Last Friday Alaina's mom visited 1A. She was a mystery reader and discussed some family traditions. Alaina showed us some Christmas decorations she uses at home. Also her Mom read us a book about Kwanzaa and shared how her family celebrates this Holiday.

5th grade friends -

Mr. Simpson invited us to his classroom for a Winter activity. We designed our own snowflake stain glass. Each 1A student colored a 5x5 square of paper and cut out a designated pattern. Our classroom window has a beautiful display of our snowflakes. Come check it out !

 

Joseph was the last Rock Star of 2012. Joseph has 2 older brothers who also attend Columbus Academy. He read the class Mr.Silly, showed us his favorite lego cube and shared his love of ice hockey. The 1A brainiacs loved the snack of M&M cookies. Thanks Joseph !!

1A showing off their OO glasses. This hunk and chuck had style !!

The following pictures are of the students participating
in a Time Treasure Hunt. They had to search the classroom looking for hidden time cards. Next, their job was to write the time down in clock form.

Mrs Harris's last day

On behalf of everyone in 1A we want to say " CONGRATULATIONS! " to Mrs Harris for finishing her student teaching. She will be greatly missed.  On her last day she was overwhelmed with emotions from the generous gift basket from 1A students and families. Thanks Mrs. Harris for days filled with Math games, read alouds and fun facts about Brazil. Good Luck with your next adventure.

Robbie Rocks !!

Robbie shared many pictures of his family of 4, his love of Science and his dream of being a Paleontologist. His book The Giving Tree was a class favorite. 

Robbie poses with Bugsy on his shoulder

The ROCK STAR Cookies were amazing !! Thanks Robbie and family.

On the first Friday of December, David's mom visited 1A to share about Hanukkah.  

David and his mom reading a Hanukkah story.

Everyone received a dreidel and played a few rounds with pennies. 

The 4 signs on the dreidel are:

Nun- next person spins       Gimel- player takes all

Shin- Player puts 1 or 2 in       Hey- player takes half

Kelli hopes it lands on Gimel. 

David showing some dreidel tricks

Everyone loved the gelt !

Big Thanks to Mrs. Levy. We loved the visit !!

Here are pictures of a Math game we play on occasion. This one is called Top-it, which you play with a deck of cards. You flip over 2 cards, the card that has the highest number gets to keep both cards.

Here one Math Group is working with Frames and Arrows. This activity involves skip counting forwards or backwards. 

Kelli Rocks !!

Kelli had lots to share with the class this week. Her pictures of her family were awesome. She had 3 favorite books and she brought a lego camper with accessories for her favorite toy. Kelli and her sister put together the legos, even though Kelli insists Rachel was no help at all. Of course her snack was well received, 1A will never turn down treats, especially chocolate ones. 

Thanks, Kelli !!!

Kelli showing the class the Lego people who live in the camper.

Mikey was a Rock Star !!!

Mikey's favorite toy was his DS. Ninjago was popular with many students even though Mrs. Hildahl had never heard of it. She learns something new everyday from these brainiacs !! Mikey had a delicious homemade snack of pumpkin muffins that were AMAZING !! Thank-you Mikey !!!

Our November Birthday's were Hailey and Kelli !!

Hailey had her grandmother come in to read the class a story. Kelli read a story to her classmates.

Hope you girls had a fun birthday !!