We hope you like this group's story!  They worked very hard on getting it right.  Enjoy!

We have been working on our reading fluency in class.  Two of our fantastic first grade readers have worked on a poem and would love to share it with you.  Here is their digital reading of "The Nesting Hour." 
 

The monks shared so much with us this past week.  We learned about patience, compassion, and harmony.  The closing ceremony was marked with singing, a march down to the canal and a return of the mandala back to the earth.  The news Here is a link to the clip that was on the news.  http://www.local10.com/news/Monks-come-to-South-Florida/-/1717324/9211612/-/xai8wdz/-/index.html 

It was a wonderful seeing the opening ceremony by the monks.  They began making the mandala.  We took some time and observed the monks making the mandala.  What are your thoughts on the mandala?  Does it look like an easy thing to make?  Do you remember why they are making the manadala? What do you wonder?  What do you think about?  What do you see?

I liked how all the presentations are unique.  Marley
We had fudge after Mia's presentation.  Pedro
We looked at the mat of presidents for Ago's presentation.  Mia used really good props.  Elliot
I liked how everyone had a different presentation.  Lauren M.
I did my presentation about Nixon.  I felt happy during my presentation. Stefano
I liked the way MIa presented her presentation because she used a video.  I like the pictures she put in her presentation. I like the words she chose for her presentation.  Chiara 
I did my presentation about Bill Clinton today.  He did peace talks.  I felt good and proud.  Logan
I like how Mia put the Ike video in her presentation.  Jaimie
I like Logan's presentation a lot because it was about Bill Clinton, my 2nd favorite president.  Theodore Roosevelt is my favorite president.  Josh
I practiced my presentation a lot.  I did excellent!  Ago
I liked how Mia's presentation had the commercial.  Aden
I liked Mia's presentation because she did a lot work.  Alfonso
I liked the fudge.  Theresa
People loved my presentation.  Mia
I liked the movie in Mia's presentation.  Carolina
I like how everyone thought outside of the box to present their presentation.  Miss Marcelin
I think the video in Mia's presentation was the funniest video ever.  I felt proud after I finished presenting.  Nate
I felt very excited after I saw Ago's presentation.  I felt very excited when

At math we did a math test!  Pedro
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day.  I wonder what kinds of Valentines I'll get.  Nate
It was Mia's birthday.  Ago
I played barbies at recess.  Chiara
It was Mia's B-Day.  I liked the cake.  It had rasberries.  Theresa
I played Power Rangers.  It was fun!  Stefano
I had a good day.  It was Mia's B-Day.  Josh
I liked Mia's birthday.  It was very fun.  Carolina
Today was Mia's birthday.  We had rasberry cake.  Aden
We played Power Rangers.  We got the bad guy.  It was Aden.  Alfonso
It was Mia's birthday.  Marley
Today in Spanish we finished our cards.  Elliot
Today it was Mia's birthday.  Logan
It was Mia's birthday!  Jaimie
We went to music and we sang Valentine's Day songs.  Lauren M.

Our reading buddies went to see the video conference with us. That was the first time I ever met Laurie Keller.  Pedro
I think Laurie Keller is nice because she showed us so much information.  Nate
She was nice.  She taught us how to draw an otter.  Josh
We saw her house.  She is writing a new book about Arnie the Doughnut.  Theresa
I liked Laurie Keller because she is funny.  Chiara
We asked Laurie Keller questions.  Logan
She told us that she was writing a chapter book about Arnie the Doughnut and an alien jelly filled doughnut.  Marley
She lives in Michigan.  Jaimie
She likes wriitng outdoors.  Aden
The most types of books she has written are picture books.  Alfonso
She told us about Do Unto Otters.  It took her 5 years to write it.  Stefano
She doesn't have a favorite book she has written.  Mia
She wrote the bear as the grumpy neighbor because she always a grumpy character in her stories.  Elliot
We drew with her.  Carolina
We drew otters. Ago
There was a class from Michigan video conferencing with us.  Lauren H.

We are learning to type a blog post.  Some of our spelling might not be right, but that is OK.  We are learning to spell and use spaces.  We hope you enjoy our blog posts.

Today we are going to evaluate the story we read in class called "The Rabbit and the Dragon King."  Did you like the story, why or why not?

Here is a quick catch up on all of the wonderful things happening in class:
We are working on antonyms, double consonants, making text-to-text connections, and using context clues to define words.  For math, we are learning about place value through games and also we are learning how to use the symbols <, , >, and = to compare numbers. 

Here are some highlights about today:
In Library, we read a book.  Josh
At libarary we made Chinese Lanterns.  Stefano
I learned to make numbers using Base 10 blocks. Carolina
We learnd about China.  We used our base 10 blocks.  Ago
Today we made a lantern.  It was fun.  Pedro
We made lanterns because it is close to Chinese New Year. Lauren H.
In library we learned about Chinese New Year.  Nate
At library we made lanterns.  Lauren M.
We made lanterns at library.  Chiara
During math I used my whiteboard and added base 10 blocks.  Aden
Today we made lanterns.  Marley
\At math we made a chart.  She gave us problems and we had to solve them.  Jaimie
In library we read about Chinese New Year.  Logan