About Henri Matisse

Henri was born on New Years Eve.  He was born in 1869.  He was born in France.  His father wanted him to become a lawyer.  When he was 20 he got very sick.  The very first painting he ever did was in 1890 when he was 20.  When he got older instead of painting he did cutouts.

Super Learners in Room 206

Today in Room 206 we read a delightful book titled My Name is Not Alexander by Jennifer Fosberry.  This book is a historical adventure.  Through this imaginative journey,Alexander discovers how great men become heroes.  As Alexander learns how some remarkable men changed the world he finds the hero within himself.  We used this book as a springboard to discuss our own great qualities.
We also learned about Wordle.  Wordle is a fun way to create "word clouds" from a set of words.  We choose to use ourselves as the topic of our word cloud, using ideas from My Name is Not Alexander.   The possibilities for creating word clouds are endless.  We will use this tool a lot this year to show our creative thinking.

1st Grade Heroes

A hero is defined as "a person who is admired for great courage, special achievements, or noble character." Today we talked about heroes and what makes us heroes. 
We also read an old favorite, "The Important Book" by Maragret Wise Brown and we got to know each eachother better and learned what is "important" about each of our classmates. "The important thing about you is that you are you!"

We were super scientists and we reviewed the steps of the Scientific Method.  We talked about questions we have about the world around us.  We did a science lab called "The Amazing Floating Egg."  Ask your child to tell you about their predictions, observations, and conclusions.

We love computers. Today we practiced logging on and getting to the internet.  We got to play on Fun Brain.  We will be technology superstars by the end of the year.

At the end of the day some of our friends went to resource with their regular class and some of us learned the basics of chess.  We have two cool Chess boards that I found at The Learning Express that are teaching boards.  The name of them is "Quick Chess."  It would be great to have a few more of these learning boards so that we all could play.

Activate your Superpowers!

Are you an everyday Superhero?  The kids in Room 206 are. Today we talked about everyday "hero" qualities.  We agreed that everyday heroes had to have some "super" qualities.  Here are some qualities that we have: honesty, respect, courage, trust, creativity, fun, intelligence, friendliness...

What everyday Superhero qualities do you have?

We are going to have a great year using our superpowers in Room 206!  Here are some other super things we did today...



Super Puff-Mobiles



Super-Sentence Samurai


Next Week...





Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had an amazing summer!  I sure did!  I can't wait to get started with my Superheroes this year!!  Here is the schedule for classes: Monday- 2nd Grade; Tuesday - K/1st Grade.  Gifted classes will start on Monday, August 29th.  Please remind your child to report to their homeroom teacher before coming to gifted class.  Each child needs a lunch, a snack, gifted folder(provided by us), and a composition book.  Please don't forget to send a snack each day.  Our lunch time is 11:30-12:00.  Students will go back to their classes prior to dismissal.

Dateline Rock and Roll

I'm finally getting around to uploading pictures!  What a fun Musical we had this year!  Dateline Rock and Roll is one we will remember!

Kindergarten Thankful Projects

I am thankful for denise

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