Holiday Breakfast

This Friday will be our annual first grade holiday breakfast.  This is a time for students to enjoy eating breakfast together while also making a gift for their families.  Since we want to keep that gift a surprise, this holiday event will be for students only.  However, I am hoping that you will be able to donate one of the breakfast foods that were listed on the note that was sent home.  I am sure that the students will have so much fun!

This Wednesday is a full day of school. Please remember to send athletic shoes with your child on Monday and Thursday for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back Thursday.  Happy Holidays to all of you, and I will see you and your student in the new year!

Holiday Shop

This Friday your child will have the opportunity to attend the holiday shop.  Last week, you received information and an envelope for the holiday shop.  If you would like your child to attend the holiday shop, please fill out the envelope and place your child's money into the envelope.  Only students with envelopes will be attending the holiday shop.   Students not attending the holiday shop, will stay with me  in the classroom to continue our learning.  Envelopes should be turned in no later than Friday morning. 

This Wednesday is an early release day.  The students will be dismissed at 1:50 pm.  Please remember to have your child wear athletic shoes on Monday and Wednesday for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back Thursday.

Winter Walk-Through

This Friday is our annual Winter Walk-Through.  In preparation for our Winter Walk-Through, your child received a gingerbread man to decorate on the Friday before Thanksgiving break.  I hope that you had a chance to be creative as a family and decorate your child's gingerbread man in a unique way.  Please make sure to send your child's gingerbread man in as soon as possible.  I will be displaying them for the Winter Walk-Through.  If your child was absent, he or she will be bringing home his or her gingerbread man on Monday.

This Wednesday is an early release day.  The students will be dismissed at 1:50 pm.  Please remember to have your child wear athletic shoes on Monday and Thursday for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back Thursday. This Thursday is Kindness Club.  The students will meet at 3:45 pm in the library and will be dismissed at 4:45 pm.

Winter Attire

As the colder weather continues, please make sure that your child has the appropriate winter attire to play outside at recess.  Students are required to go outside for recess unless a parent can provide a doctor's note.  Students should have snow pants, boots, a warm coat, a hat, and insulated gloves.  In addition, please make sure to send shoes for your child.  Our boots are kept outside of our classroom to keep our tile floor from becoming slippery.  This can only happen if students have shoes to wear so that they can change out of their boots.  If you are unable to provide boots for your child, please email me.  I will provide a resource for you to use to get boots for your child. 

Changing into and out of winter gear can be a challenge for first graders.  Practicing at home can help with this.  We practice in the classroom every day, but some students may require more practice at home.  Have your child practice putting on his or her snow gear.  This will help them to become more skilled and take less time during our school day changing in and out of snow gear.  Thank you for your support with this skill.

This Wednesday is a full day of school.  Please remember to send your child with athletic shoes on Monday and Thursday for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back Thursday.

Report Cards

On Friday, your child will be bringing home his or her first report card of first grade.  Please read over your child's report card carefully.  Report cards are scored on a progression learning scale.  Many students will be receiving 1's and 2's for their first report card.  These numbers reflect our continual learning in each subject.  A score of 3 would reflect that your child has already met the end of the year goal.   If you have any questions regarding your child's report card, please do not hesitate to email or call me. 

This Wednesday is an early release day.  The students will be dismissed at 1:50 pm.  Please remember to have your child wear athletic shoes on Monday and Thursday of this week for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back Thursday.

Field Trip

This Friday is our Field Trip to the Sea Life Aquarium.  If you have not turned in your child's permission slip and money, please do so as soon as possible.  Any students without a signed permission slip and money, will be staying back in a  second grade classroom for our field trip.  If you are planning to chaperone, please make sure to have an additional $10 in cash on Friday if you have not payed already.  We will need this money before we leave.  At this point, we are planning on having enough space for all chaperones to ride the bus.  However, the bus garage has not officially given us the numbers for the amount of children and parents that can fit on two buses.  With over thirty chaperones attending, there is still a chance that some chaperones will need to drive separately.  At this point, the students will be eating lunch on the bus.  If this changes, I will let you know.  Please make sure that your child has a cold lunch on this day.  Lunches that can be completely thrown away are best so that no lunch boxes are left behind.  We will be leaving the school promptly at 8:45 am.  Please make sure that your child is to school on time. 

This Wednesday is an early release day.  The students will be dismissed at 1:50 pm.  Our spelling test will occur on Thursday of this week due to the field trip on Friday.  Please make sure to have your child wear athletic shoes on Monday and Thursday of this week for Kinetics.  Library books should be returned on Wednesday and are due back on Thursday. Kindness Club is this Thursday from 3:45-4:45 pm.

Halloween Party

On Thursday of this week, we will be having our Halloween Party in the afternoon.  The Halloween Parade will begin at 2:00 pm and our Halloween Party will be shortly after the parade at 2:30 pm.  I sent home a note regarding the party last week in your child's binder.  If you have not done so, please consider bringing one of the listed snacks.  In regards to costumes, please make sure that your child does not wear his or her costume to school.  We will be changing into our costumes shortly before the parade.  Please leave masks, face paint, and play weapons of any sort at home.  At our Halloween Party, we will be eating some snacks and playing Halloween Bingo.  The party will end at 3:00 pm so that the students can attend recess. 

If you have not done so already, please send in your child's field trip permission slip and money by Friday of this week.  Any student without a signed permission slip, will be staying at school in a second grade classroom while we are gone.  We are hoping that we will not need to leave any student behind.

This Wednesday is an early release day.  The students will be dismissed at 1:50 pm.  Our library time has been moved to Wednesday of this week because of our Halloween Party.  Please remember to have your child wear his or her athletic shoes on Monday and Thursday of this week.