Shining Light

This week, I chose our shining light a little differently.  Usually, we discuss a positive character trait such as honesty, kindness, helpfulness and hard work, and I look for a student who does an outstanding job in that area that week.  This week, I decided that I would honor one of our friends who is always demonstrating each trait.  I am so proud to announce our class' Shining Light....Kyle!  Kyle is such a great leader in everything he does.  Keep up the extraordinary work, Kyle!

A little recess fun!

Today at recess, the 1st graders decided that they wanted to play something new.  Before the other teachers and I knew it, they had started a conga line...complete with cha cha's and synchronized kicks!  Needless to say, it was too funny not to share with our families!  The line consisted of almost 50 children! Here are some pictures.

The line went all over the playground.  They even went under the playscape and down the slide!

Even Ms. Woolsey joined in as the caboose!



Printer Paper

Currently, our floor is running low on white paper. If you are able, please consider donating white printer paper for our floor's use.  I know that the other Lighthouse teachers and I would greatly appreciate any help from families.  Thank you in advance!

Exhibition Sign Up

A sign up sheet for exhibitions was sent home today.  Please be on the lookout for this.  The spots will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis.  Also, I am looking for parent volunteers during the week of exhibitions to help supervise the children while I conducted learning team meetings.  If you are interested, please fill out the bottom of the sign up sheet.  The more parents we have, the better! Thank you in advance!

Shining Light

Our Shining Light this week was Nico!  He was chosen because he has truly been a leader in our classroom as well as help those around him make good choices.  Great job, Nico!

Milestone 3

On Thursday, I began sitting down with the children to assess progress on their academic goals.  During these exhibition conferences, I am using flashcards of new words from their word lists, observing them solve addition and subtraction problems and going over their writer's workshop samples.  I will be sending home a worksheet that I have filled out based on these conferences.  If you have any questions, please contact me.  Thank you!

The Dome Theatre Visits UPA

On Monday, our class watched a special movie in The Dome Theatre.  This is a portable, inflatable movie theatre!  We were able to watch a movie about dinosaurs that was projected on the dome's ceiling and all around us!  The dome really made it seem like we were in the movie!  Here are some pictures of our adventure:

Here we are entering the dome...

Waiting for the movie to begin...

It is official!  We had a great time!