Happy 100th day of school (yesterday)! My students had a fun time guessing the 100 objects in their classmates bottles. Thanks for helping you child with this homework assignment!
We have been learning a Water Cycle song. I want to video my students singing this song for a presentation by East Elementary at the next Iron County School Board meeting in February. I am sending home a note today asking for your consent to video my students for this presentation. If you DO NOT want you child to be in this video please sign the sheet (1/2 sheet green paper) and return it to school by this Thursday, January 31. We will also being singing this song along with our Reader's Theater at Curriculum Night. Remember that Curriculum/Multicultural Night is Thursday, February 21st at 6:00. We will be performing in my room right at 6:00 so that you can visit other classrooms and attend the multicultural displays.
East Elementary is having a Spelling Bee on February 20th. This week I am giving my students a 15 word written spelling test to determine my two participants. If your child is one of two that advance to the First Grade Spelling Bee on Friday, February 15th. I will send you home with a list of words so that you can help your child study.
I sent home the DIBELS scores a couple of weeks ago with letters to parents of students that were deficient. I have not heard from many of you. If you received a letter along with the scores, please contact me so that can set up a time to meet personally or discuss ways that we can help your child progress.
Our Valentine's Day party will be February 14th at 1:00. I will send home a list of my students next week for Valentine cards. We will be decorating cans to hold these cards on February 13th. If you could help by sending decorations for these cans I would appreciate it (stickers, foam or regular, doilies, ribbons etc.) I will contact those mothers that signed up to help for the party next week too.
The January reading record is due this Friday, February 1. I will send home a new February reading record home then too. I hope you noticed the Lions Club Reading record that I sent home yesterday. Fill that out along with my reading record and send it back at the end of February also. Our school receives money for each child that sends these back. It's an easy way to raise money for our school.
I will test all students that have not passed off Sight Word List #6 this Friday. Please study these words nightly with your child, especially if they are behind on the lists. These words need to be automatic!
Congratulations to Phoenix! He was our January "Catch the Vision" award winner. He is such a terrific boy and we all love having him in our class.
Happy Reading!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
January 22-25
I hope that you had a nice Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Today we showed the students a portion of his famous speech "I Had a Dream" and then the students wrote about what their dream was. I had some students dreaming of becoming a better baseball player, some dreamed outrageous dreams like driving to the moon, and others wished for their Dad's to come home safely.
There are a lot of things in your child's folder today. Next Monday, January 28th, is the 100th day of school (I know I can't believe it either). I sent home a homework assignment that is due January 28-30. I sent it home early so that you and your child would have plenty of time to work on it. You can send the assignment back early if you would like to, but we will not guess what's in the bottles until January 28th.
Look for a Reader's Theater in your child's backpack. Your child's part is highlighted. Please help them practice their part. We will be performing this Reader's Theater in our classroom on Curriculum Night, which is Thursday, February 21st at 6:00. We will be performing this right at 6:00 so that you can also go to other classrooms and attend the Multicultural Night that is in conjunction with Curriculum Night. Mark your calendars for this event.
Today I sent home your child's recent DIBELS scores. If your child did not reach the "benchmark" score (the score where they should be right now, or the "norm"), I also included a letter inviting you to meet with me personally so that we could discuss ways to help your child progress. If you would like to meet with me, the best way would be to send me an e-mail and we could arrange a time. If you don't have access to a computer, just send me a note or call the school and we can arrange a time. The biggest help that you can give your child is to read with them EVERY night!
Your child should be working on passing off Sight Word List #6. Please include sight word practice in your nightly reading. If you need another list, or are not sure where your child is send me a note and I will send home the appropriate list.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. We will be decorating cans so that we will have a place to put our Valentine's cards. If you could help send some decorations for these cans I would appreciate it. Ideas for this are: stickers (regular or foam type), ribbon, doilies etc. Every year I have had awesome things sent that I didn't even think of. You can send these items anytime. We will decorate the cans on Wed. February 13. I will send home more information and a class list for Valentine's cards the first week in February.
I could still use pencil-top erasers! Send those anytime too!
I will not be here tomorrow. My 9-year old son was diagnosed with the Flu (strain B) this morning. My husband took off today, and it's my turn tomorrow. I am leaving my class in the capable hands of Mrs. Cummings, my student teacher. I will definitely miss my cute kids. I love teaching YOUR child!
