Brown Bag Sharing

As you know, students have been learning more about one another through our "Brown Bag Share".  Here you see some of our friends sharing the contents of their brown bag.  Once they have shared their items they open themselves up to questions from classmates.  Above you see Emily sharing her favorite book series, her    

 blanket and some photos.  Nicholas looks on intently. 

Jitter Juice

Hello Everyone!! Here are some photos from the first week of school!  I read the story "First Day Jitters" to students and we talked about how we were feeling about starting school.  As a follow-up, we mixed up some "Jitter Juice",  drank it up, and  washed our jitters away!

 

Check out the smile box below of students tasting the Jitter Juice.  It was a big hit!

This slideshow design made with Smilebox

UMS Front Door Security

IMPORTANT NOTICE

For Parents and Visitors

Beginning Monday, September 9, 2013, all parents and visitors of Union Memorial School will need to use the intercom on the door security system to gain entry. The intercom is located to the left of the main entrance doors. The doors will only be open from 8:10 a.m - 8:45 a.m. Visitors will need to use the intercom at all other times.

Please be patient with us as we implement new safety protocols. We appreciate your help in keeping our school safe.

Thank you.

Holding a Chick!

Embryology

Here is a photo of the incubator in our classroom.  Inside we have 13 fertilized eggs. Students have been learning all about the developing embryo inside each egg.  Did you know that the eggs need to be "turned" several times each day while developing?  Well, first graders do!  And they have been assisting with this important job.  I will add some photos next week of "first grade egg turners"!

 

At the art station this week, students made these adorable chicks!  They are on display in the classroom but will go home soon. . . .  everyone loved this activity!



Our "All About" books in progress

Notice the bold print?! This student is writing about a topic of high interest in our classroom--the weather!

Researching about cats!

 

Parakeets are so cool!  She should know . . . she has one!

 

These two are sharing the research and learning lots about horses and ponies.

Another team of researchers--they are intrigued with volcanoes!

We have all learned about a ship called "The Constitution" from this young writer.

Hard at work writing about dinosaurs.  Notice the labeled diagram!

He knows a lot about fire trucks--and you will too after you read his book!

Another student writing about the weather.  Notice the wonderful illustrations!

These two have done a ton of research and are working so well together.  Great teamwork, friends!

This thoughtful author is writing all about parrots. 

Researching interesting facts about eagles.

Working on his "Types Of'" page for an All About Sharks book.

Learning and writing about guinea pigs!



School- wide meeting

Today we had a school-wide meeting! Mrs. Kelly's class and our class presented some of our new learning about solids and liquids. Our class created a voicethread to explain the process of how-to make ice cream. Check it out! We hope you like it!