O.R.E.O. Day 2011 SUCCESS!

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O.R.E.O. Day 2011!

We began our festivities by asking, "How many cookies are there in a standard package of Nabisco Oreo cookies?"

 Then, we got down to it!
Stacking the cookies!   We asked, "How high can we build a tower of Nabisco Oreo cookies before it tumbles?"

We have some pictures on our website here, but check out these fun vidoes, too!

 

O.R.E.O. Day is Coming!

This Friday, September 30th our Book Buddies will participate in The O.R.E.O. Project 2011!  This is a wonderful on-line project started by a wonderful teacher in California.  Click on the link to the information website for more information!

Math Menu

We began Math Menus this week, and the Firsties loved it.  Now, to work on the noise level!  Enjoy these pics of the '5 Tower Game' and 'Stars' (Math Solutions).  To get us started, we found our Math Buddy and partnered up to choose any activity.  This next week, the Firsties will be held responsible for getting all of the activities done. 

Spelling

So, last Friday was our first spelling test of the year.  It was AWESOME!  There were NO TEARS!  Everyone just took it in stride, and actually seemed to enjoy the process.  First graders always feel like "Big Kids" when they take out their carboard offices and get their official spelling test paper. 

Here is the list of our words for next week, along with our Focus Words.  We do not test on the focus words for spelling, but they are the high frequency words that we are working on that week. 

not       hop

got       stop

spot      dog

mop       hogs

top       fog

Focus Words:  the, and, can, you, to

3 Ways to Read a Book

The Book Buddies have been working hard the first 2 weeks of First Grade learning procedures and expectations for their new year.  We jumped right in to our Daily 5 routine (see Daily 5; the 2 Sisters are AWESOME!).  We learned that we are already readers!  Check out our Anchor Chart for the 3 Ways to Read a Book

We are ALL READERS!