Thanks to all of you who supported your child in our school's jog a thon. It is a great school event that is always a hit!

Language Arts: For the next two weeks, the students in the upper grades are doing state testing so we will not be having RTI classes. We will not be reading any new stories from Houghton Mifflin for the next two weeks and instead will use other reading sources to continue work with grammar, phonics and other language arts skills.

Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the ocean. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.

Math: We will continue work learning the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour as telling time seems to be a difficult concept to grasp.

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and our performance will be the evening of May 23rd. When I know more details, I will pass them along.

Homework Logs:  Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities

Friday this week is our annual Jog a Thon so please help your child remember to wear the right shoes and clothes.

Language Arts: This week we will read a story called The Surprise Family. It is a fun story about  a chick who is very surprised to find out who his family is. This story will open up lots of opportunities for us to talk about the sequencing of a story and how the author uses tons of details in telling the story. Our strategy focus is questioning along with compare and contrast.

Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the rain forest. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour using those old fashioned wrist watches and round clocks.

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.

Homework Logs:  Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities

Encouraging Independence: Can you believe that you almost have a second grader?! We are so close to the end of first grade now that this is a perfect time for you to help your child to spread his/her wings and INDEPENDENTLY pack his/her school supplies. As a parent, you can help your child each night by making sure he/she has checked that his/her backpack, supplies, snack and lunch is all set for the following school day.

Language Arts: This week we will read a story called The New Friend. It is a darling story about a family from Japan that moves into the neighborhood. This story will open up lots of opportunities for us to talk about how to welcome others and make them feel included. Our strategy focus is evaluating and our comprehension strategy is story structure (plot, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution).

Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the forest. This week would be a great time to take a family walk in our local forest exploring all the plants and observing all animals. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 22 which focuses on telling time to the hour and half hour. It is time to get out those old fashioned wrist watches and round clocks so your child will have many opportunities to tell time using the same kind of clocks that we will be using here at school.

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.

Homework Logs:  Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities

Welcome back to school. I hope you had a wonderful vacation and are ready the 

third trimester. 44 days left of first grade! Crazy how fast this year went!


Language Arts: We are reading a charming story called When I Am Old With You. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying while the comprehension strategy is noting details. Please work with these strategies as you enjoy reading with your child nightly.

Science:We are starting our habitat unit by exploring the desert. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat.

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 19 which focuses on inverse operations, fact families.  The kids love working with fact families because we talk about not letting any "strangers into the family!"

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.

Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities

Posted by Lea Robinson at 2:36 PM

Our field trip to AHS was fun and the students learned a lot about what they have to look forward to when they reach high school! It isn't that far off!

NEEDS: AA batteries, tissue boxes, decks of playing cards and a Dominoe Game,

Language Arts: This week's story is called Johnny Appleseed and is a non fiction story about the life of John Chapman.   This story gives us the opportunity to learn about predicting, inferring and drawing conclusions. Please practice these stategies at home too.

Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 21 which focuses on the value of coins. Great opportunity to empty your coin jars and purses at home to practice adding coins.

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.

Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities

 Happy March! We are enjoying reading about St. Patrick's Day and are very excited to make our own leprechaun traps. We are hoping that maybe this will be the year we really CATCH ONE! Please help your child remember to bring his/her trap on Friday, March 15th. We will set them as we leave Friday in hopes of catching one of those wee little men!

Special Visitor: Author Matthew Beasley came to talk to us about writing books and shared his book, "Birds of a Different Feather". He was engaging and informative. Check him out at http://www.matthewbeasleywrites.com/  

Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th,  during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class. 

Language Arts: This week's story is called The Butterfly and is a non fiction story about the stages of a butterfly's life.  This story gives us the opportunity to learn about topic, main idea, details and summarizing a story.

Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 18 which focuses on subtraction strategies, subtracting doubles, doubles minus one and subtracting from 20.

Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.

Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.

 Happy March! Can't wait to see all of you at our school auction!

Classroom Needs:
Paper towels
Large and small Zip lock baggies

Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th,  during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class. 

Language Arts: This week's story is called The Forest and is a non fiction story about a class field trip to a forest. This story gives us the opportunity to learn about root words and their endings along with practicing summarizing.

Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.

Social Studies: We finished our unit on Famous Americans and learned how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We put all of our writing into a book called Famous Americans and took it home. Enjoy hearing your child read his/her writing to you. Wait until you see who the last famous American is in the book!

Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 17 which focuses on addition strategies, adding doubles, doubles plus one and adding on from 10.

Choir: We are looking forward to our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we do about the upcoming performance.

Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.

Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.