Winter Extravaganza!

First Grade was full of students from grades K-3 

and snow buddies!

It was a treat to get to hang out with all kids in other grades who I don't usually get to spend time with.

We created "snow buddies" out of socks.  Pretty cute.

The Dragons visit the Harwood Museum!

We observed retablos and bultos in the Harwood's beautiful collection.  We sketched some of our favorites, paying close attention to details.  In the studio, we got to make our own retablos!  Scroll down to see incredible creations by the First Grade Dragons.

In the studio... watching Miss Jayne create her retablo using collage and drawing techniques.

We love Twirl!

Light and shadow play at Twirl Too.   The kids had a blast experimenting with opaque and transparent materials.  They each created beautiful shadow puppets that will be a part of a whole-school installation with Agnes Chavez!  

Puppet Show Practice!

Hilarious and Strange Times in First Grade

The kids are working hard getting reading for their first play!  They wrote their own show and made their giant puppets and props.  Thank you Mr. John for directing these wild puppet shows!

Dragons in the Morning: Writing Workshop...Kid Art Rocks.

We start each day with Writing Workshop.  The Drawings and ideas that come out of this time inspire me every day. 

Birthdays and Student of the Month!

Happy Birthday to Neenah and Jasper! 

...and congratulations to the First Grade Dragon of the Month: Jasper Avina!

Singular and Plural Nouns...and the Verbs They Love.

A couple of weeks ago the First Grade Dragons tackled singular and plural nouns and noun/verb agreement.  They rocked it!

We first learned the vocabulary through pictures, sorting, and games....

Then we practiced identifying singular and plural nouns and choosing the correct form of the action verb.

We played a game... Each kid received a baggie full of the words of one sentence.  The words were scrambled and there were two forms of the action verb.  The kids' job was to unscramble the sentence, choose the verb that agreed with the noun, and add punctuation.  They then took their beautiful sentence to Miss Rosalie to get their next baggie.  The kids were totally into it and they really got it.   

There were three different colors of sentences for differentiation of reading levels...