it’s that time of year again! Opera Time
Our First Grade classes work all year long on created their own 1st Grade Opera. The performances are coming soon and here are some of the classes working on their backdrops for the show!The students actually create the script, including characters, setting, events, problems, solution ect..
Then it is created into an Opera for them to sing!!!! They also come up with the costume ideas, and their acting parts and one of their favorite parts of the Opera is “Painting Day!”
You can see why!
iPhoto in First Grade
One of the Technology Standards in First Grade is to teach them how to use a PC and a Mac Computer. By doing this our students become familiar with specifics programs in each platform.
Today, in our Mac Lab, a First Grade class came in to learn how to use iPhoto. The students started by learning how to use Photo Booth, next they took a picture of them self using the camera built in the computer, they imported the image into iPhoto and then finally Edited the image. During the editing process they learned how to crop, and change effects.
Today, in our Mac Lab, a First Grade class came in to learn how to use iPhoto. The students started by learning how to use Photo Booth, next they took a picture of them self using the camera built in the computer, they imported the image into iPhoto and then finally Edited the image. During the editing process they learned how to crop, and change effects.
Way to go
Mrs. Williams
Class!
First Grade Making Connections!
Here at QUEST we have spent time on training our teachers to use some fabulous “Reading Strategies” that help make our students “THINK” while they read! By having them THINK about their READING, it will help them understand, remember and comprehend their text. Here is one of our First Grade Classes working on a strategy called “Making Connections.”
The teacher started teaching their student’s what SCHEMA is, having them understand that your schema is all the information that you know, your prior knowledge, your experiences, the new facts you have read about and more!Friday, they were using the schema while listening to a book read aloud by their teacher. They were to actually make a “connection” with a character from the Text.
She had modeled to them the difference between a THICK and a THIN connections to make sure that they understood the importance of making a connection that was important to understanding the text first.
Below are pics of her students recording their thoughts on paper and them singing a song to help them understand what SCHEMA really is!
This is a GREAT strategy to use at home with your own child while you are listening to them read each night. I bet they will be familiar with ScHeMa and Connections from their class also!
Remember: READING IS THINKING!
Spotlight on 1st Grade Centers
We love CENTERS at our school! Here is a spotlight on one of our 1st Grade classrooms! We have the BEST teachers ever!
In Mrs. Dunmeyer’s 1st grade centers, she has used a very wide variety of centers activities. Her class has 13 different centers activities that the students rotate between. Some of the students’ favorite centers include:
– Banger! (apick-up-sticks game using Fry’s Word Phrases) – Doggy Drop (students throw a dog stuffed animal onto a $1 shower curtain covered in words. The students must read the word that the dog falls onto in order to score points.) – Monster Mash (students use cute flower-covered fly swatters to swat “word monsters.” They must read the word first!) – Monster Munch (students read and sort words by “feeding” them to monsters (bags). Each monster has a taste for a specific word type, such as -igh, -ed, and -ough words.) – Lilly Pad Leap (students place lily pads covered in sight words on the floor, and, as they read them, they leap from pad to pad)Thanks Mrs. Dunmeyer for sharing these great Learning Center Ideas with us!
