Guitars and Ukuleles

It has been another busy week for our class.  We have spent the week practicing addition strategies, problem solving and learning about fact families in Math.  We have been learning more about the writing process during Writer's Workshop and putting that into practice.  During Reader's Workshop we have been practicing strategies for figuring out new words and doing a lot of partner reading.
Cooper's dad visited our classroom this week to share about their family culture of enjoying and playing music.  He brought his guitar and ukuleles (from his recent trip to Hawaii) and talked with us about the differences and similarities of the two instruments. Then he played some songs for us.  Everyone had a great time dancing and listening to the music, and had a good giggle seeing Cooper's dad in a grass skirt and flower in his hair.  A big thank you to Cooper's dad for sharing his music with us!

April 7th Concert Change of Date!

The April 7th Mixed Grade Level Concert with Mrs. Burritt will be postponed to a later date. Thank you.

Read Across America

Firefly First Grade has had a busy week back to school.  We celebrated Read Across America on Wednesday.  We had an all school assembly in the morning and guest readers visit our classroom throughout the day.  Vasanthi Meyette read one of her favorite books and Jennifer Niles read two of her favorites to us.  We created and wore penguin hats to represent the book Mr. Popper's Penguins, that we just finished reading.  We also participated in "Drop Everything and Read".  It was a fun day for everyone.
Please be sure to go on the Firefly webpage and sign up for your spring conference.  Conferences will be March 24th & 25th.
Have a great weekend,
:)Deb