First Day of First Grade

ih ad a fun day at school i h a d a good day. My favorite part was doing art. And weighing apples, because I learned about how heavy two apples were, and about experiments. I love Nana and Papa.

To you

Dear Nate,
I am looking forward to school this year. You work so hard and do such a good job learning. I am so proud of you. I love how much you enjoy learning and working hard. I think we are going to have so much fun! I can't believe you are already in first grade! Good job.
Love,
Mom

Nate's Story

Once upon a time there was four little people in a house which was named Kaytie, Nate, Daniel and Abbie. They thought they were going to take out the big train in the closet but they were not supposed to. Well, their mom telled them to. And their mom was named Mom. And Alex was there cousin and also Elizabeth and Bobby. Bobby didn't want them to take out the big train.

What is Astronomy?

Nate’s Narration of Chapter 1 “What is Astronomy?”

What is Astronomy? Learning about space and about stars

Why did God create the Universe? for

Why did God make the moon and the stars? For calendars and for light

What are constellations?

What are compasses for? For knowing the way to North and East

What do birds use for a compass? The stars

What do birds do in the spring and fall? In fall they go south and in spring they go north

Tell me about the Christmas star? It was a sign from God for the wise men. (what did it tell them?) To go to Bethlehem and see Baby Jesus.

How can you tell what you see in the night sky is a star and not a planet? When you go outside and you see something that is twinkling it is a star. When you go out and you see something that is not twinkling it is a planet.

Tell me about the stars that move fast across the sky? They are meteors and they are called “shooting stars”

What is the force that pulls on the earth? Gravity

What do the other planets do for the earth? They go around the sun so the earth won’t totter

What is the solar system? All the planets and the sun

What has the most gravity? The sun

What would happen if the earth was heavier? It would be pulled to the sun

What would happen if we were closer to the sun? We would burn

How many planets are in our solar system? 9

Who was Copernicus? He believed the earth moved around the sun

Who was Galileo? He invented telescopes and proved that the planets moved around the sun

What is a telescope? Something you look at to see planets

What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

What is a satellite?

What are the two types of satellites?

What are some of the jobs satellites do?

The Fair

This week we went to the fair. And I liked two of the rides, called the Ferris Wheel and the boats. And we saw a animal-hunting zoo with sleeping animals. And there was different animals at the petting zoo. And we got cotton candy. And we all got to eat it after the day we went to the fair. We got our picture taken with a big pumpkin. And we went to the house and took a nap. And after the time we went to the petting zoo with Lizzie, and then we saw all the rides. And that's all. The End!

What I learned the first week of school

I am nate. I learned that the Bible teld God craded the earv. on the first day.

Back to School Bash

Jump Rope

Swinging on the Monkey Bars

The Relay Race. Daniel has handed off the baton and is headed for the playground. Nate is focused on finishing the race. Kaytie had to wrest the baton from Abbie, who didn't quite get the point of the event.

Getting ready for the Egg and Spoon Race

Standing on one foot, and taking it seriously!

Kicking the soccer ball. Nate made it to the fence in the fewest amount of kicks.

The Long Jump. Only Daniel just kept jumping and jumping and jumping.

The Award Ceremony. Everyone won a Gold Medal!

We had Olympics so that we could go back to our Welcome Back to School party. I loved the time we got our gold medals. My favorite event was walking on the jump rope and running the race. I liked climbing the monkey bars. And getting our stickers. The stickers were fun. I loved kicking the soccer ball.