Giving Assembly

Old Bonhomme had their annual giving assembly today.  

Our Giving Assembly has been an on-going tradition before Thanksgiving holiday at O.B. for 37 years.

Students and families donated more than 3,000 cans of food, toys, diapers, and many other supplies to families in need.

Fourth grade students help to load the trucks after the assembly.  It is so wonderful to see our giving in action.  It is one of the best traditions we have.  Thank you, Old Bonhomme families!

Earth Woman: Native American Storyteller

Earth Woman, Native American Storyteller, Diane Moran came to visit First Grade today.

She taught students about the Native Americans of the Plains and other regions. 

Students were able to see real clothing and artifacts from the Plains region. 

Students enjoyed a Native American story about how the possum lost its beautiful tail.  We learned that Native American stories teach lessons.  In the story of the possum, the people learned not to brag about their great beauty or talents.  The students really enjoyed this visit.  It was made possible through our schools' partnership with Springboard and Arts Partners.

1S students are learning about 2D and 3D shapes. 

Students began by reviewing 2D shapes and their properties. 

Students classified attribute block shapes based on color, shape, size, and other properties. 

Students explored 2D shapes and how they combine to create new shapes.  Then, they moved on to reviewing the names and properties of 3D shapes.

After reviewing 3D shape names and properties, students practiced combining shapes to create new shapes. 

Students will continue this exciting unit with shapes. They will also be learning about equal shares within shapes and making patterns with 2D and 3D shapes. 

Science with Magnets

 1S students completed some hands-on experiments with magnets.  

Students were able to practice the scientific method by making predictions prior to performing the experiment with a partner.  We introduced the term hypothesis.  

Students used their background knowledge that we learned about magnets to make their hypothesis about each object that was going to be tested.

Students really enjoyed completing the experiments and making scientific connections.

1st Grade Fall Party

Here are a few highlights from our Fall Party! Thank you to our head room parents and all of the first grade helpers who came to help.  It was a fun, successful party!

1st Grade Fall Party CLICK TO VIEW

Nonfiction Text Features

 Students in 1S are learning to read non-fiction.  We are learning about many of the special features in nonfiction text. 

Students are learning about text features like Table of Contents, Headings, Captions, Photographs, Labels, Index, Glossary, and Close-Ups.   

Students learned a great deal when completing a scavenger hunt of non-fiction text features. 

All of this learning in Reader's Workshop will help us as we begin to write non-fiction text.  We have started writing Non-Fiction How To Stories, and we will soon move on to All About Books during Writer's Workshop.  These are both fun and informative reading and writing units in first grade! 

Personal Narrative Author's Celebration

 Earlier this month, we culminated our Personal Narrative writing unit. We had a great time gathering and sharing our favorite narrative.

At the beginning of this writing unit, students created an Author's Inspiration collage to spur ideas for personal narratives.

Students included these collages in their Writer's Workshop folder. 

Students shared their writing in small groups for our Author's Celebration, but they were able to share in the class Author Chair throughout the writing unit.  Author's Chair is a highlight of our day.  It is so great to be able to be both a writer and a listener of stories.

Math Story Problems on the Playground

Students created math word problems to act out on the O.B. playground. 

Two kids were playing on the monkey bars. 

Seven kids joined them.  

How many kids were playing on the monkey bars in all?

Four kids were playing on the up-slide.  

Two kids came down. 

How many kids were playing on the slide?

Three people were on the monkey bars.  

Then, four more kids got on the monkey bars.  

How many kids are on the monkey bars now? 

Two kids were playing on the monkey bars.  

Five kids were waiting to get on the monkey bars. 

How many kids will play on the monkey bars?

One kid was playing on the Infinity Circle.  

Three kids joined him.  

How many kids are playing on the Infinity Circle in all?

In the classroom, students had to create a number bond to match the word problem as well as an equation.  We had a great time developing and acting out our story problems. 

Tech Lessons

Students learned how to use two apps on the I-pad while learning Internet Safety with Mrs. Brown. 

The first app is called Yakit Kids.  Students created Internet Safety commercials for our class.  Students took a picture of online safety tip that they wrote, chose a moving mouth, and then recorded themselves giving the safety tip.  The students had so much fun creating these videos and using this app!  

The second app is called Pic Collage.  Students made a digital footprint by literally taking off their shoe and photographing the bottom of it.  This footprint became the outline.  They filled the rest of the footprint with good things that they want people to know about them--making the connection that students should leave a positive digital footprint on the Internet.

 

Pic Collage and Yakit Kids are available on iTunes.

The students had a great time learning to use these apps!