Retelling Favorite Story

Do you have a favorite story? Can you retell it?

Alphabetizing Weekly Words

Morning Warm Up: Putting my weekly words in ABC order.

Tinkering with Birdhouses

Working with our partners to build on our designed birdhouse.

What have you tinkered with lately?

What is the Difference?

Today, we worked with number lines in order to figure out the difference.

Listen to this first grader try to explain someone else's strategy during closing discussion:

What strategy would you use to figure out the difference?

Retelling with Puppets

Today, we worked with a partner and puppets on retelling Owen.

Here a couple of first graders retelling an event...

How would you retell the story?

Farm-tastic Field Trip!

Today was a wonderful day at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.

What was your favorite exhibit?

Batter Up!

The Past...


The book Apple Batter by Deborah Turney Zagwyn was a Book of the Month eleven years ago.



The Present...
Today, we had a guest reader. Our principal, Mrs. Phillips, visited our class and read to us this former Book of the Month.

The Future...
"Persevere to meet your goals. Today's practice helps you become better tomorrow." ~ Susan Phillips