Mystery Reader

Mrs. K was our mystery reader today. We had a great time!

Green Eggs and Ham

We do! We like them Sam I Am!

Pep Rally

Congratulations to our February Students-of-the-Month!

Peek at the Week of February 24-28

Welcome back from Winter Break!  I hope everyone had a great break from school and is ready to be back in business.

Salute to Seuss
* Please send in Dr. Seuss books with your child.  We will use these books in reading workshop.
* This Friday we will have a special breakfast in honor of Dr. Seuss' upcoming birthday.  We will have green eggs and ham.  It's always fun to see who 'dares' to eat the green eggs.
Thank you to the follow families for sponsoring this event:

DuPont:  2 dozen eggs (to be scrambled and cooked  at school)
Orr:  2 dozen eggs (to be scrambled and cooked at school)
Kennedy:  24 slices of deli ham
Mansourian:  24 Juice boxes
Buchesky:  plates, napkins, forks

Author Visit
An author, Brian Pinkney, will be visiting our school library on Wednesday.

Math Workshop
We will be starting Unit 5 this week on Measurement.

Writing Workshop
We will be starting a new unit on Poetry.

Reading Workshop
Salute to Seuss will be our theme this week.  We will explore the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss' writing style with rhyming words and make believe words.

Homework and Specials

Monday 2/24
C Day:  gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 2/25
D Day:  library
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Math:  Jolly Family word problem

Wednesday 2/26
E Day:  Spanish
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Blue writing journals

Thursday 2/27
F Day:  music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 2/28
A Day:  gym

 Have a great weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Mystery Reader

MM was surprised to find out his mom was out Mystery Reader!

Peek at the Week of February 10-14

Love is in the air!

Valentine's Day
*Valentine cards for the class can be sent in any day this week.  We will pass them out on Friday morning.  A list with the class names was sent home on January 29th.  We will be decorating bags to use in collecting out Valentine cards.
*We will have a pizza party for our class party.  We will be eating in our classroom.  Thank you to the following families for sponsoring our lunch:
Sykes:  pizza
Bruce:  juice boxes
Krotee:  dessert
Barber:  plates, napkins, forks


Reading Workshop
We will be reading many Valentine themed books in Reading Workshop and will study the characters in these books. 


Writing Workshop
We will be finishing up our opinion writing pieces this week.  We have had a lot of fun sharing our opinions on many topics.  Keep your eyes out for a packet of this writing coming home...restaurant and movie reviews...very insightful!


March Conferences
Parent-Teacher conferences will be held March 12-14.  A letter about conferences will be send home with your child on Monday 2/10.  Please be on the lookout for this paper (white paper with a checkerboard border).


Dr. Seuss Book
We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday the week following break.  We'd love to borrow any Dr. Seuss books you have.  Please make sure your child's name in written inside the book. 


Homework and Specials
Monday 2/10
D Day:  Library
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Winter Word Work


Tuesday 2/11
E Day:  Spanish
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Valentine Message (ABC order)


Wednesday 2/12
F Day:  Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Math Graph:  Candy, Candy, Candy


Thursday 2/13
A Day:  Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test


Friday 2/14
B Day:  Art and Music

 

Have a great winter break...see you again on
Monday, February 24th!

Day 100

The Grandmas and Grandpas of first grade had a great time strutting their stuff for the entire school. We finished the day with a riveting game of Bingo!

Future Olympians

Peek at the Week of February 3-7

This will be a fun week of school! 


Day 100
Day 100 of school is this Wednesday, February 5th.  First graders are putting on a parade for the whole school in the morning.  We will be dressed up as 100 year old grandmas and grandpas.  A notice went home about this 2 weeks ago. 


The Shadows Know
A scientist from High Tech High Touch will be coming to our class to do some science experiments on Wednesday afternoon. 


Writing Workshop
We continue to work on writing reviews of movies, restaurants, books, etc. We have been having a great time sharing our opinions with each other.  This week we will make our writing even better by learning how to end


Reading Workshop
We continue to do 'character work'.  Some of the topics we have been talking about:
-main vs. supporting characters
-noticing how characters change from beginning to the end
-noticing how a character talks, acts, feels
-character traits
-What lesson does my character learn?
-How does my character solve his/her problems?


Homework and Specials
Monday 2/3
E Day:  Spanish
1.  Read for 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Winter Word Work

Tuesday 2/4
F Day:  Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  When I am 100 years old....

Wednesday 2/5
A Day:  Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  100 Math Problems

Thursday 2/6
B Day:  Art and Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Fill in monthly minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 2/7
C Day:  Gym

Have a great weekend!