June Bloom!

Instead of June Gloom, we are blooming into second graders in JUne! We will be working on how to transition from first grade into second grade! I will be planting the seed in so they can blossom next year.

*June 14 is Flag Day!
*Father's Day is June 17!
*No school on June 18 & 19!
*American Stars Assembly on June 29!

Animal Reports

Our first graders are animal experts. Each students was assigned to an ocean animal such as shark, dolphin, whale, sea otter, sea turtle, and two chose frogs. We learned and wrote about each animal's habitat, prey, and characteristics.

Alberto is learning about river otters.


Maia and Kalib diving with the dolphins.

Fractions are a piece of COOKIE!

We were introduced to fractions in math. We put on our learning hat and entered the world of Fractionland. First, we thought of ways to share with one other friend, two other friends and so on. Second, we were introduced to the vocabulary such as whole, half, third, fourth, fifth, etc. The following day we used our fraction knowledge to share our cookie with friends and ourselves and learned how to write fractions. We had so much fun eating and sharing our cookies! Check it out!

Seek- And- Find

In science, we have been studying different attributes of animals. I gave the students books about different ocean animals. Their job was to find each the attribute words (also or vocabulary words) in the non- fiction text. The students loved reading about the animals and finding their vocabulary words!

Categories of Animals

Today our objective was to investigate different ocean animals and put them into categories based on their attributes. The students were asked to work as a class to figure out which animals belonged in one group or another. They told me where I put them. Then we put them on a chart to list what they had and named each group. We had so much fun!

Ocean Life Unit

Hello! We have started on our science unit about animals. We choose to focus on animals in the ocean since we live near the ocean! We are keeping an Ocean Life Journal. Here are some pictures of them writing about the different categories of animals.

Welcome Back!

Hello families, I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing spring break! Below are some reminders for May. Reminders for May: ~May 8 is Picture Day! ~ May 31 is our field trip to Sea World! Please bring in $6 and we NEED chaperones!! So please contact me if you can drive ASAP! This month we will be reading non-fiction texts and focusing on identifying the main topic and key details and knowing and using different text features to locate key facts. We will be reading about marine animals, which goes with what we will be studying in science. We will be doing a science unit about ocean animals and writing about them in a report. Stay tuned for a Publishing Party at the end of May. Lastly, in math we will be introduced to dollars and fractions. Do not forget to read for 20 minutes a day and fill out the reading log. It is due every Friday morning!