Johnny Appleseed

Mrs. Hodgson's first graders are learning about forming complete sentences. They know to begin a statement with a capital letter, end it with a period, and pay attention to the word order.  The first graders have also been exploring the short i sound and the word family -ick. They can read so many short a and short i words and lots of new sight words, too!

 

In addition to their sentences and sight words, they've been hard at work reading lots of books, especially Clifford books and Teacher From the Black Lagoon books. Their classroom Listening Center has been a busy place! To date, they have 31 books in their Book Log. When they reach 100, they will celebrate with a fun class event!

 

Finally, they've been studying apples and the life of Johnny Appleseed. They painted apples and made an apple diagram in their reading journals, complete with labels on all the parts. To summarize their lesson, they reviewed the story using the sequence words first, next, then, and last.

 

To wrap up their lesson, they enjoyed a special snack of apple slices with caramel dip.  Yum!

 First Grade is BUSY!