As you can see we have become completely enthralled with Ben Franklin
We were fortunate to have a real live Ben Franklin come to our classrooms and share his life's accomplishments! We were able to ask him questions and share what we know to conclude our studies of our first American hero.
Next week we will begin our study of magnets. If any of the children have magnets they would like to bring in, please have them do that next week.
We finished the COGAT and now resumed our regular class routine. A few things on our learning agenda are synonyms, antonyms, compound words, writing a seasonal story, math fact families, and place value. We'll be reviewing consonant digraphs: /ch/, /sh/, /wh/, /th/, and /ck/. Along with that we will work in some October favorites as our excitement builds for Halloween.
Please be sure to come to I Love a Book Day on October 31st at 8am. The children will be dressed up in their favorite storybook character and we will have a parade around the school. The parade should take about 20-30 minutes, so you can get to work after that. Don't forget your cameras!
We are excited to use the new hand held I-Respond "clickers" as we get to know this new technology for our first graders. We'll do several different exercises to practice how to sign on and place our answer. The children are loving this new technology!
