Presentations and Reading

As promised in the previous blog, I have information and pictures from the cereal box presentations! These fun boxes took the children all the way to the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy pyramid. The class presented their cereal box presentations over an animal from our language arts program. I wish there were pictures from the entire process, because the children worked very hard. Each student completely designed and decorated their box in class. At home they collected information with their parents and returned it to class. The cereal boxes had the children’s five facts about the animal on the back and additional information about the animal on both sides. The front is where each child’s personality shined. Everyone had a picture of their animal and created a cereal brand name and cover that applied to the animal. It was so fun to watch their higher order of thinking when creating, designing, and presenting their projects.

The St. James first graders participated in one of the best community service events I’ve been a part of to date. The class traveled to Cowhorn Creek Estates to read to some of the residents. For the residents it was apart of Read Across America, I believe Dr. Seuss would have been very proud, even if we were several days late. Each child brought a book from home to read to the residents. I paired up the children and they took turns reading to as many residents as they could. The residents were so kind and patient with the children. The children were so sweet and did a phenomenal job reading. I could not have been more proud of my students, not just for their reading, but their understanding and compassion for others who are different from them.

Next up...Spring Musical, Historic Washington field trip, and so much more fun in first grade!

Mrs. Gordon