I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed time with family and friends. It’s hard to believe that it’s the last week of October!
The following message was given to us to pass along to parents:
As you know, this year, our school will be partnering with several local and global organizations. Our children will not only have the opportunity to impact their world, but to be impacted, as they are educated through their community service. Some of the community projects will be simply collecting some everyday items that we have. Instead of donating your items elsewhere, plan on bringing them to the school. The first collection will be Monday, October 26th. Items can be dropped off in morning or afternoon carpool. Here is a list of items that we are looking for:
blankets, towels, coats, pillows, toys, puzzles, school supplies, children’s books, and school uniforms your kids have outgrown. All the items can be gently used and are not expected to be new items.
Questions? Please contact Lisa Hoffman, Community Spirit Coordinator, community_spirit@blountpta.org, or at 782-3409.
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /c/ as in cat. We will also have a Halloween related activity once a week in October. This may be in for form of a writing job or something to display in the class.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. I think that at this point children can take 2-4 tests a week. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We are still working on Chapter 9; Calendar Math , Graphs, Sorting, Tally Tables. Homework for this chapter will be lessons in the Practice Workbook beginning with 9. We will probably test on this chapter Thursday. Look for the review sheet to come home the day before the test.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1-10. These rules can be found in your child's take home notebook. We will continue to practice Rules 1-10 in the sentences each week. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday. (There may be some Thursday’s that I will give a worksheet that is related to the rule that was introduced and practiced for the week, therefore there won’t be any sentences for that day.)
**WE WILL HAVE A WORD WALL CHECK WEDNESDAY ON THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF WORD WALL WORDS.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
This week is RED RIBBON WEEK! Red Ribbon week is a week where we emphasize the importance of saying NO to drugs. This is a system wide week in Montgomery.
•MONDAY - "We Are Proud To Be Drug Free" students wear red and sign pledge banner in the lunchroom.
•TUESDAY - "Sock It To Drugs and Slip Into Good Character" students wear crazy socks and slippers.
•WEDNESDAY - "No Drugs In My Future" students dress for their future careers.
•THURSDAY - "We Are Too Cool To Do Drugs" students will wear their sunglasses to shade out drugs.
•FRIDAY - "Team Up Against Drugs" students wear their favorite team's jersey.
Just in case you didn’t get the note sent home last week, the Fruit Sale has been cancelled.
*October 26 Library Day (Monday for this week only)-make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one.
*October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
*October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
*October 29 - Signed Papers
UPCOMING EVENTS
*November 3 - PTA Meeting - 6:30
*November 6 - Mistletoe at ASF - Wear your green first grade t-shirt and jeans.
*November 11 - NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day
*November 19 - Teacher Treat Day - need a volunteer to watch the class
*November 23-27 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holiday
Have a wonderful week!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Field Trip Fun!
Whew! If your children are as exhausted as I am they are probably already asleep! What a wonderful day we had!! The PTA did an outstanding job of organizing a fun day filled with lots of learning! We visited the Fire Station on Ray Thorington Road then went to Thompson Park and rotated to different stations learning about the many different jobs that people in our community do to help us! Everything was just perfect from the weather to the friends to the picnic lunch!! After a fun filled day, Joshua Brantley's mom provided us with a cute fall craft along with a yummy snack. (shh...don't tell!) First grade is such an exciting place to be! Enjoy the rest of your week and I hope to see you at the Fall Festival. I'll be working the concession stand from 7-8, if your there stop by to see me!
Hugs!!
Hugs!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
October 19-23, 2009
WOW-what a change in the weather!! It seems we skipped fall and went straight to winter.
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /h/ as in hippo. We will also have a Halloween related activity once a week in October. This may be in for form of a writing job or something to display in the class.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. I think that at this point children can take 2-4 tests a week. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We tested on Chapter 8 on Friday and will begin Chapter 9 on Monday. I sent home the parent involvement letter Friday. Please work on Chapter 9 in your math practice workbook.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1-10. These rules can be found in your child's take home notebook. We will continue to practice Rules 1-10 in the sentences each week. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday. (There may be some Thursday’s that I will give a worksheet that is related to the rule that was introduced and practiced for the week, therefore there won’t be any sentences for that day.)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
*Scholastic Books should arrive this week. Thanks for helping our class earn Bonus Points by ordering books.
*October 20 Library Day - make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one.
October 20th Fire Station and Picnic lunch at the park.
Children may wear their new First Grade Friends t-shirts, however, since the field trip is in the middle of the week, uniform bottoms must be worn, no jeans please! :) These shirts may also be worn on Friday, with jeans, for Spirit Day.
October 22nd Fall Festival – for those of you who are new to Blount-this is a really fun time for everyone. There will be lots of games, inflatable games, small amusement type rides and concessions. This is a big fundraiser for our school so please come out and enjoy the night with your family. We will be partnering with Wilson Elementary this year. Let’s welcome our old friends back.
