Literacy Night

Thank You to all the parents who were able to make it to the First Grade Literacy Night. I was able to take some pictures that were not blurry! You can access the 20 minute presentation video from Literacy Night at the Captain First Grade Website:

http://www.claytonschools.net/Page/14457

Butterfly House and 1904 World's Fair Carousel

We had a great time on our 1st grade field trip to Faust Park. The kids loved the Butterfly House and Carousel. What a beautiful day!

LITERACY NIGHT

First Grade Literacy Night

Monday, Sept. 29

6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 First Grade students are developing their enthusiasm for reading. As they continue to grow as readers, we are inviting all 14-15 first grade families to be a part of a special night about reading at home with your child. At Literacy Night, we will discuss just-right books, reading strategies, and introduce the take-home library. You might even see some super reading heroes in action!

 

Releasing Butterflies

Today we went outside to  release the 5 Painted lady Butterflies. We took pictures and saw the workmen fixing the bridge on the playground.

Butterflies in the classroom

Each year the first grade students watch caterpillars turn into Painted Lady Butterflies. This year the caterpillars came Friday, Sept. 12 and they are already in chrysalis form. So, we took time today to read about butterflies during partner reading.

Mealworms

We have been looking at mealworms these past two weeks. Some of our mealworms have turned into pupas!!! Each time we investigate we use our science notebooks to journal about what we observe. Now to find out what the mealworms will turn into.(beetles)

Community Teams

We met on Friday for our first Multi-age Community Teams. These are teams that we use to build relationships across grade levels and we will use these teams for field day in May. Our theme this year is ways we Express Ourselves. Some like to draw, paint, dance, play football, soccer, or build with legos.

Dr. Martin and Mrs. Hwande like to express themselves through dance.

Students made posters showing how they express themselves.

Number Bonds

 Number bonds is a way for students  to visualize numbers and decompose/compose numbers. 

 

Being able to visualize numbers is the key, and giving the students a graphic like the number bound is one way to help them do this.

Another way for students to think about numbers is to play “Bears in a Cave” ........"If I have 9 bears (cubes or beans)  and 6 are outside the cup (cave) how many went in to the cup/cave? "(3)

Did you know that all children have access to Think Central?

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

This website from Math in Focus has lots of resources for you or your child to help with math. Just login using your child’s name:

firstnamelastname and the password: cgmcgm11

County Library

September is Library Month

The Mid Country Clayton branch of St. Louis County Library has a fantastic children's section! I highly recommend visiting often with your child.  You can check out lots of books at a time.
All Clayton School District students may sign up for a library card. You can sign up online  

 Click here to register for a library card.   and the library card will be delivered to school on the following Tuesday.  This offer extends  through October 28.

Make visiting the library a regular outing!