First Grade Friday News - November 22

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We are off to a great start on our Christmas Giving Tree project.  Thank you for your generous offerings to buy gifts for children in the foster care system.  Our class is buying gifts for twin girls – 6 years old.  I have a list of gifts that these girls have asked for and we will also buy each one outfit and a pair of sneakers.  Since they are twins, we need to buy clothes and shoes that are similar, but perhaps in different colors.  If any of you would like to donate an item instead of sending money, please let me know.  I can tell you what specific items we need.  We have some things in the $5 range up to $30 or $40.  Just tell me how much you want to spend on the item you buy.  We can’t get them everything they want, but I would like to get each girl two or three gifts in addition to the clothes. 

Dates to remember:

Nov. 27, 28, 29         Thanksgiving break

Tues., Dec. 9             Choir trip to nursing home

Fri., Dec. 13               Field trip to Nutcracker performance (All children should wear CLS spirit shirts and bring a sack lunch.) (Let me know if you can drive.)

Wed., Dec. 18            No chapel

Thurs., Dec. 19          Children’s Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

                                    Dress rehearsal at 8:15 a.m.

Fri., Dec. 20              Classroom Christmas party at 2:00 (All parents are welcome.)

The week ahead:

Spelling words: quit, quick, quiz, whiz, which, when, arm, card, who, there

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Daniel

Reading skill:  Sequence

Math:  Dimes and pennies, Fractions

Language/Writing:  Nouns and adjectives

Social Studies:  Life Long Ago

• Students may only wear white long-sleeved shirts under their logo shirts.
• I am seeing many mistakes on math homework.  Please help your child with the instructions and check over their work.
• All students should take at least one AR test each week.  Please listen to your child read his or her AR book twice and discuss the story.

 

First Grade Friday News - November 15

We are off to a great start on our Christmas Giving Tree project.  Thank you for your generous offerings to buy gifts for children in the foster care system.  We will continue to collect money for this project through November and December.  Our class is buying gifts for twin girls – 6 years old.  I have a list of gifts that these girls have asked for and we will also buy each one outfit and a pair of sneakers.  Since they are twins, we need to buy clothes and shoes that are similar, but perhaps in different colors.  If any of you would like to donate an item instead of sending money, please let me know.  I can tell you what specific items we need.  We have some things in the $5 range up to $30 or $40.  Just tell me how much you want to spend on the item you buy.  We can’t get them everything they want, but I would like to get each girl two or three gifts in addition to the clothes. 

Shhh!  It’s a secret!  To celebrate Miss Guelzow’s November wedding, we are having a pantry shower.  Each student is asked to bring something to stock her pantry in her new home.  You may bring canned or boxed items or paper goods.  Please send these to school by November 15. 

Dates to remember:

Nov. 27, 28, 29          Thanksgiving break

Fri., Dec. 13                Field trip to Nutcracker performance (Let me know if you can drive.)

Wed., Dec. 18             No chapel

Thurs., Dec. 19           Children’s Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

                                    Dress rehearsal at 8:15 a.m.

Fri., Dec. 20               Classroom Christmas party at 2:00 (All parents are welcome.)

The week ahead:

Spelling words: far, farm, arm, art, cart, card, chin, inch, live, soon

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Solomon, Elijah

Reading skill:  Fiction and nonfiction

Math:  Addition and subtraction facts

Language/Writing:  Topic sentence and details

Social Studies:  The First Thanksgiving

Science:  Sun, moon, and stars

 

• Students may only wear white long-sleeved shirts under their logo shirts.
• I am seeing many mistakes on math homework.  Please help your child with the instructions and check over their work.
• All students should take at least one AR test each week.  Please listen to your child read his or her AR book twice and discuss the story.

 

 

Fall Farmers

We picked our sugar snap peas from the garden and ate them for a snack.  They were crunchy and delicious!  We checked our carrots, but they weren't quite big enough to eat yet.

Stop Drop and Roll

We learned all about fire safety on our field trip to the fire station.  Did you know that the ladder truck can squirt out 1000 gallons of water every minute?

First Grade Friday News - November 8

We are off to a great start on our Christmas Giving Tree project.  Thank you for your generous offerings to buy gifts for children in the foster care system.  We will continue to collect money for this project through November and December.

Shhh!  It’s a secret!  To celebrate Miss Guelzow’s November wedding, we are having a pantry shower.  Each student is asked to bring something to stock her pantry in her new home.  You may bring canned or boxed items or paper goods.  Please send these to school by November 13. 

Dates to remember:

Nov. 27,28, 29           Thanksgiving break

Wed., Dec. 18             No chapel

Thurs., Dec. 19           Children’s Christmas program at 6:30 p.m.

                                    Dress rehearsal at 8:15 a.m.

Fri., Dec. 20               Classroom Christmas party at 2:00 (All parents are welcome.)

The week ahead:

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

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, David

Reading skill:  Long vowel words

Math:  Telling time

Language/Writing:  Nouns

Social Studies:  Africa

Science:  Owls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bird Watchers

We are becoming bird watchers in first grade!  We have a bird feeder right outside our classroom window.  We have learned to identify several birds and hope that we will see many more different birds at our feeder this winter.

Red Ribbon Day

We are learning to say "NO" to drugs.   

First Grade Friday News - November 1

 

Hooray!  Our cafeteria repairs are finally finished.   Beginning Monday, we will use the gym parking lot for morning care, morning drop off and afternoon pick up. We are getting back to our normal routine!

Shhh!  It’s a secret!  To celebrate Miss Guelzow’s November wedding, we are having a pantry shower.  Each student is asked to bring something to stock her pantry in her new home.  You may bring canned or boxed items or paper goods.  Please send these to school by November 13. 

Dates to remember:

Nov. 4 - 8                    Book Fair

Tues., Nov. 5              PALS meeting at 6:30 (We will have a speaker who will talk about how you can help your child to be successful in school.)

Thurs., Nov. 7             Field trip to the fire station at 9:00

                                    (Children should wear blue CLS spirit shirts.)

The week ahead:

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

(Our spelling tests will now include a sentence dictation part.  Sentences will use words that are posted in our classroom or words that contain sounds that we have already learned.)

Religion:  The Ten Commandments, Hannah’s prayer

Reading skill:  Long vowel words

Math:  Counting dimes and pennies, Symmetry

Language/Writing:  Nouns

Social Studies:  Africa

Science:  Fire Safety