First Grade Blog

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: This week in the second book, we learned about Flute, the canary, and why the rest of the canaries were dying of curiosity. Scholars continued to learn understanding vocabulary words in a context, predicting outcomes, and writing summaries.

Poetry:

The Village Blacksmith

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under a spreading chestnut-tree

⁠The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands,

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

His hair is crisp, and black, and long;

His face is like the tan;

His brow is wet with honest sweat,

He earns whate'er he can,

And looks the whole world in the face,

For he owes not any man.

Week in, week out, from morn till night,

You can hear his bellows blow;

You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,

With measured beat and slow,

Like a sexton ringing the village bell,

When the evening sun is low.

And children coming home from school

Look in at the open door;

They love to see the flaming forge,

And hear the bellows roar,

And catch the burning sparks that fly

Like chaff from a threshing-floor.

He goes on Sunday to the church,

And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach,

He hears his daughter's voice

Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

Math: This week, students learned to identify the different 2D and 3D shapes, describe their

vertices and sides, and combine shapes together to form other shapes.

History: We started our new unit on West Exploration. Students learned about the trailblazer, Daniel Boone, who helped make a path through the Appalachian Mountains to explore the west. We also learned about the flatboat which the Americans then used to travel along the Mississippi River to New Orleans. We are working on a lap book project to collect all the activities we are doing in this unit.

Science: This week, we started our last Science unit in first grade on space as well. We made a vocabulary foldable about the words we will encounter in this unit. Students made astronaut helmets and learned all about the different layers of the sun.

Happy weekend! Thank you for your continued support!

1st Grade Teachers

4 / 5 / 24

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

May 3rd: NO SCHOOL

May 15th: Spring Concert/Fine Arts Night

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: In this week's story, we read Elmer and the Dragon finding their way out of the sandbar to a tiny island. We learned to give predictions, understand vocabulary words in context, some figures of speech, and figurative language in the story.

Poetry:

The Village Blacksmith

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under a spreading chestnut-tree

⁠The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands,

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

His hair is crisp, and black, and long;

His face is like the tan;

His brow is wet with honest sweat,

He earns whate'er he can,

And looks the whole world in the face,

For he owes not any man.

Week in, week out, from morn till night,

You can hear his bellows blow;

You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,

With measured beat and slow,

Like a sexton ringing the village bell,

When the evening sun is low.

And children coming home from school

Look in at the open door;

They love to see the flaming forge,

And hear the bellows roar,

And catch the burning sparks that fly

Like chaff from a threshing-floor.

Math: This week, wrapped up our unit on data. We have learned how to read, analyze and present data. A test was given today about it.

History: We also wrapped up our unit on America: From Colonies to Independence. We compiled our symbols book, and played a puppet game to review this topic.

Science: We began studying the types of rocks and minerals and the process in which rocks are made. Scholars noticed differences in textures, size, shape and color. We learned about the three main types of rocks, understanding they vary based on how and from which substances they are formed from. Students were able to act like geologists today, and break apart a "rock cookie" to discover what was inside.

Thank you!

First grade teachers

3 / 29 / 24

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

March 29th: NO SCHOOL (R & R Weekend)

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: Elmer had finally rescued the dragon in the last two Chapters of My Father's Dragon! We saw how they showed perseverance despite all the difficulties. We will continue their adventures out of Wild Island in the next book, "Elmer and the Dragon" starting on Monday.

Poetry:

The Village Blacksmith

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under a spreading chestnut-tree

⁠The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands,

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

His hair is crisp, and black, and long;

His face is like the tan;

His brow is wet with honest sweat,

He earns whate'er he can,

And looks the whole world in the face,

For he owes not any man.

Week in, week out, from morn till night,

You can hear his bellows blow;

You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,

With measured beat and slow,

Like a sexton ringing the village bell,

When the evening sun is low.

Math: Our next unit is Data. Students learned what data was and how to present it through a picture graph and a tally chart. A Chapter Test will be given next Friday.

History: For this week's symbols, we talked about the seal of the President of the United States and the White House.

Science: This week we studied about volcanoes. We identified the different parts to a volcano. We even experimented on how a volcano works.

Thank you!

1st Grade Teachers

3 / 22 / 24

WELCOME BACK AFTER SPRING BREAK!

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

March 29th: NO SCHOOL (Spring Holiday - R&R weekend)

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

Math: Give yourselves a treat for finishing the Addition and Subtraction Unit! This week, the children had 2 tests-- one a mid-chapter checkup for Subtraction, and another for the Chapter Test for addition and subtraction.

Poetry:

The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under a spreading chestnut-tree

The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands;

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

His hair is crisp, and black, and long,

His face is like the tan;

His brow is wet with honest sweat,

He earns whate'er he can,

And looks the whole world in the face,

For he owes not any man.

History: This week, we learned about the different American Symbols. We are making a book of all the symbols we learned. We started with the American Flag and the Liberty Bell.

Science: We continued our earth unit this week with a lesson about geysers. Students participated in an experiment where they observed a model geyser and then created their own diagrams in class. Next week we will be studying volcanoes.

Thank you!

1st grade teachers

3 / 8/ 24

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

March 11th - 15th: NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)

March 29th: NO SCHOOL (Spring Holiday - R&R weekend)

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: In Chapters 5-6 of My Father's Dragon, we read how Elmer escaped from the tigers and the rhino. Help your child practice retelling the story with transition words like (First, Next, Then, and Last).

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

Poetry:

The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under a spreading chestnut-tree

The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands;

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

Math: We practiced more subtraction problems this week. We will take a subtraction test after Spring Break.

History: This week, we learned about George Washington who is on our quarter. We learned how he led the untrained American army to freedom from Britain. We did a coin rubbing in our journals, did a role play and made a craft of Washington.

Science: Students learned about the layers of the Earth. We talked about the crust, mantle, the outer core, and inner core. We learned that it can reach up to 11,000 degrees in the inner core. I made a playdough replica of the Earth. We also labeled/colored the layers of the earth and glued it in our science journal.

Thank you for your continued support! Have a great Spring Break!

1st Grade Teachers

3 / 1 / 24

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes.
Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

March 1st: Field Trip to Odysea

March 6th: Half Day Dismissal (1st Grade Athletic Field Day)

March 8th: Half Day Dismissal

Mar 11th - 15th: NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: We read Chapters 3-4 of My Father's Dragon, where we find Elmer going to Wild Island.

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines