October 15-19

I am very sad.  I had the wrong dates and  this will be Ms. Yurek's last week in our classroom.  She has done an amazing job in first grade and we wish her the best as she transitions into a 4th grade class.  I have encouraged the students to write letters or make cards that we could present her with on Friday.  We will celebrate her time with us on Friday the 19th with a class party.  If you would like to include a note of encouragement, I know it would mean a lot to her.

We have a lady bringing in an owl and hawk from the Birds of Prey on Wednesday.  This is always and exciting day for the children.  We will be learning facts about owls, creating a pastel art drawing, writing what we have learned and disecting owl pellets this week. 

We have completed our 2nd Unit in reading.  I will be sending home ALL of their books off their bookring this week.  If your child has brought in a shoebox, they will decorate it to keep their books in at home.  This will be their "Shoebox Library".  I encourage you to keep all the books at the end of each unit to review.  This gives them books that they can read independently.  When we complete a unit, I will send home the books rubber banded together.

Our math skills for the remainder of this quarter is still focusing on counting to 120, reading and writing the numbers and identifying greater and less than numbers.  We are also focusing on all the combinations that make 10 and problem solving.

Don't forget to mark your calendars for Parent Teacher Conferences October 24th and 25th.  I only have 15 minutes with each family to review your child's progress.  Please respect other families by being on time and prepared with any questions you may have.  If we need more time to cover any specific concerns, we may need to schedule another conference time.  There will be no school on Friday, October 26th.

Our Halloween Party will be on Wednesday, October 31st. I will allow the children to change into their costumes after PE (1:00)  we will begin around 1:15.  Please let me know if you would like to help with the food and games.