Our first author (and illustrator) of the month is Eric Carle! His colorful collages are recognized around the world and so fun to look at. Studying his work has allowed us to learn some different art techniques, as well as writing skills. In addition to reading Eric Carle’s stories we have been creating so many...
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Building number sense is a HUGE focus of first grade. Students must have a solid awareness of how numbers relate to one another (which number is greater or less) as well as how they are ordered (which number comes before, after, between). One very fun way to help first graders build their number sense is...
Today we reviewed the letter k in class. Students were asked to make a list of as many “k” words as they could think of. As they thought, they’d occasionally call out words to me, to determine whether they began with c or k. My favorite of the day, “Constipation?”
*One of our goals for this blog is to make a greater effort to share more about our teaching practices and the learning opportunities that go on in our classrooms. There’s no time like the present, so, let’s get started! Our third full week of school is now underway (how time flies!) and it...
Our Lower School throws an annual Halloween Carnival, and I’ve had the pleasure of being on the committee the past 2 years. Love it! You can check out all the fun from last year here. We made spider hats for Halloween! How CUTE are my little spiders?! ALL of the kids who attended the carnival got...
