Zones of Regulation

Each Friday, Courtney Close, our guidance teacher, is joining us for a Second Step lesson. Second Step in a social and emotional curriculum that helps empower students to problem solve, advocate for themselves and build empathy for others. This Friday we spent time thinking about different feelings and which zones they are connected with.

                                             (We later moved the ´mean´ card to the red zone.)

Eric Carle Book Project: The Very Busy First Grader!

We are in the middle of our Eric Carle author study. We are reading tons of his books and noticing the themes and art style. Together we are making a class book entitled, ¨The Very Busy First Grader¨.
We had a great time creating collage illustrations just like Eric Carle.

Math Games!

This week we played some new math games. This one is called ¨Flip and Write¨. Itś a fun way to practice correct number writing formation.

Nearby Nature: Leaf Eaters

Thank you to our awesome Nearby Nature volunteers!!  Our theme for this year is ecosystems.  We started off this week learning about the different ways in which little critters use leaves. We noticed the many different patterns that are left on leaves after they have been eaten by insects. We also observed how some insects use a leaf as shelter during part of their life cycle.

Fire Prevention Day

The Shelburne Fire and Rescue squad held another amazing day of fire prevention at SCS. These volunteers do such an awesome job with the kids. We are grateful for their time and service!

      Clifford the big, red fire dog!

Dressing up Ms. Elia!

Crawling through the smokehouse.

Practicing stop, drop and roll.

Math: Counting by 2's and 5's

This week we focused on finding patterns while counting by 2's and 5's.  We are using popsicle sticks and tally marks to help count by 5's and twin pops to count by 2's!

Morning Write

Every Tuesday and Thursday students start their day with a morning write. They write a sentence with a picture. They are practicing starting their sentences with a capitol letter and using end punctuation!

Name Puzzles

Everyone created their own name puzzles! We then solved our own and each other's! We ended up with a beautiful piece of art.