Our Monsters

We made silly monsters by using an app on our teacher's iPad. We enjoyed making them look silly. We printed them and wrote about them. We had fun and we gave our monsters silly names like Scrambled Socks.

Nevaeh's Haunted House

In the haunted house there's ghosts that go around in circles and crash! Oh no, zombies! Run !!! Ahhh, thump... ouchy!  Oh no! I'm going to get chased by zombies again. They chase me around the kitchen, and bats flew in my hair. And I hit the exit.

Ava's Haunted House

 

I am a ghost. A scary, scary ghost. I live in the haunted house. There are monsters in there. You don't go in there. It's really, really scary. I'm warning you! Boo!!! Grrrr!!! Rahhhrrr!!! What's that? It's a ghost! The ghost tripped over a rock and I hid behind the door. I left.

Talia's Haunted House

I tiptoed in the haunted house and I saw bats flying everywhere. I went in the closet and saw a monster. It growled at me. A skeleton was following me around wherever I went, but I escaped and sailed across the sea all the way to Maine.

CJ's Haunted House

I went into a haunted house and there was a monster. There was an owl, and there was a ghost. They chased me out of the house!

Bree's Haunted House

Me and my friend went to the Haunted House. Drip! We heard something. It was Frankenstein washing his hands. We thought that was crazy. Then we saw bats. They were flying. We thought that was normal. They chased us to California. It was not a nice trip!

Vinnie's Haunted House

There was a ghost in my house. Booooo! Booooo!

Abby's Haunted House

Hi! I'm in the haunted house and I see a witch. She said, "Whuh-ha-ha. You are spooked." I want to get out of this house. I ran around the house and the witch followed me. I got out through the window.

Nar's Haunted House

I quietly walked in the haunted house. I saw bats sleeping upside down. When I opened a few doors I came to a little door and I saw zombies from World War II. Then I quietly walked outside. And the floor creaked as I walked out of the haunted house. It was very scary. Boo!

Rory's Haunted House

Swish! What was that? That was a bat. Goblins are everywhere. There are skeletons everywhere. I am brave. I am not scared. Go away skeletons! Go away goblins! Go away flying bats! Go away scary stuff! BOO!

Kara's Haunted House

Look! There is something creepy! What is that? I think it is a ghost. I hope not. It is a ghost! "Boo!" It said boo. I crept out.

HALLOWEEN!

Abby - I'm going to be a witch.
CJ - I'm going to be a Ninja.
Nar - I'm going to be a witch.
Rory - I'm going to be Rapunzel.
Cam - I'm going to be a Ninja.
Julius - I'm going to be Captain Jack Sparrow.
Talia - I'm going to be Cleopatra.
Kaedynce - I'm going to be a vampire beauty queen.
Nevaeh - I'm going to be a ladybug.
Matt - I'm going to be a firefighter.
Vinnie - I'm going to be a Ninja.
Bree - I'm going to be a skeleton.
Kara - I'm going to be a bow hunter.
Ava - I'm going to be Minnie Mouse.

That's what Halloween is about!     

       

POPCORN TIME

We read The Secret of Spooky House. The secret was that the monsters in the house ate popcorn. The story made us hungry! We decided we wanted to eat some popcorn. We used a hot air popper, and we got a big monster-sized bowl from the cafeteria to hold the popcorn. We watched the popcorn kernels pop. We each made two paper containers for the popcorn. We designed the containers ourselves. We used tape to hold the containers together. We had to decide which container we made would hold the most popcorn, and then our teacher filled that container. Some of our containers held 3 scoops! We each got 1 scoop of popcorn. We ate our popcorn while we listened to The Popcorn Dragon story. 

 

It's Fall!

It was a beautiful fall day, so we went for a  walk because we wanted to make pictures out of leaves. We were walking down the street near our school. We were looking down to collect leaves. We saw golden leaves, red leaves, and yellow leaves. Some leaves were still green. We found some maple helicopter seeds and some pine cones. We met a neighbor who said we could go all over this fields the next time we went out for a walk. On the way back we kicked through the crunchy, crackly leaves. It was fun!

It was a very sunny day. We traced each other's shadows outside on the playground using sidewalk chalk. Sidewalk chalk is big and thick. We stood still and made funny shapes with our body. We wrote our names on our shadows.

We wrote our Star Words all over the playground. We wrote them very big. Then we played Star Word Tag. When our teacher called a Star Word we had to run and find it. Then we stood on it. When we were finished we did a Sun Dance, then we laid in the sun to catch our breath.

 

Kuzha Pazi

Here is the song we are learning in Slovenian:

KUZHA PAZI, Z REPKOM MIGA                  The dog watches out, waves with its tail        

VSTANE, LEZHE, TACHKO DA                     stands up, lies down, gives you its paw,

HISHO CHUVA, JEZNO LAJA                        it guards the house, barks angrily

CHE NIKOGAR NI DOMA                              if no one is at home.

