Last Monday we had our field trip to the Flynn Theater.  We all enjoyed seeing "Sylvester and the Magic  Pebble"!  Here are a few snapshots of our class as we waited ever so patiently for the show to begin!

 We sat up in the balcony which was pretty exciting!  As you can see, our seats were quite comfy!

 Good buddies, good times!

 We have just wrapped up our first unit of study in writing called, "Launching Writing Workshop".  Students were asked to select one piece of writing from their folders that they would like to share at our Publishing Party.

 Here you will see our friends as they  "fix up" and "fancy up" their selected piece.

 We're fixing up . . . 

 more fixing up . . . 

 still more fixing up . . . 

 Now we're fancying up with beautiful colors!

Here we are at our Publishing Party!

 Students rotated around the classroom and read their published piece to friends.

 After we shared our writing, we enjoyed popcorn and juice.

 You can't have a party without food and drink!!

 I am very proud of our first grade writers!

 Math Explorations:  Using base ten blocks to build.

Creating designs with pattern blocks.

Working in our EveryDay Math journals.

 Exploring geometric shapes with geoboards and rubber bands.

Writing Workshop:  following a brief mini-lesson led by me, writers discuss their writing ideas with a partner and then begin their own writing.

Our mini-lesson on this particular day was about how writers tell stories within their illustrations and then expand on with the story through text.  If you look closely you will see some very detailed illustrations here!

This particular writer has all the tools he needs and is ready to roll!

More writers writing!

We use our writng folders as an "office".

Reading Workshop:  We all had the opportunity to choose independent reading spots.  Some readers like to sit on the rug . . .

while others like to sit at a table.

Enjoying a book in his rug spot!

We have real fish in our classroom.  This reader just had to show me the fish in his reading selection!

We read for lots of different purposes.  This reader enjoys the humor in this particular book!

I use the word "teamwork" a lot in class.  This group of boys certainly worked as a team to complete this dinosaur puzzle during free choice time.

Another example of teamwork!