Austin Nature Center, Hawaiian Field Day and Multicultural Night...all in one week!!!

Minus the 8 mosquito bites I got, the Field Trip on Tuesday was so fun. The kids were well behaved and really enjoyed learning about and seeing different animals. The weather was also beautiful. Mrs. Sharon, our tour guide, was excellent! We got to explore the mammals, birds of prey and reptile room with her. We also got to explore the live animals outside and the small wonders room.

On Thursday, we had our Hawaiian Field Day. Here are some pictures of our eventful but tiring day.

And to end the week off, last night was our school’s Multicultural Night. I saw some familiar faces last night. The kiddos seem to really enjoy trying new foods and learning about different cultures. The students learned a song during Spanish class and got to perform on stage with all the other first graders.

 I’m so happy it’s the weekend because I was pretty drained from all the events this week. Hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather this weekend. I will be placing a MAY FUN calendar in their folders this week. Each day in May, we will have a fun theme. Please stop by the classroom to sign up for an item to bring. It would be greatly appreciated! 

Area, Perimeter, Earth Day and VLA Writing

Before I get started, I wanted to share this cool video we just received from Mr. Johnny! The kids recently did a Creative Lesson Initiative (CLI) lesson making a stop-and-go animation. Our school is piloting CLI for 3 years and so this is all new to our campus. CLI is basically just different strategies to incorporate inside the classroom to enhance learning. We often do “statues” during VLA time to help us with our VLA sight words.

https://youtu.be/IGIoxpV0JFA

This week was a pretty normal week. The next two weeks will be super busy though. We have Book Fair, Catch Night, Field Trip, Field Day and Multicultural Night all coming up!

We did some Earth Day activities this week. One activity was to make as many words with the letters in the word “PLANET EARTH.”

We completed our unit on AN and IN blends this week.

It makes me so proud when I see these kids writing independently in their Vietnamese journals. We have new students who just joined this year into the dual language program that are amazing at catching on a new language! To see them write in their journals by themselves and to see them help and teach other students in the class makes my heart happy.

 We updated our math bulletin board this week with an interactive perimeter activity. I started an Instagram page this school year that I post pictures on from the classroom. If you would like to follow, add FUNINFIRSTWITHCOTRACY on Instagram! Sometimes it’s faster for me to post on IG than it is to update this blog.

February and March Update

First of all, let me start by saying HAPPY EASTER!!! And second of all, I’m so sorry I haven’t been updating this blog. Life at school and life outside of school has been pretty busy these past 2 months. We’ve been learning a lot of new things in class lately so here is a photo dump of what we’ve been doing in school.