Happy snow day, friends!

Here is a joke to for you to start this snowy day with:

Question: How do you keep the snow from giving your feet a cold?
Answer: Don't walk around BRRRfooted!

For your online snow day assignment, here are a few things I would like you to do:

1. Pretend you were talking to someone who has never tasted hot chocolate. Write 5-10 sentences trying to persuade them to try or not try it, depending on whether you like hot chocolate or not. Remember to use as many detailed, or "juicy," words as you can think of and also give reasons for your opinions. Maybe if you have any hot chocolate at home, you can ask an adult to have some so you can use all your senses while writing! Remember to use your manners when asking!

2. Please write the fact families for these numbers:

7 and 1

8 and 2

10 and 5

6 and 3

9 and 2

*Remember, all fact families have two addition and two subtraction number models. Always start with the largest number (the sum of both numbers) when subtracting.

Please bring your short persuasive text as well as your finished fact families to school tomorrow so you can get credit for them

Enjoy your day, everyone!

Miss Leslie

Welcome to America, Delphine Bourgoin!

Bonjour! It is with great pleasure for me to introduce to you Delphine Bourgoin, the newest and most dearest addition to our first grade class. Delphine is from France where she is studying to be a teacher. She has been given an educational opportunity to travel to America and gain a unique cultural experience while seeking a global viewpoint, international teaching experience, and the understanding of other cultures and people. She arrived at our school on February 25th, and she will be placed at our school until March 22nd. She will be immersed in our first grade classroom everyday, as well as teaching in other classes periodically to gain as much teaching experience as possible. The students and teachers have  grown very fond of Miss Delphine, not only for her expertise of French culture, but also because of her warm personality and friendly nature. We recently Skyped with Delphine's family, and the children were so interested to learn that her daughter enjoys dancing and her son enjoys video games and basketball! We will be Skyping with Delphine's daughter's class as well.  Mrs. Adams' first grade class is also lucky to have Anais Jusserand in their classroom, who is also seeking to experience the academic system of our country. 

In the picture above, Anais is on the left and Delphine is on the right.

Above: A group of students enjoy Skyping with Miss Delphine's family! Miss Delphine is also working with Sophia, incorporating the French language into Sophia's writing.

Read below to get to know Miss Delphine better!

• Family: She has a husband, a son (13,) a daughter (8,) and a cat back home in France.
• This is her third time visiting the United States. Previously she has visited New York City.
• She plays the saxophone and owns a motorcycle, or a  "motor bike."
• Her favorite foods that she has tried here so far are the Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies and chocolate brownies.
• She is shocked to be able to go out to dinner, and then go shopping afterwards (stores in France close at 7:00 pm!)
• She has noticed that Americans are "quiet drivers." She hasn't heard one honk and she said she is surprised to see no one sticking their head out the window yelling at the car next to them.
• She visited Amish Country over the weekend and absolutely loved it.
• She is overwhelmed with how friendly Americans are and how we have made it so easy for her to transition into the American culture. Thank you to anyone who has reached out to our guests!

Thank you to Mrs. Orsini, Claire's mom, for being Delphine's "social coordinator" and helping coordinate special events and activities for Delphine to experience while she is here with us in Ohio.