Party Time!

Check out the fun time we had at our party.  Lots of good treats, a craft, and a fun relay game.  Thank you to our room parents for a great party.  What a awesome time!

What do you do to grow in reading?

This is what Evie does in her spare time.  Do you think she is going to grow in reading?  YES!!!  (Good job, Evie!)

More Classroom Authors - Amazing!

We sure have a lot of hard working authors in our classroom!  Here are some more below...

Hailey wrote two stories - one about her family and one about animals.

She did this all on her own during her spare time!

Nevaeh and Ramsie have written the first chapter book for the year. 

They also wrote this in their spare time.  This book has

two chapters, but they plan on adding more!

Fall Costume Party!

Here are some fun pictures from our fall costume party on October 31st. 

Our room parents had some great treats and activites for us.  We had lots of fun!

 

Hard Workers!

Here are some hard working students.  Adrian, Evie, and Hayden all did extra work at school and at home.  Adrian retold some of his favorite Bible stories all on his own at home.  Evie worked at home to put her sight words in groups according to their vowel sounds.  Hayden wrote a story in his spare time at school.  All three of these students did these things all on their own without being asked.  Wow!! 

Did you notice it's hat day in our room? :)



Lincoln Log Fort

Reece and Nicholas got very busy and built a fort and nearby homes out of Lincoln Logs.  Very creative boys!

Triple Fun!

These three girls - Evie, Ramsie, and Olivia - wrote a story together.  It's called, "Keli and the Car."  It is a very exciting story about a girl who runs into an apple tree with her mother's car.  Guess what happens at the end?  They make apple pie!

Classroom Authors!

Many students from our classroom are writing their own books in their spare time.  Here are some great examples below!

Maddee and Samantha wrote stories.  Maddee wrote a story called, "Kelchi Finds a Friend."  Her story is about Ms. Bennett's pets, Kelchi and Colter.  Samantha and Maddee wrote a great team story together called, "Colter Got Lost."  This story is about Ms. Bennett and Colter going on a walk.  Colter gets lost!  Both of these stories are great!

 

Hailey and Nevaeh wrote a great team story together called, Do You Have a Pet?"  In the story, they ask each other if they have various pets.  What a creative story!

Creative Homework

Maxx made a creative homework page to practice his sight words.  He made a chart of flip up words.  Good job, Maxx!

Fire Safety Week

The Albert Lea Fire Department visited the first graders this week.  The firefighters reviewed the fire safety rules with the first graders.  Then they showed them the trucks, ladder truck, and fire hose.  Thank you, Albert Lea firefighters!

Two Classroom Authors!

 

Maddee and Evie each wrote their own book in their spare time at school.  They had both words and pictures.  The students loved to hear their books being read!

Hard Worker!

Noah created his own homework at home by making a flip

chart with his sight words.  Way to be a hard worker, Noah!

Falling Dominoes!

Adrian made a very long line of falling dominoes. 

It was fun to see them all fall over. Very cool!

Bendaroo Picture!

Ramsie, Nevaeh, and Evie made a great picture with Bendaroos.  Very creative!

Narnia Legos!

Check out Noah and Max's creation with the Narnai Legos.  Very creative!  Good job, boys!

Can You See?

Can you see Colter's head, a heart, and the word "birthday" in the design that Evie and Ramsie made?  I can!

A Lincoln Log Village!

Olivia and Hailey build a cool Lincoln Log village!

The Land of Narnia in Legos!

Taylor, Rayea, and Iyana have built Narnia using Legos. 

They have the White Witch's castle, her dungeon, and a field for horses.  

The wardrobe is behind the castle.   The dwarf got captured by the witch. 

She is going to put him in the dungeon.  Aslan is going to come and save him.

Learning About the Hospital!

On Tuesday, April 23 our class went on a field trip to the Albert Lea hospital.  We learned about what it's like to be admitted to the hospital.  We also learned about the inside of the human body - the bones and organs.  After our learning time, we were taken around varous parts of the hospital.  We saw an urgent care room, the baby room (and a new baby!), the lab, and the inside of an ambulance.  We even got to see what blood looks like under a microscope.  It was a great learning time for the whole class!

Jose is our pretend patient to be admitted to the hospital. 

Cayden and Taylor are his pretend mom and dad.

Our patient, Jose, has his blood pressure taken.

Dr. Brenden will be Jose's surgeon!

We saw what the inside of our body looks like - even the heart!

This a skelleton.  Do you know how many bones we have in our bodies?

Alex looks at blood under a microscope.

Do you know what the little purple platelets do for us?

A paramedic tells us about his ambulance.

Layne gets his EEG taken.  Do you think his heart is beating?

Here is Layne's EEG.  Yes, his heart is beating!

Narnia Lego Builders

Brenden, Alex, and Talan build a scene from Narnia with Legos.  Cool!

Sibley Teachers Take the Polar Plunge!

Sibley teachers Mr. Wanzek, Miss Gonwa, Miss Gephart, and Miss Miller took the polar plunge to help raise for Sibley's annual food drive.  Sibley students donated over $200.00 for the local food shelf.  Way to go, Sibley students!  The four teachers chilly jump midway through the video, at about slide 12:50.  Brrr!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ifx7DPmnfAk

Mmmm, Mmmmm, Good!

The Jaguar reading group, Talan, Taylor, Faith, and Carson, read a book called, "The Wheat We Eat."  They learned that some cereals are made from wheat.  Bread is made from wheat.  Pasta is made from wheat.  We got some bread dough, watched it raise all day, and then baked it.  We made enough bread for the whole class.  The best part was eating it!  Home made bread!  Mmmm, Mmmm, good!!

Happy Birthday Colter

Ms. Bennett's dog, Colter, came to school for his birthday.  We had a fun party with cake and presents.  Colter showed the class how he can read some words.  He read the words "sit, down, and paw."  Colter loved his party.  So did the kids!

Happy birthday, Colter!

Colter's cake - he got a very little piece!

Colter reads some words.

Blowing out the candles!

The Taste Test!

Our class has been studying the five senses... seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.  We learned that our brain uses those senses to find out about the world around us.  We did a taste test experiment to find out the different taste buds our tongue has.  Do you know what the four flavors are that our taste buds can taste?  Find out below during our "taste test"!

Our four samples of the different tastes:  sweet, bitter, sour, and salty.

Alex and Sophi try some salt for the salty flavor.  Did you know that salty is the only tastebud flavor that our body acutally needs to stay alive?

Cayden and Iyana try the lemons.  Oooo, that's sour!

Brenden tries the sour lemon too.

Jose puts the bitter baker's chocolate in...

... Ewww, that tastes yucky!

Last we tasted some sweet suckers.  Now those were good!