Art: Painting Something You Can't Name

First graders were challenged to paint something they can't name. They learned that a painting that isn't of something specific can be called abstract. Girls worked on two paintings side by side using tempera paints. Ask your first grader how we use tempera paints in the art studio. 

 

 

 

 

Fall in First Grade

We have had a busy and fun fall in First Grade.  The girls have been busy reading, learning doubles facts, discussing fall holidays, conducting science experiments, and enjoying parent readers.  The First Grade had a chance to work with the Fourth Grade on a wonderful project to celebrate Diwali. Your daughters were partnered with an older student and designed rangolis together.  The girls had a blast!  We had a wonderful Spirit Day, House Kick Off Party, and Halloween together. Here are some pictures of the girls in action! Happy Fall to all!

Diwali activity with the Fourth Grade:

    Spirit Day:

House Activities:

Halloween:

First Grade Fun:

From the Library

First grade girls started the year in Library by reading Norton Juster’s Neville. (He is the author of The Phantom Tollbooth.)  Ask your daughter how Neville made friends in his new neighborhood. We then became Cynthia Rylant experts by reading one each of the series Poppleton, Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, and Mr. Putter and Tabby. We finished that author study with The Relatives Came. We then read a couple of books about characters who try to find their roles in the world: The Crocodile who Didn’t Like Water and Fritz Danced the Fandango.  Next up was Mac Barnett’s The Skunk, a new book about a person who is at first annoyed by and afraid of the skunk who follows him. Ask your daughter how he feels once the skunk is gone. And we’ve just read the hilarious Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, a crowd favorite. Watch out if someone tries to trick you into saying "Isn't that a strange moss-covered rock?"