There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves..

The students really enjoyed reading There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves.  After reading the story, they worked together to sequence the items, swallowed by the old lady, in the correct order.  I enjoy seeing them problem solve and work together as a team!

Miss Brown's Fabulous First Grade Friends.. "We're off to great places.."

It's been so much fun getting to know these guys, and I look forward to watching them continue to grow and learn as the year progresses!!  

Caught being kind..

I love 'catching' my students being kind to one another when they're unaware that someone is watching!  

Dot to dots going all the way to 100 can be a little tricky..  Here, one of my students is helping the other when he gets stuck and is unsure of what number comes next!

One part + another part = ....

We have been working hard on learning an reviewing all kinds of addition problems.  The students have become very good at recognizing the need to add two parts together in order to get the "whole!"  We have also been talking about the different names we can use for the "whole" (ie. total, in all, or sum).

The students love being able to work/collaborate with partners!

Kindness Buddies

This year, school wide, we are really focussing on kindness.  Each classroom has partnered up with another classroom in the school to be 'kindness buddies' with.  We are partnered with Mrs. Timmons 5th grade class, and we were pleasantly surprised when they dropped off a sweet treat, along with some encouraging words for the new school year!

Thank you to our sweet friends in Mrs. Timmons' class.  This gesture surely put a big smile on a certain group of 1st graders!

Miss Brown's 2015-2016 A- List First Graders!!!

Take two..

We are off to a GREAT year!  :-) 

Attention:

Beginning Monday, June 8,  Pontiac Elementary will be opened Mondays-Thursdays and closed on Fridays.  Our office hours will be 8:00 am-4:00 pm.  We will resume our normal schedule beginning Monday, August 3  Our Back to School Night will be held on Monday, August 17 at 5:00 pm and our first day of school will be Wednesday, August 19.  Have a wonderful and safe summer.