What's Happening in Writer's Workshop?

In Writer's Workshop, we are working on personal narratives or "Small Moment" stories. We are working on taking a small moment in our life and turning it into a story. The students are working on stretching out the sounds in words to spell, using speech bubbles to show dialogue, and using a Magic 3 (using 3 adjectives to describe something). We have learned how to use these techniques by studying several great stories from Kevin Henkes!! One of our favorite stories so far is Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse!



Working on spelling words on our own!!

Let's Take a Leaf Walk!

In Science, we have been learning about different kinds of trees and leaves. In this project, students worked both individually and with partners to discover different characteristics that can be found in different leaves. To collect the leaves, we took a walk on our fitness trail.


Hard at work!





It was fun to search for leaves!

We love the fitness trail!!!

Apple Switch Day!

We have been learning about different kinds of apples. Here are examples of some of the art work we made using "Apple Prints".

What a Fun Friday!!

Practicing vocabulary words with a vocab game.







We are fortunate to have a mimio board in our classroom. These boys are using the board to practice math facts.






These girls are reading a Big Book together and looking for short a words in the story. Great work!

Working Hard on Math!

These boys are working together in groups to practice math facts. We have been working hard to learn our "doubles", "+0 and +1" facts.

These groups of students are working together on a math page.

A GREAT first week!!!

We had a great first week in first grade!!

We read, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle this week and participated in various art and science projects that related to the story!

Harrison Elementary Open House!

Don't forget!! You are invited to the Harrison Elementary Open House!

When: Sunday, August 16th
Where: Miss Small's Class
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Remember to bring all of your child's school supplies, a snack to share, and gym shoes. You will set up your child's desk with supplies, and get all ready for the first day of school! Hope to see you there!!