"How To" Writing

We have been learning how to compose "how to" writing pieces to tell the sequence of how to complete a task.  We practiced writing together after experimenting with "how to" blow a bubble gum bubble.  Students really enjoyed this activity, and our writing turned out fantastic! 

It took some of us several tries before we were able to blow a bubble.  Some students had never tried to blow a bubble gum bubble before.  We enjoyed this first together!

Students implemented different techniques to blow bubbles, and sometimes the bubbles popped before we could snap a photograph. {grin}

There was quite a lot of giggling happening in our classroom during writing today!  We really have fun when we learn.

We update our writing constantly in the hallway outside our classroom.  Please stop by and check it out sometime!

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Today was the big day for our virtual field trip.  Everyone was so excited to travel to California's Monterey Bay Aquarium.  We were able to see many videos of animals in action, including: sharks, otters, penguins, clownfish, octopus, rockfish, eels and more!  Parents you are invited to see the same videos by clicking here.  We enjoyed visiting the animals at the aquairum, and have already begun planning for our next personal narrative writing pieces. 

Tomorrow we will complete a plan for our writing.  On Monday, we will finally be able to share our experience with others by writing down our favorite exhibits from the virtual trip today.  Check back later next week to see the class' nominations for best storytelling featured here on the blog! 

Field Trip TOMORROW!

We are loading the buses and heading to California's Monterey Bay Aquarium tomorrow. Just kidding. We won't actually be driving to Monterey Bay Aquarium, instead we are going on a virtual field trip. From the comfort of the foam rug we will experience what it's like to visit one of the nation's most desirable attractions.

We have been working hard in writing to share personal narratives(a written story telling about something we experienced). We are struggling to remember all parts of our narratives, so we are going to spend the remainder of the week working on a personal narrative together. A shared experience is always a fun topic to write about.

Tomorrow we 'travel' and explore Monterey Bay Aquarium, then we will plan and write our stories later this week. We are excited to share our trip and personal narratives with you!

Can you guess which exhibit we will visit first?

Synergizing Researchers

First graders in Ms. Wilson's class are using the Mac Air lab to research animals of their choice.  We will be researching them for the remainder of this week and adding our new learning to our research notebooks.  We are so excited to use our school's newest technology with the help of Mr. Massey.  We're also synergizing with the Research Center and Ms. Quinn's computer lab.  We have really become researching machines! 

Check us out in action. 

Collecting non-fiction books of our choice from the Research Center.

Here we are working hard to collect facts from our non-fiction books to add to our research notebooks.

We have highly anticipated using the Mac Air lab to do research on this website.  Feel free to research other animals with your child at home.

Ms. Quinn helped us use World Book Kids in the computer lab to add even more information to our notebooks. 

We are happy animal researchers, and can't wait to share our new learning with you. 

September 24- Awesome Author: Alyssa

Alyssa is our Amazing Author of the week for the week of September 24th.

Awesome Author

Maddi is our Awesome Author of the week.