HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS!

We have been very, very busy in first grade so far!
We started learning words in a new way called Word Study.  Some of us tried this in kindergarten.  Now we have new word lists, and we're experts at sorting our words the right way.
We had our first spelling test.
We went into the Computer Lab to try activities with grown-ups.
We started having Superstar of the Week.
We had our first Mystery Guest.  We had fun guessing who it would be.  It was Officer Mark, Mia's Dad.
We also had our first Activity Afternoon.  It was Apple Tasting Day.  It was yummy!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK!

We started classroom jobs.
We had our class photos taken.
We learned about our class stoplight.
We learned about Just Right books.
Now we have our own book bins.
We did more stories in writing workshop.
We did more graphing and learned how to use tally marks.
We made bingo boards from Super Names of the day.
We went to all of our special classes.
Our families visited our classroom.