We will be doing an activity soon and we need the tops of tissue boxes like the one below.
We only need one per student, but we won't say no to a few extra. We need them at school by MONDAY, MARCH 4TH.
Thank you!
Ms. Hermus
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Supplies Needed: Tissue Tops
Hello Parents!
We will be doing an activity soon and we need the tops of tissue boxes like the one below.
We only need one per student, but we won't say no to a few extra. We need them at school by MONDAY, MARCH 4TH.
Thank you!
Ms. Hermus
We will be doing an activity soon and we need the tops of tissue boxes like the one below.
We only need one per student, but we won't say no to a few extra. We need them at school by MONDAY, MARCH 4TH.
Thank you!
Ms. Hermus
Monday, February 25, 2013
Student Question: Spending Time with Jesus
On Tuesday in religion class we will be talking about different ways we can spend time with Jesus. How do you like to spend time with Jesus?
And the winner is...
Late last week we took a poll of our favorite classes. We took the results of this poll and turned it into a graph, and the students were paired up and each pair wrote a question to help make a worksheet to go with the graph! Of course, they had a little help in that area :) See the results of the poll below:
Thursday, February 21, 2013
El Cuerpo en Español
We have been learning about the parts of the body in Spanish! Here's a slideshow to show you what we've learned!
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Student Task: Italian Cities
Name one Italian city. Put your answer in the comments section below!
Ms. Hermus
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Pastors and Priests
We have been talking in class about our pastors and priests at our parishes. What is something that your pastor does for your parish?
Poll Homework
Your student may be coming home and telling you they need to answer a poll on the class blog for homework. They are right! They know what they need to complete on the website. Please help them complete this task. We will be using the results in class on Monday!
Thank you,
Ms. Hermus
Thank you,
Ms. Hermus
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Why does the sun look so small?
Today we did an activity in science class to explain how the sun can be SOOOOOO bit, but look so small! We learned that when things are farther away, they look smaller than they really are. We measured a paper plate to see how wide it was, then measured it again when our partner took it five steps farther away. Lo and behold, it measured as smaller! Here are some pictures in a slideshow that the students help make showing what we did today.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
100 Days and Still Going!
Welcome! We've passed the hundredth day of school for this year! We've done a lot, and I'm proud of the progress your students have been making!
In reading we sorted words into words with short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.
We did story problems in math using each other as "counters."
We made clouds in jars while learning about the water cycle.
More recently, we've been learning about graphing in math. We have been both filling in graphs and using graphs to solve problems. Be watching for a tooth graph soon!
We just finished our unit on Hawaii yesterday, and the verdict is in: 14 of 17 present 1st and 2nd graders love Spam! We learned that Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam. We also tried some sweet and sour sauce over rice. Make sure to ask your students why the Union Jack is in the Hawaiian flag!
We will be starting Italy soon. I'm very excited because of the opportunity to talk about how we vote for a new Pope. It's a great teaching opportunity!
We have recently finished talking about weather in both science and Spanish. The students have done a great job learning how the water cycle works and how to stay safe in many types of weather.
You may have noticed some worksheets coming home printed on scrap paper. We have recently run low on paper, so I am trying to use some of our one-sided scrap paper when I can. If your students says that he/she does not have to do that side, it's quite likely true!
In reading we sorted words into words with short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.
We did story problems in math using each other as "counters."
We made clouds in jars while learning about the water cycle.
More recently, we've been learning about graphing in math. We have been both filling in graphs and using graphs to solve problems. Be watching for a tooth graph soon!
We just finished our unit on Hawaii yesterday, and the verdict is in: 14 of 17 present 1st and 2nd graders love Spam! We learned that Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam. We also tried some sweet and sour sauce over rice. Make sure to ask your students why the Union Jack is in the Hawaiian flag!
We will be starting Italy soon. I'm very excited because of the opportunity to talk about how we vote for a new Pope. It's a great teaching opportunity!
We have recently finished talking about weather in both science and Spanish. The students have done a great job learning how the water cycle works and how to stay safe in many types of weather.
You may have noticed some worksheets coming home printed on scrap paper. We have recently run low on paper, so I am trying to use some of our one-sided scrap paper when I can. If your students says that he/she does not have to do that side, it's quite likely true!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Welcome Back!
Welcome back after break!!! December just flew by! Now that we're back (and I'm healthy), it's great to start anew!We have been working on our long vowel sounds in reading. We use the term "sneaky e" to describe the silent e at the end of words that makes our vowels long. Ask your students to tell you how it works!
