A Morning with Boppa!

The first grade classes enjoyed a wonderful morning with Boppa and his helpers. Boppa, the grandfather of two of our children, came to class to share some of the wonders of Santa, his reindeer and his elves. The children loved listening to him – just look at their faces! Afterward, Boppa’s helpers made reindeer dust with our children. Don’t forget to sprinkle that dust on the lawn Christmas Eve!

The Henry Ford!

What a day it was!!! We had a wonderful time on our field trip to the Henry Ford Museum. I must say, the children enjoyed the Lego Castle most of all! They could have built and played in there forever. But...they also got to see Santa and mail the letters they wrote in class. They enjoyed making paper airplanes near the aviation exhibit, climbing aboard the famous "Rosa Parks Bus", looking at the famous Kennedy car, and walking among the gigantic trains. Thank you to all our chaperones for joining us on this trip!

What a fun day it was today. We learned about St. Nicholas today. The children put a shoe in the hall and St. Nicholas' helpers put a candy cane in each shoe. The first graders made a bishop's miter to wear during the day. The kids loved wearing their pj's today too. Thank you for supporting the Make a Wish fundraiser. Next Thursday we go to the Henry Ford Museum. We will see Santa and all the fun Lego displays. The children used what they have learned about writing a friendly letter. Each one wrote a letter to Santa. We will deliver them to Santa when we visit the museum. Keep practicing those double addition math facts!!!

The children just completed running in the Turkey Trot! One time around the entire school and church grounds! They did a great job! They enjoyed the hot chocolate and donut holes after. Thank you Mrs. Seward for allowing the little ones to participate this year. Next week is a short week. No spelling test or new reading story. We are going to be doing all things turkey.

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

We have completed the first quarter. The children all did very well. I will see all of you at conferences later this week. This second quarter we will be learning to write friendly letters. We will be writing letters to Santa! This is such a fun and busy time for us. Next week the children will enjoy a Thanksgiving Feast.

We had so much fun making our Guardian Angels with our Room 22 friends.

If you'd like to see more pictures from this activity, click on Mrs. Bzura/Mrs. Shook's blog!

It's been busy in first grade! We've completed our first reader. In math we are beginning addition and subtraction. Today we had a great time at the jog-a-thon! The rain didn't stop us from having fun running laps in the gym. This afternoon both first grades enjoyed a Religion story and art activity in honor of the Feast of the Guardian Angels. The kids love working together and Mrs. Bzura, Mrs. Shook and I are proud of them!

We had a busy short week! We had our first all school Mass. The children took their first spelling test. What an awesome job they did! We got a chance to visit with Room 22 for Social Studies and we are anticipating riding all the rides at this weekend's festival! Next week should be even better! Enjoy the long weekend.

We've finished our first week of first grade! We had a wonderful start to the school year. Thank you to all the families who came to Meet the Teacher Night. We will welcome a new student on Monday, August 31, 2009. That will bring our class total to 16. Next week the children will experience taking their first spelling test.