Alyssa Sullivan

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

@Amplify #ckla Domain 8- Habitats is a wrap! Students worked with a team to research, write, and represent the plants, animals, water, and climate of habitats. I am impressed with their creativity and so proud of their team work! #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Wrapping up @Amplify #CKLA Domain 7- History of the Earth with creation of brachiosaurus skeletons out of pasta. These learners LOVED learning about what our Earth is made of! #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Celebrating the end of @Amplify #CKLA Domain 5- Ancient American Civilizations with all things Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
Maya- Chichen Itza 3D model
Aztec- Moctezuma head dress, chocolate snack
Inca (not pictured)- runner message game

#iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

2/3 of the way through @Amplify #ckla Domain 5: Early American Civilizations! We took some time during our pausing point today to create chinampas- Aztec "floating" gardens. We had a blast! #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Today was our first day of culminating activities for @Amplify #CKLA Domain 4: Early World Civilizations! Students first described the shape of ziggurats and pyramids, then created them out of centimeter cubes, spaghetti, and marshmallows! #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

For our @Amplify #CKLA Domain 4: Early World Civilizations pausing points, we did directed draws of ziggurats, and practiced the vocabulary word "trade" by working with our friends to "trade the rainbow." #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

We've been a *little* busy in first grade, so I got behind on our updates! We finished @Amplify #ckla Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories in mid-October by creating "passports" hilighting the flags of the countries we visited #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

@EllaWeb6 @BC__Softball Woot woot! Love me some BCSB. Feel free to hit me up with any questions!

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

@taterbaterbug To be fair, you're on maternity leave 😂

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Pausing point fun! My students LOVE maps, so #CKLA @Amplify Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories has been a hit! We created individual maps they could take home to show their families and share what they've learned! #iamkckps #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Our Skills "Operating Room" included practice with digraphs, segmenting words, identifying vowel sounds, writing around the room, and sorting nouns. What a great day!

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Our review of body systems prepared us for the big event- Doctor Day! Students put their #knowledge of @Amplify #CKLA Domain 2- The Human Body to the test! We had two separate "Operating Rooms"- one for knowledge and one for skills. Here's a peek into the Knowledge OR! #iamkckps

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Wrapping up @Amplify #CKLA Domain 2- The Human Body! We started by reviewing body systems with life-sized models. The rooms only slightly looked like crime scenes 😅 #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

We had a great day retelling some of our favorite folktales and fables using paper-bag puppets we made! It was a great way to end our @Amplify CKLA Domain 1. Can you guess what stories we retold today? #ckla #iteachfirst

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

@taterbaterbug My mom had an ambulance ride this winter. It's "out of network." Which begs the question- who does the Unified Govt of Wyandotte County consider in network? Apparently, only Medicare and medicaid. Any other insurance is out of network. How is this legal???

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

The most abstract of the flags, these colonists simply like the number 3 😁

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

We've reached the first pausing point of @Amplify CKLA Domain 10: A New Nation in first grade! Each "colony" (table group) made a flag to represent their colony. Lots of creativity! #iteachfirst #iamkckps

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

These colonists showed excellent citizenship by thinking about their fellow colonist who was out sick and included his favorite color (green)

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

Inspired by the US flag and our class code element "we believe we are loved and safe"

[Alyssa Sullivan @Sully_0301]

This colony loves hearts, purple, pink, and blue.