1A - Miss Grunau

     It has been an exciting start to the school year for our little ones.  From reacquainting with past friends and making new ones, it has been wonderful to see everyone back in the classroom setting.  During the first quarter, our students have been very busy learning their new classroom routines, while engaging in their classroom studies.  In Religion, we began the school year introducing ourselves to St. Benedict and learning how much God loves each one of us.  In Math, we are exploring our math facts by means of a variety of hands-on manipulatives.  These include number racks, dominoes, and number lines.  We even introduced non-standard measurement by measuring one another with apples.  In Reading, we are exploring a variety of story genres, such informative texts, folk tales, and fables, all while discussing story structures and character development. For Phonics, our students have reviewed the unique sounds our letters make and are now working on blending these sounds to form familiar everyday words.  In English, our students pretended to be Johnny Appleseed and wrote sentences describing an apple’s color, shape, and taste.  For Science, we identified the specific needs all living things, such as food, water, shelter, and sunlight.  Finally, in Social Studies, we have been learning different strategies on how to get along with our fellow peers in school. 
     Overall, it has been a very fun filled first quarter and we look forward to our first field trip to Patterson Fruit Farm in the coming week! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this crisp pretty weather!
 

<3, Miss Grunau