The great coin race! ๐ช Students worked together in teams as they raced to match US coins. ๐ตSportsmanship and learning were on full display! ๐ค #firstgrade#firstgrademath
ELA centers for the win! Students are working on differentiated centers including: short and long vowel identification, CVCe reading, trick words reading, and CVC decoding! ๐ง๐ Magic E makes the vowel say its name! ๐ก #firstgrade#elacenters
Thank you Belleville firefighters for your bravery fighting the fire! ๐ K-2 students wrote thank you cards to our courageous community heroes! ๐งโ๐๐ฉโ๐๐จโ๐ @S5_Belleville@belleville_ps
First Grade Fraction Fun! Hands on learning is the best way to bring abstract math concepts to life! ๐ Students created pizzas to serve to their customers and used playdoh to demonstrate halves and fourths ๐ก #firstgrade#mathinstruction
First grade is GLOWING with knowledge! ๐กStudents are showing all they learned in first grade ๐We read a glow stick story, read decodable words, and wrote about how they glow! Students had a blast reading with their glow sticks โจ @S5_Belleville#firstgrade
TAG Chess Competition!โ๏ธBelleville excellence was on display as students from all elementary schools competed in a round robin style chess competition๐Our own School 5 player won the fourth grade bracket and had the highest win count of the day! @Nicole_Shanklin@belleville_ps
First grade is celebrating Earth Day! ๐ Connecting science to ELA, students planted flowers, discussed their life cycle, and talked about Georgia Oโ Keeffe facts. ๐น๐บ๐ท Letโs watch them grow!!! #firstgrade#spring@S5_Belleville
We compiled our research and masterpieces to create our Georgia Oโ Keeffe final projects!! ๐๐ทStudents brought in their own nature to view like Georgia Oโ Keeffe and used oil pastels to create their own pictures!๐๏ธ๐๐ชพ๐ธ๐บ #firstgrade
District Family Math Night was a hit! ๐ฏ Kids loved using cars and uno cards to subtract! ๐๏ธ It was so great to see Belleville families come out and have a great time with hands on math games! ๐ ๐ข @belleville_ps
Continuing our Georgia Oโ Keeffe study with a step by step drawing of her famous Poppy flower painting. ๐๏ธStudents used oil pastels to bring their art to life! ๐น #firstgrade#georgiaokeeffe
We are continuing our historical figure study of Georgia Oโ Keeffe ๐ท Today we read a biography and took a virtual field trip to a Georgia Oโ Keeffe art exhibit in a museum in Mardid, Spain! ๐จ Students then made a text to self connection in their research journals! #firstgrade
Small group reading ๐ Using Bloomโs Taxonomy higher order thinking discussion questions, students dive into their books to analyze their least favorite character ๐ง ๐ #firstgrade#smallgroupinstruction
Sunshine + place value = โfun mathโ โ๏ธ๐ข Springtime means taking learning outdoors! ๐ธStudents loved representing numbers using place value โblocksโ and chalk! 5๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ #math#firstgrade#firstgrademath
A hands on @MysterySci lesson about the different between opaque, translucent, and transparent! ๐Students designed and created their own stained glass windows! ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ช #firstgrade#science#handsonlearning
Family Math Night โ๏ธ ๐Great night spreading the love of math with first grade families ๐ข Thank you @MrsMoschella for the fun activities and great memories! โ๏ธ @S5_Belleville
Fishing for blends๐ฃ Students loved fishing for a mystery word to read! They cheered each other on as each fisher got their chance to reel one in๐ #phonics#firstgrade#readinginstruction
St. Patrickโs Day STEAM Challenge ๐ Studets worked together to make a plan and design a styrofoam leprechaun hat. ๐ฉ During his visit he shrunk them down to fit his head! @S5_Belleville#steamchallenge#stemchallenge#stpatricksday