We are also learning about singular and plural nouns. We learned that "singular" sounds like "single," which means "one."
We have been doing a lot of addition and subtraction in math! We learned about related addition facts, which are two addition facts with the addends switched:
3 + 4 = 7 4 + 3 = 7
We also learned about checking with subtraction, which is when we use a related subtraction problem to check our addition:
3 + 4 = 7 7 - 3 = 4
Put together, we can make Fact Families:
3 + 4 = 7
4 + 3 = 7
7 - 3 = 4
7 - 4 = 3
We recently finished a unit on Greece in social studies. If you want to see what we talked about, you're welcome to visit my Greece Prezi. We have just started Brazil, and are very excited to spend some time in South America!
- If your child has had a fever, they cannot come back to school until they've been 24-hour fever-free without medicine.
- If your child has thrown up, they cannot come back to school for 24 hours.
- If your child is not focusing well and may have a difficult time learning due to his/her illness (coughing, stuffy nose, etc), then it may be better to keep them at home for a day and recoup and get better faster.
We've been following these guidelines and it's been working well, so THANK YOU!!! Hopefully all these germs will go away soon!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
One Quarter Down!
The end of first quarter is always a crazy time because it's around Halloween, All Saints' Day, and the end of Daylight Savings Time. Whew! Halloween is a great time to do some fun art projects. We decorated our rooms with spiders and ghosts!
Of course, we had to try on our spiders as hats before we could hang them up!
We also had a lot of fun trying to keep ice frozen!
In Spanish, we've been learning different food words. We learned to play "Vaya a la pesca" which means "Go Fish!" They do a wonderful job of pronouncing their words correctly!
In Social Studies we've been learning about Japan. Mrs. Evers has volunteered to come into class and talk to use about Japan, and we're very excited! I make something called a Prezi for each country we study. This is a presentation I use to teach about the country. Click here to see what we've been learning about!
We also had a lot of fun trying to keep ice frozen!
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In Spanish, we've been learning different food words. We learned to play "Vaya a la pesca" which means "Go Fish!" They do a wonderful job of pronouncing their words correctly!
In Social Studies we've been learning about Japan. Mrs. Evers has volunteered to come into class and talk to use about Japan, and we're very excited! I make something called a Prezi for each country we study. This is a presentation I use to teach about the country. Click here to see what we've been learning about!
Please remember to send new "emergency clothes" to school with your students if you haven't done so already!
Have a great day!
Ms. Hermus
Monday, October 22, 2012
Fall Fun!
Wow! October is only a little over half over, and we've already had so much fun! At the beginning of the month we went to Mulberry Farm and had a lot of fun meeting and petting animals!
We got to try catching chickens. They can be really tricky!
Most of us were able to catch one at some point.
We pet ducklings!
We fed goats...they knew why we were there! The moment we stood at the fence they stuck their noses out!
Some of us became good friends!
We had a lot of fun that day!
We learned about sound waves and how they move through things in science!
We also had fun making Crinkle-Leg Spiders! Ms. Hermus did this craft when SHE was in kindergarten!
We thought our spiders made good hats, too!
Just a few reminders as well:
This Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26, there is no school. Have a fun fall break! The following week, on November 1st (Thursday) we will be having All Saints' Day mass. You are welcome to attend! Our school masses are always at 8:15 am.
I also have a Public Service Announcement:
If your student has trouble keeping his or her shoes tied, please go over this at home! We just don't have time to go over it during the day, and keeping our shoes tied keeps us safer, especially on the playground and up and down stairs!
Have a great day!
Ms. Hermus
We got to try catching chickens. They can be really tricky!
Most of us were able to catch one at some point.
We pet ducklings!
We fed goats...they knew why we were there! The moment we stood at the fence they stuck their noses out!
Some of us became good friends!
We had a lot of fun that day!
We learned about sound waves and how they move through things in science!
We also had fun making Crinkle-Leg Spiders! Ms. Hermus did this craft when SHE was in kindergarten!
We thought our spiders made good hats, too!
Just a few reminders as well:
This Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26, there is no school. Have a fun fall break! The following week, on November 1st (Thursday) we will be having All Saints' Day mass. You are welcome to attend! Our school masses are always at 8:15 am.
I also have a Public Service Announcement:
If your student has trouble keeping his or her shoes tied, please go over this at home! We just don't have time to go over it during the day, and keeping our shoes tied keeps us safer, especially on the playground and up and down stairs!
Have a great day!
