Last week was just perfect! I think everything was wonderful, including the weather. Check out the precious pictures I took at our fun events!
ZOO FIELD TRIP
The children were absolutely precious at the zoo and seemed to enjoy themselves! There were quite a many children there, but I think everyone had a really good time! A huge thank you to all of the moms and dads who came to help! BIG THANK YOUS go to the following: Chris & Jenky Fields, Dax Bise, Kelly Norton, Dawn Owens, Kristine Smith, Yahnira Backus, Barb Garrison, Leslie York, and Camie Bruhn. The Zoo was definitely a fun experience, no matter how many times you go, there is always something new to see.
FIELD DAY
I think Field Day couldn't have been any better!! The games and activities were so well planned and so appropriate for our sweet little first graders. As I looked around at one point during the morning the entire class was smiling and laughing! Isn't that what Field Day is supposed to be......just plain old FUN! We did have lots of favorite games, however a personal favorite of mine was the parachute! Gotta love it! And the weather couldn't have been any better, at least during our time slot 8:15-10:00:)!KUDOS to Coach Rader for all her hard work and planning. Of all my field day experiences, this one was tops!! Not to mention I haven't ever been to a school field day where they serve you popsicles and cotton candy?! Yum! Yum! Once again BIG THANK YOUS to our parents who volunteered and helped during field day! Carey Owens, Camie Bruhn, Kristi Bise, Yahnira Backus, Barb Garrison, and Nancy Hester.
Now..........LEARNING in Room 123 this week!
Reading ~ We will focus on the sound /z/ as in zebra.
Spelling ~ words with a double consonant pattern.(Test on Friday)
funny bunny puppy penny happy kitten mitten little ripple cuddle sitting juggle
Language ~ This week we will be learning about HOMONYMS. We will have a graded activity on this skill Friday.
MATH ~ We will begin Chapter 22 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 22. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
Mark your calendar!
April 26 - First Grade SLUSHY DAY! Please send in $1 if your child would like a slushy.
Enjoy the rest of your week! Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for all you help this past week!!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 19 - 23, 2010
I hope you are ready.......we are in for a VERY fun and busy week! Monday our class will visit the book fair and it is also first grade slushy day! Yum! Wednesday is our long awaited field trip to the Montgomery Zoo. In celebration of Earth Day on Thursday the "Talking Tree" will come and speak to our first graders about the importance of helping recycle and other things we can do to help save our planet! FIELD DAY is Friday. I can't think of a better way to end such an eventful week. I will send home more information about our field trip and field day later on this week. As always, we will still be learning many new things in first grade, we want to be READY for second grade!
Spelling ~ We will have our Spelling Test this THURSDAY due to Field Day on Friday.
Focusing on words with the ar.
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
Language ~ This week we will be learning about ANTONYMS. We will not have DOL sentences this week. We will be doing various activities to help us become familiar with antonyms. We will have a graded activity on ANTONYMS & SYNONYMS on Thursday.
MATH ~ We will begin Chapter 22 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 22. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
Mark your calendar!
April 19 - First Grade SLUSHY DAY! Please send in $1 if your child would like a slushy.
April 19-22 Book Fair - First Grade will visit on Monday, but your child can visit another day if they bring money. Monday is just the only day we go as a "CLASS".
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
Wow! This is a lot of information! Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks and I hope to see many of you this week!!
Spelling ~ We will have our Spelling Test this THURSDAY due to Field Day on Friday.
Focusing on words with the ar.
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
Language ~ This week we will be learning about ANTONYMS. We will not have DOL sentences this week. We will be doing various activities to help us become familiar with antonyms. We will have a graded activity on ANTONYMS & SYNONYMS on Thursday.
MATH ~ We will begin Chapter 22 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 22. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
Mark your calendar!
April 19 - First Grade SLUSHY DAY! Please send in $1 if your child would like a slushy.
April 19-22 Book Fair - First Grade will visit on Monday, but your child can visit another day if they bring money. Monday is just the only day we go as a "CLASS".
