Peek at the Week January 2-4

Happy New Year!

Welcome back from break.  I hope everyone enjoyed some downtime together.

It's back to business here at school!

Miss Ariel Sofio will begin her student-teaching with our class.  She will be learing our classroom routines and procedures and learning the names of the class.  Miss Sofio has spent time in our room so she is familiar with us already!  Eventually she will be teaching differenct academic subjects.

Homework
Wednesdday 1/2
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math Boxes

Thursday 1/3
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Character Report

Have a great weekend!

Happy Holidays!

We had a great last day of 2012 here at school.  We went to the all school singalong in the morning and enjoyed some free time with each other. 

Happy Holidays to all from our First Grade Class!

Breakfast Party

We had a great time at our breakfast party! Everyone LOVED their gifts and we used our manners saying, "Thank you" after each gift was opened. Thank you for supplying the food, drinks and paper goods.

Reindeer Day

This morning we learned a new poem/song called "The Reindeer Pokey".  We danced around the room like reindeer.

For Word Work, we are learning about verbs.  Verbs are action words.  We brainstormed some reindeer stable action words.  Some of the words we came up with are:  feeding them hay, brushing their fur, fly, exercise, cleaning hooves, packing the sleigh, sleeping in their stalls, and polishing the sleigh.

We also found a fun reindeer game.

Pep Rally

Congratulations to ES and BT on receiving the December Students of the Month certificates!

Cookie Day

Peek at the Week of December 17-21

The last week of 2012!!!

 

Last week's Cookie Exchange was a lot of fun.  This week we will have our Pajama Holiday Breakfast on Wednesday, December 19th at 9:30. 

 

Thank you to our breakfast 'sponsors': 

 *Plourde/Garabet Family for cinnamon rolls

*Stockdale Family for the fruit salad

 *DeVicaris Family for the juice

 *Martin Family for the paper products (cups, napkins, plates, forks)

 

We will have some breakfast goodies and then do our class Grab Bag.  Thank you to the families who have sent in the grab bag gifts.  If you haven't sent your grab bag gift, please do so!

 

Wearing pajamas (holiday themed or any favorites) is an option for Wednesday.  We do have gym and recess, so sneakers should be worn to school.  If your child would like to bring a pair of slippers to wear in the classroom, that is fine too! 

 

It should be a cozy and festive day! 

 

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We will be finishing up many units of study before the break.  We have been busy, busy, busy this month learning and also getting into the spirit of the season with some holiday projects. 

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School will be back in session on January 2nd.  Ariel Sofio will begin her Student-Teaching in our classroom.  Many of you met Miss Sofio during Parent-Teacher conferences.  She has been an intern in our school since September and has spent time in our classroom so the children are familiar with her already.  Miss Sofio will be with our class for most of the winter. 

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Homework
Monday 12/17
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 12/18
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Mitten Math Word Problem

Wednesday 12/19
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Grab Bag Thank You Letter

Thurday 12/20
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's test

Have a great break!

See you in the New Year!

Jingle's Bakery Cafe

Jingle's Bakery Cafe will be open for business tomorrow for one day only!  We decided to name our classroom cafe after Jingle, our classroom elf. 

We made three groups:  Gingerbreads, Candy Canes, and Jingle Bells.  Each group will get a chance to pack up a cookie tray to bring home, play Holiday Bingo, and to sit and sip some cocoa in the cafe. 

It's going to be a fun and festive day!

Peek at the Week of December 10-14

We are getting excited for this Thursday's Cookie Exchange.  Each child should have 23 cookies to share.  We will transform our class into a bakery cafe.   Each child will get a chance to walk through the "bakery" and collect 23 cookies to bring home to share with their families.  Hot cocoa will be served at our bakery cafe. 

Thank you to the Donzeisers for supplying the cups and napkins, the Struks for the box of cocoa, and the Browns for the candy canes for stirring.  Parents are welcome to come and help with packaging the cookie trays.  If you are interested & available, come at 2:15 on Thursday.


Homework
Monday 12/10
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 12/11
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math:  Holiday Cookie Time (graph)

Wednesday 12/12
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Make your cookies!

Thursday 12/13
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test
3.  Share your cookies with your family

Have a great week!

Mystery Reader

SD's mom surprised our class this afternoon.

She shared a Christmas book with our class.

Stocking Stuffer Ideas

At this time in the school year, your child's supplies might need some replenishing. 

Some ideas for some very practical stocking stuffers:

pencils

crayons

pencil "cap" erasers

twisty pencil sharpeners

 

Highlights of the Week December 7

• (GP)  We had gingerbread making after school.
• (DP)  We have a new special starting today.  It is Spanish!
• (MRS)  Some kids are making gingerbread houses after school.
• (RS)  We have Spanish today.
• (VS)  Our classroom elf came this week!
• (LS)  We sang new songs in music.
• (ES)  We have a wreath on our classroom door.
• (BT)  We have a Mystery Reader today.
• (BV)  Our elf is named "Jingle".
• (JB)  hWe put up a new flag for the holidays.  The flag has two nutcracker soldiers on it.
• (WC)  We have a spelling test today.
• (RC)  In Reading Workshop we started a new project called "The Twelve Books of Winter".
• (MD)  We have library on Thursdays from now on.
• (AD)  We made presents for our family.
• (WD)  We are not telling what the presents are.
• (SD)  We cut out mittens in art.
• (GG)  There are three Grab Bag presents on our gift table.  Two are boy gifts and one is a girl gift. 
• (LM)  We start Spanish today.
• (GM) We played hockey in gym.
• (CN)  We painted winter scenes with Q-tips and white paint.  Miss Dineen is going to hang them up on the bulletin board.
• (BO)  We read a good book called "Gingerbread Mouse".  It is a story about a mouse who lives in a tree.  The tree house gets messed up.  So the mouse goes to live inside a gingerbread house.  Santa Claus comes and brings a dollhouse.  The mouse moves into the dollhouse.

