They are so cute!!!!

Seven chicks hatched last night! And more are working hard pecking their way out! First graders are soooo proud of their chicks! Just a reminder to please let me know if you are interested in our egg-layers! I would like to find new homes for them this weekend!

Assuming all is going very well, our chicks will need new homes soon! Please let me know if you are interested in adopting any of our egg-layers. I would like them to be in their new homes on Friday, May 25th! Thank-you!

Poetry

 Keep a Poem in Your Pocket 

Keep a poem in your pocket 
and a picture in your head 
and you'll never feel lonely at night when you're in bed.

The little poem will sing to you 
the little picture bring to you 
a dozen dreams to dance to you 
at night when you're in bed. 

So--
Keep a picture in your pocket 
and a poem in your head 
and you'll never be lonely at night when you're in bed. 

By:  Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Today we were introduced to our end of the year literacy unit on Poetry! Students listened to a variety of poems from famous poets and then wrote acrostic poems using their names as the title!

     Another fabulous week of first grade! The children have been very busy creating gifts for our mom's/step-mom's/grandma's! Today, Jack's mom and her friend taught us how to make very special gifts you can enjoy all year long! Other projects have included our Dr. Seuss pictures from "Oh The Places You'll Go" and our Chick Life Cycle drawings. 

     We have been taking very good care of the 18 eggs in our incubator! Every day we have to turn them 3x, each student has been assigned that job one day per week. We are also keeping track of the temperature and humidity in our incubator. We are working on Embryology reports which include journal entries and other facts about a chick's life cycle. We are learning many scientific terms such as "embryo", "chalaza", "germinal disc", "air cell" and "incubate". We are on Day 9, with 12 days left until our predicted hatch! If anyone is interested in egg-laying chicks- let me know!
     During our Literacy time, we are learning how to write a Constructive Response. We wrote a response based on Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hatches an Egg". The students worked very hard writing about Horton's promise to take care of the egg using evidence from the story.
     During our Math time we are working with patterns. This unit develops ideas about patterns, sequences, and functions, and are a part of the early algebra foundation integrated into the Investigations curriculum.

     It is hard to believe we have less than 30 school days left of first grade! A few important dates are:

• End of year Field trip to ECHO: June 13th- more information to come!
• Spring Celebration: June 15th at 1:00
• Last Day of School: June 20th