Today is our first day in kindergarten! We will be learning all about our new school and classroom! Students will have a great time exploring and using manipulatives, puzzles, and literacy games today! They will learn how to "Bee" their B.E.S.T. and about our busy bees that are given out for exceptional work!

At Speas we are the B.E.S.T.! We are always:

B: Being Respectful

    E: Encouraging Others

       S: Striving to do our best

        T: Thinking before we act

This will be an exceptional school year!

Open House

Tonight is Open House for Speas Elementary! I am excited to meet my 20 new kindergarten students! We will have so much fun getting to know each other and spending time in our new classroom! Please come out between 5:30-7:30 to room 303!

Science Fair

We finished our science project titled "Will it Sink or Float?" We tested a penny, grape, and cork in water, oil, and honey to see which objects would sink or float in which liquids. We made some interesting discoveries! We found that the honey was the most dense liquid, and went to the bottom of the jar, and the water was next, and then the oil floated at the top. The penny was the most dense object and sank to the bottom of all three liquids, the grape floated on top of the honey but sank in the oil and water, and the cork floated on top of all three liquids. Our project was displayed in the media center for Science Fair Night on Thursday, February 3rd. Here are some pictures of our experiment:

Science Fair

We have started working on our class science experiment! We are doing a science experiment called "Sink or Float" and we will be testing different objects in different liquids to see which objects float and sink in which liquids. We will post pictures soon!

Handwriting Practice

Please work with your 1st grade student on handwriting. Students should practice on handwriting paper that was sent home. Students should be writing in the Zaner Bloser font which follows:

FIRST GRADE

We had a great first few weeks in first grade! We have learned how to be our B.E.S.T. at Speas:

B e  respectful
E ncourage others
S trive to be your best
T hink before you act

We have learned a lot in reading, math, science, social studies and specials!


What is your favorite thing about first grade?

Mrs. Heyland's First Grade Class

I have moved from Kindergarten to 1st grade! Our class is located in the pod, behind the back building. Our class is made up of 19 wonderful students whom I met last night at Open House! I am very excited for our first day tomorrow....We will have a great year!