UP AND COMING EVENTS
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
October 30th- Fruit Sale- pre-paid orders due
November 6th- Mistletoe Performance - A note explaining this field trip will come home on Monday. This year they are allowing us to take 4 parents per class. It will be first come first serve for our chaperone seats. I wish everyone could go! We will have other field trips this year. The first 4 request will get to go. Please make sure you have child care arrangements for your other children. We are limited to a certain number of seats.
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Have a great week!
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /h/ as in hippo. We will also have a Halloween related activity once a week in October. This may be in for form of a writing job or something to display in the class.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. I think that at this point children can take 2-4 tests a week. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We tested on Chapter 8 on Friday and will begin Chapter 9 on Monday. I sent home the parent involvement letter Friday. Please work on Chapter 9 in your math practice workbook.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1-10. These rules can be found in your child's take home notebook. We will continue to practice Rules 1-10 in the sentences each week. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday. (There may be some Thursday’s that I will give a worksheet that is related to the rule that was introduced and practiced for the week, therefore there won’t be any sentences for that day.)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
*Scholastic Books should arrive this week. Thanks for helping our class earn Bonus Points by ordering books.
*October 20 Library Day - make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one.
October 20th Fire Station and Picnic lunch at the park.
Children may wear their new First Grade Friends t-shirts, however, since the field trip is in the middle of the week, uniform bottoms must be worn, no jeans please! :) These shirts may also be worn on Friday, with jeans, for Spirit Day.
October 22nd Fall Festival – for those of you who are new to Blount-this is a really fun time for everyone. There will be lots of games, inflatable games, small amusement type rides and concessions. This is a big fundraiser for our school so please come out and enjoy the night with your family. We will be partnering with Wilson Elementary this year. Let’s welcome our old friends back.
UP AND COMING EVENTS
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
October 30th- Fruit Sale- pre-paid orders due
November 6th- Mistletoe Performance - A note explaining this field trip will come home on Monday. This year they are allowing us to take 4 parents per class. It will be first come first serve for our chaperone seats. I wish everyone could go! We will have other field trips this year. The first 4 request will get to go. Please make sure you have child care arrangements for your other children. We are limited to a certain number of seats.
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Have a great week!
Monday, October 12, 2009
October 13-16, 2009
It’s really hard to believe we have finished 9 weeks of school! The time is certainly going by fast. Tuesday will be the beginning of the second nine weeks; therefore everyone will start with a 100 for conduct grading. Thank you for your support by encouraging your child to do their best at school. Also, thank you to everyone who sent in thin dry erase markers, the children use them everyday! THANK YOU PARENTS!
FYI - We will also start our three week music rotation with Mr. Darby. I will take the class to the playground in the afternoons.
SMALL GROUP READING AND WORK STATIONS
Our whole group sound for this week is /i/ as in insect. In addition to insects we will also be writing and learning about Christopher Columbus. Each week in October we will have a Halloween related activity. This may be in the form of a writing job or something to display in the class.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. I think that at this point children can take 2-4 tests a week. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We will test on Chapter 8 on Thursday so look for a review sheet to come home on Wednesday. Our next Chapter in math will be Chapter 9. I will send home a parent involvement letter on Friday.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1-9 and I will introduce grammar rule 10 on Tuesday. These rules can be found in your child's take home notebook. We will continue to practice Rules 1-10 in the sentences each week. Be sure to look in the Keep at Home side each day for DOL papers ~look over them Thursday night to prepare for Friday's daily DOL grade. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
*October 13 Library Day-make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one
October 15th Fall Festival – for those of you who are new to Blount-this is a really fun time for everyone. There will be lots of games, inflatable games, small amusement type rides and concessions. This is a big fundraiser for our school so please come out and enjoy the night with your family. We will be partnering with Wilson Elementary this year. Let’s welcome our old friends back.
October 15th-Report Cards
UP AND COMING EVENTS
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
For success attitude is as important as ability!
Have a wonderful week!
FYI - We will also start our three week music rotation with Mr. Darby. I will take the class to the playground in the afternoons.
SMALL GROUP READING AND WORK STATIONS
Our whole group sound for this week is /i/ as in insect. In addition to insects we will also be writing and learning about Christopher Columbus. Each week in October we will have a Halloween related activity. This may be in the form of a writing job or something to display in the class.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. I think that at this point children can take 2-4 tests a week. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We will test on Chapter 8 on Thursday so look for a review sheet to come home on Wednesday. Our next Chapter in math will be Chapter 9. I will send home a parent involvement letter on Friday.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1-9 and I will introduce grammar rule 10 on Tuesday. These rules can be found in your child's take home notebook. We will continue to practice Rules 1-10 in the sentences each week. Be sure to look in the Keep at Home side each day for DOL papers ~look over them Thursday night to prepare for Friday's daily DOL grade. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
*October 13 Library Day-make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one
October 15th Fall Festival – for those of you who are new to Blount-this is a really fun time for everyone. There will be lots of games, inflatable games, small amusement type rides and concessions. This is a big fundraiser for our school so please come out and enjoy the night with your family. We will be partnering with Wilson Elementary this year. Let’s welcome our old friends back.
