Rhyming with Seuss

Inspired by Dr. Seuss this month in Writer's Workshop we have been working on creating our own rhymes. We used a very popular Dr. Seuss book, Green Eggs and Ham to help us get started. First, Tim Tebow came for a virtual visit and read us the silly story. Then, we decided on our own food that we definitely would not, could not eat (not in 1st grade even if it was homemade)! 1st graders came up with rhymes to create a silly poem. Afterwards, 1st graders drew caricatures based on their poem. Next, we used a favorite app Chatter PIX to record our voices all by ourselves. Check out our work below!

I "mustache" you a question...

As part of our Math in Focus curriculum and Common Core State Standards students learned how to organize, represent and interpret data. 1st graders put these skills to the test and created their own Google Form. Students first created a question to ask peers and the Fuller Meadow Community. They came up with everything from favorite animal, sport, dessert and even favorite ice cream flavor.

1st graders then walked around Fuller Meadow and the classroom, with mustaches on, to collect their data. 

Once data was collected students sprinkled their Google Forms with some fairy dust and instantly turned their data into bar graphs. Afterwards, we analyzed and interpreted our information by projecting our bar graphs on the Smartboard.

I "mustache" you a question....do you love 1st grade?

Common Core Standard for Math: 1.MD.C.4 -Measurement & Data - Represent and interpret data: 4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

Fuller Melody

Ding! Boom! Bing! The hallways of the Fuller Meadow 1st graders have sounded a little something like this over the last few weeks. Our new science program has brought us the very noisy, yet very fun, unit of sound. 1st graders began by investigating rubber bands and their ability to make sound. We were fascinated to learn that the thicker the rubber band, the lower the pitch.

After learning about sound, vibrations, pitch, and volume, Klipfel and Kids set out to make their very own instruments. We created everything from shakers to drums and even guitars made out of toilet paper rolls.

Thanks to the talented Mrs. Alvarado, The Banana Splits (our new band name) were ready to jam.

Next stop, Carnegie Hall.