What We Learned in Grade One

The students have taken phenomenal steps in learning this year. Below are, in their opinions, the highlights of their learning. I think you will notice a theme...

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Celebrating Together

Earlier this year, our class combined with a PreK class from China and a first grade and second grade class from the USA to make this e-book. In it, each of the classes shared some of their celebrations.

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Reading Fluency with Elephant and Piggie

The students LOVE the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. We’ve been reading them a lot lately to practice our reading fluency. Thank you, Kinderkids and Mrs. Knee, for telling us about Elephant and Piggie and for the great idea for the headbands! The students LOVE the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. We’ve been reading them a lot lately to practice our reading fluency. Thank you, Kinderkids and Mrs. Knee, for telling us about Elephant and Piggie and for the great idea for the headbands!

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Adding with our iPads

We tried out a new app recently (Tens Frame) that lets us use the iPad as a math manipulative for addition and subtraction. Not one of the “counters” got lost and there was no mess on the floor to clean up afterwards!

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