Happy Halloween!

First of all let me say a big THANK YOU to everyone who donated Chili items for Freaky Friday! It was a huge success and first grade raised over $500 in money! We will deifnitely be taking a fun field trip in the future!

This week was Halloween week at the Creek! The Blue Apple Players came to our school on Wednesday to perfom a Wild West version of the Three Little Pigs. It was so funny! In math we have been learning how to decompose (or break apart) a number leading to ten. Since today was Halloween we had a Jack-O-Latern paper and created our own ways to decompose numbers. We drew teeth on the top and bottom of the mouth of our pumpkins and created an equation to match. For example, if I drew three teeth on the top of my pumpkin mouth and 4 on the bottom, my equation would be 3+4=7. It was so much fun and the students worked so hard to create their own pumpkin and equation. They will be displayed in the hallway soon! In reading this week we practiced using text features such as title, labels, and captions. We drew a pumpkin, created a title, labeled the pumpkin, and even created a caption. The students did a wonderful job. This afternoon we had a lot of fun at during the Paw Party dance and the classroom party! Below are some pictures of my kiddos. Enjoy!

Mrs. Palmer

Fire Safety Week!

Last week was fun and exciting as we learned about fire safety! On Wednesday, we had convocation in the morning and two officers came to school to talk with students about how they became firefighters. It was great to hear about how students can reach those same goals! Then on Thursday, a fire truck and firemen came to our school to visit! We got to go outside and listen to tips about what to do if there is a fire at school or home. We learned how to crawl on he ground if there is smoke in the house, make sure our alarms are working, and how to set a meeting place with your family if you have to leave the house quickly because of a fire. We learned to stop, drop, and roll if any of our clothes get on fire! Ask your kiddos about some things they learned and make sure you have a plan if there is ever a fire in your home. The best part of the learning involved seeing everything in person on the fire truck and taking a walk through! Here are some pictures from my class as we got to go inside and explore. Enjoy!

Mrs. Palmer

Math Blog, Book Level App & a "Frozen" Sharpen the Saw

I hope all of our first graders and their families have had a great weekend and are sharpening the saw! Mrs. Palmer, Ms. Schwager and I wanted to make sure our parents knew about a couple of great resources for reinforcing math and reading content at home. Thanks to JCPS there is a blog that gives you "how to" videos, apps & computer games that will help with practicing 1st grade math skills at home. We hope you take advantage of this great resource! Just click on the link below.

JCPS First Grade Math Blog

There is also a GREAT app that is made my Scholastic called Bookwizard. This app helps you choose books that are on your child's reading level. All you have to do is scan the book and it will list the DRA level (reading level) for that book. (It will also list other reading levels but look for the one that says DRA. That is the program we use to test their reading level.)

Click below to access the Book Wizard app or website.

Scholastic Book Wizard App


Scholastic Book Wizard Website

I also wanted to share a video from a few weeks ago during Sharpen the Saw. We worked our minds by doing seek and finds & listened to Disney music. Frozen's "Let It Go" came on and let's just say the students sure showed off their singing abilities. Enjoy!


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