Mrs. Lausier's Fantastic First Graders : May 2020

Friday, May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020

Today is Fabulous Friday! What is something fabulous and fun you plan to do this
weekend?

Have a fun day and an awesome weekend. I can not believe next week is our last week
of school.

Find what is missing....Be sure to look at the sign👀

13 + ______= 20 16 - _______ = 12

_____ - 8 = 9 _____ + 6 = 14

11 + 6 = ______ 18 - ______ = 11

Science

Take this quiz! What did you learn this week?

https://www.abcya.com/games/five_senses

Reading Read to or with someone for 15 minutes

‘The Listening Walk’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLs4r8lHUSg

Writing

Stop and listen for a few minutes. Write down all of the sounds you can hear.

Then count how many different sounds you could hear.

Math

Play a game called try for a 10

Lay 20 cards face up. Leave out the face cards or you can assign them a value.

Try to remove cards by adding the numbers to make a sum of 10. Every time you

remove cards put some new ones down. How many tens did you make?

Fun Time

Make your own character. Be sure to label each body part they use for each

of the 5 senses.

Go check out Mrs. Miller's blog

http://centerdrivemusic.weebly.com/

Thank you for all your hard work this week. I was so impressed with the work I have

received from many of you. I am also so proud of the way you are reading. Listening

to you read to me makes my day!

Enjoy your weekend!

Love,

Mrs. Lausier💜

Thursday, May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Today is Thinking Thursday. Can you think of the answer to these math riddles...

1. I am less than 12.
I am not 11.
I am 3+3+3.
What am I?

2. I am an odd number.
I am between 7 and 13.
I am one dime and one penny.
What am I?

We are going to have another gorgeous day today, so be sure to get outside
and be creative and have fun! I hope to see you at our Google Hangout on
Friday morning. Bring one thing to share.

Science

https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/five-senses-video-for-kids/

Reading Read to or with someone for 15 minutes📕📗📘📙

‘I Hear a Pickle’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5joJonzwXk

Writing

Pretend you are a fish. Describe what you might see in your habitat. 🐠🐠🐟

Building Words

How many words can you make using the letters in the word…

mathematics

Math

Geometry-

Use these shapes. You can use each one more than once o create a geometry picture.

You could make an animal, a city, or anything you can think of. Name the shapes

in your picture.

Fun Time

Salt Painting touch when dry

1 Trace or draw a picture on paper.

2 Trace your picture with glue (liquid glue works best)

3 Add salt to top of glue and gently shake off excess salt.

4 Tap gently with watercolors, paint, or gel food coloring.

5 Let dry.🖌🖌

Today is art....go check out Mrs. Steven's blog

https://kstevens08.wixsite.com/cdsart

Have a terrific Thursday. Continue to work hard and have fun. Thanks for sending

me some awesome work and pictures. Miss you all lots!

Love, Mrs. Lausier💜

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020

Hi Friends,

Today is One Wish Wednesday.....If you could make one wish come
true, what would your one wish be and why?

27 is that an odd or an even number? Can you come up with 6 ways
to make 27?

It is going to be another nice and sunny day. Be sure to get outside
and enjoy it.😎

Science

https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/writing/writingwiththesenses/

Reading - Read to or with someone for 15 minutes.

‘Super Senses of Animals - Facts’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7REZdw0zt3s

Math - Work on some IXL or Xtra Math

How many word problems can you solve?

https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-1-addition-subtraction-word-

problems-single-digits-6.pdf

Writing

Describe your favorite food. Use as many of the senses as you can. 🍕🍦🎂🥩

Wacky Wednesday

Unscramble these sentences

1 ears can hear drum my loud the

2 smell can the pizza hot nose my

3 things tongue good can my taste

Fun Time

Draw an ice cream

https://youtu.be/UW6H5dAPuhY

Go check out Mr. Reed's blog

https://mreedatcds.blogspot.com/

***A very important message from Mrs. Stone...
"Hi, Mrs. Stone here! I need you to do something for me, and it's really important! Please go to my blog and read my message for this weeks project. This is one that I can't do by myself, so I need your help....ALL OF YOU! And you will want to be a part of it because it's going to be so neat, so just take a few minutes to check it out! Thanks for your help!"

Have a wonderful Wednesday. Work hard and have lots of fun.😊

Love, Mrs. Lausier💜

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

Hi Friends,

Today is Tell Me Tuesday. If our last day of school is June 5....
Can you tell me how many days of school are left?

I hope that you all had a fun long weekend. I can not wait to hear
about it.

Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1xNuU7gaAQ

Ask for your parents' help.

Nose knows best. Get a variety of spices and fun things to smell. Put a blind fold

on and see if you can guess the smell. You can do this with taste, touch and

sound for more fun!

Reading Read to or with someone for 15 minutes

‘Hello Ocean - a Five Senses Book’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBbhYLbIu_0

‘Big Smelly Bear’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcfFuaM44Ts

Writing

Find an object in your room. Now use your 5 senses to describe it. Write your sentences

down.

