"What was my favorite piece of work today?"

Max's favorite piece of work was Science.

Jayda 's favorite piece of work was Question of the Day.

Alyssa 's favorite piece of work was Question of the Day.

Brian 's favorite piece of work was the fable story map.

Miyah's favorite piece of work was Question of the Day.

Nyla's favorite piece of work was our Science lab.

Riley's favorite piece of work was Question of the Day.

Madi's favorite piece of work was our Science.

Alicyn's favorite piece of work was everything!

Melanie's favorite piece of work was everything.

Danny's favorite piece of work was his Art work.

Walker's favorite piece of work was taking pictures of his Science lab.

Luke's favorite piece of work was our Science experiment.

Conner's favorite piece of work was our Art project.

Tomorrow is Wednesday. We will have Mrs. Fleming, the counselor, come see us tomorrow for our lesson during Social Studies. We will also be going to the library tomorrow afternoon for an Armadillo story.

Love,

"What was one thing that I learned about today?"

Max learned that 10 is greater than 6.

Jayda learned the same thing as Max.

Madi learned about shelters.

Nyla learned that 10 is greater than 6.

Miyah learned greater than 6.

Jeremiah learned the same thing as Miyah.

Brian learned about properties.

Conner learned that not the fastest person will always win.

Danny learned that if you be too confident about yourself you won't always be the best.

Walker learned that slow and confident wins the race.

Alyssa learned that you have to be steady and slow to win a race.

Avery learned about shelter.

Riley learned about needs and confidence.

Alicyn learned that not everything will happen that you think will.

Matthias learned about his 5 senses.

Tomorrow is Tuesday and our Tuesday folders will be going home.
 
Love,
 

Photos of a Fun Week

Dear Mom & Dad,

Even though this was a short week, we had such a fun time.

On Monday, we read our book, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids and talked about being proactive. Ask me what it means to be proactive and how I try to be proactive every day!

We also went to the 2nd grader's Living Museum where we got to hear about different famous Americans. Asked me what I learned!

We also talked about easier, faster ways to count then by 1's. We took off one shoe and made a big pile. Then we brainstormed all the different ways we could group the shoes to count them quickly: by 2's, by 5's, and by 10's. Then, we took off BOTH shoes and made an even bigger pile! Wow! We were glad we brainstormed different ways to count then by 1's because it would have taken us FOREVER!

We did a Science experiment where we tried to make a cloud in a bottle.

Here is the first attempt:

Why didn't it work? Ask me what I think happened!

Here is the next attempt when we got a cloud!

On Tuesday, we had our Literacy Day celebration! Here are some photos and a few videos of the big event! We had such a great time!!

Love,

"What am I thankful for?"

Matthias is thankful for Thanksgiving.

Miyah is thankful for her cousins.

Max is thankful for the holding and doing the camera today.

Riley is thankful for everything in his life.

Avery is thankful for her family.

Conner is thankful for at recess his friend didn't even ask Conner to, but Conner just gave him the wall ball.

Jeremiah is thankful for the present he gave Mrs. Maggart.

Walker is thankful for everything.

Alyssa is thankful for her family.

Jayda is thankful for not pushing anybody at recess.

Nyla is thankful for her family.

Melanie is thankful for Thanksgiving.

Danny is thankful for helping others in need.

Alicyn is thankful for everything.

Jonathan is thankful for for watering the plants.

Tomorrow is Literacy Day! We will be listening to some great stories and going with our buddies.

Remember, we will be leaders tomorrow and follow all expectations. That is being proactive!
 
Love,
 

My Week...

Dear Mom & Dad,

It's the last full week before the holiday break! Next week, we will only have school on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, we will have our Literacy Day celebration all day! We will also not be getting homework next week.


We got to meet with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Corl's class. We had fun making "super" reading bracelts to wear on Tuesday.

This week we learned all about fairy tales. We read Jack and the Giant and completed a story map for our fairy tale. We learned words like: villain, hero, magical objects, climax, and resolution.

