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WINTER BREAK FEELS LIKE...

12/18/2015

 
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HAPPY WINTER BREAK!

12/18/2015

 
Have a fabulous winter break.  Get some rest!  Play in the snow!  Keep reading!

We wrapped up 2015 with some fun.  First we played race to Rudolph.  Find a partner. Roll a die. Find the double +1.  First person to 120 wins.  We know our doubles +1 inside out and backwards.

Then we built some wacky snowmen.  We learned to read a grid and pick the different parts of a snowman.  Build the body, face, arms, hat, and scarf.

Finally we did some science!  We discovered the properties of objects that sink and float.  We made predictions about pencils, buttons, water bottles, paper clips, shells, tiles, pennies, and blocks.  We discovered the objects that float are often wood, they have a large surface area, and they are filled with air.  Objects that sink are often metal, have a small surface area, and are filled with water or the water can go right through them!
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MATH SPRINTS

12/17/2015

 
Thank you all so much for coming to our winter breakfast.  The kids were so excited to have you here and share their calendars with you!  We hope they keep you on track for 2016 :) Unfortunately, the breakfast we so much fun that I forgot to take any pictures.  So...after you left we caught up on our math.  We practiced our math sprints.  These are a favorite of ours.  Right now were adding numbers that have a sum between 11 and 20.  Sometimes we count on and sometimes we rearrange to make a group of 10.
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SHAVING CREAM MATH

12/16/2015

 
We're ready for you to visit tomorrow!  The last step was doing a little cleaning.  We made if super fun by cleaning the table with shaving cream.  We even got a little math in.  Our white boards looked a little different than usual this afternoon!
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GETTING IN A WINTERY SPIRIT

12/15/2015

 
We're very excited that you are coming for breakfast on Thursday morning!  We can't wait to share our gifts with you and spend some time with you in the classroom.  Here's another little sneak peak of something we are working on.  See you Thursday at 8am to find out more!

In other news we balanced some math equations today.  We've played this game before trying to get both sides of the equation to equal 10.  Today we played with lots of different sums to make it a little trickier.  We are definitely math wizards!

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING...BEST DAY EVER!

12/14/2015

 
Today we went cross country skiing.  It was awesome.  Aspen kids are cool.  Enough said!
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Things heard while cross country skiing...
"Check me out!"
"This is not going to end well!"
"FACE PLANT"
"This is so fun."
"Why do we have to go back in?"
"POWDER"
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FRIDAYS ALWAYS FLY BY...

12/11/2015

 
...and this Friday was no exception.  We saw our fifth grade buddies.  We heard from the reporter and scientist.  We even had a secret reader!  First grade is jam packed with great things!
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This morning we read the book The Mitten Tree.  We had a chance to talk about all of the things we are thankful for this holiday season. We came up with quite a few!  We met with our fifth grade buddies and made some thankful mittens of our own to decorate our classroom!

Gavin shared a great experiment today!  He wanted to know what would happen if you mix water and oil. ​
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We thought: (a) they would bubble up; (b) they would explode; (c) the water would change color; (d) the top would get all greasy; (e) they would not mix out.  Turns out water and oil do not mix.  The water is heavier and sinks to the bottom.  The oil floats on top.  We talked about how this happens with vinegar in salad dressing.

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​Rocco shared an interesting article!  We learned that a burglar in Florida was running from the police when he was eaten by an alligator.  Totally gross!  The moral is burglary is bad news!  And we don't have alligators in Aspen.

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​​Last but not least, Charlie's mom, Heather, surprised us as the Secret Reader today. She shared one of Charlie's favorite books: If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T.  It was a great read and really funny!  It even had some parts that reminded us of the How To books we are writing right now!
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BOOK SEARCH AND DICTIONARY SEARCH

12/10/2015

 
We're working on picking just right books.  When we pick book we use the acronym I PICK.  This stands for:  I (I choose my own books), P (purpose, why am I reading this?), I (interest, do I like this?), C (comprehension, do I understand this?), and K (I know most of the words).  Today we worked on picking books that we were interested in, but also are the right level too.  When we know most of the words on the page, it's probably a good book for us!

As you know, we just finished our read aloud Frindle.  Today we made up some of our own words to replace the boring words we use everyday.  We wrote our own definitions and then used the dictionary to figure out where they would go.  There was alphabetizing down to the 8th letter!

WINTER BREAKFAST SNEAK PEEK

12/9/2015

 
We've been hard at work and we can't wait to share our gifts with you next
Thursday, December 17th at 8am.  
Here's a sneak peek of your gift.  You'll have to come to see the rest!
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VOCABULARY BOOST

12/8/2015

 
Every week we have new vocabulary words.  It's easier to remember them when we have motions to go along with them.  When we remember them we can use them in our conversations and writing.  Here are some of our favorites.  Ask us which other ones we remember...
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bob in a boat
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tug on a balloon string
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glide across the ice
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resent when your friend is mean
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collapse like a broken tent
thrilling roller coaster ride
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twirl like a top
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arrange your toys
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