Vocabulary

Put these words in ABC order

1 see

2 eyes

3 hear

4 ears

5 smell

6 nose

7 taste

8 tongue

9 touch

10 skin

Math do some IXL or Xtra Math

Measurement

With an adult’s help get measuring cups and water.

How many ¼ cups does it take to fill the 1 cup?

How many ⅓ cups does it take to fill the 1 cup?

How many ½ cups does it take to fill the 1 cup?

Use the cups and see how many of each it takes to fill your favorite bowl or drinking cup.

Fun Time

Drawing without looking…..

Come up with some easy objects like a tree, a smiley face, a snowman, and a house.

Be Creative! Now close your eyes (no peeking) and try to draw these objects.

How did they turn out?

Today is computer so go check out Mrs. Stone's blog
https://cdstechnologyk8.weebly.com/

Also go see what Mrs. Ludden has on her blog
https://centerdriveguidance.weebly.com/

Have an awesome day! Miss you lots!

Love, Mrs. Lausier💜

Friday, May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020

Hi there,

Today is Fri - Yay! What are you going to do on this
sunny Friday to make it an awesome day?😎 We also have a 3
day weekend. Monday is Memorial Day.....do you know why we
celebrate Memorial Day?

Maine Fact #5

Maine became

The 23rd state in the United States on March 15, 1820.
🌟Challenge....how old is Maine?🌟

Reading

Read to or with someone for 15 minutes

‘At One in a place called Maine’

By Lynne Plourde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvJERX_DYOI

Writing

Please write a story about your ‘at one’ place in our beautiful state of Maine.

Tell me where you love to go and why it’s such a special place for you. 🌊🌲🌄

Math

IXL for 15 minutes

Flash Card Friday- If you don’t have your own flashcards, use this link https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcard?op[0]=addition&level=1

Science/Social Studies

Poems

https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/writing/poems/

Can you write a poem about Maine or about your "at one" place in Maine?

Fun Time

Illustrate a picture to show your “at one” place in Maine.

Music

Go visit Mrs. Miller's blog and see what she has planned for today.

http://centerdrivemusic.weebly.com/

Remember there is no school on Monday. It is Memorial Day. Enjoy your long

weekend. I can not wait to hear about some of the fun things you will do.

Love, Mrs. Lausier💜

Thursday, May 21, 2020

May 21, 2020

Hi There,

I hope you are all enjoying learning about our great state of Maine.

Today is Thankful Thursday. What is one thing you are thankful for and why?

It will be another great day today. Be sure to get outside and enjoy it. If you have
sidewalk chalk write some numbers all over your driveway, and have an adult
give you math facts that total those numbers. You must find the sum or difference
and run to that number. If you don't have chalk...you can also write the numbers on
pieces of paper and put them down in your driveway or lawn. Try reading outside.
I read on my back deck yesterday.📘🌞

Maine Fact #4

The Maine state flower is the White pine cone.

Reading

Read to or with someone for 15 minutes.

‘The Circus Ship’

By Chris Van Dusen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HifKYvDIx8

Writing

Write about a time when you went to the circus. If you have never gone to a

circus, write about what you think it would be like if you were able to go.

What would you see? What would you do? 🦁🐻🍭

Building Words

How many words can you build from the word

Maine

Math

Work on IXL (Can you work on your Geometry skills?)

Draw a picture using shapes ONLY. Use squares and triangles to draw your first picture!

Get creative. How can you put them together to make new shapes?

For your second picture use rectangles, circles and triangles.

Science/Social Studies -

Non-fiction

https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/readingskills/readingnonfiction/

Writing about yourself

https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/writing/writingaboutyourself/

Fun Time

Have you ever seen a lobster? Have you ever eaten one?

🌟Did you know that 90% of the country’s lobster supply comes from Maine.

Can you make a lobster? Here is a sample.

Toady is art, so go and check out Mrs. Steven's blog

https://kstevens08.wixsite.com/cdsart

Make today awesome! Have some fun. Go for a walk, a bike ride, play an outside game,

do some art outside.

Love, Mrs. Lausier💜

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020

Today is one Word Wednesday. What is one word you would use to describe
the weather we are having this week? My one word is gorgeous. I hope you
get outside today and play and have fun!😎

If you look at our day what do you notice? I notice 3 of a certain number...
do you? Today's number challenge. Make 20 math equations that have a sum or
a difference of 20.

Maine Fact #3

The Maine state Bird is the chickadee. Have you ever seen one?

Reading

Read to or with someone for 15 minutes

‘Miss Rumphius’

By Barbara Cooney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxh8ZPU_HfY

Writing

Write about something that you could do to make the world more beautiful,

just like Miss Rumphius did.

Wacky Wednesday

Unscramble these sentences. Please don’t forget how sentences start and end.