This week in the Seal Class

This week we:

• celebrated Dot day
• wrote small moment stories
• had visitors from UNH
• played concentration with our spelling words
• practiced rereading our books in a story teller voice
• sang our short vowel songs
• learned how to use the white boards as tools
• created beautiful pictures with dots
• celebrated two birthdays
• began brown bag share
• finished reading My Fathers Dragon
• played math games on a life size number grid
• observed a peach, an apple and a banana peel in the compost bin
• wondered about the change to the caterpillars in class
• continued to work hard and have fun

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We watched a great video in class on composting.  It has really inspired us! http://vimeo.com/84748263

I hope you enjoy the pictures from our week!

Learning how to use the instruments in our classroom.

The Seals love playing memory with their spelling words.  

Celebrating Dot Day at SMS.

Happy Birthday!  We celebrated three birthdays this week!

Writing small moment stories.

We are so lucky to have visitors from the UNH teaching program visit us every Wednesday.

Drawing our favorite characters from My Father's Dragon

Writer's Workshop share

 Brown bag share... We love learning all about each other!

Special guest readers all the way from the third grade!

A visit from Delaney.  She even let us try on her crown!

Reminders

We have a busy week at SMS!

•  International Dot Day Tomorrow/Monday 9/15 - If possible, please have your child wear dots to school.

• EARLY RELEASE this Wednesday, September 17th at 12:50.

• Picture Day  Thursday, September 18th.

Some fun photos from the Seals

Seal Class News

 We have been very busy in the Seal class!  We are continuing to have fun while we get to know each other and settle into our routines. 

Some activities we did:

• began reading My Father's Dragon
  
• painted seals using our hands and feet
• found a friend who we had three things in common with
• learned that great readers set goals and stretch their brains to get ready to read
• discussed and created class rules 
• put together our writing folders
• made a map of my heart
• wrote about our gummy bear science experiment in our journals
• began math workshop
• discovered how different apples browned 
• played lots of math games
• talked about expected and unexpected behaviors
• watched a scholastic news on the bright links board
• played bug under the rug
• read for over 10 minutes in reader's worksop
• learned how to play around the world with dice

Please check our flickr site for additional pictures!

Seal Class News

We have had a wonderful first few days of school!  We have played lots of games, read many books and became a classroom full of fabulous listeners and wonderful friends!

Some upcoming dates to remember:

September 11    Curriculum night for the Seal Class.  This is a different date than on the school            
                          calendar.  Parents are welcome to join me to find out how your first grader 
                          spends their days!  The related arts teachers will be available from 6-6:30.
                          Our classroom will be open to visitors from 6:30-7:30.

September 17    Early release

September 18    Picture Day