If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. -John Dewey

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Week of December 2nd - 6th


I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving!!
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We are learning sounds and blends. Please review the class work with your child each night. 
November Reading Calendars: DUE tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3rd. A pizza hut coupon will be given to those who bring it back tomorrow, no later.
Spelling: Our speling lists are going to look a little different. We will still have the practice test on Thursday, and the real test on Friday. Those who get 100% on the practice test will not have to test on Friday. They will get to play games. List #13 is enclosed.
Math: We will finish Topic 5 this week. Please keep reviewing and returning homework each night.
YPP: Our class goal is to earn 100 “green dots” on YPP by February 15th to receive a Cupcake Party. This week we have earned 80 green dots. These green dots can also go away, so the students know to keep trying their hardest each time they go to the computer lab.

12 Days of Christmas:  This will start on the 4th. We still need a few people to sign up to fill in for our 12 days. If we do not get 12, we won’t be able to do it. If you have not received a sign up sheet and would like to participate, please let me know. I have tried to divvy out the asking so that no one feels overwhelmed.
Thank you, and have a good week!
      Mrs. Stevenett 

Pancake Feast

Thank you Camilla for your help! Thank you to those who brought items. The kids had a blast!








Sunday, November 24, 2013

Week of November 25th - 29th

 

Here is what is happening this week:

-We will learn and read about Pilgram children and why we celebrate Thanksgiving.

-We will do a math lesson Monday and Thanksgiving math on Tuesday.

Spelling: No spelling test this week. From now on if a student gets 100% on the practice test (Thursdays) then he/she will not have to take the test again on Fridays. He/she will be able to play games during the test.

 

The First Grade Pancake Feast is Tuesday, November 26th – we will be eating pancakes and watching a Thanksgiving movie. THANK YOU to all those who donated and brought items for our feast.



Have a very Happy Thanksging!!!

Friday, November 15, 2013

Week of November 18th - 22nd


Remember to bring your Christmas bag back by FRIDAY for the 12 days of Christmas! It needs to be no bigger than a 8” x 11”.

Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be learning about helping verbs and plural/possessive nouns.
Spelling: List #8 is enclosed.
Math: We have started Topic 5 so please watch for homework. 
YPP: Our class goal is to earn 100 “green dots” on YPP by February 15th to receive a Cupcake Party. This week we have earned 63 green dots.
Math Workshops: We started math workshops today. Every day, half of the class will go out to the computer lab and work on YPP and the other half will stay with me to work on whatever it is that we need to focus on or need more work with. This will give me a chance to work explicitly with each kid every day in math.
Thank you, and have a good week!

Dates to Remember: 
11/26 Picture Make-Up Day 
11/26 Pancake Feast 10 am – everything this day will be Thanksgiving!
11/27-29 Thanksgiving Break

Birthdays
Mrs. Mitchell 19th 

Monday, November 11, 2013

Week of November 11th - 15th


Book Orders are due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 12th. Please order online from now on or pay with a check.

* I still have one book that has not been claimed, if you have previously ordered a book and have not received it, please write me a note or email me.

Keep bringing back box tops! We are so close to 1st!

Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will learn the letter Y and then will review the alphabet. Check out our “Angry Verbs” on the blog!
We are starting RIT Band groups on Friday. These groups will be every Friday. The groups are based on NWEA test scores in each reading category. Your student may be rotating to a different class during reading workshop time. This will give students the explicit instruction he/she needs in that specific category that he/she may have been low in. Let me know if you have any questions concerning this.
Spelling: List #7 is enclosed.
Math: We are finishing Topic 4 and will test this week.
YPP: Our class goal is to earn 100 “green dots” on YPP by February 15th to receive a Cupcake Party. This week we have received 48 green dots.
Thank you, and have a good week!

Dates to Remember:                           Birthdays
11/14 SSHS Play Assembly 2 PM                                                Rubi Terrazas 9th
11/26 Picture Make-Up Day                                                     Kyle Bettfreund 17th
11/27-29 Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Week of Nov. 4th - 11th

Book Orders are due Tuesday, November 12th.

*If you have previously ordered a book and have not received it, please write me a note or email me the name of your book. I still have a few that haven’t been claimed. Please order online from now on or pay with a check.

Remember to turn in Box Tops so that we can get back to 1st place in the box top race.

Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working with adjectives and compound words.  
Baggie Books: Remember to return these every single day so that the take-home library teacher can check it in.
Reading Calendars: DUE Tuesday, November 5th. A pizza hut coupon will be given to those who bring it back tomorrow, no later.
Spelling: List #6 is enclosed. We will practice test on Thursday and take the spelling test on Friday.   
Math: We are still in Topic 4. Remember to work with your child on the math homework and they should turn it in each day.
Math Timings: Please remember to work with your child every night on his/her timings. We were able to make our goal of 21 students being able to write to 100, so we had a Pixie Party on Wednesday. Our next class goal is to be on our pink timings by December.
YPP: Our class goal is to earn 100 “green dots” on YPP by February 15th to receive a Cupcake Party. This week we have received 30 green dots.

Thank you to all those who helped with our Halloween party – it turned out great and the kids had a blast!
Thank you, and have a good week!
Dates to Remember:
11/14 SSHS Play Assembly
11/26 Picture Make-Up Day
11/27-29 Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Angry Verbs

We have been learning a lot about action verbs - today we did an activity with "Angry Verbs"!

The kids loved it!!