Each class at KES becomes a family with another classroom in the school. Our goal is that students will develop positive school friendships with many children throughout the school community. This year my class will have a partnership with Mr. Cusson's third grade class. We will get together many times throughout the year for many different activities. The children love getting know their new friends and family in different classes. For our first gathering this year the two classes met and participated in a few icebreaker activities.They first introduced themselves with a throw the ball game  and then found their buddy by solving a math fact. I have included a few pictures of our first family get together.
​

The first graders in room 21 had fun researching animals using a website called pebblego.Each student chose an animal they wanted to learn more about. Students will use their research to write a report. Take a peak at some of our pictures showing the kids hard at work.
​

We made it to the 100th day of school! 

To celebrate the 100th day of school, our class  made towers out of toothpicks and marshmallows. The children worked together in small groups to make a 3 dimensional figure. They used 100 toothpicks and 100 marshmallows. They displayed great teamwork and problem solving skills. They had a blast !

Your children have been working hard during reader's workshop to build good reading habits and have been using a variety of strategies to tackle tricky words. Please continue to encourage your child to use these strategies at home in their reading. Our goal is that these strategies they are using will become habits in their everyday reading.
​