• Oct252009
    Pumpkins and Halloween Party

    POSTED AT 07:12 PM

    Now that our class is healthy - it's time for us to start learning about pumpkins. We each got a pumpkin after our trip to the apple orchard and we will be using them to learn this week.
    Parent volunteers have started coming in. We are so enjoying getting to know each other. 
    Friday is a very busy day for our classroom. At 10:30 we will have our Halloween party and parade. Thank you to Mrs. Pratt for organizing the fun and to all the room parents who are supplying the fun!!! Please have your child bring in their costumes in a separate bag. We will change into our costumes before the parade and then change back into our clothes for lunch. After all that fun, we have early dismissal. Children will start being dismissed at 1:15 (or whenever their buses or parents arrive). If you want to take your child home after our parade/party, I will have a sign out sheet in the classroom.
     
    We are learning:
    Reading: cause and effect, decoding strategies, prediction
    Writing: nouns and verbs, telling and asking sentences, publishing a book
    Phonics: ch, sh, e, k 
    Math:  2-D shapes - square, rectangle, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon, ellipse, circle (In first grade we call a diamond a rhombus and an oval is an ellipse.)
    Science: pumpkin life cycles, comparing apples and pumpkins, pumpkin activities
     
    Have a Boo-tiful week!

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    Oct192009
    Take 2 and Apple Orchard

    POSTED AT 06:25 PM

    We had a lot of absences last week (at least 7 students out each day). Due to this we will be learning what I had planned for last week. (With a third of the class out, we spent most of the week reviewing and using Study Island.)
     
    Please remember that we are going to the Apple Orchard on Thursday. If you have not sent in your $5.00 please do so ASAP. We will be going to the orchard in rain or in sunshine (Let's hope for the last one). Every child needs to bring in a bagged lunched for Thursday. (We might get back after lunch has occurred so we will be eating in our classrooms.)
     
    Mrs. Toburen, Mrs./Mr. Zemanski, Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Lane and Mrs./Mr. Taylor are our lucky parents who get to go the orchard with us.  (Please send in $4.00 to cover your cost of the trip). Thanks for volunteering to help us end our apple unit on such a fun note.
     
    Halloween parties are coming up soon. If you have any questions about costumes, please email me.  Reminder our Halloween party will take place on Friday, October 30 at 10:30ish with early dismissal occurring at 1:30.
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    Oct112009
    Conferences, Apple Orchard, and Fevers :(

    POSTED AT 08:12 PM

    I really enjoyed meeting with the parents who had conferences with me last week. I can't wait to meet with the rest of you this week. I love being able to show the progress your child has already made.
     
    Unfortunately, our classroom has been hit by illness, particularly fevers. If your child is not feeling well, please keep them home from school. Your child must be fever free (without medication) for 24 hours before they can return to school.
     
    You should have received the note about the apple orchard trip that we will be taking on October 22. If you would like to join us on the field trip, please send in your name by Monday, October 12. We can only have 6 chaperons per classroom. If we have more volunteers than 6, I will pull names from a hat. Each child needs to send in $5 to cover the cost of the field trip. Please send in your money in by Thursday, October 15.
     
    Reminder there is no school on Friday, October 16 and Monday, October 19. Enjoy the long weekend.
     
    This week we are learning:
    Reading: decoding strategies, summary
    Writing: editing our writing
    Phonics: ch, k, sh, e
    Math: patterns, addition and subtraction
    Social Studies: Columbus
    Science: Apple Review and test
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    Oct042009
    Applesauce and Conferences

    POSTED AT 07:40 PM

    Conferences begin this week. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress. (Yes they have made progress already this year.) I hope you will share with me one goal that you would like to see your child accomplish this year at school.
    I apologize for not getting the parent volunteer schedule up and running yet. I know that I originally said volunteers would start in late September - I held off because we were taking longer to adjust to our all day schedule especially the afternoons, which is when most of you wanted to come in. Volunteers will start after conferences have ended. Please check the schedule to make sure it works with you. If not, please let me know so that we can find a time that will work for us both.

    This week we will be cooking! It is a great way to teach states of matter. (solid, liquid, gas) We are still learning about apples and will cook our apples.
     
    Reading: small group reading, sequence, retelling
    Writing: writing workshop, sentences, finger tapping
    Phonics: s, ch, b, f, k
    Math: addition and subtraction math games
    Science: states of matter
     
    Happy cooking!

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