I hope that you all had a nice three-day weekend. We are back at work until the Thanksgiving Holiday. It will be here before we know it. I hope that you all had a chance to look over your child's first quarter grades. If you have any questions or concerns about those grades please don't hesitate to contact me. If changes need to be made I will fix those and send home a new printout. Watch for those (new printouts) by this Friday, October 28.
The Scholastic book orders that I sent home last week are due tomorrow. You can order online (easiest way) using the code on the cover letter I sent home with the fliers or you can send the orders back with a check. You only need one check made out to Scholastic. There are always $1.00 books and our class accumulates points for free books for our classroom for every order placed.
We had a great Walk-a-Thon last Friday. I think some of my kiddos got pretty wet from the "fire house" sprinkler, but they seemed to love that. Thanks to those that have sent back pledges for our school. You can still send pledges per lap or a flat donation in the envelope provided. The PTA has the information about how many laps your child did during the walk.
Halloween is just around the corner. Remember that East Elementary is a "dress up" school! Your child can come in their costume all day long, but no masks or blood and gore. Face make-up and hats or wigs are ok. The costume parade will start at 2:30. Parents can watch and take pictures from the cafeteria. This week we will finish our apple head witches that have been "wrinkling" up in the window.
We have started our next chapter in math. Today we learned about how "addition helps us subtract". We took the math test last week from Chapter 3 and I will send those results home as soon as I get them onto Power School. In reading, we have moved from the Human Body to Different Lands--Similar Stories. We have heard and worked with two different versions of Cinderella (the original from France and The Girl With the Red Slippers from Egypt). Tomorrow we will hear another version of Cinderella called Billy Beg.
Today another really helpful "take-home" sheet came home in your child's folder. If you could like to count that as part of your child's nightly reading and only read the take-home book once you are welcome to do that. Please be faithful in reading those take-home books every night. I have noticed a decline in those reading every night.
Today in PE we still struggled with behavior. On Friday, our skills coach, Mrs. Willis, is going to help my class "practice appropriate behavior". Please talk to your child about behaving appropriately in PE or that privilege will get taken away from some chronic misbehavers.
Happy Reading!
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016
Newsletter October 17 - October 21
Tomorrow is the first grade awards presentation at 3:00 in the cafeteria. I just sent personal e-mails to those who have students that will be receiving an award. The awards are for Perfect Attendance, Excellent Attendance, Catch the Vision, Most Improved, and Eagle reading awards.
We finished up with Chapter 3 of math today and will take the test for Unit 3 tomorrow. We will start chapter 4 (Subtraction strategies) on Wednesday.
Today in your child's folder there is a "Take-Home" (10.2) activity from our reading program. I don't ever require these as homework, but this particular one is beneficial as it is a good review of what we have been learning in class about the long vowel sounds (silent e rule). If you choose to have your child do that sheet you can forgo rereading the take-home book three times, just read it once and count the worksheet as part of their nightly take-home reading.
We have PE and Computers every Tuesday and Friday. Last Friday, there was a substitute in PE and as our class came back I was informed that they were "terrible" for the PE teacher. As a consequence, tomorrow my class will not be going to PE. We will instead work in class on writing about "what we should be doing in PE". I know that not "every" student was acting up, but this time because of the blanket statement I will keep my whole class. If an individual student or group of students are acting inappropriately in PE or computers they will individually or collectively stay in the Skills room the next PE period. I will inform you if your child has been asked to stay back from PE or Computers. Please talk to your children about best behavior during PE and Computers.
I sent home information about the PTA walk-a-thon this Friday from 2:00-3:00. Your child can and will still participate in the walk-a-thon, even if donations are not sent back, but this is a great way to help earn extra money for our school. Please send back the donations in the envelope provided by this Friday.
I still have not received notice from the Scholastic website technicians about why I can't access the site. I was informed that I would hear back in 3-5 days and it's been at least double that. I hope to send home Scholastic book orders soon!
It's almost Halloween and we will again have a Halloween costume parade. I love that we do this at East Elementary! Students can wear their costumes all day long (no masks). The parade will be from 2:30 until about 2:50. Parents can sit in the cafeteria to take pictures. After the parade we will have a school-wide Halloween sing in the gym. The sing is just for students though, we can't accommodate that many bodies in the gym at once.
