FUN in the Fall!!!

I have really been slacking at adding the WONDERFUL things my class has been doing. Very sorry!

My class has been doing lots of GREAT learning with a Fall theme behind it. I have been trying to add the holidays into the curriculum as much as I can. Luckily I have the greatest 1st Grade team to work and share with, which helps SO much!


My class made these awesome Abstract Pumpkins in October. We were learning about 2D shapes. They counted the triangles they used and the squares they used to fill out the cloze.







They did an AWESOME job! I was very impressed!


There will be MORE on the way later this afternoon!!!

WOW!

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I feel special, now I have to try and make my posts a little more often to keep it up! :) Just what I needed today!

Skip Counting!!!

In math this past week we were going learning and practicing how to skip count using patterns. I had each student bring in a pair of fun socks. My teammate and I worked together and created a "clothes line" on the bulletin boards across the hall from our classrooms. (Having great teammates is SUCH a blessing!) With clothespins we hung the socks up one at a time and counted them. I wrote the odd numbers in BLUE and the even numbers in RED. Stopping with each sock helped the kiddos see that when there was one sock left by itself it was ODD.






After skip counting by 2's we moved onto 5's and 10's using our little feet cutouts! It was really awesome to see the kids realize that 5's were odds, and the 10's were evens. Counting the toes really helped them see there was 1 left out when the numbers ended in a 5. They really enjoyed these lessons! :)

Busy Busy 1st Graders

The year has started and it is already going fast! Our camping theme classroom has been full of learning and having fun!








This is one of the bulletin boards outside my room. "There's s'more learning going on in Ms. Pollard's class!"




"Whooo is in Ms. Pollard's Class?!?"

We are having a WONDERFUL start to the year in our class. So excited to post more exciting things we are going to do!

Happy Summer

Hello all!!!

I have been having a wonderful summer catching up with friends and hanging out with family. I've been taking trips, and resting up for this coming school year. The school supplies are already back on the shelves, and I am excited to meet the new group of youngsters I will have for the next 9 months...give or take a few days.

I've already been shopping, planning, and looking for new ideas to better my classroom, teaching, and students' learning!

So EXCITED!!!