Ms. Hermus
Monday, September 17, 2012
Now that we're settling in...
...I want to give a few reminders, and give you a few updates about what we're doing in class!
Please remember that your student needs a signature in his or her planner AND their reading calendar. Reading minutes should be recorded on the calendar in his or her green folder; not their planner.
Also, it's getting quite chilly out, so please make sure your child has a jacket before they leave. Also, it may be a good idea to leave an extra sweatshirt in their locker in case the building gets chilly!
I know that currently we have an icky-smelling water situation. We are getting that fixed later this week. After the problem is fixed, I am going to ask that water bottles stay home for a while, unless your child has a cough or cold. They are becoming too distracting, and with the cooler temperatures, they aren't as needed.
While we are still getting used to some routines here, we have been doing A LOT in first grade! Here's a little taste of what we've been up to:
We traced each other's faces to make our own self-portraits to put in our grapes on the bulletin board!
We learned about hypotheses and we hypothesized about whether different classroom objects would sink or float...the scissors do BOTH!
We studied the properties of solids and liquids and had to decide if Oobleck was a solid or a liquid.
(If your student is asking to make Oobleck, it's corn starch with food coloring. Then add water until you get to a solid/liquid consistency.)
We practiced counting "hops" in math.
We learned that watercolors won't stick to crayon, and painted our own "Crayon Relief Leaves" using warm colors for the leaves and cool colors for a striking background.
We learned about gases and how they move. We observed how different tools can make different-sized bubbles!
...And of course, we've had a chance to be silly!!!
If you'd like to see more pictures, click on the link in the left column to see more fun and learning from this year!
Ms. Hermus
Please remember that your student needs a signature in his or her planner AND their reading calendar. Reading minutes should be recorded on the calendar in his or her green folder; not their planner.
Also, it's getting quite chilly out, so please make sure your child has a jacket before they leave. Also, it may be a good idea to leave an extra sweatshirt in their locker in case the building gets chilly!
I know that currently we have an icky-smelling water situation. We are getting that fixed later this week. After the problem is fixed, I am going to ask that water bottles stay home for a while, unless your child has a cough or cold. They are becoming too distracting, and with the cooler temperatures, they aren't as needed.
While we are still getting used to some routines here, we have been doing A LOT in first grade! Here's a little taste of what we've been up to:
We traced each other's faces to make our own self-portraits to put in our grapes on the bulletin board!
We learned about hypotheses and we hypothesized about whether different classroom objects would sink or float...the scissors do BOTH!
We studied the properties of solids and liquids and had to decide if Oobleck was a solid or a liquid.
(If your student is asking to make Oobleck, it's corn starch with food coloring. Then add water until you get to a solid/liquid consistency.)
We practiced counting "hops" in math.
We learned that watercolors won't stick to crayon, and painted our own "Crayon Relief Leaves" using warm colors for the leaves and cool colors for a striking background.
We learned about gases and how they move. We observed how different tools can make different-sized bubbles!
...And of course, we've had a chance to be silly!!!
If you'd like to see more pictures, click on the link in the left column to see more fun and learning from this year!
Ms. Hermus
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Reading Calendars and Planners
Hello! We now have a couple of days in, and we're getting settled in. I just want to take a minute and go over how the planners and reading calendars work.
Your student's planner needs to be signed each night. Whether a parent, babysitter, or older sibling (who may be in charge for the evening) signs the planner is all right. The signature means that you're aware of your student's homework for the evening.
The reading calendar is to keep track of your student's reading. Each night, a parent, babysitter, etc, needs to write in the day how many minutes your student read, and initial the box. I check both the planner and the reading calendar the next day.
We talked today in class about how it's the students' responsibility to ask to have their planner signed and calendar initialed. I just ask that you help them to remember! In class I leave them responsible for packing their backpacks, but I also check their backpacks at the end of the day in order to make sure they have everything. This is a GREAT way to help your student build responsibility, while saving them the grief of forgetting things. They will build the good habits they need so that by the end of the year, they will be taking care of their own things very well.
If the writing on your student's calendar is confusing, it's just an example (ex:) of what the box should look like. Please make sure to initial and write the amount of minutes read.
Please email me if you have any questions!
Ms. Hermus
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Welcome to First Grade!
Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year! I am very excited to come back, and I'm sure the students are excited for the school year to start as well (even if they don't show it)!
