December 17-19

We made it to the last week before Christmas break! The students sure are excited about Christmas, as they should. I have enjoyed hearing the daily stories of their elves. Our elf, Jack has been pretty calm in comparison to some of the stories I have heard. I look forward to hearing about all the children's Christmas adventures.

This week, we plan to stay busy.
Monday we will finish all of our testing. We will begin reading The Polar Express in preparation to compare the movie and the book. We will discuss the characters and sequence the events of the story.

Tuesday will be a full day with our Character Award program, watching the Polar Express movie and listening to our chorus sing. Remember to wear your pajamas and bring a snack and drink. Please remember tennis shoes for recess. Mrs. Deyoung will also be visiting for storytime.

Wednesday will begin with a Nutcracker performance followed by our class parties from 9-10. Students will dismiss from class. This is a half day of school.

I hope you each have a safe and healthy holiday.

December 9-14

What a cold and rainy weekend! I hope everyone stayed dry and well. This week, we will finish with reading testing and your children will be excited to share how they have progressed in reading.
This week, we will compare the different stories of the Gingerbread Man. In Math, we will begin ordering objects by length and telling time to the half hour.

***Christmas Party will be from 9:00-10:00 on December 19th. A letter will come home tomorrow about the details. Please send in $5 to Katie O'Neal to pick up all of our party supplies. Please have money in by December 14th.

Homework
Monday Lesson 31 Math
Tuesday Lesson 31 Math
Wednesday - No homework
Thursday- Time to half hour
Friday- Happy Weekend!

Related Arts
Monday- Computer
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- Computer
Thursday- Library
Friday- PE

December 3-7

We had a great field trip to the Discovery Museum. The children enjoyed the stations with magnets and using their five senses. The students were also able to mix a powder with water to make snow. The Science Show was wonderful.

This week, the students will continue to be tested on their current reading levels. We will be learning about solving word problems with an unknown number in any location. We will also identify 3-D shapes. The students will continue to write informational books. We are learning how to make our own table of contents for our books.

Homework Monday and Tuesday will be word problem practice. Thursday may be practice with 3-D shapes if we have enough exposure in the classroom.

The Christmas party will be at 8:30 on December 19. Just a reminder that our party is for our class. More information will come soon.

Related Arts
Monday- Library
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- PE
Thursday- Computer
Friday- PE

November 5-9

Happy Monday! I hope your all enjoying the cooler temperatures. Please remember to send a jacket each day since the weather is getting cooler.

Turkey Project came home Friday. This is always a fun project for the children. We always write about our Turkey in class after they have decorated them. I look forward to seeing all the great ideas.

This week, we will continue learning about beginning blends and we will begin learning about ending blends in words. This is a hard first grade skill to learn. The students have difficulty hearing all of the blend. For example grow- gr sound. We will also be learning different strategies to solve word problems. We will compare two stories we have read in Literacy. We will identify character feelings in both stories. Have a super week!!!

Homework
Monday- word problems
Tuesday- word problems
Wednesday- no homework
Thursday- word problems
Friday happy weekend!

Related Arts
Monday- Split between different classes 
Tuesday- Pe
Wednesday- Art
Thursday- Art 
Friday- Art

October 22-26

This week, we will continue to learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. The students will be learning how to write a how to book using sequencing words. We will begin learning about text features in a non fiction book. We will continue our study of learning doubles facts.

Picture day will be November 2nd.

Homework this week
Monday - Lesson 5 Math
Tuesday- Doubles FActs
Wednesday- No homework
Thursday- Doubles Facts
Friday- Happy Weekend

Related Arts this week
Monday- Library
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- PE
Thursday- Computer
Friday- PE

October 15-19

Welcome back! Hope you each had a wonderful Fall Break! I have missed my sweet class and look forward to seeing them on Tuesday. Remember to keep selling that cookie dough.

This week, we will begin learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin. The students will begin learning to write how to do something by using sequencing words. We will be solving word problems in math.

Homework
Monday- No school remember to turn in your reading log.
Tuesday- Lesson 5 Math
Wednesday- No homework
Thursday- Lesson 5 Math
Friday- Happy weekend

Related Arts this week
Tuesday- Computer Lab
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- PE
Friday- Library

Coming up
We hope to have a field trip coming up soon. If you would like to join us on any field trips this year, please remember to complete paperwork in the office and you must have a background check and be approved prior to joining us on a field trip. The first field trip will be November 30 for our class (pending county approval).

October 1-5

Happy Fall!

Students will need to continue reading and complete reading log this week.
We will not have any other homework. We will be doing some end of the quarter testing this week. Please have your child go to bed on time and eat a good breakfast. Please make every effort to be at school this week.
Wednesday we will have Weather in the classroom for our first graders. More info coming soon.
Friday we will celebrate coupon book sales with a movie and popcorn.

No school October 8-12 and Monday October 15

Related Arts
Monday- Music
Tuesday- Library
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- PE
Friday- Computer

Book Fair this week in the library.