Miss G's First Grade Class

Dear Parents,

Whew! These last two days have been crazy for this ol’ teacher! Ha.Crazy, but FUN!

Yesterday, for our prayer partner activity, the firsties and their prayer partners exchanged gifts and then they all went on a Candy Cane Hunt! It was lots of fun and all (I think) of the candy canes have been found! Each student was allowed to find three but the challenge was that the candy canes had to be found in different rooms.

Today, when the kiddos walked in, they immediately noticed that I had snuck back into school last night and painted their desks. It was fun to surprise them and once everyone got to school and was settled, I told them that this was a very special thing that only I could do. They are NOT allowed to do this….here OR at home ( I try to have your backs, parents!)

We have been learning about how the prophets foretold that Jesus was going to be born and today we learned that an angel appeared to Mary and told her that she was going to be the mother of Jesus. I think that if I had been her, my reaction would have been…disbelief! That is impossible! Would your reaction have been the same?

We also learned that God sent an angel to Joseph in his dreams, to tell him that he didn’t have to leave Mary and that with God NOTHING is impossible. How true is that?!? Hard to remember at times, but true nonetheless.

“Christmas Trees” was the theme of the day…we did different activities that had to do with them. We came up with a list of adjectives to describe a Christmas tree and the very first word given was, “pokey”. Love it!

Then I put them into pairs and gave them a choice of cardboard, gumdrops & toothpicks, or hardware. The pair needed to figure out how to make a Christmas tree, using the materials that they chose. The only rule was that their “tree” had to stand up by itself when they were finished. I have to say that, I was quite impressed with how they worked together and what they came up with. Below are some of their creations. They are still up in our classroom if you would like to take a peek!

For our book exchange, everyone sat in a circle with the book that they brought in. I read the story “The Littlest Tree” and every time I read/said the word “tree” they had to pass the book that was in their hands, to their right. By the time I finished reading the book, no one had their own book (I made sure of that ahead of time…). Thank you for sending in such great books and I hope that you are able to enjoy the book with your firstie for a long time.