Remember that next Monday, October 24 is Harvest Holiday. Have a wonderful three-day weekend!
Happy Reading.
We finished up with Chapter 3 of math today and will take the test for Unit 3 tomorrow. We will start chapter 4 (Subtraction strategies) on Wednesday.
Today in your child's folder there is a "Take-Home" (10.2) activity from our reading program. I don't ever require these as homework, but this particular one is beneficial as it is a good review of what we have been learning in class about the long vowel sounds (silent e rule). If you choose to have your child do that sheet you can forgo rereading the take-home book three times, just read it once and count the worksheet as part of their nightly take-home reading.
We have PE and Computers every Tuesday and Friday. Last Friday, there was a substitute in PE and as our class came back I was informed that they were "terrible" for the PE teacher. As a consequence, tomorrow my class will not be going to PE. We will instead work in class on writing about "what we should be doing in PE". I know that not "every" student was acting up, but this time because of the blanket statement I will keep my whole class. If an individual student or group of students are acting inappropriately in PE or computers they will individually or collectively stay in the Skills room the next PE period. I will inform you if your child has been asked to stay back from PE or Computers. Please talk to your children about best behavior during PE and Computers.
I sent home information about the PTA walk-a-thon this Friday from 2:00-3:00. Your child can and will still participate in the walk-a-thon, even if donations are not sent back, but this is a great way to help earn extra money for our school. Please send back the donations in the envelope provided by this Friday.
I still have not received notice from the Scholastic website technicians about why I can't access the site. I was informed that I would hear back in 3-5 days and it's been at least double that. I hope to send home Scholastic book orders soon!
It's almost Halloween and we will again have a Halloween costume parade. I love that we do this at East Elementary! Students can wear their costumes all day long (no masks). The parade will be from 2:30 until about 2:50. Parents can sit in the cafeteria to take pictures. After the parade we will have a school-wide Halloween sing in the gym. The sing is just for students though, we can't accommodate that many bodies in the gym at once.
Remember that next Monday, October 24 is Harvest Holiday. Have a wonderful three-day weekend!
Happy Reading.
Monday, October 10, 2016
October 10 - October 14
Thank you for coming to your SEP conference last week. I was so pleased to meet with 100% of my parents. I especially loved that many students had both parents attend--it's fun to have dads come also :) Your attendance shows that you are invested in your child's education and that will only benefit your child during their educational career. This week is the last week of our first quarter of school. I will send home another power school print out of final grades for the first quarter by next Wednesday.
This week we will be going to the Robinson Pumpkin patch on Wednesday. Please send your child back with their $1.00 for the pumpkin they will bring home. Remember to send a jacket if it's chilly outside. We will also be making our "apple head" witches on Thursday, (instead of Wednesday). If you haven't sent an apple with your child for this fun Halloween project please send one by Wednesday. Thank you!
We have started a little unit about Spiders. Ask your kids what they have learned about spiders! We read the book "Spiders" by Gail Gibbons. We will do some fact/opinion work about spiders, write spider poems and sentences along with a couple of art projects to supplement the learning. In math we are continuing with our addition strategies, today we continued to learn about adding 10 to a number. In reading, we are learning about how the a_e, and i_e work together to create the long /a/ and /i/ sounds.
A couple more calendar items: On Tuesday, October 18 will be our first quarter student awards presentation. These awards are for "Perfect attendance", "excellent attendance" and "Catch the Vision" winner. Usually these awards have been at 3:00 in the cafeteria--I am not sure if that time has changed for first grade this year and I couldn't find anything on the calendar about a specific time. I will e-mail you specifically if your child will be receiving one of those awards. I know I have several with awesome attendance this year!!! Then on October 21, we will be have our PTA sponsored Walk-a-Thon. More information will come home about this fundraising opportunity soon.
I hope that you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather. Having a first grader at home to enjoy it with would make it that much better.
Happy Reading!
This week we will be going to the Robinson Pumpkin patch on Wednesday. Please send your child back with their $1.00 for the pumpkin they will bring home. Remember to send a jacket if it's chilly outside. We will also be making our "apple head" witches on Thursday, (instead of Wednesday). If you haven't sent an apple with your child for this fun Halloween project please send one by Wednesday. Thank you!
