Snow on Oct. 26! Yikes! I sure hope it doesn't mean we are in for a snowy winter!!
I am looking forward to visiting with all of you at conferences Wednesday and Thursday! Please make sure to be on time on the Zoom as I have a lot to go over with you! I will be sending home your child's conference folder tomorrow so you can look it over before the conference. Please try to keep all of the papers in the order they are in. I will have the same order in my stack. :)
Spelling! A new list is coming home today with 6 sight words and 6 short i words. We will be working on short i pattern words the next two weeks. The test will be on Thursday, Nov. 5 instead of Friday due to a Professional Development/workday for grade cards on the 6th. The class did fabulous on the first test! Thank you for practicing so hard at home too!
Math--The first math test over addition came home last week. I feel like the class had a good understanding of the concept. We have begun subtraction. It is a little harder than addition to memorize. In first grade, our goal is to make sure they understand the concept and can use manipulatives to solve the problem. It's very helpful to learn the addition facts by memory to help learn the subtraction facts. You can make your own flashcards at home or buy some fairly cheap at Walmart. We have only focused on facts to 10 but will go to 20 later.
New Sight words: he, on (Please keep working on the first 25 at home if your child hasn't passed them! The list will be in their conference folder coming home)
We are having fun doing some pumpkin/Halloween activities this week! Today we did "Roll a Jack-o-lantern" where the kids rolled a dice to find out what their face pieces were to put on their JOL. They ended up with some silly faces! I will hang them up in the hall to enjoy for a while.
Halloween Parade--Hopefully we will still get to parade outside! Your child can wear their costume to school! Please dress warm under it. We will probably be wearing coats for the parade since we are walking all the way around the building. Our class will be with the first grade classes. The parade will begin at 9:05 in the school. The order will be 4th, 3rd, KDG, 5th, 1st, 2nd coming out of the south doors to the back parking lot. If the weather doesn't cooperate, we will not parade outside and no parents can come in. Sorry. We will have fun celebrating in our classroom!
Keep costumes school appropriate
Save the face paint, weapons, and hair coloring for trick-or-treating.
For safety, children must be able to clearly see through a mask.
We would love for families to join us during the parade! Since we have limited parking we highly encourage those that can, to walk to the school or carpool with other families. Also, please be mindful of the morning car loop. The back parking lot will be unavailable for parking until the car loop has ended, approximately 8:45 am. The front bus loop will also be blocked off entirely as we will parade through the loop.
Dismissal is at 12:10.
Snack: Please make sure your child's snack is prepackaged from the store. We are not supposed to bring snacks in our own baggies from home. Sorry.
Masks: Your child needs to bring a clean mask or two from home each day.
Coming Up!
Nov. 6: No School! PD/workday
Nov. 9. 2nd quarter begins
Nov. 19. Picture Retakes
Nov. 25-27. Thanksgiving Break
