First Grade Blog

Boxtops Contest…Queen for a Day!

mrsbales — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:25:33 +0000

The first grade kingdom…

Queens for a day…

Baby Chicks

mrsbales — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:45:25 +0000

Today Brooke Collins brought in her 3 baby ducklings and one little chick. She also brought in an incubator with lots of eggs inside! By the end of the day there were FOUR baby ducklings! We got to pet them and watch the baby duckling hatch. So exciting! Check out our pictures from today…

Meteorologist Howard Bernstein visits First Grade!

mrsbales — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:43:26 +0000

On February 2 (Groundhog’s Day!), Mr. Bernstein visited us in first grade! We thought it was really cool to meet the real channel 9 weather man. He even told us we might have a delay on Wednesday, February 4th! And he was right!! Check out our pictures from that fun day:

Happy 100th Day of School!

mrsbales — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:45:09 +0000

Hip Hip Hooray! Today is the 100th day!

Jersey Day/5th Grade Buddies Chinese New Year Celebration

mrsbales — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:16:15 +0000

Famous First Grader

mrsbales — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:37:06 +0000

There is a famous first grade actress at KES! Megan Peery will be making her theater debut in Robin Hood at the Weinberg Center this weekend as one of the skunks of Sherwood Forrest! There are performances at 3:00 pm and 5:30 pm on Saturday. Tickets are $6 per child and $10 per adult. More information can be found at this website: http://www.weinbergcenter.org/performanceDetail.asp?performanceID=290

The Polar Express

mrsbales — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:14:02 +0000

On December 23rd the students changed into their pajamas, waited outside in the hallway while Mrs. Halvis read to them, and then boarded the Polar Express in their classroom with their very own punched ticket! It was just like a real train… Did I mention we got to eat an endless amount of cookies, rice crispy treats, and candy? What a great reading incentive this was!

Holiday Food Drive

mrsbales — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:23:08 +0000

We had so much fun today grouping our food into tens and ones, graphing, and creating holiday decorations for the Frederick County Soup Kitchen with our buddies! Check out all the fun we had…

: Look at our pop-up cards!

: Making Decorations

: We followed how-to directions to make our cards.

Hanukkah Fun!

mrsbales — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:08:16 +0000

Today Austin’s mom, Mrs. McMahon, came in and talked about the traditions of Hanukkah. She taught us how to play the dreidle game, and even gave us all our own driedles and gelt!

Field Trip to Frederick Memorial Hospital

mrsbales — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:35:45 +0000

We all had a great time on our field trip to Frederick Memorial Hospital in November.

To see a slideshow of our pictures, please visit this link:

http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?source=ppsl&instanceid=127760820