We have started a little unit about Spiders. Ask your kids what they have learned about spiders! We read the book "Spiders" by Gail Gibbons. We will do some fact/opinion work about spiders, write spider poems and sentences along with a couple of art projects to supplement the learning. In math we are continuing with our addition strategies, today we continued to learn about adding 10 to a number. In reading, we are learning about how the a_e, and i_e work together to create the long /a/ and /i/ sounds.
A couple more calendar items: On Tuesday, October 18 will be our first quarter student awards presentation. These awards are for "Perfect attendance", "excellent attendance" and "Catch the Vision" winner. Usually these awards have been at 3:00 in the cafeteria--I am not sure if that time has changed for first grade this year and I couldn't find anything on the calendar about a specific time. I will e-mail you specifically if your child will be receiving one of those awards. I know I have several with awesome attendance this year!!! Then on October 21, we will be have our PTA sponsored Walk-a-Thon. More information will come home about this fundraising opportunity soon.
I hope that you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather. Having a first grader at home to enjoy it with would make it that much better.
Happy Reading!
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Newsletter October 3 - October 7
I'm a day late posting due to SEP conferences so thank goodness for a PE/computers break so that I can update my blog. This week it will short and sweet due to those conferences.
Today I am sending home information about a field trip that we just secured. On Wednesday, October 12 we (all first grade classes) will travel to the Robinson Family Pumpkin patch. We will travel by bus that morning. We will leave at 9:40 and return by 11:30. Watch the weather and send your child with a jacket if it is chilly. The cost for this field trip is $1.00 as each child will be able to pick out their own pumpkin to bring home. Please return the permission slip and money by next Tuesday, October 11.
Thanks to those that have sent a spiral bound notebook for writing. If you haven't sent that yet, a simple one-subject spiral bound notebook is all your child will need. I want to start writing in them this next Monday, October 10th so please send that by this Friday, October 7.
For those of you that came to SEP conferences on Monday, I forgot to mention another item that I would like you to help provide for your child. We will be making apple head witches in our class room. Each child will need an apple for this--it doesn't matter the size or color though the bigger it is the easier it is for the students to put in the "rice teeth". We will start making those next Wednesday, so please send that apple by next Tuesday, October 11.
Thank you so much for sending these items lately (apple, $1.00 for field trip and notebook)--I promise it won't always be like this, but it is very helpful to me to not have to buy each item myself.
Remember that tomorrow is the Grandparents breakfast in the cafeteria from 8:00 until 8:40ish. Thanks to those that sent the RSVP form so that our food workers will be prepared with enough breakfast. The PTA bookfair will also be open that morning.
Thanks for making time to visit with me this week. Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime with concerns or questions.
Happy October Reading!!
Today I am sending home information about a field trip that we just secured. On Wednesday, October 12 we (all first grade classes) will travel to the Robinson Family Pumpkin patch. We will travel by bus that morning. We will leave at 9:40 and return by 11:30. Watch the weather and send your child with a jacket if it is chilly. The cost for this field trip is $1.00 as each child will be able to pick out their own pumpkin to bring home. Please return the permission slip and money by next Tuesday, October 11.
Thanks to those that have sent a spiral bound notebook for writing. If you haven't sent that yet, a simple one-subject spiral bound notebook is all your child will need. I want to start writing in them this next Monday, October 10th so please send that by this Friday, October 7.
For those of you that came to SEP conferences on Monday, I forgot to mention another item that I would like you to help provide for your child. We will be making apple head witches in our class room. Each child will need an apple for this--it doesn't matter the size or color though the bigger it is the easier it is for the students to put in the "rice teeth". We will start making those next Wednesday, so please send that apple by next Tuesday, October 11.
Thank you so much for sending these items lately (apple, $1.00 for field trip and notebook)--I promise it won't always be like this, but it is very helpful to me to not have to buy each item myself.
Remember that tomorrow is the Grandparents breakfast in the cafeteria from 8:00 until 8:40ish. Thanks to those that sent the RSVP form so that our food workers will be prepared with enough breakfast. The PTA bookfair will also be open that morning.
Thanks for making time to visit with me this week. Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime with concerns or questions.
Happy October Reading!!
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