Special Visits and Visitors!

Last Friday, October 9, our class enjoyed several skits on conversational skills. These were performed by 6th graders, including Samuel's sister, Jordan. We learned how important our "tone" is in getting the right "message" across in conversation.

Birthdays are special days in first grade! This week we had the first two birthdays in our class! We celebrated both Oliver and Russ turning 7! Happy Birthday!!!


On Tuesday, Kay Bronstein, visited our class as our first "picture lady" this year. The children learned about french painter, Henri Rousseau. She brought his painting from 1909, "Notre Dame".

Looking for pictures? Check out my Teacher Page!

Dear Parents,

I have posted many more photo albums filled with wonderful pictures of my students to my Teacher Page in the Shorecrest On-line Community. Check them out! You can download them as well. I will continue to post pictures there throughout the school year.

Just a reminder that there is no school for students on Friday, October 16, due to a Professional Development Day for teachers.

Volunteers this week:

Tuesday - Art - Natalie Ames
Thursday - Science Resource Center - Stephanie Bottoni and Jodie Gayoso
Thursday - Library Check-out - Fai MacDougald
Friday - No School for Students

Specials!

We are so lucky to have so many wonderful opportunities at Shorecrest! Each week, the children have four 30 minute PE classes, two 30 minute Spanish classes, one 45 minute Music class, one 45 minute Art class, and one 45 minute visit to the Science Resource Center. Every other week, we have a 45 minute Computer Lab and a 45 minute Library lesson. In addition, we visit the library each week to check-out books. Computer Lab with Mrs. Baralt is a favorite "special" for all of us! Here we were learning to use the Super Grouper tool in Kidspiration 3 to create venn diagrams.

Another Busy Week We Had!

Hailey's mom was our parent reader on Friday afternoon. This is definitely a highlight of the week for the children. Thank you ALL for modeling the love of reading with our class!
























This week we began learning about the brain in our Human Body science unit. On Thursday, Lisa Peck, our favorite UD science teacher, brought real sheep brains to the Science Resource Center to share with us! We learned how the central nervous system works throughout our body. As a first grader, we have full size human brains which weigh about 3 pounds! Our brain communicates with every cell of our body. The human body is amazing!






Volunteers this week:

• Tuesday - Art - Sharon Cannella
  
• Thursday - Science Resource Center - Darby Jung
  
• Thursday - Library Check-out - Anne Dowling
  
• Friday - Math Game - Twila Davis
  
• Friday - Parent Reader - Radha Moorthy-Clink

Monthly Parent Workshop: Jean Carnes will lead a workshop for all interested parents on "Differentiated Instruction" on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:30 in the Library.

There is no school for students on Friday, October 16. It is a Professional Development Day for teachers.

Picture Retake Day will be on Tuesday, October 20.

Things to Remember!

Conference Day is Wednesday, September 30. There will be no school for students.

Homework should be turned in the day it is due. The word card ring should be returned to school on Thursday.

Volunteers this week:

• Tuesday - Art - Fai MacDougald
• Thursday - Library - Jodie Gayoso
• Thursday - Science Resource Center - Radha Moorthy-Clink
• Friday - Math Game - Erin Ross
• Friday - Parent Reader - Radha Moorthy-Clink
  

It was a busy, but fun week!

In addition to the apple project, we had our first compliment party! The children earned 25 class compliments before the end of September! "Jim" came to our party! Jim is a puppy training to be a companion service dog. He is living with Samuel K.'s family. Check out this week's e-bytes to learn more!

This was also homecoming week! The children had a blast at the all-school Pep Rally on Friday!

Apples, Apples, Apples!

We worked on our "apple project" all week... writing number stories, graphing, learning about the seasons of the apple tree and the parts of the apple, measuring the girth and the weight of our apples, and making apple trees by painting our arms and hands. We finished the apple project by making a "tasty bug" treat to eat!