We Are All Wonders!

As we continue to work on spreading kindness in our classroom, we read We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio and thought about how each of us is a "wonder" in our own unique way.  We then created posters and went around the room writing something kind, special or admirable about each and every classmate.  Students all did an amazing and thoughtful job with this and felt so loved and special when they got to read all of the messages left on their own posters! 

Adding 10s

First graders have been working hard and having fun learning about adding 10s and multiples of 10s.  What better way to practice this than with a huge 100 chart!! 

Kindness Rock Garden

We did it!  We created a Kindness Rock Garden for our school community!  All three first grade classes came together to make this happen and they did an amazing job!!  If you haven't seen it yet please stop by to check it out! It is right in front of the school, to the left of the front patio. As the sign says, we hope that people will take one when they need one, and create leave some when they can, to help spread kindness and to keep out garden growing.  Last week we noticed that it was already being visited a lot so we made another batch of rocks to replenish the garden.   

Making Kindness Rocks

First graders have been learning a lot about kindness over the past few weeks and as a result, we decided to create a Kindness Rock Garden to help spread kindness throughout our entire school community!  All three first grade classes came together to get started on this project.  We talked about why we would want to do this, and a little bit about the story of how the Kindness Rocks Project all began.  We saw some short video clips that showed examples of kindness rocks with inspirational, motivational and caring messages and pictures on them, and then we got to work creating our own!! 
The garden isn't put together yet, but it is coming soon so be on the lookout!!