For those of you who do not know me, I want to give you an introduction to myself. I am originally from the Fox Cities, and have lived in Appleton for just about my entire life. I grew up in Catholic schools, starting with pre-school at St. Bernadette, moving on to middle school at St. Joe's, heading to Xavier for high school, and finally going to college at St. Norbert in De Pere for Elementary Education, Spanish, and Music.
This will be my third year teaching first grade at St. Edward. Before that I taught multi-grades and multi-classes at St. Edward and Spanish to the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades at St. Mary in Greenville. Preceding that I ran the aftercare program at St. Bernadette.
Outside of school, I enjoy knitting, sewing (my new hobby), reading, being creative, and being active. I belong to St. Bernadette Parish in Appleton, and direct the Renewed Spirits choir there, as well as accompany some of the masses.
If you explore this blog a big further, you will notice links to Ms. Hermus's Sqworl and to Pearson Successnet. Let me explain those a bit further.
A "sqworl" is like an online favorites list. You can make folders in which to put links to websites that you like. The advantages include the fact that you can access this from any computer, so you can find your favorites anywhere, and, as a teacher, it's very handy if I want all the students to be able to access the same site, because instead of putting it on each favorites section of each computer, I just put it on once, and I'm done!
One disadvantage is the url. The url you get with your sqworl is incredibly difficult to remember. I myself always to go this blog first, then click the tab. This way is much easier!
Included in my sqworl are enrichment games for math and reading, as well as many websites that I use to help in my lesson planning. If you notice, there are many sites named for countries, and these are sites that I use to teach about many different countries in social studies class.
Pearson is the company through which we get our reading series. The students each have a login and will nearly daily go on the computers in the classroom to do some of their reading work right on the company's website. Some of the books they will be reading in class will also be on there, as well as some other activities. More information will be coming home in the first few weeks of school about how to use this, including your student's login and password.
If you need to get a hold of me, you may email me at ehermus@stedwardk5.org. You may also call the school and ask for me, but emailing is best. I do my best to reply promptly to emails.
I look forward to working with you, and especially your students, this year!
Ms. Hermus
For those of you who do not know me, I want to give you an introduction to myself. I am originally from the Fox Cities, and have lived in Appleton for just about my entire life. I grew up in Catholic schools, starting with pre-school at St. Bernadette, moving on to middle school at St. Joe's, heading to Xavier for high school, and finally going to college at St. Norbert in De Pere for Elementary Education, Spanish, and Music.
This will be my third year teaching first grade at St. Edward. Before that I taught multi-grades and multi-classes at St. Edward and Spanish to the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades at St. Mary in Greenville. Preceding that I ran the aftercare program at St. Bernadette.
Outside of school, I enjoy knitting, sewing (my new hobby), reading, being creative, and being active. I belong to St. Bernadette Parish in Appleton, and direct the Renewed Spirits choir there, as well as accompany some of the masses.
If you explore this blog a big further, you will notice links to Ms. Hermus's Sqworl and to Pearson Successnet. Let me explain those a bit further.
A "sqworl" is like an online favorites list. You can make folders in which to put links to websites that you like. The advantages include the fact that you can access this from any computer, so you can find your favorites anywhere, and, as a teacher, it's very handy if I want all the students to be able to access the same site, because instead of putting it on each favorites section of each computer, I just put it on once, and I'm done!
One disadvantage is the url. The url you get with your sqworl is incredibly difficult to remember. I myself always to go this blog first, then click the tab. This way is much easier!
Included in my sqworl are enrichment games for math and reading, as well as many websites that I use to help in my lesson planning. If you notice, there are many sites named for countries, and these are sites that I use to teach about many different countries in social studies class.
Pearson is the company through which we get our reading series. The students each have a login and will nearly daily go on the computers in the classroom to do some of their reading work right on the company's website. Some of the books they will be reading in class will also be on there, as well as some other activities. More information will be coming home in the first few weeks of school about how to use this, including your student's login and password.
If you need to get a hold of me, you may email me at ehermus@stedwardk5.org. You may also call the school and ask for me, but emailing is best. I do my best to reply promptly to emails.
I look forward to working with you, and especially your students, this year!
Ms. Hermus
Friday, May 25, 2012
The Final Stretch...
It's that time of the year! The time of the year when we are all getting antsy, we are wrapping things up, making sure we have final assessments done, that we have finished all of our projects, and that we have no loose ends to be left. It's a very bittersweet time of year: we're excited for three months off, but we're sad to be leaving each other. I have enjoyed having each of your students this year, and am very glad that I get the chance to have them again next year in social studies!
