Mrs. Pechette’s First Grade
Homework did not come home this week. During Winter break there will be many opportunities for reading and learning. Daily shared reading with your child is very important. When asked many of the...
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The year 2013 has arrived along with winter. Many changes have taken place in our classroom. The calendar has begun a new year and we are discovering a growing pattern with rectangular prisms as the...
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The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. leads us into a study of notable African Americans. Each study will begin in childhood and follow through their life’s accomplishments. We will hear about a...
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I am so glad the children have learned to come prepared for outdoor cold weather play, because Monday morning the old furnace just didn’t want to heat our room. With cheerful attitudes we worked with...
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Monday was Abigail’s last day at Lewis School. She is leaving us to continue first grade in the Chinese Immersion Program located at Woodstock School. Abby shared with her friends feeling of...
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Our conversations about families have given us much to contemplate. When asked, “What is a family?” the children agree families live together sometimes in one house, sometimes in two houses. The...
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Perhaps your child has come home and told you our class is taking a trip to Antarctica, an area of the world very different from our own niche in the Pacific Northwest. Passports have been issued and...
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Valentine’s bring joy to the giver and receiver. After a busy morning of serious learning, the afternoon began with quiet reading. Many of the children have chosen to ready special Valentine books or...
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The Owl and the Pussy Cat, written by Edward Lear in the 1871’s, brought back memories for our visitors on Grandparents and Special Friends Day last Friday. We prepared for our guests by reading...
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After 100 days of school and much hard work toward math learning, the numbers are getting bigger, 2 and 3 digit. The children have learned there just aren’t enough fingers and toes to add and subtract...
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Saint Patrick’s Day allowed us to experience a bit of Irish storytelling. The folktale, Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato, taught us that taking the easy way out is sometimes more trouble than it’s...
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Pebbles, Sand, and Silt, our rock study, began with time spent investigating a pile of rocks. We were reminded to use our senses to make discoveries. What can you learn when looking, smelling, or...
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When asked, “What is Spring?” The most likely responses have been about blooming trees and flowers. This past week we’ve had discussions about the season Spring, how many seasons there are in a...
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Phrases like symmetrical, area, cube, pyramid, rhombus, trapezoid, right angle, and triangular prism will soon become part of your child’s vocabulary as we begin to incorporate the study of geometry...
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We are grateful to have the beautiful camellias of spring for our art lesson on value, the range of lightness or darkness in a color. We first observed a pure white flower, then painted several...
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When we begin a new unit of study changes occur throughout the classroom, all of which are designed to create high interest. The Science Table now has live insects, dead insects, factual books,...
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Are you a butterfly? You start your life in an egg. As soon as you are strong enough, break out of it. You do not look like your mother or father. You are a caterpillar. You have sixteen legs, a...
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Farm Math has begun with the acquisition of land. As new land owners we made a plan for the roads needed. The roads must enter and exit at two places and allow you access to your house. To place...
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Head, thorax, abdomen, eyes, 6 legs, and sometimes wings. It has taken considerable planning, problem solving, and massive amounts of Duct Tape, and after days of hard work, we have each completed a...
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The days of first grade are quickly disappearing! Our routines and learning will continue with a full schedule. At this time of year assessments for reading, writing, spelling, and all kinds of math...
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