Frog and Toad Fun!

Over the last week, first grade students learned about frogs and toads.  We enjoyed reading through many non-fiction books and learning interesting facts about these friendly amphibians.  Students loved hearing stories from the popular children's series of Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel.  We finished our 'froggy' fun by making a frog hat, enjoying a froggy drink and a watching a Frog and Toad video.

Easter Fun!

We enjoyed the wonderful picture book, The Easter Egg by Jan Brett this past week.  In this special book,   there are many different variations of beautiful eggs that are created throughout this story.  1st grade then set to work creating their own beautiful egg using yarn, a balloon, and a glue/water mixture.  It was definitely a great opportunity to persevere and show off our teamwork skills!  Hopefully some of these colorful eggs made it home safely!

Spring Concert

What a good lookin' group of first graders!  It was a lot of fun coming together as an entire school and celebrating Music in our Schools during this month.

We Love Reading!

During the week of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we celebrated each day with a fun reading activity!  We were fortunate to also have guest readers come in and share a book or two with us.  The first graders also truly enjoyed their time with 'oobleck' based upon this famous Dr. Seuss story.  A big, big thank you to the many parents who also provided cupcakes as a treat for each Wellman Elementary friend.  Last, the PTO was very gracious to give each student at WE a book of his/her own!

Making Lemonade out of Lemons!!!

We were all very disappointed to wake up to a winter wonderland the morning of our scheduled field trip. Due to the slick roads Friday morning our first grade friends did not get to travel to Des Moines to see Clifford, the big red dog. But we made the most out of our time together with some special activities and treats!

 Thanks to Mr. Parrott, we still got to enjoy a special lunch and an indoor winter picnic time with all of our first grade friends. A special thank you to the Wellman Elementary PTO for providing funds for our lunch on Friday!

We are very fortunate to have a wide variety of technology at Wellman Elementary, and on Friday students were introduced to the I-pods! Both the music and technology were enjoyed by all. It was fun to watch the students help each other navigate through the music libraries to find their favorite classroom songs! 

Last week Wellman Elementary had a very special visitor, Ronald McDonald! First graders enjoyed an assembly put on by this kind clown emphasizing good character. We were especially excited to see one of our friends perform some plate spinning acrobatics! It was a great time for all!

100 Days Smarter!!!

Today was an extremely fun-filled day as we worked hard on all sorts of activities that centered around 100! Students had fun preparing for this special day as we got our Day 100 attire ready complete with a 100 headband, 100 glasses and a Froot Loop necklace of 100 pieces! Students put their counting skills to the test as we kicked off the day working in small groups on our number pattern posters. We then 'warmed ourselves' up for more learning as we did 100 exercises. We also enjoyed a 100 piece trail mix snack that each student counted out independently. Last, we finished the day with a 100 Balloon Pop!!! It sounded like firecrackers were going off in the school! Students are now officially 100 days smarter!