First Day of First Grade 2013

Take a look at these awesome First Graders!!!  I have enjoyed them the last couple of weeks, they are doing Great!  I've got two more kiddos I will add on here once I get their blog photo releases.  So check back!

Ale

Barret

Boedy

Briea

Bryleigh

Clancy

Cody

Isaiah

Madisyn

Nevaeh

Turner

Maddex

First math test in the books!

Parents, take a look in your child's book bag!  You are going to find an awesome math test!  That's right, today we took our first math test.  I'm pretty proud to say everybody did an exceptional job.  So give your student an extra pat on the back tonight.

Last Day of Summer!

So today is my last day of summer, that means tomorrow I officially go back!  But here's a little secret I've been back most of summer, popping in to do this or that.  Although I have to say good-bye to the fun days of summer, I am really excited to be back to see little smiley faces. 

 

Thought I might tell you a little about my family and give you a look of my summer vacation.  My husband who is better known as Mr. Haag, is the Elementary PE teacher.  He has many hats that he wears in our district, as he also is a Assistant Principal, Head High School Football Coach, and also teaches high school weights.  Beyond his school responsibilities we love him just for being a great husband and daddy.  He always has a way to brighten my day and makes me laugh daily. 

 

Macy is our oldest daughter, she is entering third grade this year!  Man time flies!!!!  Our son is Trent and he is also in first grade just like you or your student. 

 

We went on a family vacation with the whole "Haag" clan.  It was such a great time to just hang out with family.  While we were there we had family photos done, and I just think they are awesome!!!  But this is my precious crew and I am just a little partial!  We vacationed in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  While there we swam in the ocean in good company with jelly fish, both my kiddos were stung.  They really were not a big deal, but the fun was all in splashing into the waves, building sand castles, having a dolphin swim within ten feet of us, and burying Uncle Nick!  We also went on a dolphin cruise and it was amazing!  Mr. Haag went parasailing while I took Macy and Trent on a pirate cruise.  We also visited Savannah, Georgia and toured the town.  It has such beautiful architecture and the history of the town was unbelievable! 

 

 So you can tell I love my family, and I've enjoyed good times with them this summer.  Now it's the last day of summer and time for me to put the flip flops away, until next year summer! 

 

Now that the school year is finally here, I am excited to be able to share it with you.  I am looking forward to seeing your smiley face next Wednesday August 21st!!!

Trent

Macy

Mr. Haag's Mom & Dad, sisters, brother in-laws and nephews.  We love them dearly and treasured our vacation.

Teddy Bear Day

We had a Teddy Bear Day, and each student was able to bring their favorite bear to school.  During the day we did an estimation jar with gummy bears, fiction and nonfiction stories about bears, compared real bears and teddy bears, learned bear facts, and created a story map of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  Below is a photo of each student with their bear.  They had to use capital letters to identify a proper noun (their bears name), used adjectives to describe how their bear felt and what color it was, and also used a ruler and for some bears a yard stick to measure their height. 

 

This was such a fun day, and I am so happy to be able to share it with you.  Recently I had a project from Donorschoose.org completely funded .  I received an Epson Scanner for our classroom.  The donors for our project included the company Epson covering fifty percent of the cost of our scanner, Elizabeth Gidley a woman who grew up in Howard and attended Moline Grade School, and a woman by the name of Cynthia from Olathe.  A big thanks goes out to these wonderful donors for allowing me to do extra things for my students.  This scanner will be a wonderful way for my students to share their great work with family and friends.

 

Abigail's Bear - Ladybug

 

 Dalia's Bear - Susan

 

Destrie's Bear - Quinn Rainbow Knight

 

 Ethan's Bear - Midnight

 

 Gabriel's Bear - Mr. Bear

 

 Holton's Bear - Camo

 

 Layne's Bear - Fireball

 

 Lillian's Bear - Rainbow LOVE

 

 Logan's Bear - Panda

Savannah's Bear- Cookies

 

 Sawyer's Bear - Kenny the Koala

Learning to use the DICTIONARY

We are learning how to use dictionaries.  We made a book of definitions.  Each student was able to look up a word and write the definition.

 

This is Sawyer finding the definition for "invite".

 

Invite:  To ask a person to come as a guest and take part in something.

 

Our class would like to invite you to watch us perform during PE Night. 

 

WHAT:  PE NIGHT

WHEN:  Friday March 8th, 7:00 PM

WHERE:  West Elk Gymnasium

WHY:  Because we are awesome and you love us!!!

 

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Read Across America

Today we joined in Read Across America.  Our Principal Mrs. Young read "The Cat in the Hat"  to the students.  What was most exciting was how dramatic it was.  The kids were able to go on stage and hear the story with the lights out.  It was even by the light of a fire, how cozy!  Thanks goes out to Mrs. Young and Mrs. Madison for making it a great day.  Sorry I boxed a few kiddos out.  Those are the other first grade students.  I do not have permission slips for them, like I do for my class.

 

Contraction Doctor

 

Today the First Grade Doctors performed surgery on contractions.  They had to cut out the parts that were no longer needed and band aid the contraction together.

 

 

Reader of the week - Gabriel

Gabriel was our first reader of the week.  Take a listen to how well he is reading.  Great job Gabe!  This clip is only part of his story.  Working on figuring out how to get the whole video on here.

 

 

 

Skittles Math

Today after our math test we were able to have yummy math time!  The students were all given a group of skittles that they had to sort by color.  After sorting they created a graph.  They used their data to determine which had the most or least, and even did addition with their data.  The last problem was adding three numbers, which is a task we just finished studying.  All students had a great time, and of coarse loved their snack!

 

 

 

 

 

Birthdays

Gabriel celebrated his birthday the first day back from break.  He was kind enough to give us all party favors.  We had some silly time with our hair extensions!!!  

Today we have another party for Abigail, and then Monday for Lillian.  We will be all partied out by next week.  What fun!

Gabriel gave the girls hair extensions for a party favor



Gabriel gave the boys puzzles for party favors

Mrs. Haag even got a hair extension!  Awesome!!!

Grinch Day

Both First Grade classes got together to celebrate Grinch Day.  We read the book, watched the movie, and so much more!!!

The Grinch left a GREEN heart of cupcakes.

He also left GREEN licorice.

His heart was too sizes too small, so we filled him with kindness.

The students all brought a heart with something kind that they did over the previous week.

Those of you that have watched "The Prices Right" know all about this game.  Get a right answer and punch for a prize.  The students had to answer a comprehension question about the book to earn a prize.

Gingerbread Houses

During short weeks before holiday breaks, I always like doing something a little special.  They work so hard for me, that it was time for a reward day.  They enjoyed making Gingerbread houses.  Although a couple were dropped and broken before making it home. 

Ethans Gingerbread House

Savannah's Gingerbread House,  before it broke.



Gabriel's Gingerbread House



Holton, so proud of his awesome roof!

Destrie's Gingerbread House