Happy Thanksgiving!

This week in 1-Thomson, our focus has been on gratitude.  After reading several Thanksgiving stories, discussing the meaning of traditions, and learning about the history of the first Thanksgiving, we brainstormed all of the wonderful things in our lives that we are thankful for. We wrote our ideas on fall leaves. For me, among many other things, I am thankful for my first graders and their families!

Families and friends, please take some time to add to our Padlet below.  Double click anywhere on the Padlet screen to type or share pictures of your Thanksgiving plans and/or traditions with us. Wishing you a happy and safe Thanksgiving!  Gobble, gobble!

Halloween Parts of Speech

 In 1-Thomson, we've been adding some Fall and Halloween twists to our learning!  This week for "word work" our focus was on nouns and adjectives. We started  by creating a list of Halloween nouns--people, places, and things! Then, we worked together to create a spooky Halloween "Noun Town" full of ghosts, black cats, haunted houses, vampires, bats, pumpkins, and more! 

Next, we learned all about adjectives and how they can make our writing more descriptive.  We practiced using adjectives in pumpkin poetry, and then we ended our study of adjectives by creating and writing about our own perfect pumpkins.  Some were funny, some were mad, others were small, and some were scary!  Have a look at our pumpkin patch!

-Mrs. Thomson :)

Common Core Standard: L.1.1,4: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.  Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.  Use frequently occurring adjectives.