Posted: April 15, 2010
There are pictures posted in the "1J's Green Thumb" gallery of the science experiment we did in class today. I'll add pictures showing our results very soon! :)
Ms. Mazerolle - Archived 09/21
1C
Posted: March 28, 2010
We are lucky to have three buddy readers working with us first thing in the morning. They've been with us for a couple of weeks now, and they are doing a fantastic job!
Posted: March 28, 2010
made
home
goes
climb
We're continuing our vowel work this week, focusing on the long vowel sounds again. For made and home, we will be talking about the magic e on the end that hops back and makes the other vowel say it's own name. Goes is our two vowels go walking rule that came up last week. Climb is our tricky word of the week...that silent b is not playing by the rules!
Posted: March 25, 2010
March 22 words:
seen
been
eat
please
We are focusing on the long /e/ sound. The rule we've been talking a lot about in these past few weeks and applying now is: when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking (and it says it's name). Here is a fun song that goes along with the rule:
http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/twovowels.html
On the website there's also a song for the "ee" - our two vowel rule still applies to the "ee", but I'd like them to see the "ee" and KNOW the sound it's going to make without having to go through the two vowels rule.
http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/doublee.html
Posted: March 17, 2010
Something that we're working on daily in Math is applying our skip counting to actual objects. Many of the students in 1J are expert rote counters - they need to be able to count by 2's to 20, 5's to 100 and 10's to 100. But just because they can count aloud doesn't mean they've made the connection between rote counting and counting groups of objects. For example, if they're counting how many fingers we have in our class, it makes sense to count by 5's or 10's. We call it finding the lazy way to count. Not everyone has made this connection. If you see an opportunity to count in groups of 2, 5, or 10 - ask your 1Jer to help you out and GO FOR IT! :)
Posted: March 17, 2010
We've been busy in 1J. We've been learning a little bit about plants, how they grow, and why they're important in our lives. Check back here for updated pictures of our plants as they grow! :)
Posted: March 16, 2010
Words of the week for March 15, 2010.
have
had
got
will
We are focusing on short vowel sounds.
Posted: March 13, 2010
Rexton Elementary took part in the Big Crunch challenge this year. Each and every student was given a locally grown apple and we all took the crunch with our classes. There were two purposes for the Big Crunch. The first was to raise awareness that we can access local food even in the wintertime...
Posted: March 8, 2010
This is a school-wide assembly by an outside company. It will be addressing character development.
Posted: March 8, 2010
Date:
Thu, Mar 18/10 9:00 pm
