Welcome to our Class Blog!

WELCOME!

Thanks for visiting the blog! Check out this site weekly for updated newsletters, pictures, what's going on in first grade and other interesting facts about our class. If you have anything you would like to see on the blog, email me at aanders4@hpseagles.net.

Friday, September 6, 2013

be nice.

be nice.

Today, our entire school made a flag to show how we are going to be nice all year long. Be nice is a campaign to decrease bullying in schools across West Michigan. We are now a "be nice" school and we look forward to demonstrating what it means to stick up for one another and to stand up against a bully!

This campaign is organized by The Mental Health Foundation. Go to www.themhf.org to find out more information about the "be nice" program! 


 

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Calling All Volunteers!



First grade families-we are in need of a few parent volunteers next Friday (September 13) to help us teach our indoor recess games. Please click on the above link to see more information! 

We hope to see you there!

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Welcome to the 2013-2014 School Year!

Welcome To First Grade!



Wow! Can you believe the summer went by so fast? The new school year is quickly approaching! 

I will be able to meet you in a couple weeks at our Open House. It is scheduled on Wednesday, August 28 at 6:30. I hope to see you all there! You will even get to enjoy a special treat when you come. 

Parents-please try if all possible to make it to the open house. I will be giving you important information that pertains to the new school year and there will be a lot of information you will want to have before the first day of school.

Students-I am so excited to meet you at the Open House! Until then... I hope you have a great rest of the summer!

Mrs. Anderson (Miss Cain) 



Tuesday, May 21, 2013

More writing and School Families!

One way we can be better at writing is to work with a writing partner! 

Partners can help us by listening to our writing and giving us tips on how to make it better.

Our partners can also serve as writing coaches. They will coach us through a tricky part in our writing and give us ideas on what we could add, take out or revise!




It is always great to be able to show off our hard work by reading our finished piece to our writing partners!










Writing Celebrations are so cool!

We love to show off our hard work with a writing celebration at the end of each writing unit! 


Of course, each writing celebration starts with a juice toast! 


We love our juice boxes!


For this celebration, we were able to share in a circle! We each read our small moments into the microphone! I was so impressed at the great progress we are making in writing!

We often help each other hold the pages:)


We are also really great listeners!

Thank you parents for donating juice boxes so that we can celebrate our writing with each new unit! That is the best part!


Professor Gizmo!

A few months ago, we had a special visitor come to our school and teach us about science! His name was Professor Gizmo! He sure was funny!


We couldn't wait for the show to start!

He looked so funny with that head and face!



We learned about so many different things like....gravity!

and static electricity....!


We couldn't believe our eyes!






We also learned about water and Dakota was a special scientist helper!




Many more students became professor Gizmo's assistents too!

Walk A Thon!

Walk a thon was a huge success! Thank you to all the parents and community members that donated! 


It was a perfect day to get a little exercise and to walk for a great cause!

We were very thirsty! Thank you parents for the amazing water bottles!



Check out those red faces! Phew! We did some work out there!


At least we are all still smiling!