We also read two different Cinderella stories. Then, we made a Venn Diagram to compare the different story elements and see how our two fairy tales were the same and how they were different. This helped us to make our own fairy tales. We started working our our fairy tale plan and then our drafts. Thank you to Mrs. Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Licht for helping us to edit our stories and work through the writing process. When we publish our fairy tales, we will copy them onto scrolls and then design and create castles to hold our finished scrolls. What a fun writing project!


In Social Studies, we looked more closely at world maps and the map of the United States of America.

Then, we compared the two maps using a Venn Diagram.

We noticed that on our world map, there were 7 large bodies of land called continents. We even learned a little song to help us remember the names of the 7 continents. Here is how it goes:




We had to become experts at maps because we read Flat Stanley this week and created our very own flat people. We brainstormed where we could send our flat people.

 We can't wait to send our flat people out and hear back about their adventures. We will be mapping all of our flat people's adventures and keeping track of all of the places they visit using our maps.

In Math, we moved on from object, shape, and color patterns to number patterns. We have been working really hard on studying our 100's chart and finding all sorts of number patterns on it! Ask me all the patterns that I noticed! We completed 100 chart puzzles where we had to fill in the missing pattern. We saw missing 5's, 10's, even numbers, and odd numbers. I have also been working on skip counting by 10's, 5's, and 2's all the way to 100. What a great mathematician I am becoming!


In Science, we have been studying the sky and all of the natural things found in the sky during the day and during the night. We also studied day and night and what makes each one each. This week, we started our science project. We created a mobile (all by ourselves) and labeled which side was night and which side was day. Then we made things for each of the skies, us doing one thing during the day and one thing at night, and then wrote about what we felt, heard, and saw during each time. We are going to to hang our mobiles over our tables for use to admire throughout the year.


We have been talking about being good citizens and good leaders too. Each Monday, we are going to set a goal, any goal, that we want to work on and meet during the week. We write that goal and stick it to our tables. We have to remind ourselves of our goals in order to work for them, otherwise they are just a wish. We also created a mission statement for our Tiger Team so we can remind ourselves how we are leaders each day both inside and outside the classroom.


On Thursday, we had our special luncheon. Thank you for coming out to eat with me and share a special time with me. I always enjoy when you visit me at school.


Next week is a short week, but we will be there bright and early on Monday!


Love,

"What was my favorite part of the week?"

Danny's favorite part of the week was making Flat Stanley.

Luke's favorite part of the week was going to the Jungle store.

Brian 's favorite part of the week was making the Flat Stanley.

Tierra's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Max's favorite part of the week was Question of the Day.

Nyla's favorite part of the week was math stations.

Alyssa's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Madi's favorite part of the week was doing our Flat Stanley.

Walker's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Jayda's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Melanie 's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Matthias's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Jeremiah's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday.

Miyah's favorite part of the week was Mrs. Maggart's birthday!

Mrs. Maggart wants to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Tiger Team and their parents for making her birthday so special. THANK YOU!!!!

Look inside our blue Daily Folders for our 2 flat people. We can send them off this weekend anywhere we want.

Have a great, safe weekend!
 
Love,
 

"What was one thing I learned today?"

Max learned Question of the Day.

Alyssa learned Question of the Day.

Nyla learned Question of the Day.

Jeremiah learned Art.

Jayda learned that 16-14=2.

Kendall learned punctuation.

Riley learned to do a "how many more" question.

Brian learned that kind-of the same thing as Riley.

Melanie learned how to do a "how many more" question.

Luke learned 8-7=1.

Conner learned that a meteor is nature.

Danny learned that 16-14=2.

Matthias learned about day and night.

Madi learned "how many more" problem.

Alicyn learned that she can do 61 questions of the day.

Tomorrow is Friday. Tomorrow is college t-shirt day and Jungle day. If you bring Jungle store money, please put your name on the baggie and keep it in your backpack or in your lunchbox or in the silver bucket.

Tomorrow we will be making our flat people and bringing them home to send out.

Love,

"What was my favorite part of the day?"

Danny's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Matthias's favorite part of the day was everything.

Riley's favorite part of the day was everything!

Conner's favorite part of the day was everything!

Jayda's favorite part of the day was when we went outside for recess.

Alicyn's favorite part of the day was Art.

Max's favorite part of the day was everything!

