Ukuleles at UES February Assembly

Rock on!

Community Visit to the Montpelier Post Office

We went to the post office to learn about the mail delivery system in Montpelier.We had a tour, then saw where our mail would go. Everyone sent a letter to their family!

 

Sorting by neighborhood

THe whole class on one scale. Can you guess the weight?

Community Visit #4- Montpelier Health Center

As part of our yearlong study of our community, the focus in January was the Montpelier Health Center. We were able to visit Dr. Rima Carlson, and her colleagues. We learned about the many functions of a health center. We visited the PT department, the Integrative Medicine Center, the exam rooms, and even visited with the nurses and assistants. The Health Center helps our community to stay healthy and strong. Thanks for the wonderful visit!

Learning about herbs and acupuncture

Dr. Carlson teaches about the ear

Can everyone fit into Dr. Carlson's office?

Exam room names

Exam room

Goose in the waiting room- and her stories

A quick jog back to school on a subzero day

Song For Assembly

We will be practicing on ukelele and singing this song at the school assemblies next week.Please help your child to learn some of the words.Thank you!
Just click- " What I Am"

Links to Blogs

Our PE teachers have started a blog to keep you informed. Check out those awesome first graders...
PE Blog- click here

Mr. Hennessey's Wise Owl blog features some super first graders too!
Wise Owl-click here

ECO this Thursday

ECO Day at:

North Branch Nature Center

The First Grade classes will be going to the North Branch Nature Center on Thursday, January 30 for a day of winter fun! Our class will be leaving school at 12:00 and arriving at the North Branch Center at 12:15. We will return to school by 2:30. 

Students must dress appropriately for a day in the snow.

We would love to have some parent volunteers to help with activities. Please let us know if you can help!

Thanks,

The First Grade Team

App Testers

We got to be official "app testers" for local game developer Chris Hancock. He has developed many games including Zoombinis, and Swamptalk, and is in the process of developing a new app for building words. Chris needed some testers, so we gave it a try. At choice time last Friday, kids had a chance to fiddle around with the app, while Chris observed. We will get another chance to try the app in development. Please let me know if your family might want to be an official "app test family" for this word building game for iPads.

Chris watches the testers

Working together

Chris gets to see some other games that first graders enjoy

Super Day!

We recently counted all of the hoots in our basket, and realized our yearly total was over 1500! Wow!
Our "Super Day" celebration included super hero glasses for all. Mr. Hennessey enjoyed spending time with this super class too!

 

 

 
 

 

 

Going to Antarctica

Our next math Unit involves Measurement and Data collection. We will be traveling to Antarctica to collect information about penguins. Yay! The journey started on Tuesday, as the class boarded the plane, enjoyed an in-flight snack of cheerios or kix, and then watched a short film about  life in Antarctica. Today we boarded a ship, and worked on passports.Wow, this will be an exciting math unit!

Day in the Dark

On Friday, December 20th, we will have our annual "Day in the Dark". This year, we have been learning about the seasons, and the reason for the winter solstice. Please help your child select dark clothing to wear. We also welcome a variety of light sources such as glow sticks, headlamps, flash lights, light wands, etc.

Helping Our Community

Union school collected over 500 items for the Montpelier Food Shelf. Our class collected 63 items. Wow! We walked to the food shelf at Trinity Church, and helpedunload the truck full of items. First graders worked together with fifth graders to help our community. Way to go!

Happy to help!!

Loading the truck

Assembly line to unload

Happy helpers

The food shelf is filling up- donations still accepted though!

Community Visits

Each month, the first grade team plans a visit to a location in our local community. In the month of December, we were invited to a story time at Bear Pond Books. All of the first graders made themselves at home in the children/'s section, and then had some time to explore the store. Owner Claire Benedict complimented the UES first graders for their "good manners' and "thoughtful questions".

Our November visit to the Montpelier Police Station was very informative. We learned about the many ways in which police officers help our comity. CorporalKnisely was kind enough to give us a tour of the police station, and also answered the many questions of first graders.

Corporal Knisely

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The Processing and Fingerprinting Room

The whole class in the Holding Cell