By: Katie

May 17, 2005

~This is a picture of Mrs. Lambes.

Some of the First grade subjects are: Math, Religion, Spanish, and Music. Other things are the type of books they are reading, what field trips they went on, what they do at recess, and also their favorite subject.

The first grade has two homeroom classes, 1A and 1B. This report is on 1B. 1B is on the first floor of our school. They have twenty-four students in their home-room. The teacher in 1B is Mrs. Lambes. There are 13 girls and there are 11 boys in 1B. The 1^st grade does not switch at all so Mrs. Lambes has her students all day long except for library, music, Spanish, computer, and gym. Every day the class has morning meetings and they give a report of the weather for the day. Every week the class has a superstar and they talk about that person and what that person does.

Some of the students’ favorite Subjects are: John-math; Erin-science; Luke-art; and Dom-social studies. Conner and Kate like to play freeze-tag at recess, and Lily said she likes to pretend that she is a superhero. Most of them like playing kickball and playing on the play ground though. When the students play on the playground they do tricks on the bars, slide down the slides, run around, swing on the black slidy-bar, and much more. The students play freeze tag by having one student be “it”, and then the rest of the students run around and when the student that is “it” tags someone else, they have to freeze until another student that is not “it” tags he/she so then they will not be frozen any more.

In math class they are learning solid figures. In religion they are learning the three virtues, which are hope, faith, and love. In Spanish they are learning parts of the face. In music they are learning musical notes and how many beats to give each note. They are reading fiction and non-fiction books. In the classroom they work on a lot of Art. They make flowers, drawings for their teacher, different biomes and habitats, and a lot more. Also, to improve their artwork and math skills they draw shapes or objects, such as fruit, and shade them in as fractions.

The first grade is very busy with these things and other activities, such as field trips. They have only gone on one field trip so far. They went to the Akron Zoo in April 2005. The students also liked how the field trip went overall. They saw an Ohio wildlife presentation. At the presentation they learned about the Ohio animals and their defenses. Also, in the presentation they got to see a real possum, turtle, and falcon up close. Some of the students favorite animals were: Natalie-flamingo, Michael-bear, Eric- the penguin. The best part about the field trip was: seeing the penguins, seeing the bald eagle, and the Ohio wildlife presentation. So obviously it sounds like they had an awesome time!

~Here is a picture of the chalkboard.

~Mrs. Lambes was teaching them fractions.

~Here are some two pictures of some art work that was hanging up in the classroom.

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