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
Wow! This is a lot of information! Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks and I hope to see many of you this week!!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 12-16, 2010
Happy Spring! I hope everyone enjoyed another wonderful weekend! Take a look at what we are doing this week!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
April 12 ~ Focusing on words with the vowel digraph ow
cow now down town brown show row low flower tower grow know
April 19 Focusing on words with the ar
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
April 26 ~ Focusing on words with double consonants.
funny bunny puppy penny happy kitten mitten little ripple cuddle sitting juggle
May 3 ~ Focusing on words with vowel digraph aw and the initial consonants digraph th.
saw paw law lawn fawn then this crawl these their think drawn
May 10 ~ Focusing on words in the -ook, -ood and -and word families.
book good look wood took stood stand hand land hood shook nook
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /j/ as in jaguar. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will begin Chapter 21 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 21. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series and commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). Next week we will discuss synomyms We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Have a wonderful week!!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
April 12 ~ Focusing on words with the vowel digraph ow
cow now down town brown show row low flower tower grow know
April 19 Focusing on words with the ar
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
April 26 ~ Focusing on words with double consonants.
funny bunny puppy penny happy kitten mitten little ripple cuddle sitting juggle
May 3 ~ Focusing on words with vowel digraph aw and the initial consonants digraph th.
saw paw law lawn fawn then this crawl these their think drawn
May 10 ~ Focusing on words in the -ook, -ood and -and word families.
book good look wood took stood stand hand land hood shook nook
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /j/ as in jaguar. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will begin Chapter 21 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 21. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series and commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). Next week we will discuss synomyms We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Have a wonderful week!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
April 5-9, 2010
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend! I was excited to hear all the stories today, we even had a few spring critters brought in to share:)! Spring is definitely in the air, it almost feels like summer already. Although the days are beautiful and the sun is calling us, we still have a lot to do to get ready for second grade. I will continue to expect full cooperation from each child in our classroom. That includes classroom behavior, completing work, hallway & lunchroom behavior as well as respect for ourselves AND each other. If your child receives a conduct ticket in class, it is for an offense that was given several warnings and needs attention. Thank you in advance for assisting me in immediately taking care of any conduct problems that arise. If you ever have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Let's make these last weeks of school the very best!!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
all, wall, call, will, tell, well, small, smell, stall, chill, drill, shell
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /qu/ as in queen. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will continue Chapter 20. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook.The addition and subtraction facts are getting a little more difficult, I would encourage you to spend a few minutes each night going over the basic facts as well as strategies to help with the more difficult facts. If you need any assistance with this please let me know. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test. (Probably mid to end of this week.)
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. In addition we will be learning that commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Future Dates to Remember
April 8 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 12 - Papers sent home about Raffle-style fundraiser
April 15 - Progress Reports
April 15 - Signed Papers
April 15 - Teacher Treat Day
April 15 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 19-22 Book Fair
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
April 26 - Spirit Night @ Five Guys (give them your Blount Flyer)
April 29 - Signed Papers
April 29 - Gold Fundraiser (Blount Library)
April 29 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 30 - Blount Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
May 3-7 - DIBELS Testing
May 4 - PTA Meeting
May 6 - Kindergarten Round Up (for upcoming Kindergartners)
May 14 - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
May 21 - First Grade Honor's Day (1:00-1:30)
May 26 - Last Day of School
Wow! Hope you marked your calendar with all these events coming up. I am sure if you are like me, this doesn't even include church, dance or ballgames.......spring is here!! Enjoy your time and don't forget to read with your precious little one! Have a wonderful week!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
all, wall, call, will, tell, well, small, smell, stall, chill, drill, shell
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /qu/ as in queen. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will continue Chapter 20. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook.The addition and subtraction facts are getting a little more difficult, I would encourage you to spend a few minutes each night going over the basic facts as well as strategies to help with the more difficult facts. If you need any assistance with this please let me know. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test. (Probably mid to end of this week.)
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. In addition we will be learning that commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Future Dates to Remember
April 8 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 12 - Papers sent home about Raffle-style fundraiser
April 15 - Progress Reports
April 15 - Signed Papers
April 15 - Teacher Treat Day
April 15 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 19-22 Book Fair
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
April 26 - Spirit Night @ Five Guys (give them your Blount Flyer)
April 29 - Signed Papers
April 29 - Gold Fundraiser (Blount Library)
April 29 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 30 - Blount Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
May 3-7 - DIBELS Testing
May 4 - PTA Meeting
May 6 - Kindergarten Round Up (for upcoming Kindergartners)
May 14 - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
May 21 - First Grade Honor's Day (1:00-1:30)
May 26 - Last Day of School
Wow! Hope you marked your calendar with all these events coming up. I am sure if you are like me, this doesn't even include church, dance or ballgames.......spring is here!! Enjoy your time and don't forget to read with your precious little one! Have a wonderful week!
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