Penguins!

We finally finished our read aloud Mr. Popper's Penguins and decided to have a penguin afternoon. We made the cutest penguin headbands to wear all day.

Group shot of my cute penguins!!

We took a little break to do the Penguin Dance Song.

 Such a cute song!

We started putting together our Mr. Popper's Pengins Lapbooks.

They did such a great job!

While we were working on our lapbooks we heard a know on the door. It was Mrs. Smith. She had a special package for us that had been delivered to the school. She wasn't sure what was in it but she thought she heard some noises coming from the box. What could it be????

Everyone got up close to the box to see what they could hear. They were so cute! You could hear kids whispering, "I heard something?" "Did you hear that?" They were convinced there was a live animal in the box.

 Well, we opened up the box and there was a stuffed penguin, Captain Cook, in the box with lots of goodies!

 Each child will take Captain Cook home for a sleepover! How fun is that????

 We finished our day off with a penguin treat of cookies. Yummy!!

Everyone got to take home a penguin ring.

Maple Syrup

Today we had a guest speaker. Mrs. Carolyn Small came to visit and share with us about how maple syrup is made. What a fun day!

She showed us what the buckets look like that they collect the sap in. We also learned that the covers keep out all sorts of things.

Each student held up two gallons of sap. Did you know it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup??

Everyone got to try some sap from the tree.

Mrs Small read us a fun story called Anytime Mapleson and the Hungry Bears. It was such a cute story and Mrs. Small is a fabulous storyteller.

After the story we watched a DVD that showed us a sugar house and how maple syrup is made. Mrs. Small even surprised us dwith a special treat, vanilla ice cream cups with maple syrup on top!!!! We were so busy enjoying our treat that I forgot to get a picture. lol 

Just another great day in First Grade!!!

Smiling Hill Farm!

Today the First and Second Graders went to visit Smiling Hill Farm! We couldn't have picked a better day. First, we went into the barn to learn about cows. 

When we finished with the cows, we went on a wagon ride. Everyone loved the wagon ride!

Today's snack was yummy! We each had an ice cream sandwich.

Next, it was time to see some more animals. We entered the barnyard and saw lots of goats, emus, llamas, pigs, sheep, rabbits, cows, horses, ducks and lots more!

They loved the goats!

                       

I loved the llamas!

There were lots of things to climb into and climb on. They took turns in the driver's seat.

 They took a little break on the train so we could take some pictures.

Some of my girls in the bunny house!

Driving the steam shovel.

All in all it was a great day!

Guest Reader

This past week we had a special guest visit us in First Grade. Nana's grandmother who is visiting Maine and Nana's family came to school on Thursday. She read a story to both Kindergarten and First Grade. The kids had met her last year when she came to read to them so some of them remembered her. She stopped by during the afternoon and read to us first and then moved on to K. She read aloud a book about a little girl who wanted a pair of Wellington Boots. Her parents had given her shoes for what she needed and couldn't afford wellington boots but she still wanted the boots. In the story, the girl prayed about the boots and then found a way to earn money to buy the boots she wanted. It was a great story with lots of lessons. Nana's grandmother did a great job. She stopped all throughout the story and explained things to my students and made sure they understood what was going on.

If you would like to be a guest reader in our class we would love to have you. Just send a note in with your child or send me an email.

My Little Scientists!

This week we are learning about weather! I couldn't think of a better time to teach about weather. Right now I am so done with Winter and really looking forward to Spring! For the past few days, we have been taking the classroom outside. The first day that we grabbed our clipboards and headed out I heard one of my kiddos say, we're being like scientists.

Recording their data.






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