Nyla's favorite part of the day was everything.

Jeremiah's favorite part of the day was everything.

Madi's favorite part of the day was our Science project.

Brain's favorite part of the day was our Science project.

Melanie's favorite part of the day was our Science project.

Walker's favorite part of the day was everything!

Kendall's favorite part of the day was everything!

Luke's favorite part of the day was Science!

Miyah's favorite part of the day was lunch.

Avery's favorite part of the day was everything.

Alyssa's favorite part of the day was lunch.

Tomorrow is Wednesday. You can bring your library books to turn in early tomorrow.

Tonight is Dads & Doughnuts at 6:00 pm. Thursday the 18th is our holiday meal. We go to lunch at 11:03 and leave at 11:33.



Love,

"What was one thing that I learned today?"

Jeremiah learned that there are 7 continents.

Alicyn learned that the sun is very important to the sky.

Tierra learned that the moon is not shining but the sun is shining on it.

Danny learned was that 16+16=32.

Avery learned there are 7 continents.

Kendall learned that you don't energy from nothing, you get it from the sun.

Conner learned that 10x10=100.

Jayda learned that there are 7 continents.

Brian learned that 10x10=100.

Madi learned that there are 7 continents.

Riley learned that there are 7 continets and they are Europe, Africa, North and South America, Austrailia, Antartica, and Asia.

Miyah learned the continents song.

Alyssa learned that there are 7 continents.

Tomorrow is Tuesday. We will be getting our Tuesday folders.

Love,

"What was my favorite thing that we did this week?"

Jayda's favorite thing was when we did Question of the Day.

Tierra's favorite thing was recess.

Melanie's favorite thing was recess.

Alyssa's favorite thing was Question of the Day.

Max's favorite thing was Library Day.

Nyla's favorite thing was indoor recess.

Jeremiah's favorite thing was indoor recess.

Kendall's favorite thing was not much.

Brian's favorite thing was watching Moon Man.

Luke's favorite thing was getting a popcorn party.

Alicyn's favorite thing was half day of school.

Madi's favorite thing was making our maps.

Conner's favorite thing was when we got the popcorn party.

Danny's favorite thing was indoor recess.

Miyah's favorite thing was the Jungle Store.

Matthias's favorite thing was everything!

Riley's favorite thing was everything.

Jonathan's favorite thing was everything!

Have a great, safe weekend!

Love,

 

"What was one thing that I learned about today?"

Max learned that 101-1=100.

Jayda learned that 14-10-2=2.

Jeremiah learned that 100-1=99.

Alyssa learned that not everyone can win a game in one day.

Danny learned that 99-1=98.

Kendall learned that soliders don's die for us, they die for the whole country.

Conner learned that 14+86=100.

Riley learned that some veterans are nurses.

Luke learned 10x10=100.

Madi learned about Veteran's Day.

Alicyn learned that American astronaunts were the first ones to go to the moon.

Matthias learned sometimes the moon can be orange.

Brian learned that 6x6=36.

Avery learned the moon can be orange.

Miyah learned an easier way to count.

Tomorrow is Friday. You can wear your college t-shirt tomorrow. Tomorrow is also Jungle store. If you bring money, put it in a plastic baggie with your name and keep it in your lunchbox or backpack until lunch.

Tomorrow is the last day to bring food. Tiger Team has collected 107 things of food. Wow! We really helped fight hunger.

Love,

"What was my favorite part of the day today?"

Max's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Melanie's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Nyla's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Riley's favorite part of the day was everything!

Alyssa's favorite part of the day was watching Math Monsters.

Alicyn's favorite part of the day was everything.

Jayda's favorite part of the day was everything.

Avery's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Kendall's favorite part of the day was when she got here.

Walker's favorite part of the day was getting his pictures.

Brian's favorite part of the day was getting his pictures.

Luke's favorite part of the day was recess.

Miyah's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Madi's favorite part of the day was Question of the Day.

Tierra's favorite part of the day was recess.

Jeremiah's favorite part of the day was Math Monsters.

Danny's favorite part of the day was everything.

Conner's favorite part of the day was when he got to sit up on the stage and eat with Mrs. Snow.

