Animal Habitats and Poetry

1st grade students learned about the various animal habitats and have begun their research using various reference sources. Skills they are learning are: non-fiction text features, using various resources for reference, collaboration, and note taking to name a few. Once they have conducted their research, they will make a nature poem and publish their poems in the form of a glideshow. Can't wait to see their published pieces!

ELA and coding

Students recently learned about the elements of a story and the story "mountain". After reading a story, they sketched each component of the story mountain and created a large story mountain. Then students used Ozobot, a line following robot, to navigate his way in the order of events of the story, performing a special move after reaching each component of the story mountain.

In Miss Despreaux's 1st grade class, as an extension activity, students had the opportunity to make observations of the sun by creating sundials and recording the shadows at various times of the day. Students applied their background knowledge and shared their thoughts with their classmates. Many noticed the sundial resembled a clock as well as the movement of the shadow based on the sun's position in the sky.

Digital Poetry

The Night Sky: Constellations

Stars create patterns in the night sky because they don't move... After a brief overview of constellations, students came to the conclusion that stars do not move and the earth in fact is moving or rotating. All first grade students were invited to create constellation projectors and then were allowed to get their creative juices flowing and design and create their very own constellations.

First Marking Period 2016

1st and 2nd grade students will be collaborating together in the creative world of poetry. Students will use what they already know about the writing process to create unique digital poems and then publish their works of art on storybird.com. Below you will find some student samples.