WonderWorks field trip...2/10/2012
First grade students at The Academy of Hope were in discovery, then execution mode in Myrtle Beach at WonderWorks yesterday, doing everything from tightrope-walking to lying on a bed of nails to flying in a NASA space capsule with lots more variety in between! Thanks to all parent chaperones for helping make this field trip a sensational success!! See below....
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The first photo (yep, the dinosaur one....) was taken a few months ago after landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and walking through, marveling at the hugeness of this humongous airport (pretty sure it's America's largest), when I came upon this wonderful recreation of one of the plant-eater variety, we call them "long-necks", maybe a Brachiosaurus or a Dimetrodon. I posted this photo not just because it's very educational for 1st Graders (really child or adult), but because it represents the area geographically that our class will be conducting a video conference (Skype) with in a first grade class just outside the Greater Chicago area this week!
The photos taken of our 1st Grade here at AOH represent some of the WorkStations; one of the Literacy WorkStations where Zadin has just completed a word puzzle match; the Construction WorkStation; and Madison with her Lego creation at the Lego WorkStation. Students must also draw representations of their creations and describe in written language what was created.
Our field trip to Wonder Works is this Friday, February 10. Remember, students may wear jeans but must still wear their AOH logo shirts for group and identification purposes:) Get those permission slips turned in quickly if you have not already done so. A Wondrous treat awaits!!!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Week 20, FervorosoFirst!
Students are busy at Math Explore WorkStations and other WorkStations at The Academy of Hope. We are currently beginning new Social Studies discovery, including using technology to video-conference and interview a student living in Washington State who experienced the epic snowstorm this past week (students were able to view the massive snow amounts and submit questions), and upcoming is a video-conference call in Arlington Heights just outside Chicago at an elementary school there with another first grade who we are pen-pals with this year; mastering measurement and addition/subtraction skills while exploring new concepts in Math; delving into Chapter Books in Reading; reviewing Word Families, word endings, blends, story mapping and statement/question identification and composition in ELA, and oh so much more!!! Exhausting , but fun and so educational:)
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