10/28

 Hello Families!

We had an awesome assembly this morning! I am so proud of our students!

Parent Action Items:

1. Please assist your student in finding a costume for Monday! It will be Dress like Your Favorite Book Character Day! I would love if you could bring the book that is associated with your student's costume BUT if you don't own it, its OK! Your student can choose not to participate. See the information below for more!
2. October Homework is due on MONDAY 10/31 and it is EARLY RELEASE (1:30)!
3. November homework will come home on Tuesday, November 1st and will be due on November 30th.

Important Dates:

• Oct. 31st Early Release at 1:30 pm
• Dress like Your Favorite Book Character Day! *See below for more info
• November 21-25 NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break
• November 30th: Homework Due
• December 23rd HALF DAY - no lunch provided

If you are going to be out of town or have a pre-planned absences please let me know ASAP. 

Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day (OCT 31):

Help your child find a book with their favorite character and come up with a costume to wear. It cannot be scary and It HAS to be a book character! Students do not have to participate but they will need to be in uniform if they do not. Some good ideas might be: No! David!, Clifford, Skippy Jon Jones, Dr. Seuss, Madeline, etc… Be creative. Search Google and Pinterest...there are lots of ideas! We can’t wait to see all of our cuties dressed up! Thank you for all of your support! 

*Be sure your costume is school appropriate in length and has sleeves.  Please refrain from hats, costume masks, and face paint.  Nothing gory or obscene. Inappropriate costumes will be sent home. 

Academics:

Moral Focus: We will be focusing on Gratitude. Gratitude is noticing when someone is nice to you.

Phonics: We will be working on blends -nk and -ng. These are mostly found at the end of a word. For example, sink, ring, think, and sing.

Read aloud: We will be working on identify the narrator. This helps readers understand who is telling the story and why they are telling it.

Math: We will be exploring adding doubles. This is a good skill to master because it help students add more complicated equations later. If I know 5+5= 10 then that information can assist me when I see a problem of 5+6=__.

Science: We are moving to our sound and light unit. We will be exploring sound first! We will talk about rhythm, tempo, and pitch!

10/21

 Hello Families!

Parent Action Item:

1. Please review general school expectations and please remind your student to charge their Chromebook.
2. LABEL ALL sweaters, pullovers, jackets, parkas, scarves, hats, mittens, gloves, and snow boots. You would be surprised how fast cold weather comes and the things I have seen get lost over the years. PLEASE LABEL!

Important Dates:

• Oct 28th First Grade Assembly
• Oct. 31st Early Release at 1:30 pm
• Dress like Your Favorite Book Character Day! *See below for more info
• November 21-25 NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break
• December 23rd HALF DAY - no lunch provided

If you are going to be out of town or have a pre-planned absences please let me know ASAP. 

Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day (OCT 31):

Help your child find a book with their favorite character and come up with a costume to wear. It cannot be scary and It HAS to be a book character! Students do not have to participate but they will need to be in uniform if they do not. Some good ideas might be: No! David!, Clifford, Skippy Jon Jones, Dr. Seuss, Madeline, etc… Be creative. Search Google and Pinterest...there are lots of ideas! We can’t wait to see all of our cuties dressed up! Thank you for all of your support! 

*Be sure your costume is school appropriate in length and has sleeves.  Please refrain from hats, costume masks, and face paint.  Nothing gory or obscene. Inappropriate costumes will be sent home. 

Academics:

Moral Focus: Respect: Treating people and things with care. We will explore how to do this at home.

Phonics: We will continue to work with diagraphs, which are two letters that make one new sound. We have already discussed sh and th. Next week we will look at ch and wh. Students will also be introduced to -tch which is a trigraph, 3 letters that make one sound.

Comprehension: We have been identifying the problems in stories and now we are going to work on identifying the solution in a story.

Math: We are going to continue to work on adding and subtracting within 25. We will be using dominoes as supports.

Science: We are going to continue our engineering unit. We will be looking at the parts and purposes of those parts of a backpack. At the end of the week we will redesign a backpack!

10/12

 Hello Families!

Have a wonderful long weekend! Don't forget to charge those Chromebooks over the weekend! Below are some important dates to mark in your calendar!

Important Dates:

• No School Oct 13
• No School Oct 14
• No School Oct 17
• Early Release on Oct 31 @ 1:30 PM
• Dress Like your Favorite Book Character Day!
• No School Nov. 21-25 (Thanksgiving Break)

10/7

 Hello!

Parent Action Items:

1. Please remind your students to charge their computer and ask them about their headphones. It is imperative that your student has these things DAILY. Also please leave all toys at home. Students have a pencils at school so plastic/ mechanic pencils can stay at home as well.
2. October Homework: I have sent every student home with an October calendar, Scholastic magazines, and Math Home Connections workbook. Yesterday, I found October homework on the floor with no name on it. No students claimed it. Please double check that your student came home with their homework. If you are missing it please email me.
3. Book fair:  It will be open Oct. 10-12. Our class will sign up for a time slot to go shopping during the day. The book fair is also open during conferences. To help make shopping easier you can click the link https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/lmreads to create an Ewallet. This makes the process smoother. If you plan on letting your student shop please fill out this survey so I know how much they are spending and to help keep them in budget. Book Fair Survey
4. Conferences: This is a great way to check in on how your student is doing. I have a class of 30 students and have provided time slots for 30. Each student gets one conference. These meetings will be held in person in my classroom so please be here on time (or even a little early) so I can stay on schedule. Click HERE for the link and please enter your name and comment with your child's name. Please mark this in your personal calendar as well.

Important Dates:

• October 13th NO SCHOOL
• October 14th NO SCHOOL
• October 17th NO SCHOOL
• October 31st Early Release! 1:30 pm pick up, lunch is provided.
• October homework due!
• Dress like your Favorite Book Character day! *more information to come

Academics:

Since it is a very short week we will be reviewing in all subject areas!

Moral Focus: We will be review respect. The definition is treating people and things around you with care.

Phonics: They will review short vowels and consonant blends!

Comprehension: We will review retelling with characters, setting, and identifying the problem.

Math: We will review addition and subtraction within 10 and 20.

Social Studies: We will talk about how to be a responsible citizens online.