First Grade Friday News - December 3

 

Chapel offerings during the second quarter will be collected to buy Christmas gifts for children in the foster care system in central Arkansas.  Our class has committed to buying gifts for two children.  We hope to collect $75 per child.  We have collected $58 so far!  Thank you for your generosity as we teach our children to share God’s love.

 Our class Christmas party will be on Friday, December 21, at 1:00.  Our room mothers are planning games and refreshments for the party.  All parents are welcome to attend.  For our gift exchange this year, each child should bring a wrapped gift ($5 value).  Boys should bring a boy gift and girls bring a girl gift.  The gift should be wrapped with a gift tag attached that indicates the name of the child bringing the gift.  These gifts should be brought to school any day before December 21.

First graders will now be expected to pass at least one AR test each week.  Children may take tests over school library books, books in our classroom, or books from home.  Children may take tests on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  Children who have not passed an AR test by Thursday, will be asked to read during noon recess.

            Dates to remember:

            Fri., Dec. 7                Book orders due

Thurs., Dec. 20          All school Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 21               Class Christmas party at 1:00

                                  Dismissal at 2:00

                                  End of semester

Dec. 22-Jan. 6           Christmas break

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  is, are, was, have, like, the, they, with, good, play, help, you

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Jesus is born

Reading skill:  Details

Math:  Addition facts, Writing number words

Language/Writing:  Nouns and adjectives, Topic sentences and details

Science/Social Studies:  Africa

Nature Club: Reindeer

 

 

Happy Birthday, Miss Guelzow!

All the students at CLS helped celebrate Miss Guelzow's birthday last week.  We sang "Happy Birthday" and watched her blow out her candles.  Then everyone got a piece of cake!

The First Thanksgiving

 First graders enjoyed learning about the first Thanksgiving.  We ended our unit of study by dressing as Pilgrims at lunch.  Our friends in kindergarten dressed as Native Americans.

First Grade Friday News - November 26

   

Chapel offerings during the second quarter will be collected to buy Christmas gifts for children in the foster care system in central Arkansas.  Our first grade class will buy gifts for two children. We hope to collect $75 per child.  We have $30 now, and only four weeks left to collect money.  You may send an offering any day – not just on chapel days.  Please continue to be generous as we teach our children to share God’s love.

Grandparents’ Day was a great success.  Children, teachers, and grandparents all enjoyed the day.

First graders will now be expected to pass at least one AR test each week.  Children may take tests over school library books, books in our classroom, or books from home.

Dates to remember:

Nov. 19-23            Thanksgiving break

Thurs., Dec. 20      All school Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 21           Class Christmas party

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  chip, chin, inch, itch, catch, match, wish, shop, how, many

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, David

Reading skill:  Setting

Math:  Odd and even numbers

Language/Writing:  Nouns and adjectives

Science/Social Studies:  Africa

Character Education: Citizenship

Nature Club: Planting bulbs

 

 

 

 

Fire Station Field Trip

 

We had a great field trip last week to the fire station.  We learned all about fire safety and got to practice getting out of a burning house.  We learned that sleeping with your door closed will help keep out smoke and that you should turn on your bedroom light to help the firefighters find you.  We got to see the bomb squad truck and learned that they use robots to check out bombs.  The firefighters showed us all their gear and even let us watch as they slid down the pole!

First Grade Friday News - November 12

 

 

Chapel offerings during the second quarter will be collected to buy Christmas gifts for children in the foster care system in central Arkansas.  Our first grade class will buy gifts for two children. We hope to collect $75 per child.  So far, we have $6, so we have a ways to go.  I will send home an offering envelope each Tuesday.  Of course, you may send an offering any day – not just on chapel days.  Please continue to be generous as we teach our children to share God’s love.

Grandparents’ Day is Wednesday, November 14.  We will begin with a special chapel at 10:00.  After chapel, we will eat lunch.  Then the children will have an opportunity to show their guests around our classroom and visit the book fair.  Children are invited to dress up for this day.  Children should wear school uniforms or nicer clothes.  No jeans, please.  Remember that we will still go outside to play, so choose clothing accordingly.

Dates to remember:

Mon., Nov. 12              PALS meeting and technology demonstrations, 6:30

Tues., Nov. 13             Book Fair tag day (Bring $1 and wear a sports team shirt to enter a drawing for free books.)

Wed., Nov. 14             Grandparents’ Day

Nov. 19-23                  Thanksgiving break

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  ship, shop, shot, wish, dish, dash, for, more, be, try

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Ruth, Samuel

Reading skill:  Details

Math:  Fractions

Language/Writing:  Nouns

Science/Social Studies:  Thanksgiving

Character Education: Citizenship

Nature Club: Special speaker on dental health (postponed from last week)

 

 

First Grade Friday News - November 5

 

Chapel offerings during the second quarter will be collected to buy Christmas gifts for children in the foster care system in central Arkansas.  I will send home an offering envelope each Tuesday.  Of course, you may send an offering any day – not just on chapel days.  Please continue to be generous as we teach our children to share God’s love.

Dates to remember:

Tues., Nov.6           Field trip to the fire station (We will leave school at 8:30 and return by 11:00.  Children should wear blue CLS t-shirts.)

Mon., Nov. 12         PALS meeting and technology demonstrations

Wed., Nov. 14        Grandparents’ Day

Nov. 19-23            Thanksgiving break

The week ahead:

Spelling words:  or, for, corn, cork, fork, more, hang, ring, two, from

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Joshua

Reading skill:  Character

Math:  Even numbers, Capacity of containers

Language/Writing:  Writing a sequence story

Science/Social Studies:  Safety

Character Education: Citizenship