1st Grade

August/September 2026

The beginning of the school year included learning routines, STEM behaviors, teamwork, and the role of an engineer. 

Some of our favorite activities included:

• Learning the habits of teamwork and collaboration to solve problems.  

• Exploring how engineers can use everyday objects to design solutions to a problem.  With a partner, students worked to design and build something to take kids home from school.  Teamwork, communication, compromise, and creativity were highlighted throughout this lesson.  

• Reading Beautiful Oops and taking chances as we made our own beautiful "oops".  (This book is a class favorite!)