend I-Care Cat with us!  We can't wait to see you around the halls!

 

Interactive Literacy Journals

This week we worked on asking and answering question about key details in a text.  The first day we made tabs on our pages.  Under the tabs we answered questions about the book Scaredy Squirrel.  The students had a lot of fun.  We also made spinners.  Students spin the spinner and then on post-it notes had to write a question using the word they landed on about the book Pumpkin Soup.  The cool thing about that page is that we will reuse it frequently.  The students write their questions on the post-it notes.  After we are finished with our current book we will take those post-its out so we are ready to reuse it for the next story.

 

Thank you to those of you who have donated to our journal supplies.  We could still use a few more standard sized post-it notes and cardstock.  The kids were VERY excited when they saw the colored pencils and post-its come in!

 

 

Don't forget the Jog-a-Thon is on Friday!   

Pumpkin Investigators!

Today we were pumpkin investigators. Students described the outside of the pumpkin and the inside of the pumpkins.  They also estimated how many lines went around the pumpkin and how many seeds were inside.  One thing we noticed was Mrs. Carlson's pumpkin was much smaller, but it had more lines and 4 times as many seeds!  Here is our investigation results:

 

The students had a lot of fun getting messy and gutting the pumpkin!

We carved a number one in the pumpkin since FIRST GRADE ROCKS!