Archive for the ‘1st Grade’ Category

Mrs. Menon’s class completed their Greece and Rome iMovies.  Her class did a fabulous job incorporating pictures, recording their voices, titles, and adding music.  Once we export them to quictimes I will add them to my blog. Mrs. Harrison’s first graders did a leprechaun activity in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day.  They had fun [...]

Today Ms. Taylors first and second graders worked on databases.  The databases were about famous people that they were studying.  The first graders did a database on Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington Carver.  The second graders did a database on Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Susan B. [...]

Ms. Kowalczyk and her first grade class learned about mixtures.  The first graders learned that rocks, sand, and soil do not mix with water.  We also used the Pro Scope to take a closer look.  They learned that drink mix, sugar, and salt do mix with water.  Did you know that oil floats on top [...]

Mrs. Slayton, the librarian, and Ms. Childress, the first grade trailblazers teacher created a research project for the first graders to do.  The project is on the famous Americans George Washing, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington Carver.   The students used books and  OneSearch to do their research.  I assisted at the computer station.  [...]

Today Ms. Beagle’s and Mrs. Moore’s  kindergarten classes worked on measurement.  They worked on nonstandard units of measurement using paperclips and shoes.  Here is what they did if you’d like to download, please click on the link below.  (The Pixie activities were created by Suzanne Whitlow.) Measurement KG Ms. Hanks’ first graders researched the famous [...]

Mrs. Slayton did a great lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. with Ms. Patterson second grade class in the library.  She used Pixie and had the students tell about their dreams when they grew up.  The students typed their dreams and took a picture of themselves.  I was only there for minimal assistance. Mrs. Curtis’ [...]

A small group from Ms. Taylor’s class typed stories about winter.  Some typed about the snow days we had and building snowmen.  One student typed about his first time sledding.  Students learned how to use Pages.  They also inserted pictures that went with their stories. Ms. Hanks’ class had an enrichment lesson today on force [...]

I began my day with a group of five students from the multi-aged first/second grade class that I helped in a small group.  We worked on typing their stories about making a cake in Pages.  They had some very interesting stories about how you should make a cake.  They were very interesting.  Once the students [...]

Today in Ms. Leonard’s first grade class, we worked on subtraction.  We visited several websites to reinforce crucial skills.  Students worked on counted backwards and “blastin off.”  The sites we used are below. Subtraction Sites

Mrs. Harrison’s first graders learned about the sun and earth.  We did a Pixie activity to help.  In the activity students learned about noon, afternoon, morning, night, east, west, sunrise, and sunset.  They learned a lot of vocabulary!  If you’d like to do the same activity, you can download the time of day activity below [...]