Family Fun: Thanksgiving

We've been enjoying seeing how each family decides to disguise Tom Turkey and keep him hidden until after Thanksgiving is over! I will try and post pictures soon, although the kids would love to have you all visit them in person.

Here are some great links that you can explore with your student to help him/her learn more about the first thanksgiving:

America's Hometown

Pilgrim Hall Museum

The First Thanksgiving: Be the Historian

Boston Children's Museum

Scholastic Thanksgiving Activities

History Channel: Thanksgiving

Hubbards Cupboard Thanksgiving Activities

Science Unit: Studying Air

We learned air can move things!

We learned that air can fill things!

We've been studying the properties of air the past few weeks. Just ask our students what they've learned so far with all of their fun (and messy) experiments. Things we so engaging that we forgot to take pictures! Here are some pictures from our first experiment!

Our Class Harvest Party

We ate yummy treats!

All together in our costumes!

We played fun games and had a school wide parade!
Special thanks to all of our wonderful parent volunteers!

Extra Math Practice

Some parents have asked for more math homework for first graders this year. Instead of copying more worksheets and possibly overwhelming other families, here are some fun games and links to free worksheets online. Please let me know how this works out for your family. Extra math practice is always wonderful as long as kids get a chance to play and be kids at home too.

Math Blox- resource for free math games.

Family Math Night Modules- games and activities to do together as a family.

First Grade Math Worksheets- simple activities to introduce and reinforce concepts.

Homeschool Math-searchable site for fun games and activities.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives- super great website that has fun games and activities.

Our Shady Oaks Pumpkin Pickin' Adventure

Come join us and see what fun we had!

We fed the goats and chickens today!

We rode on hay bales!

We picked out pumpkins!

We were joyful and excited and young!

We are proud pumpkin owners.
We picked pumpkins that were just right!

Playing Catch-Up: Our Fire Station Field Trip

Here is the story about our adventure at the fire station. We met many friendly fire fighters and learned a lot about fire safety.
We learned how to escape from a house in case of a fire.
We met at the mailbox to discuss fire safety plans.
We learned about fire trucks.
We each got to squirt a fire hose.!
We learned about how an ambulance works.

Special thanks to our parent volunteers and to the fire station for helping us have a fun and educational trip!

Request for Nature Pictures

Hello Families,
Our class is trying to start picture files for kids to help them build vocabulary and understand social studies and science concepts. If your family has old magazines with nature pictures in them we would love to have them donated to the classroom. Please let me know if you can help!

~Mrs. Elliott

Upcoming Owl Unit

Next week we will be studying owls and doing a science experiment where we get to dissect owl pellets. If you would like to come and help, just let me know, or if you have any great information to share! I've uploaded some fun crafts and informational websites for you to explore as a family. Hope you all have a happy weekend!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Hello Families!

Our class will be taking a field trip to the Shady Oaks pumpkin patch on October 24th. at 11:00. We will be taking a hay-ride, picking out pumpkins, visiting farm animals, and eating a picnic lunch together. If you would like to join us on our field trip please let us know on your child's field trip permission slip. The permission slips will be going home next week. Also, if your child needs a sack lunch packed from the cafeteria please let us know on the back of your child's permission slip.

Fall Festival Baskets

Hello Families!

Bohemia's annual fall festival for school is just around the corner! Our class has been asked to put together a basket to be auctioned at the festival. The theme of our basket is going to be Family Movie Night. If you would like to donate some items for the basket here are some suggestions:

*popcorn
*jelly beans
*snuggly blankets
*hot chocolate
*fuzzy socks
*mixed nuts
*candy bars
*small stuffed animal
*family friendly dvd or movie

Of course, if you have any other great idea we'd love to incorporate it too! We need all donations to be turned into our classroom in two weeks. If you have any questions don't hesitate to call! Thanks so much for all your support!