Week of August 22-26

From the Foundation:
Do you want to see Mrs. Hallmark and Mr. Cohen be on the roof top?  Or maybe KISS A PIG! or even get taped to a wall?  You can and will if we make our Foundation goals.  Please consider donating to our Foundation.  Any amount is welcomed and it's for a great cause.  One of the biggest benefits from Foundation is our Science Lab and Mrs. Knobbe and you know how much your child LOVES the Science Lab.  Deadly for donations is September 9th. Thank you!

This week!
In Math, we will be starting our unit on Place Value.  Students will begin by creating groups of tens and then begin their work with base ten blocks.  In Language Arts, we will be focusing on R Blends during phonics. Throughout the week we will continue to practice our Read to Self stamina and Read to Someone stamina goals.  We are currently at 17 minutes for Read to Self and 10 minutes for Read to Someone.  During Science we are continuing our unit on Weather and we will visit  the Science Lab on Tuesday.  Wednesday is Media Center and the class will have the opportunity to check out another book. Ms. McCoy will also be teaching a technology lesson  Please remember to have your child bring their book back so they can check out a new one.  Friday, Mrs. Binzer will be coming into our class to teach another Guidance lesson and the children will also be visiting the Light Bulb Lab with Mrs. Schwartz. It's going to be a fabulous fourth week in first grade!



Parents please remember to sign your child's agenda each night.  This is so that I know you are aware of your child's behavior in our classroom and throughout the school.  Thank you so much!

Important Dates:

Fri. Aug. 26 - FBI Breakfast at 7:15am Dad's come have breakfast with your child and stay for the meeting.
Thurs. Sept. 1 - Chick-Fil-A Night 5-8pm Come out and support our school.
Mon. Sept. 5 - Labor Day - No School
Wed. Sept. 7 - Brewster's Spirit Night -   4-7pm
Thurs. Sept. 8 - Grandparent's Breakfast Grades 3, 4, and 5
Fri. Sept. 9 - Grandparent's Breakfast Grades K, 1, and 2

Tuesday, Sept. 13-15: CoGat (please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and is at school on time)

Friday, Sept 16: Sparkles Night

Friday, Sept 23: FBI Breakfast at 7:15 am Dad's come have breakfast with your child and stay for the meeting. S

September 26 -30: Fall Break 

Reminders about Homework:

1.They should be doing a Spelling Activity each night.  Rather than mark it on the Menu sheet have them write the activity done next to their work

2. Please make sure they are doing their homework in pencil unless it is part of the Spelling Activity

3.  Encourage them to use as much as one page as possible.  Neatly of course :)  We need the notebook to last as long as possible.

4. The Spelling words will be listed on my Blog each week as well as at the top of the weekly mathematics page. 

Everyone did a great job with homework this week!  Many students' did the entire mathematics page and I was very impressed!