Happy Reading!
There are a lot of things in your child's folder today. Next Monday, January 28th, is the 100th day of school (I know I can't believe it either). I sent home a homework assignment that is due January 28-30. I sent it home early so that you and your child would have plenty of time to work on it. You can send the assignment back early if you would like to, but we will not guess what's in the bottles until January 28th.
Look for a Reader's Theater in your child's backpack. Your child's part is highlighted. Please help them practice their part. We will be performing this Reader's Theater in our classroom on Curriculum Night, which is Thursday, February 21st at 6:00. We will be performing this right at 6:00 so that you can also go to other classrooms and attend the Multicultural Night that is in conjunction with Curriculum Night. Mark your calendars for this event.
Today I sent home your child's recent DIBELS scores. If your child did not reach the "benchmark" score (the score where they should be right now, or the "norm"), I also included a letter inviting you to meet with me personally so that we could discuss ways to help your child progress. If you would like to meet with me, the best way would be to send me an e-mail and we could arrange a time. If you don't have access to a computer, just send me a note or call the school and we can arrange a time. The biggest help that you can give your child is to read with them EVERY night!
Your child should be working on passing off Sight Word List #6. Please include sight word practice in your nightly reading. If you need another list, or are not sure where your child is send me a note and I will send home the appropriate list.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. We will be decorating cans so that we will have a place to put our Valentine's cards. If you could help send some decorations for these cans I would appreciate it. Ideas for this are: stickers (regular or foam type), ribbon, doilies etc. Every year I have had awesome things sent that I didn't even think of. You can send these items anytime. We will decorate the cans on Wed. February 13. I will send home more information and a class list for Valentine's cards the first week in February.
I could still use pencil-top erasers! Send those anytime too!
I will not be here tomorrow. My 9-year old son was diagnosed with the Flu (strain B) this morning. My husband took off today, and it's my turn tomorrow. I am leaving my class in the capable hands of Mrs. Cummings, my student teacher. I will definitely miss my cute kids. I love teaching YOUR child!
Happy Reading!
Monday, January 14, 2013
January 14-18
Welcome to Winter! It has been so cold! Thanks for bundling up your children. We did not go out for break today at all, and I anticipate it being that way for the remainder of the week.
Friday was the last day of the quarter. We have officially been in school for 91 days! I will get grades printed out on Early -out Wednesday. Watch for your child's grades in their backpack on Thursday. Thanks to those that are sending your child with a homework folder everyday. If they don't have a folder, or sometimes backpack, I am afraid that you won't receive the necessary information or homework that I send home. Some of you have not returned the December reading record (page with Christmas trees on it). This is worth 100 points and will bring your child's grade down. Please return that by Wednesday!!
Today I sent home January's Scholastic book orders. Those will be due this Friday, January 18. The best way to order is using the online code. I sent home a note with that code on it and it is on the sidebar of this blog.
We are short on pencil top erasers. For some reason First graders use their erasers frequently :) I have so many good pencils still, but with little or no eraser left. If you could help by sending in a package or two of those pencil top erasers I would appreciate it. Tell your child that they are for classroom use, otherwise we will have erasers spilling out of our desks.
Tomorrow we will have our DIBELS testing right at 9:15. Please have your child here on time. School starts at 8:55 and many students come in well after that time. They miss valuable instruction if they are habitually late.
This week we will finish up our 2013 Goal writing and have started our States of Matter/Water Cycle Unit. Mrs. Cummings, our student teacher, started teaching the science unit today. She is doing a good job and my students are responding well to her.
I've said this before, but thanks for all of your help with your child. It is at home where a child's love of education is reinforced. I was pleased at the results from our spelling test last week. I can tell that many of you took the time to help your child study for the test. All of your encouragement and help is so important and appreciated!
Happy Reading! I will include some pictures that I took in December. Sorry they are a little bit late! I am sure you will still enjoy them! I have darling students!
Friday was the last day of the quarter. We have officially been in school for 91 days! I will get grades printed out on Early -out Wednesday. Watch for your child's grades in their backpack on Thursday. Thanks to those that are sending your child with a homework folder everyday. If they don't have a folder, or sometimes backpack, I am afraid that you won't receive the necessary information or homework that I send home. Some of you have not returned the December reading record (page with Christmas trees on it). This is worth 100 points and will bring your child's grade down. Please return that by Wednesday!!