KO PA JURCHEK CICIBANCHEK                 When little boy Jurček    (Yurchek)

TRUDEN SE ODPRAVI SPAT                       goes to sleep all tired

KUZHA PAZI, K VRATOM LEZHE                 the doggy guards him, lies down by the door

DA NE VZAME JURCHKA TAT                    so that the thief can't steal him.

Our friends in Slovenia sent us a video.

  We are working very hard to learn this song!

Purple Day!

We had Purple Day. We wore all the purple clothing we had. We each brought in a purple surprise. We had purple plums for snack. Julius' mom sent us purple grapes. We froze them for snack in the afternoon. They were purple delicious! We made tally marks for all our purple things. There were 51 tally marks, plus all of our purple surprises! We even took a purple picture with our student teacher.

We want a purple-wonderful year!

A DOZEN DAYS IN FIRST GRADE!

Our class name is The Crickets, and we have been in First Grade for a dozen days.
 
Vinnie - I like working on my teacher's iPad.

Abby - I like watching our crickets.

Nar - I like seeing my teacher.

Brianna - I like writing, and singing at Morning Meeting.

Nevaeh - I like coloring at Choice Time.

Ava - I like singing together, especially our Peanut Butter Song.

Rory - I like being with my teacher, and reading.

CJ - I like building with the big blocks.

Talia - I like doing art and singing together.

Kaedynce - I like putting poems in our big, fat Poem Book, and I like to EEKK.

Kara - I like using Play-Doh and sharing news at Morning Meeting.

We all like using our teacher's iPad, having a sand box, spending time together, singing, being Chief Cricket, and doing Banana Split. First Grade is fun!

TIME FOR SUMMER VACATION!

I'm happy, I'm ready,

I'm silly, I'm sad,

I'm jolly, I'm jumpy,

I'm lazy, I'm glad!

I've got many feelings

Because school is done.

I'll miss many things,

But the summer is FUN!

More Crickets!

More baby crickets just hatched! Soon it will be time to set them all free in our teacher's backyard.

Red Riding Hood & the Woodcutter - by Natasha

Once upon a time Red Riding Hood went in the forest. She met a Woodcutter. He gave her 3 wishes. She went and made 3 wishes. She wished for a dolphin, and a horse, and a bird. They all lived happily ever after.

Little Red Riding Hood and the Witch from Hansel & Gretel - by Alanna

Once upon a time in a far, far away place, Little Red Riding Hood visited the witch from Hansel and Gretel. She is my mother and we had dinner together tonight. And my mother ate me! Wahahahaha! Nooooooo, mommy! Don't eat me please. Mom don't eat me. The Wolf came in. The Wolf ate my mother. And we lived happily ever after.

Custard and the Gingerbread Man - by Hunter

Once upon a time Custard went into the Gingerbread Man's story. I ran so fast that I caught him. He said, "Don't cook me!" but I cooked him for lunch with my fire breathing breath. He was tasty. He tasted like a banana. It was good. I lived happily ever after.

Our Beach Trip

We went to Pine Point Beach with the whole first grade. We went beach combing and we found shells, crab legs, driftwood, a whole crab, lots of different seaweed, and feathers. Natasha became an expert at finding razor clams, and Dakota became an expert at finding whole sand dollars. We saw barnacles on the rocks, rocks, seagulls, someone fishing, big waves and small waves, and the tide line. The tide was going out and we learned how to tell that. Alanna made a sand castle with drips. Jase, Hunter, and Daniel wrote their names in the sand. Laney, Brooke and Emma wrote in the sand and drew pictures in the sand. We dug tunnels and made the water go into different places. We dug big, deep, holes too. We went wading up to our ankles. The water was a lot warmer than we expected. It was an awesome day!

Custard the Dragon Meets King Midas - by Dan

Once upon a time Custard the Dragon went to visit King Midas. He was very scared! King Midas is very greedy! King Midas touched Custard. "Hot!" yelled Custard, and he turned into gold. King Midas was happy to have a gold dragon statue. Mustard convinced King Midas to pour a bucket of water on Custard. "Thank you," said Custard. They lived happily ever after.

The Witch, King Midas, and Thumbelina - by Lillian

Once upon a time there lived the Witch, King Midas, and Thumbelina. We all went in the woods. We found an apple tree. King Midas picked an apple and turned into gold. The Witch touched an apple and then it rotted. When Thumbelina touched an apple it was covered with butterflies. We picked so many! We had 100 pies! We had them for a month. We got sick of them, so we decided to sell the last one. And a tiny ladybug flew by. They all went home, and they lived happily ever after.