Ms. Colwell's Class

Pattern

2008-03-07T20:21:00.000-08:00

We are studying about patterns. We went out to the playground to see if we could find any patterns. Here are some patterns we found and made. BubbleShare: Share photos - Find great Clip Art Images.

Vassar Blogging Buddies!

2008-02-26T14:26:00.000-08:00

We are so excited that Ms. McCloskey's education students at Vassar have agreed to be our blogging buddies! We are looking forward to reading their comments on our blogs. We made a voice thread so that they can tell us what it is like to go to school at Vassar and we can ask questions about being a college student. If you are one of our buddies, please add a picture and join in the conversation.

Washington's Birthday!

2008-02-15T16:00:00.001-08:00

Don't forget that Monday is George Washington's birthday and we don't have school. Here is a picture of us in our Washington hats!

Valentine's Day

2008-02-15T15:56:00.001-08:00

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Celebrating Chinese New Year!

2008-02-15T14:59:00.000-08:00

This is a movie we made about the different ways that people celebrate Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year

2008-02-07T16:14:00.000-08:00

Today we celebrated the start of Chinese New Year. We made New Year banners, dragon puppets and learned how to write the Chinese character for the year we were born. We also took a "virtual" field trip on the internet to see some interesting sights in China. We saw the Forbidden City, The Summer Palace and the Terra Cotta Warriors. We also saw some of the new buildings that are being built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Here is one of the places we looked at to learn more about China.

Join our voicethread on the weather.

2008-01-31T09:37:00.000-08:00

We are learning about the weather. Listen to what we have learned on our voicethread.

The 100th Day of School!

2008-01-30T15:46:00.001-08:00

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Our Field Trip to the California Railroad Museum

2008-01-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

Old Cars Come to Visit!

2008-01-08T17:16:00.000-08:00

Star of the Week Interviews

2007-10-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

Click on the podcast link on the left hand side of this page to access our interviews of Jesse and Connor. Bailey's interview is coming soon! We will interview each child when they are the star of the week so check back often to hear all of the interviews.

A Day in the Life of First Grade!

2007-08-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

The movie we made for Back to School Night about a typical day in our classroom is posted under the podcast link. If you want to watch it again or if you missed Back to School Night, simply click on the podcast link on the left hand side of the screen and then click on the podcast icon next to the movie. You will probably need to stop the movie and wait for it to load before starting to watch it. Enjoy!

We Had a Beary Good Day!

2007-08-26T17:36:00.001-07:00

On Friday our bears seemed to be much healthier. I guess resting up in the beds we made helped them get better. We celebrated their return to health by making bear hats and bear biscuits. We sent all of the bears home to have a great weekend!

We Had a Beary Good Day!

2007-08-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

On Friday are bears seemed to be much healthier. I guess resting up in the beds we made helped them get better. We celebrated their return to health by making bear hats and bear biscuits. We sent all of the bears home to have a great weekend!

The First Grade is Podcasting!

2007-03-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

We have been learning about podcasting. Click on the link on the sidebar to hear our interviews of Max and Shelby. You can hear how we improved from our interview of Max to our interview of Shelby. We look forward to making more first grade podcasts. Keep your ears opened!

2007-03-21T11:22:00.000-07:00

In science we have been learning about solids. We have learned that solids can have different properties. They can be flexible or rigid. They can be soft or hard. They can be transparent or opaque. We used a variety of solids to try to build a tower. Here are some of the towers we built!

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2007-03-19T11:52:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the animals that came to visit our school on Monday, March 19th!

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2007-03-14T09:03:00.000-07:00

What We Have Been Doing...

Reading:

We have moved on to our 7th theme which is titled, Keep on Trying.
We have introduced all of the phonics sounds that the children will be taught this year. For the rest of the year we will be reviewing and practicing these sounds. The good news is that we only have a few more decodable books to send home for you to practice!
We read a story called, “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” While reading this story we worked on the comprehension skills of predicting and cause and effect.

Math:

We have started a unit on telling time. We have been practicing telling time to the hour and to the half hour.
We are continuing to review coins and practice adding up groups of coins.

Social Studies:

We have continued our virtual field trips around our country learning about national symbols. This week we learned about the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Read Across America
On Friday we celebrated Dr. Suess’ birthday. Ask your children what they did!