I have a few housekeeping items for the upcoming week:
- Blue folders are going home today for the FINAL TIME. They do not need to come back signed. I will have a few items that will be going home next week, but those will go home in the green folder.
- Green folder still need to be coming back to school each day, signed. Your student's reading calendar is due on Thursday, May 31st. Friday can be a hectic day, and there's a good chance things won't be able to be turned in that day. I do expect everyone to continue to read each night up until that Thursday, though. I sincerely hope that his has become a habit that will continue through the summer. It's such a good habit to have!
- If anyone has paper bags they could donate, that would be great. Living alone, I don't accumulate many paper grocery bags, but they are very handy to send home with the students the last week of school. I will most likely be sending extra stuff home each day next week so as not to overburden them on Thursday. Having paper bags on hand will be great for the big items.
- Tuesday afternoon is Field Day. Please send your child with a water bottle, either empty or one that we can fill. It will be a hot afternoon! Sunscreen would also be beneficial.
-Wednesday is our field trip day, unless we are rained out. We are going to the NEW Zoo! Your child will need a disposable lunch, as we are not going to carry around containers and lunch boxes all afternoon, and we don't want to lose things. Please pack a healthy lunch that is easy for travel, such as a sandwich. Forks and spoons are fine, as long as they are disposable. It may be easier to stick with finger food, though.
Thank you, and enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!
Ms. Hermus
I have a few housekeeping items for the upcoming week:
- Blue folders are going home today for the FINAL TIME. They do not need to come back signed. I will have a few items that will be going home next week, but those will go home in the green folder.
- Green folder still need to be coming back to school each day, signed. Your student's reading calendar is due on Thursday, May 31st. Friday can be a hectic day, and there's a good chance things won't be able to be turned in that day. I do expect everyone to continue to read each night up until that Thursday, though. I sincerely hope that his has become a habit that will continue through the summer. It's such a good habit to have!
- If anyone has paper bags they could donate, that would be great. Living alone, I don't accumulate many paper grocery bags, but they are very handy to send home with the students the last week of school. I will most likely be sending extra stuff home each day next week so as not to overburden them on Thursday. Having paper bags on hand will be great for the big items.
- Tuesday afternoon is Field Day. Please send your child with a water bottle, either empty or one that we can fill. It will be a hot afternoon! Sunscreen would also be beneficial.
-Wednesday is our field trip day, unless we are rained out. We are going to the NEW Zoo! Your child will need a disposable lunch, as we are not going to carry around containers and lunch boxes all afternoon, and we don't want to lose things. Please pack a healthy lunch that is easy for travel, such as a sandwich. Forks and spoons are fine, as long as they are disposable. It may be easier to stick with finger food, though.
Thank you, and enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!
Ms. Hermus
Friday, May 4, 2012
Weekly Upd ate
This week in math we started our unit on shapes, which is an introduction to geometry. Today we talked about symmetry, and the students are doing a wonderful job with it! We are working hard to finish everything we need to accomplish in math this year. Soon we will be working on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers!
In reading this week we focused on the long i sound using ie and igh. They did a wonderful job using those two chunks to make words! We also practiced with kn and wr, which are two sounds that can be difficult to spell, since we don't hear the k or the w.
This week we ended our last country in Social Studies. South Africa is our last country, and we started "practice prezis." The students will be making their own prezis to review the countries we learned about this year, but since most of us are new to the program, we're doing a "practice prezi" first to get comfortable with the software. I know that some students have been using the software at home, and Jack even taught me how to find pictures on the program itself! If you are interested, Prezi.com is a website that offers the opportunity to make presentations. It is something like powerpoint, but with about 10 cups of coffee. It's very easy to pull in pictures and video clips to make your presentations more interesting. If you got to prezi.com, you can sign up for a limited, but free, membership, or you can pay a bit per month for more space.
We have been talking about a few miracles in religion, and we are currently finishing a project about the 10 lepers. It is a wonderful story that not only teaches us about Jesus' power and mercy, but also the importance of giving thanks!
In science class we have been talking about how we change and grow. While we were looking at our baby pictures, we noticed that we're not only bigger, but some of us have hair colors that changed, or our faces used to be more round, among other things. We also talked about what we couldn't do then that we can do now, such as walk and talk, but also ride a bike, swim, and play basketball. We're always learning and growing!
There will be no blue folder coming home this week. Look for a very full blue folder next Friday!
Thank you, and enjoy the beautiful weekend!
