Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving 1st grade families! It is such a privilege to partner with you in your child's education. Thank you for sharing your amazing scholars with me!

I will be out of the classroom on Monday for some family events, but will be back Tuesday. We don't have homework this week so you can fully enjoy your vacation with your scholar. Make sure you're still reading over break though :)

Remember our holiday music program is coming up on Thursday, December 5 from 6pm-7pm. It's going to be a fantastic performance so please make every effort to attend! Attendance is also included in your scholar's grade, so it's important that your child is there, plus it will be a great show :)

Enjoy your holidays with friends and family!

So Much To Be Thankful For

1st Grade Updates

It's going to be another great week in 1st grade. This week we are thinking a lot about WHY we are in school and how the goals we set in 1st grade help us achieve our dreams later on. Ask your scholars how they helped their brains grow at school.

FAST Phonics: We are continuing to work with the hungry rule to  learn about long consonant spellings. We know that when a word has one syllable (one tap word) with a short vowel sound in the middle, we use the long consonant spelling. Ex: cuff, will

Writing: We are writing informational books that can TEACH our readers. It's so exciting to be non-fiction authors writing about topics we are experts about.

Reading: We are starting our non-fiction unit this week and learning all about books that are written to teach us. Our reading and writing workshops work together so well and will help your scholars learn how to make strong connections between reading and writing.

Math: We are continuing to practice addition and subtraction strategies this week. We are working on determining the best strategies to use and defending our decisions with logical reasons.

Thank you so much for your support! As always, if you have ANY questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time. Have a fantastic week!

Happy November!

We had SO much fun in 1st grade this past week :)

We celebrated Halloween by dressing up, and spending the day doing autumn crafts and eating delicious (and sugary!) treats.

On Friday, we had a pumpkin taste test. We tasted pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin puree, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin butter. YUM! Pumpkin ice cream was our class favorite :)

I will be at a conference Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I will miss our scholars SO much, but will be learning new things to bring back to our classroom next Monday. As always, please feel free to contact me with ANY questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!

Another Exciting Week of Learning!

Whew! What an exciting week full of great learning opportunities. We had SO much fun at the pumpkin patch getting an opportunity to see what we've been learning about in science first hand.

Next week we will be celebrating fall with a celebration on Thursday. Your scholar can come to school in costume as we celebrate. Please make sure your scholar's costume is appropriate for school- no masks or fake blood please. I'm looking forward to celebrating as a team :)

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Picking the perfect pumpkins

100%!!

A HUGE shout out to all of our amazing 1st grade families for helping our team reach our goal of having 100% family participation during parent teacher conferences! It was so great to talk with each one of you about your scholar's work thus far in 1st grade and to work together to plan how we can continue to help your scholar grow and achieve. THANK YOU!!!!!

This Friday we are going to the pumpkin patch! Make sure your child's permission slip and $6 are turned in by Monday, October 21. On Friday, make sure your child has a comfy pair of walking shoes on and a jacket if the weather looks chilly.

Spirit Week was so much fun! It was exciting to see our scholars excited about reading and eagerly sharing their enthusiasm with those around them.

Pajama Day!

                                                                        

Dress Up Day!

                                                                     

Crazy Hat Day!

Busy Week Ahead!

Whew! This week is FULL of fun things so make sure to check your scholar's FALCON folder everyday for updates.

Spirit Week:

We are celebrating all things reading this week with a different theme each day.

Monday- Curl up with a good book and wear your pajamas to school

Tuesday- Dress up for success and wear your nice clothes to school

Wednesday- We are crazy about reading! Wear your crazy socks to school

Thursday- Hats off to reading! Wear a hat to school

Friday- NO SCHOOL

Book Fair: 

We have SO many amazing books for sale at our book fair this week. Your scholar can preview the book fair on Tuesday and you can shop during Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.

Parent Teacher Conferences:

Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday and Thursday! Our goal is 100% family participation! Check your child's FALCON folder for your scheduled time.

No School Friday:

There is no school Friday for teacher professional development.

Our Reading Picnic at Loose Park

We are SO lucky to have volunteer readers come read to us every Thursday from Lead to Read!