Math---->Bubble burst!

For math class, i have the students count by 1's to 100 and than by 2's to 100 again. We counted by 5's and 10' and than 15's to 100. This was a great exercise to get fimiliar with counting in base tens twos, fives and fifteen. This exercise allowed me to move into odd and even numbers. We talked about what even and odd numbers were. As extra practice i handed out a worksheet that enable to color even numbers and odd numbers with two different colors. Than we went ahead and played a game online on the promethean board. This allows them to have fun while learning about odd and even numbers. This also allows them to interact with technology.

 One of my students doing very well on the assignment: Kellie Ontario, age 7

  Students gathering together to help one another

Its BOOK SWAP TIME!!

Book Swap Time!!! 

 Its that time of the month again!! Every Month we each bring a book or books to class! When you bring in a book, the teacher will give you a Book Swap Ticket. You may visit the First Grade Classroom, to use your ticket to trade for a different book that a fellow classmate has brought.

You may bring in as many books as you would like to trade and read at home.

Science: Can we Change the Color of a celery?

Today's Lesson: Can we change the color of a celery?  

STANDARD 5.1 (SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES) ALL STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP PROBLEM-SOLVING, DECISION-MAKING AND INQUIRY SKILLS, REFLECTED BY FORMULATING USABLE QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES, PLANNING EXPERIMENTS, CONDUCTING SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS, INTERPRETING AND ANALYZING DATA, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS.

In class we dicussed the process of experiementing and talked about how it applied to us everyday. We talked about the plants and created a brace map to identify the parts of a plant and their functions. Going about this we did an celery experiment to help us better understand the functions of a plant.   

Things we need: 

•  Tall Clear Glass jar
• Water
• Red Food coloring or other colors
• Scissors
• Observation sheet
• Celery sticks with leaves

Get Observation Worksheet here: Celery Observation worksheet
 

Doing this experiment helps students better understand and observe how Plants use their roots to absorb water. Using the food color into water helps track where the water is going inside the celery. 

Students first had to find a tall clar glass jar to add water into. Each team had two jars, one with plain water and the other with food color added to it. Next the team got two celery sticks with leaves and cut the buttom of the celery about 1/2 an inch. After this we talked about what we think might happen. The students drew a before and after perdictions. 

Here are some pictures of our Little experiment the children enjoyed! 

Dine Culture (Native American Month)

Concept-Nitsahakees
           - I will acknowledge and value my thoughts and personality
PO1: I will take care of myself.

My students created their family tree and learned to say their clans in their Native Landuage.  Knowing who they are is apart of taking care of themselves and their background.

 

Students participated in "Native American Heritage Month" Where students went to various demonstrators about how to make "Blue Corn Mush" Oral Nvajo stories about the Stars, Rugs, and Winter stories about "coyote". The Children participated in Dressing up in Their Traditional attire to show their pride in their culture. Students also had fun doing a little Song and Dance Demonstration and learning how to sing a few songs. I am very proud of my class!!  

 

The class was also intorduced to the Current reign Miss Navajo Nation Crystalyne Curley 2012-2013. She talked about the importance in listening to the elders and going to school. She also talked about the importance in Talking about our Native Language and keeping intact with our traditions. 

COME JOIN US!! ON APRIL 22......

Reminder parents------> "Earth Day" is April 22, (Monday) Make plans to join us at school to help pick up trash to recycle. Last Year was a a great success!! Teachers, parents, fellow classmates, and volunteers help pick trash. We care about Mother Earth!

Literacy-->Rhyming with the Cat

 Through the contrast of short-vowel patterns, this helps students' in use of analogy to apply their knowledge of vowel sounds in reading and spelling new words. The integration of Dr. Seuss rhymes creates an engaging study of onsets and rimes. Students will discover patterns in words, sort words based on their vowel patterns, and apply their knowledge in reading and writing activities.

For their writing activities i have the students write a short introductions about themselves and have talk about what they have learn in class. 

Students have read the book below that lead to the activity of creating a "Cat in the hat" above.