October 15th-Report Cards
UP AND COMING EVENTS
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
For success attitude is as important as ability!
Have a wonderful week!
Monday, October 5, 2009
October 5 - 9, 2009
What a beautiful weekend. I hope everyone was able to do something outside and enjoy this wonderful fall weather! I am sure everyone enjoyed seeing your child's writing portfolio. All of the children were so excited to bring them home to share. They are doing a great job during literacy stations and I must say their writing is just super!!
I hope you saw your child's first edition of their TIME FOR KIDS weekly magazine. We had a great time with it on Friday and are looking forward to reading our new magazines each week. Thank you parents!
CLASSROOM NEED - We are in need of some THIN EXPO dry erase markers, they write with a fine tip and are easy for the children to use when writing on wipe off items in the classroom. If you would like to donate some to our classroom we would be most appreciative.
This week is the end of the first nine weeks. Friday will be the end of the grading period for the first nine weeks. Tuesday October 13 will begin the second nine weeks period. I can't believe how much the children have learned in just 9 weeks!
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /W/ as in wind, we will be talking about different types of weather.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We are still in Chapter 7 in math.We will test on this chapter Wednesday. Look for the Test Review sheet to come home the night before the test. We will begin Chapter 8 on Thursday, look for a Parent Involvement letter to come home.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1 - 6 and today I introduced rules 7, 8, & 9. These rules can be found in you child's take home notebook. Be sure to look in the Keep at Home side each day for DOL papers ~ look over them Thursday night to prepare for Friday's daily DOL grade. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday.
First Grade Reminders
*I sent home Scholastic Book Order forms on Friday. You may order online, or you may fill out the order form and send it, along with your check made payable to Scholastic to me. The last day to order Scholastic for this month is Thursday, October 8th. Scholastic orders are voluntary, however our class does receive free books each time you order;).
*October 6 Library Day-make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one.
October 8th-School picture day - no uniforms required
October 8th-School Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a
October 9th-End of first nine weeks
Future dates in October to remember:
October 12th-Inservice~holiday for children
October 15th Fall Festival - Don't forget to pre order wristbands for $10, the deadline for that is Friday October 9th. I sent order forms for those and Fall Festival t-shirts home last week.
October 22nd-Report Cards
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings. Ann Landers
I love the above quote from Anne Landers! Have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
I hope you saw your child's first edition of their TIME FOR KIDS weekly magazine. We had a great time with it on Friday and are looking forward to reading our new magazines each week. Thank you parents!
CLASSROOM NEED - We are in need of some THIN EXPO dry erase markers, they write with a fine tip and are easy for the children to use when writing on wipe off items in the classroom. If you would like to donate some to our classroom we would be most appreciative.
This week is the end of the first nine weeks. Friday will be the end of the grading period for the first nine weeks. Tuesday October 13 will begin the second nine weeks period. I can't believe how much the children have learned in just 9 weeks!
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /W/ as in wind, we will be talking about different types of weather.
ACCELERATED READER
Thanks for helping prepare your child for AR tests. Also, continue to indicate when your child is ready to test on the AR reading Log or put a sticky note on the book they are ready to test on.
MATH
We are still in Chapter 7 in math.We will test on this chapter Wednesday. Look for the Test Review sheet to come home the night before the test. We will begin Chapter 8 on Thursday, look for a Parent Involvement letter to come home.
LANGUAGE -(DOL)
We have covered rules 1 - 6 and today I introduced rules 7, 8, & 9. These rules can be found in you child's take home notebook. Be sure to look in the Keep at Home side each day for DOL papers ~ look over them Thursday night to prepare for Friday's daily DOL grade. Sentences for Friday come directly from the sentences practiced Monday-Thursday.
First Grade Reminders
*I sent home Scholastic Book Order forms on Friday. You may order online, or you may fill out the order form and send it, along with your check made payable to Scholastic to me. The last day to order Scholastic for this month is Thursday, October 8th. Scholastic orders are voluntary, however our class does receive free books each time you order;).
*October 6 Library Day-make sure your child brings their library book to school if they are ready to return it and check out another one.
October 8th-School picture day - no uniforms required
October 8th-School Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a
October 9th-End of first nine weeks
Future dates in October to remember:
October 12th-Inservice~holiday for children
October 15th Fall Festival - Don't forget to pre order wristbands for $10, the deadline for that is Friday October 9th. I sent order forms for those and Fall Festival t-shirts home last week.
October 22nd-Report Cards
October 26th-School Spirit night at Five Guys
October 30-November 4th-Book Fair held in the library
In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings. Ann Landers
I love the above quote from Anne Landers! Have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
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