Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Good afternoon!

DAILY REMINDERS:

• Homework: Math worksheet--addition facts practice.  Please encourage your child to get in the habit of putting their finished homework inside their take home folder as soon as they complete it.  I have several students that forget their homework and say, "My mom/dad forgot to put it in my folder".  I remind them that it is their responsibility, not mom or dad's.  THANK YOU for your help and support with this at home!  You will be so glad they do this on their own when they are older!! (:
• FIELD TRIP TO POWELL HALL TOMORROW!  Please remind your child not to wear jeans to school for this trip.  If you have not turned in your field trip money ($8 covers cost of bus and concert), please send it tomorrow.  Thank you!
• We are going to the Crestwood Fire House next Wednesday, October 17.  Be on the "look out" for another permission slip in your son or daughter's folder this week.  Good news...this trip is FREE!! (:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Friday, Oct. 19:  Half Day--Dismissal at 11:50--NO LUNCH SERVED
• Thursday, October 25:  After school Inflatables for for first graders
• Monday, October 29 and Thursday, November 1: Parent/Teacher conferences 3:30-7:30
• Wed, Oct. 31:  Fall parade @ 1:30 and Party @ 2:00
• Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5/6:  NO SCHOOL--Conference Comp Day/Election Day
• Thurs., Nov. 8:  PTO Meeting
• Fri., Nov. 9:  Veteran's Day Assembly @ 9:30
• Mon., Nov. 12:  Fundraiser orders due
• Wed., Nov. 14:  Early Dismissal Day/Show and Tell (1:20 ELL/1:40 )
• November 21-23:  Thanksgiving Holiday

Diary of a First Grader:

• Shared Reading:  We read Pumpkin, Pumpkin again and reviewed the vocabulary words from yesterday and discussed words with the short i sound.  We then highlighted the short i words in the text.
• Writing:  I asked your first grader to write a story about a time they have done something fun with their family.  I use this writing piece as an end of the quarter writing assessment and score it using a writing rubric.  I will share this piece with you at your conference in a couple weeks.
• Daily 5/Guided Reading:  We are very engaged at our Daily 5 Centers and making good progress in our reading groups.
• Math:  We reviewed the solid figures we learned about yesterday and learned about the faces, vertex and vertices on these solid figures.  Ask your first grader to explain face, vertex, and vertices to you.  You can show them a box of cereal, and they should be able to identify the faces and vertices on the box. 
• Science:  We learned about our last season of the year--WINTER!  We discussed what happens to the weather, the plants, people, and animals during this season.  If time allows, we will be taking a test tomorrow over the seasons.

Sorry for this lengthy post, but I wanted to share the upcoming events with you, so you can mark your calendars.  I will also include these in next month's calendar!  Have a great evening!