Monday, October 17, 2022

At-Home Project

Every year Room 11 has the tradition of electing a class president. This supports the government strand of our Social Science standards. Those students interested in running for Room 11 Class President 2022-23 will work on a speech at home to be delivered to the class on Monday, November 7, 2022. Speeches will be filmed using chroma key technology.

Students who would like to have their videos edited, will make sure they are not wearing any shade of green or yellow in any part of their outfit.

On this day we will also attempt to film our expert interviews if we are ready. This portion requires no at-home preparation and supports Speaking and Listening as well as Social Studies standards. Those students wanting their interviews to be edited will also need to remember not to wear green or yellow on that Monday. 

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Math Test Results

Of the 25 students taking the Math Test, 20 students passed with an adjusted score of 11 or better. Three students achieved a perfect score score.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

One Hundred Fifty-Second Day of School

In Writing today, we made sure the opening of our narratives had the important parts of setting and character while the middle actions had transitions.

In Math, in addition to reading and making charts for data, we have been discussing measuring time and extending our discussion of place value to better understand very large numbers. We used the book What is a Million by Kellogg as a foundation.

In Science, we are observing germination and plant structure and needs (tested). We also have compared the structure of plants in several different biomes.

Monday, April 29, 2019

At Home Activity

The 1st grade will be hosting the Citizen of the Month Assembly at the end of May. One child from the 1st grade classes will be chosen to read an essay they have written on the subject of sportsmanship. All students wishing to be considered for reading a speech to the student body at the end of the May need to submit an essay to their teacher by Friday, May 19th. A winning essay/student will be chosen by the 1st grade teachers. Parents of that child will be notified so they can make plans to be at the assembly. This is good public speaking experience and an excellent opportunity for video memories.

One Hundred Fifty-Second Day of School

Reminder: reading logs due tomorrow.

For the Spring Dance, first graders should wear red and/or white and/or blue in any combination with the option of wearing a superhero style cape as well.

Math Test Results

Of the 25 students taking the Math Test, 22 passed with an adjusted score of 10 or better. One student achieved a perfect score.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

One Hundred Fiftieth Day of School

In Writing today, we have been working on our final unit, fictional narratives. We have brainstormed and planned the  beginning middle and end of our stories.

In Science and Engineering, we worked on our final engineering project using what we know of air propulsion to design and construct a prototype, in teams, a gondola to carry a payload down a zipline.

There will likely be a Math Test tomorrow.

Monday, April 22, 2019

Math Test Results

Of the 25 students taking the test, 22 passed with a score of 14 or better. One student achieved a perfect score.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Math Test Results

Of the 25 students taking the Math Test 24 students passed with adjusted score of 10 or better. One child earned a perfect score.

Monday, April 8, 2019

One Hundred Forty-First Day of School

In Science and Engineering today, we experimented with kinetic air propulsion as a precursor to a future Engineering project.

In Writing we generated a list of characters for fictional narratives.

Thursday, March 28, 2019

One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Day of School

In Science today, we constructed pressurized systems to observe the interaction between air and water.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Day of School

In Health today, we discussed pollution and human's impact on Earth.

Reminder: Reading Logs are due on Friday.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Math Test Results

Of 25 students taking the Math Test, 22 passed with an adjusted score of 14 or better. Two students achieved a perfect score.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

One Hundred-Thirtieth Day of School

Today in Science, we explored the power of air in a closed system. We were able to observe air push, pull, and make sound (tested).

Math Test

Out of 25 students taking the Math Test, 21 students passed with an adjusted score of 14 or better. One child earned a perfect score.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019

One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Day of School

In Writing today, we revised (blue pen) our work by adding narrative statements (mini narratives) to one of our supporting reasons for our opinion.

In Math, we took our middle of the year Math Assessment.

There is no written homework for tonight.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

One Hundred Twentieth Day of School

Today we learned the first stanza of a simple vowel poem which we will memorize and say in front of the class.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

One Hundred Nineteenth Day of School

In Writing today, we started the revision process (blue pens) by adding arguements counter to our opinion.

Monday, March 4, 2019

One Hundred Eighteenth Day of School

In Writing today, we closed our opinions with a restatement of the opinion (the opening statement) "For these reasons,..."