On the road...
comparing numbers...
more and less...
look...3 is less than 5...
we can do it...

Let the FUN begin...
It's a RACE to TRACE!
Looks like a 4 to me!
Everyone's engaged!
Keep rolling...
What number did you get?
Dancing Raisins? Look what we will need!
Our HYPOTHESIS...

Well...Let me start off by saying...today was TUESDAY but definitely felt like a Monday! I'm sure you know what I mean...
The day started with a BANG...All About Me posters, baby wipes, paper towels, t shirts and a lot of, "Miss Guy! Miss Guy! Miss Guy where does this go?" AAAUUUGHHH what was I thinking? I guess I didn't expect the overwhelming (quick) show of support! Thank you...to those of you that brought in supplies, extras and homework! Like I said before...I can tell it's going to be a great year...You guys are on the ball! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. We even had another send in PTA dues! You guys ROCK...
So...we get all that taken care of settle into Daily Start and Morning Agenda (some kids working on istation) and I feel like GREAT...everyone knows what they are doing I can get some assessments done! By that time I look up...the clock says 7:30...SO...now to top everything off...we don't have a clock in our room that works! Put that on my list of things to get fixed...(by the way I had changed the batteries TWICE already).
So, again, I start assessments and YEP you guessed it Mrs. Davis walked in saying it was our TURN for the bus evacuation drill! So we clean it all up...head out to the bus...WHAT? they have turned the things off...Man it was HOT...We found the 3 types of exits (front/back doors, windows and roof top) We did a rear door evacuation...SIT and SLIDE, climbed back on, learned how to open the front doors and set the brake...Got back off and headed back inside...But NOT before one of our little dragons asked a MOST EXCELLENT question, "What happens if the driver is unconscious and can't get off the bus?" Wow, what great vocabulary!
We came in had time for one literacy station and then it was time to head outside for recess! A favorite time for everyone (well...maybe not the teachers when it is so HOT outside!)
After lunch we read a couple of chapters in our Junie B. Jones First Grader at Last and discovered that Junie B. needs glasses...A self to text connection was made (what awesome schema) one of our dragon friends was going to the eye doctor today!
It was finally time for calendar notebooks and math time! Calendar is going smoother and smoother each day! I love listening to the kids and their thinking/learning! Today we really noticed what "place value" is. We have one sticker card (10 stickers) in the 10's place and 1 sticker in the 1's place. "There is one group of ten in 11 and 1 left over one." "That makes it ODD Todd." "That's because 10 + 1 equals 11." So much learning from one calendar time! I LOVE IT!!! We talked about our weather graph and noticed we've had more HOT (wow there's that word again)...than warm days. So there must be less warm days than hot days. How can we figure out how many more hot than warm? 3-2=1...There is one MORE hot day or one LESS warm day! Bigger Smaller Difference. (in ups check lingo)
Speaking of more and less...it was time to HIT THE ROAD...each child was given a die and a road paper (see pics). Well...let me back up. We observed our die and noticed, "dots (also known as pips), flat sides, numbers..." BUT guess what we DIDN'T find on that die? WINGS...I explained that since there were no wings the die were to remain on their desks not "FLYING" across the room...Each student then rolled their die and put that many "cars" (unifx cubes) on the road. They rolled again and put that many "cars" of a different color on the road. Then the students were to move the cars down to complete the sentences.
Well...since we had dice out...I figured now would be a GREAT time to practice our number writing. So...we played RACE TO TRACE...each student rolls their die and traces over that number on their recording sheet. (in red folders today) When they had traced all the numbers they were to put their heads down...EVERYONE was a winner and made a trip to the treasure box.
On to SCIENCE...yes, it's a favorite! Experiment Day! The scientific process at it's best!
Title: Dancing Raisins
Question: Can raisins really dance? Does liquid help a raisin jump? How can I make a raisin dance? "Wate would hapon if we pout a riasin in 7 up?"
Hypothesis: (yes it's a big word...but we all had fun saying it) Our guesses...(see our graph above) And I might add everyone danced to place their hypothesis on the graph...So much fun in FIRST GRADE!
Some comments..."There is NO way a raisin can really dance!" "There are so many float guesses, it's going to float!!!" "I think it will stay up because it doesn't weigh anything. The sprite is so heavy it weighs like FIVE pounds!"
More to come with this experiment tomorrow!!!!
Pack up...eat some snack...go to specials...go home! WHEW...what a day! Miss Guy is tired! But SO looking forward to tomorrow! Never a dull day in room 313.
Please see what supplies are need by all children and send those in ASAP...Also, if anyone can help with the classroom needs...I would be VERY appreciative!