Fire Safety and Prevention

The Lawrence Fire Department visited Hemlock Creek today. The first graders learned about fire safety and prevention. The students were attentive listeners and had some very good questions for these Firefighters.

The Firefighters assigned some homework to everyone.

• Change the batteries in your fire alarms at home on Daylight Savings Day this fall.
• Make sure your child knows the emergency plan for your home and decide on a meeting place outside of your home in case of a fire.

The kiddos were such good listeners that they received a pencil and an eraser! Please discuss your safety plan at home this weekend. Check out some pictures from our visitors below! 

 

 

Fuel Up To Play 60 Kickoff Event

We had our Fuel Up to Play 60 Kickoff Event at school today. We learned about healthy eating and we got to try some new food like jicama, beets, and snap peas. After learning about these foods, we had a lot of fun dancing and participating in many other activities. We also made a pledge to stay active for at least 60 minutes a day. Check out the photos below from this awesome event!

U.S. Symbols - Statue of Liberty

We have finished our unit on State and National Symbols.  The last symbol that we learned about was the Statue of Liberty. The students had a lot of fun following the directions to make their own Statue of Liberty.  After following the directions, we used our watercolors to paint our works of art! They turned out great!

U.S. Symbols - Bald Eagle

We are starting to learn about the United States Symbols. The past two days we have been learning about the bald eagle. This bird represents freedom and strength. After learning about the bald eagle, we did two different activities. The activity below was a directed drawing. The students had a lot of fun following the directions to make their own bald eagle. They turned out great!

 

Wisconsin State Symbols - Social Studies

Today, we finished up learning about the Wisconsin State Symbols. The symbols that we learned about were the flag, state seal, tree (Sugar Maple), bird (American Robin), animal (badger), and flower (Wood Violet). Today, we wrapped up Wisconsin Symbols by completing an activity sheet. The students loved taking the time to color, complete the maze, and find all of the words in the word search. Next, we will be learning about some of the United States Symbols in class. 

GoNoodle

We are off to a great first FULL week of school! We will be using the site GoNoodle for many brain breaks in the classroom. You can sign up for free and use this website at home! Click on the following website to explore GoNoodle! www.gonoodle.com 

 

 

Daily 5

We have been learning a lot about Daily 5 in our classroom. We have learned about Read-to-Self time and Read-to-Someone time. We learned about what it should look like and sound like during these two times. We practiced reading to self and reading to someone a lot this week! We will learn about the other three parts of Daily 5 in the upcoming weeks.