Today I sent home January's Scholastic book orders. Those will be due this Friday, January 18. The best way to order is using the online code. I sent home a note with that code on it and it is on the sidebar of this blog.
We are short on pencil top erasers. For some reason First graders use their erasers frequently :) I have so many good pencils still, but with little or no eraser left. If you could help by sending in a package or two of those pencil top erasers I would appreciate it. Tell your child that they are for classroom use, otherwise we will have erasers spilling out of our desks.
Tomorrow we will have our DIBELS testing right at 9:15. Please have your child here on time. School starts at 8:55 and many students come in well after that time. They miss valuable instruction if they are habitually late.
This week we will finish up our 2013 Goal writing and have started our States of Matter/Water Cycle Unit. Mrs. Cummings, our student teacher, started teaching the science unit today. She is doing a good job and my students are responding well to her.
I've said this before, but thanks for all of your help with your child. It is at home where a child's love of education is reinforced. I was pleased at the results from our spelling test last week. I can tell that many of you took the time to help your child study for the test. All of your encouragement and help is so important and appreciated!
Happy Reading! I will include some pictures that I took in December. Sorry they are a little bit late! I am sure you will still enjoy them! I have darling students!
Monday, January 7, 2013
January 7 - 11
Welcome back after a long glorious break! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and New Year. I was excited to see all of my sweet first graders today. They are so full of life and a joy to teach. Thank you for all of the wonderful Christmas gifts, notes and goodies!
Today we welcomed our student teacher Angelia Cummings. She will be with us for 6 weeks. She is doing a great job already and I am excited to have her in our classroom. She will start teaching our Water Cycle and States of Matter Unit next week.
The end of the quarter is this Friday, January 11th. Please turn in all missing assignments by then. I will not accept late work after that date. The December Reading record is now due. I sent home a new January reading record with your child today, as well as a new spelling list and math homework.
In math we are now working on subtraction through 20 and we will still have math homework most days. I will discontinue our Math Quick-checks because I do not have as many SUU helpers this quarter to help the students correct their mistakes.
This week in writing we will discuss New Year's Goals and write about our 2013 goals. We will also complete a New Year's art project to display with our writing. This week I will also test all students on Sight Word List #5 if they haven't already passed it off.
This is a great time for growth for first graders. I hope you see the growth as much as I do. It helps so much to be diligent with nightly independent reading. Listen to you child read nightly, have them read their books more than once, do not give them unknown words immediately, have them try to "sound them out" or decode them. Practice sight words nightly as part of the 20 minutes of reading and help with spelling words, if you child needs extra practice. Thanks for your help!
If any of you have a different schedule this semester and would like to come and help with reading in the morning please let me know. Our literacy block is from 9:00 - 10:30 everyday, except for
Wednesday. Thanks to Mrs. Terry for diligently coming each Friday morning.
Happy Reading!
Today we welcomed our student teacher Angelia Cummings. She will be with us for 6 weeks. She is doing a great job already and I am excited to have her in our classroom. She will start teaching our Water Cycle and States of Matter Unit next week.
The end of the quarter is this Friday, January 11th. Please turn in all missing assignments by then. I will not accept late work after that date. The December Reading record is now due. I sent home a new January reading record with your child today, as well as a new spelling list and math homework.
In math we are now working on subtraction through 20 and we will still have math homework most days. I will discontinue our Math Quick-checks because I do not have as many SUU helpers this quarter to help the students correct their mistakes.
This week in writing we will discuss New Year's Goals and write about our 2013 goals. We will also complete a New Year's art project to display with our writing. This week I will also test all students on Sight Word List #5 if they haven't already passed it off.
This is a great time for growth for first graders. I hope you see the growth as much as I do. It helps so much to be diligent with nightly independent reading. Listen to you child read nightly, have them read their books more than once, do not give them unknown words immediately, have them try to "sound them out" or decode them. Practice sight words nightly as part of the 20 minutes of reading and help with spelling words, if you child needs extra practice. Thanks for your help!
If any of you have a different schedule this semester and would like to come and help with reading in the morning please let me know. Our literacy block is from 9:00 - 10:30 everyday, except for
Wednesday. Thanks to Mrs. Terry for diligently coming each Friday morning.
Happy Reading!
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