More pictures of camping.

More pictures of Yellowstone National Park

I took some really cool pictures of the geysers and we will talk about them when you return to school. I have a lot of pictures but I will only show a few on our website.

What is everyone doing this summer?

Hello Everyone,

I'm missing you already, but I am having some fun with Dakota this summer. We went camping at Yellowstone National Park and we saw a lot of animals. We even saw a bear right by our campsite. YIKES! :) We are going to write about our summer and all the fun things that you are all doing. I can't wait to see you all again as second graders. Don't forget to keep reading so you can enter second grade as superstar readers.

Dancing our way into healthy wellness

Wow, what a fun assembly. Everyone practiced their dance moves and really showed them off. We should have invited John Travolta to see our moves.

Money makes the learning easier...

We are learning how to add three single digit numbers and using pennies to set up the problems just seems to make the adding a little more exciting. Instead of 2 + 3 + 5 they have 2 pennies, three pennies, and five pennies. We are also going to try our money bags again. I think almost everyone is doing well enough with their money to accomplish this now.

Wow! Our class, families, friends, and community members pulled together and we did it!!!! We earned two ipods for our classroom. They will be joining the other ipods Ms. McGinley will soon have in her classroom thanks to a grant that she applied for and received. That means that we will have enough for a small center. OOOOOOHHHH let the learning begin.... :) We have already started a new project on donorschoose.org so if you didn't get a chance to help us in our first project, you still have a chance. Thanks for everyone who supported and believed in us.

What's growing in first grade????

We are growing potatoes in first grade and we have a blossom. We have seen two new potatoes so far. We are going to harvest them at the end of the year and make potatoes and eggs.