Holiday Greetings!

Peek at the Week of December 3-7

Welcome to December!

It was great to have the chance to talk to you during our conferences last week.

The big news this week is that Spanish classes will begin for the first graders.  Our class will have Spanish on Friday afternoons with Senora Guillen.  We will have Spanish during what used to be our library time.  We will start going to library on Thursday afternoons.  Your children will have the chance to check out and return books on Thursdays from now on. 

I hope that your child brought home the letter (on pink paper) explaining our class holiday celebrations.  I will list the upcoming dates in this weekly blog post so that we all know what is going on.
-Thursday, December 13th: Cookie Exchange
-Friday, December 14th:  Grab Bag Gifts due  (Send in the gift whenever it is ready.  It's fun to see the wrapped presents piling up under our little tree.)
-Wednesday, December 19th:  PJ Breakfast Party

Homework
Monday 12/3
1.  Read at least 10 minutes
2.  Winter Word Work (a few additions to the Fall 'menu')

Tuesday 12/4
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math: Wreath Word Problem

Wednesday 12/5
1.  Read for at least 10 mintues
2.  Sentence Writing

Thursday 12/6
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Highlights of the Week November 30

• (BO)  We put out new holiday books.
• (GP)  I got to be the Student of the Month.
• (DP)  We played hockey in gym.
• (MRS)  We have short days this week.
• (RS)  We played Sit in gym.
• (AS)  We had a card party this morning.
• (VS)  We did not have computer because it was a short week.
• (LS)  I played a lot of games at recess.
• (ES)  We had a spelling test today.
• (BT)  Congratulations to the new students of the month.
• (BV)  On December 13th we are going to have a very fun party.
• (WB)  We read "The Elf on the Shelf" book.  We are hoping that our classroom elf will visit us soon.
• (JB)  We made mittens in art.
• (WC)  We had indoor recess one day.
• (RC)  We had a Pep Rally.
• (MD)  We are not having a Mystery Reader today because it is a short day and we will be at home.
• (AD)  We are taking down the November decorations because on Monday it will be December.
• (WD)  We had a Pep Rally today.  The 2 new kids are GP and VS.
• (SD)  We are going to start reading book #2 of the Doll Series. It is called "The Meanest Doll in the World".
• (GG)  The mean doll's name is Mimi.
• (LM)  We are going to have a cookie party in December.
• (GM)  We had a spelling test.  Almost everyone got 10 out of 10!
• (CN)  We are almost done with November.

November Pep Rally

Congratulations to our new Students of the Month!

Peek at the Week of November 26-30

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving.

This is Conference Week.  Monday is a full day.  Tuesday through Friday will follow an early dismissal schedule.

Report cards will be sent home with your child on Monday.  Please sign and return the white report card envelope.  The report card is yours to keep.

We enjoyed our Pie Party before Thanksgiving.  I know the next 4 weeks between now and Christmas Vacation are busy, busy, busy.  With that in mind, I am listing the dates for our class holiday events just so you can mark your calendars now and plan accordingly.
-Thursday, December 13th will be our class cookie exchange.  (Specific details will be sent home on a separate memo in the next week). 
-Wednesday, December 19th will be our class Holiday Breakfast.  We will wear our holiday pjs and do a Grab Bag (I'll send home a memo with specific details).

Academic Update
-Reading Workshop:  We will begin a unit of study on characters.
-Writing Workshop:  We will continue with our Realistic Fiction unit.
-Math:  We will begin Topic 3 of the Growing with Math program.
-Word Study:  Groups will resume this week.


Homework
Monday 11/26
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Fall Word Work

Tuesday 11/27
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math 4 Today

Wednesday 11/28
1.  Read for at least 10 mintues
2.  Character Present

Thursday 11/29
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Thankful Teacher

I am thankful for the 23 students in my class this year!

 

Happy Thanksgiving

to all my students (former & current) and their families!

Pie Party

Today was a delicious day!

Happy Birthday

We celebrated GG's birthday with his mom and brother!

Peek at the Week of November 19-23

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

We had a great time at last week's Cranberry and Pumpkin Tasting Event. 

This Tuesday 11./20 will be our class Thanksgiving Pie Party.  Thank you to the following families for 'sponsoring' this party:
            Martin:  2 pumpkin pies with knife
            Taylor:  2 apple pies with knife Cool Whip
             Piersol:  Cool Whip
             Brown:  Apple cider
             Li:  Forks, plates, napkins, cups (24)

This will be a short week.  Wednesday will be an Early Dismissal day.  There is no school on Thursday and Friday.  Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Homework
Monday 11/19
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Thanksgiving ABC Order

Tuesday 11/20
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Turkey Subtraction using a # line

Wednesday 11/21
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Have fun with your family!

Have a great Thanksgiving!