Four Winds

We had our very first Four Winds of the school year yesterday.  Many thanks to Mr. McAuley and Mrs. Petterson for coming to our room and being our guest teachers.  We are so lucky!  We learned all about the sun, the sun's light and the earth.  Many of us realized that when the sun is not directly pointed at Vermont, we have winter, and when it is... we have summer!  Mr. M. and Mrs. P.  you'll be happy to know the first graders recalled everything they learned this morning during morning meeting- they learned a lot! 

We worked to count collections of coins in math today.  We are working hard to count by 5's and then 1's.  We have done a great job remember to always start with the coin that is worth the most- that makes it easier to count up! 

We have been learning about Christopher Columbus because Columbus day is approaching.  Yesterday, we read a fiction and a non-fiction book about him and kept track of the key details as we read.  We are such great readers! 

In writing we are making our characters move, think and feel.  We realized this makes our characters more interesting!