Ms. Hermus
In reading this week we focused on the long i sound using ie and igh. They did a wonderful job using those two chunks to make words! We also practiced with kn and wr, which are two sounds that can be difficult to spell, since we don't hear the k or the w.
This week we ended our last country in Social Studies. South Africa is our last country, and we started "practice prezis." The students will be making their own prezis to review the countries we learned about this year, but since most of us are new to the program, we're doing a "practice prezi" first to get comfortable with the software. I know that some students have been using the software at home, and Jack even taught me how to find pictures on the program itself! If you are interested, Prezi.com is a website that offers the opportunity to make presentations. It is something like powerpoint, but with about 10 cups of coffee. It's very easy to pull in pictures and video clips to make your presentations more interesting. If you got to prezi.com, you can sign up for a limited, but free, membership, or you can pay a bit per month for more space.
We have been talking about a few miracles in religion, and we are currently finishing a project about the 10 lepers. It is a wonderful story that not only teaches us about Jesus' power and mercy, but also the importance of giving thanks!
In science class we have been talking about how we change and grow. While we were looking at our baby pictures, we noticed that we're not only bigger, but some of us have hair colors that changed, or our faces used to be more round, among other things. We also talked about what we couldn't do then that we can do now, such as walk and talk, but also ride a bike, swim, and play basketball. We're always learning and growing!
There will be no blue folder coming home this week. Look for a very full blue folder next Friday!
Thank you, and enjoy the beautiful weekend!
Ms. Hermus
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Announcing: That Goat Has GOT to Go!
On Monday, April 23 at 2:00 pm, the first grade reading class will be performing "That Goat Has GOT to Go" in a readers' theatre style. Parents are invited to come and see this once-in-a-lifetime show! It will be performed in the first grade classroom.
Thank you,
Ms. Hermus
Thank you,
Ms. Hermus
Thursday, April 12, 2012
It's Great to be Back!
We are so excited to be back at school after Easter Break! This week in reading we aren't doing our normal routine. Instead, we are practicing a play! We are very excited. We want to tell you what it's about but SHHHHHHH! It's a secret! We're not quite sure when we will be performing it. It will most likely be not next week, but early the following week. We will let you know in hopes that you can come and see us!
We were practicing money before break, and now we are learning about time. So far we can tell what the hour and the half hour are. We're still learning and need a little more practice. If you can practice with us at home, we'd really like it.
Our current country in Social Studies is Mexico. Yesterday we learned how to dance the cha-cha, and today we got to try some arroz con leche. Some of us liked it, and some didn't. The recipe is on the back of our Mexico books that will be coming home soon. Tomorrow we hope to try making quesedillas!
Today in religion we read the story of Jesus' First Miracle! This was at the Wedding at Cana. Jesus turned the water into wine. We are making a craft so we can pretend to do the same.
In science we are learning about one of Ms. Hermus's favorite science topics: the sun, the moon, and stars! We learned about constellations today, and don't think they make very good pictures. They are kind of confusing. We will be making our own next week. Hopefully we'll understand them better then.
On Tuesday we finally broke our cascarones! We filled them with bird seed before Easter Break. We took them outside on Tuesday and broke them over each others' heads. We know that we shouldn't usually break eggs over each others' heads. This was a special case.
We have a request as well. Today we learned about Orion's Belt. We would love the chance to see it this weekend! We know that the stars don't come out until after we're in bed on school nights, so we thought this weekend would be a great chance to see it for ourselves!
We were practicing money before break, and now we are learning about time. So far we can tell what the hour and the half hour are. We're still learning and need a little more practice. If you can practice with us at home, we'd really like it.
Our current country in Social Studies is Mexico. Yesterday we learned how to dance the cha-cha, and today we got to try some arroz con leche. Some of us liked it, and some didn't. The recipe is on the back of our Mexico books that will be coming home soon. Tomorrow we hope to try making quesedillas!
Today in religion we read the story of Jesus' First Miracle! This was at the Wedding at Cana. Jesus turned the water into wine. We are making a craft so we can pretend to do the same.
In science we are learning about one of Ms. Hermus's favorite science topics: the sun, the moon, and stars! We learned about constellations today, and don't think they make very good pictures. They are kind of confusing. We will be making our own next week. Hopefully we'll understand them better then.
We have a request as well. Today we learned about Orion's Belt. We would love the chance to see it this weekend! We know that the stars don't come out until after we're in bed on school nights, so we thought this weekend would be a great chance to see it for ourselves!
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| The Easter Bunny brought us scented bubbles! We got to take them outside on Wednesday and try them. |
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