The day before our Mini Zoo, students practiced their listening and speaking skills and presented their habitat projects to their classmates! #wesoar

We wrapped up our pumpkin study by carving a pumpkin and making predictions on how many seeds were in our pumpkin. There were 514 seeds in our pumpkin. Pru had the closest guess at 500 seeds!! #wesoar

For Veterans Day, we wrote thank you letters! #wesoar

First grade made the centerpieces for the tables for our community Thanksgiving dinner on Monday. They did a great job on them! #wesoar

For November, students received 2 books! Thanks so much to our generous donors for making this happen each month for my students! #wesoar

Back in December, we had a gingerbread-themed day! We wrote descriptions for our gingerbread man, decorated gingerbread men with icing, and participated in a gingerbread hunt. Thanks to our generous donors, students received gingerbread themed books and activities! #wesoar

We had a great 100th day of school! Due to the 2 hour delay we didn't get to as many activities as I would have liked, but we did get to do some. We also enjoyed a 100 day themed snack! Stay tuned next week for pictures of their 100 day writing. #wesoar

Here are some photos of activities students did on our elearning day! #wesoar

Here are some writing prompts from the 100th day of school!

Students received winter-themed books for their January Scholastic book! Thanks so much to our generous donors for making this happen!

Students who read every month in the night of January had their name put in a drawing to pick a book from our new book vending machine. 5 students were picked. Congratulations Quinn, Kiana, Mia, Bransin, and Olivia!

We have been working on opinion writing this nine weeks. Students participated in a cookie taste test and tasted 3 different types of cookies. Students then wrote their opinion on what the best cookie is.

Trying to catch up on posting pictures..February we read the story My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother. In this story, a boy named Richard tricks his sister Treesha into eating rhubarb. We tasted both rhubarb/ rhubarb jelly and wrote our opinions about rhubarb! #wesoar

We had a busy Valentine's Day. We received Valentine-themed books, wrote reasons why we love our class, and exchanged valentines!

Students received St. Patrick's themed readers for March. Thanks so much to our generous donors who make this happen!

This past week, first grade had a career week! Students learned about 4 different careers. Thanks so much to our guest speakers (Jamie Buhl, Tyler Fortman, Alexus Hammock, and Doug McGeehan) for taking the time to come and speak to our classes!

In math this past week, we worked on showing numbers different ways using tens/ones. On Thursday, we used pretzels/chocolate chips to make numbers!

Students received St. Patrick's themed readers for March. Thanks so much to our generous donors who make this happen!

Students received Easter-themed books for the month of April. Thanks so much to our generous donors for making this happen!

Five observations from Day 8 of #Bengals training camp: 1. Chidobe Awuzie continues to increase his activity. I noticed Mike Hilton encouraging him to take it slowly. “I’ve got to take care of my guy because we’re going to need him when the season really kicks around,” Mike said.