Good Bye Miss Sementelli

Today was Miss Sementelli's last day at Roundtown! We are so sad to see her go. Our word of the day today was "must'. It was a rule follower. It was an adverb, too. The word "must" is part of the "ust" family. It was pretty popular. After recess, we were so excited to have our number hat parade. We put our hats on and lined up from the smallest number to the largest number. Then, we joined all of the other first grade classes and paraded around the whole school. Back in the classroom, we shared our hat and showed the three ways we made our number. Our hats were great! After lunch and recess, Mrs. Myers read the story, When Ruby Tried to Grow Candy. It was a fantasy story. We sorted the real and fantasy events in the story. Then, we discussed the author's purpose for writing this silly story - mostly to entertain. We also learned a lesson and a few facts about planting. Then, we had make-up center time. We finished our art center flowers. We also worked on a booklet that shows the parts of the plants we eat. We sorted and drew the answers with a partner. Then, we had a concept circle activity. This is where Mrs. Myers gave us four words on plant puppets. One word did not belong. We eliminated it, and named the theme of the rest of the group. Then, we worked in groups to answers tricky questions about each theme. We shared our answers with the class. We learned that medicine comes from plants. That's important! We also learned that plants need space to grow and worms can help their soil! Before recess, we had a celebration for Miss Sementelli! Mrs. Myers made special brownies for us to eat. We made Miss S. a book, and we got to read our page of the book to her. She liked it a lot. She also gave us pencils to thank us for being good students when she was teaching. We will really miss her! At the end of the day, Mrs. Myers announced the handwriting winners for the week. Madison and Dawson were the Most Beautiful Handwriters of the Week. Elizabeth was the Most Improved Handwriter! YAY! We were also excited to see our Junior Dispatch stories were published on the Junior Dispatch website. The link is posted on Mrs. Myers' teacher page, under useful links. Check it out to read our bug point of view stories! Enjoy the video of our parade, too!