Ms. Matteson and Mrs. Babcock are both nice teachers. We have different classrooms, but everyone gets to have both teachers for some things. One classroom has 11 students and the other classroom has 12 students. Sometimes, we all meet together and then that makes 23 students in a classroom. They both teach math, but they take different groups for math. They both teach reading. We also have some other teachers that help with reading.
Ms. Matteson is very nice. She has brown hair and
glasses. She wears very nice clothes. Ms. Matteson likes chocolate
and
candy corn.
Ms. Matteson loves monarch butterflies and science. She
also likes math and reading.
Mrs. Babcock is really nice. She is just like Ms. Matteson except she has long black hair. It is not long like Rapunzel's hair, but it is very beautiful hair. Mrs. Babcock loves soccer and is in charge of the soccer club. Mrs. Babcock likes to teach guided reading.
We stay in our separate groups for specials. We also have snacktime in our own rooms.
Mrs. Babcock is really nice. She is just like Ms. Matteson except she has long black hair. It is not long like Rapunzel's hair, but it is very beautiful hair. Mrs. Babcock loves soccer and is in charge of the soccer club. Mrs. Babcock likes to teach guided reading.
We stay in our separate groups for specials. We also have snacktime in our own rooms.
We are
studying bugs in school. We
are studying about a lot of insects. We are studying about beetles,
stick bugs and spiders. We
had a roly-poly
in our class. We have monarch caterpillars in our
room also. They are eating day and night. They are eating a lot because
that helps them survive. They are growing quite fast. They will go into
a chrysalis. The chrysalis is green with a little gold on it. The
caterpillars change inside the chrysalis and then they turn into a
butterfly. Right before the butterfly emerges, the chrysalis turns
transparent. It becomes clear and you can see inside of it. We have
been drawing caterpillars. We have to draw the picture the way that the
caterpillar really looks.We write in a journal at least once a week. We use the sounds of letters to make real words. We use a four-square to do our writing. A four-square is a box on the paper with four squares in it. There is a space to put the title of what you are going to write about. You put something about the title in three squares and the fourth square is for the wrap up to your story.
At the community area, we have to sit "criss cross applesauce." Both rooms have a community area. We sit there after snack and when there are directions given. We also sit there when we come in from outside.
We have a calendar near our doorway. Every day, we have a big black chart and we put a new card into it. The cards are the numbers of the day and they have pumpkins. For October, the pattern is ghost, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin, skeleton. We do a tally everyday so we know how many days we
have
been in school.As you can see, first grade is very fun. We have no homework! We have very nice teachers. We get to learn how to read and write. We are getting better every day at that!
by Bess, Cyrus, and Lillian