Snack time picnic with stuffed animals from home!
Here's a Vine of some of the fun that happened during our 30 point party! Wish I captured some dance moves from our dance party too!
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
PTO Winter Party!
Dear parents, teachers, alumni and friends:
Mark your calendars…book the sitters…Thompson's fourth annual Winter Party is onJanuary 31!
Please join us at the Arlington Center for the Arts on Saturday, January 31 from 8PM–Midnight. There will be music and dancing, an open bar (beer & wine) plus hors d'oeuvres and desserts. This is a major fundraiser for us and all proceeds benefit the Thompson PTO. Cost is $25 per person, feel free to bring friends.
RSVP by January 26 by going to:www.SignUpGenius.com/go/
See you on the dance floor!
–Winter Party Committee
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Tuesday 1/13
Proud of their teamwork at indoor recess! 
We had fun with the rhyming in this story:
I spent my afternoon with all of the other first grade teachers in town learning about our new writing unit- informational writing. I'm really excited to delve into teaching books!
Monday 1/12
So many new things today!!
Fundations- working on glued sounds. 
Two or three letters that are glued together and make a special sound. Ask your child how you mark these sounds.
Daily 5- look at these kiddos so focused on their work on writing stations!
Social Studies- New unit! Africa!
What do you think you know about Africa? What are you wondering about Africa? Sharing ideas on a Padlet.
Math- trying out a new type of story problem with a missing addend. Try one of these at home!
Writing- new unit of study! Today the kids thought about some topics for their first teaching book. They told five things they knew about a topic across their fingers to their writing buddy. Ask your child what they are an expert on!
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Week of 1/5
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| We made it on the big screen! |
I did some of my posts this week on Twitter.. Check them out here: twitter.com/MrsMelnik1 or keep reading below! Long post since I didn't blog at all this week.. yikes!
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| What an exciting day.. We HAD to stop and look at the snow! |
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| Our character on GoNoodle.. Almost to a new level! |
Even though it's been SO cold out, we're still having fun, and finding ways to get out our energy. GoNoodle is the best way for us to get frequent movement breaks. Ask your child what their favorite break is!
Social Studies:
We spent the week working on some mapping skills.
What's near? What's far?
We also focused on things in our community.
Math
The first graders have been practicing their new working numbers. Here's a Vine of them working hard!
Survey: What's your favorite winter activity? Practicing graphing, tallying and comparing numbers.
A new app some kids were testing out...and loving! :-)
Some fun stations, including some winter activities on another Vine.
Fundations:
This week we focused on grammar.. nouns, proper nouns, and adding -es to mean more than one.
Read Alouds:
We finished Geronimo Stilton... Took a few days off from a chapter book to read a book about nouns, a non-fiction book, and this (almost!) wordless book. We are now starting a new chapter book- Tal. A favorite from my student teaching.
Stay warm!! :-)
Thursday, January 8, 2015
January dates
| Tuesday, January 13th- Early Release 1pm dismissal, lunch will be served Monday, January 19th- No School: MLK, Jr. Day Tuesday, January 20th- PTO Meeting 7pm Tuesday, January 27th- Early Release | |
| 1pm dismissal, lunch will be served Wednesday, January 28th- Send in a filling morning snack We will eat lunch from 11:35-12:15 (instead of 10:55-11:35) due to an upper grade author visit | |
Join fellow parents and teachers, it's a blast!
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