Tomorrow is Library Day. If you didn't bring your books today, bring them tomorrow.

Tomorrow is also our Veteran's Day assembly. We will be going to the cafeteria at 8:00, right after the morning announcements to attend the assembly.

We have two more days to collect food. Friday is the last day to collect food.


Love,

"What was one thing that I learned today?"

Jayda learned that 5-3=2.

Tierra learned that the sun comes out and the clouds can block the sun.

Max learned about night and day.

Danny learned that the moon is slower than the sun.

Luke learned that 6x6=36.

Brian learned that stars are actually big but they look small.

Melanie learned the same thing as Brian.

Conner learned the same thing as Brian.

Riley learned that when the sun is facing Earth, on the other side there is no light at all.

Nyla learned that 6x6=36.

Miyah learned that the Earth spins.

Kendall learned that 11x8=88.

Matthias learned the sun is the closets thing to the Earth.

Walker learned 6x6=36.

Madi learned that every other planet except the sun orbits the sun.

Alicyn learned that stars are in the sky when its daytime but you can't see them because of the sun.

Alyssa learned the same thing as Brian.

Jeremiah learned that the sun can spin.

Tonight is Math and Science Night. It starts at 6:00 and will go until 7:30. There will be lots of games, an estimation jar for me to win, and free hot dogs!!
Our Tuesday folders will be sent home tomorrow. Tomorrow is an Early Release Day so we will get out of school at 12:45. We will not have specials tomorrow.

We beat our goal! Tiger Team collected 103 things of food! Way to go! We are helping to fight hunger!

Love,

"What was one thing that I learned today?"

Madi learned that clouds are made from nature.

Danny learned that Venus is in the sky at night.

Max learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Jeremiah learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Nyla learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Alyssa learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Jayda learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Riley learned that Venus is a natural resource.

Matthias learned about day and night.

Alicyn learned that how to make a day and night paddle.

Conner learned that a meteor is made in nature.

Melanie learned about day and night.

Avery learned how to make a day and night paddle.

Kendall learned that the sky is made out of nature.

Today we collected more food to help fight hunger. We have collected 82 things of food. Our goal is 100 things of food. Friday is the last day so let's meet our goal!

Tomorrow is Math and Science Night at Teravista. It starts at 6:00 and is over at 7:30. There will be lots of math games in the cafeteria for us to play. Mrs. Maggart will be there to help. There will also be free hot dogs. There will be an estimation jar for you to guess how many candies are in the jar. If you get the closests guess, you win the whole jar of candies. The 1st grade class with the most people who come win extra recess. I hope to see you there!

Love,

A Chilly Week of Fall

Dear Mom & Dad,

Wow! The weather has sure started to feel like fall! I've had to even bring my jacket to school. Please help me to remember to label my jacket, gloves, hats, etc. with my name incase I misplace it somewhere during the school day.

This week we have been reading lots of stories with problems and solutions. We have been talking about the characters and settings of each story as well. Mrs. Maggart even showed us how to can write stories with problems and solutions just like these:

We also wrote a found poem. What is a found poem? Well, it's a poem that you write about a story or book using words and phrases that you like from that story or book. It also follows the same sequence, or is in the same order, as the story itself. We read The Ugly Pumpkin and created our own found poem as a class. We each added something, we read a part, and we even "graded" ourselves on how well we participated in this project.

In Science we studied the wind. We can't see wind but we can observe, or see, things that proves there is wind. We learned the vocabluary words, "wind," "windy," and we learned all about the special tool used to measure wind, a windsock. We made our own windsocks and then took them outside to measure the wind. It was a super windy day and it began to rain on us so we didn't get to observe for long.

Writing our observations in our Science Notebooks

One of our windsocks

Look at them blow!

We also made pinwheels, another object we can use to see or measure wind.

We also read some pretty good non-fiction books filled with facts about wind. Ask me what I learned from this book!

We are still collecting food to help fight hunger. Our Tiger Team goal is 100 things of food. Let's keep bringing in canned food and other non-perishable items to make that goal!

Next week is an early release day on Wednesday and we have a Veteran's Day assembly on Thursday at 8:00 am in the cafeteria.

Love,