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

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Grade Friday News - October 25

 

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:

Fri., Oct. 25               Tag Day (Bring $1 for the privilege of dressing out of uniform.)

Thurs., Oct. 31           Red Ribbon Day (drug-free education)

Thurs., Nov. 7             Field trip to the fire station at 9:00 – Please email me if you can drive.

The week ahead:

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

(Our spelling tests will now include 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, Martin Luther

Reading skill:  Cause and Effect

Math:  Subtraction

Language/Writing:  Nouns

Social Studies:  Europe, Germany

Science:  Drug Education

 

 

 

 

 

First Grade Friday News - October 18

 

Our math lessons are getting longer and some children may not finish all of the “A” side at school.  If I have not written “OK” on the top of the page, it means that there was not time for me to check it.  Please make sure that both sides of the math page are completed and checked before returning the page to school. 

Dates to remember:

Mon., Oct. 21              No school

Thurs., Oct. 24          Reading through the seasons – Notes were sent home with details about that evening.  Come and enjoy fun activities around our campus.

Fri., Oct. 25               Tag Day (Bring $1 for the privilege of dressing out of uniform.)

Thurs., Oct. 31           Red Ribbon Day (drug-free education)

Thurs., Nov. 7             Field trip to the fire station at 9:00 – We need drivers.  Please email me if you can drive.

The week ahead:

Spelling words: sing, sang, hang, rang, ring, bring, us, must, your, when (Our spelling tests will now include 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, Jericho

Reading skill:  Predictions

Math:  Subtraction

Language/Writing:  Nouns

Social Studies:  Europe, Germany

Science:  Pumpkins

 

 

 

 

Harvesting Our Garden

We are already enjoying some of the vegetables that we planted in our garden.  We picked enough lettuce and radishes so that everyone could have a taste.  Those radishes were spicy!
Mrs. McGilvray helped us make pesto from the basil that is growing in the garden.  It was easy to make and very yummy.