Polar Express Day-Jammies, blankets, candy canes, stuffed animals and the Polar Express movie.  What could be better?

Read for 2020

The Annual Read for 2020 was a success.  Students read or were read to during this time.  What a great experience!

Fun morning learning and doing yoga.

Hello First Grade Parents
We had a great Halloween party yesterday.  A big thank you to Trace's mom, Aiden's mom, Dominic's mom and Vincenzo's mom for a fantastic party.  The kids had a super time.  We hope that you enjoy our "spooky"picture.

What a great day we had to go to the Morton Arboretum.  The weather could not have been better.  The students had a great time learning all about bugs.  A big thank you to Mr. Diestel and Mrs. Kostelnick for accompanying us on our trip.  Here are a few photos from our outing.

Happy Friday First Grade Parents

This morning we did i-Ready testing for about 20 minutes.  The students did an outstanding job during the testing using the iPads.  Some of the students have ear buds and stated they were uncomfortable.  Please check with your child to see how they felt about their ear buds if they used them.  After, we had a guest visitor, Ms. Mann.  She shared with the students how to make an origami dog.  The students brought their dog home in their folder.  I do my best to get all the students in pictures.  If your child is missing, I apologize.

 

We had a fun day in math.  Students began with a warm-up by counting by two's.  Students then constructed twin-pop popsicles (double stick) and arranged them in rows adding one more in each successive row.  We discussed the patterns.  After, the students had time to free explore at one of three Work Stations (dominoes, Unifix cubes, pattern blocks.

First Grade Beginning of School photo.

We have gotten off to a great start.  I use this blog to share photos throughout the school year.  Please check back often to mrsgallaghersblog.blogspot.com.

We could not have asked for a better day to visit the Nature Center to participate in the program "Furry Friends."  Students learned all about what makes a mammal a mammal and then went out onto the grounds to complete a scavenger hunt.  A big thank you to our chaperones: Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Amayun, Mrs. Nowak, Mrs. Panagiotopoulos, Mrs. Beerman, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Parisi.

What a fun and educational morning.  Dr. Amayun, Adeline's dad came in to speak with us about caring for our teeth.  He brought along Mrs. Amayun and little brother Spencer to assist.  Dr. Amayun showed us how to brush properly and we practiced brushing using Legos filled with Play-Doh.  We also got to put on gear that a dentist might wear such as a hair net, face mask, and gloves.  We got to touch real dental instruments as well. We also looked at and touched real jaws and models of teeth. Thank you Amayun family for taking the time to come visit with Room 8 today.