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Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful winter break! Here is an overview of this week in first grade:
 
  • Homework: 3 assignments on Seesaw this week. All due on Friday! There is a comparing numbers activity, a George Washington Carver assignment, and a healthy teeth activity in honor of dental health month. Please practice reading and spelling red words and read from the blue folder each night!  
  • Math: Today we reviewed old skills by playing Jeopardy. Tomorrow, we will begin a unit on comparing numbers. In calendar this week, we will begin learning "The Doubles Rap" song and will introduce math morphology. Today we started with "uni" means one, and "tri" means three. They have all learned "tw" means tw in their OG reading classes.
  • Language Arts: Today we worked on kernel sentences from the Landmark School curriculum. These are fantastic for our Dyslexic students. The rest of the week, we will be completing writing activities focused on Dental Health. 
  • Social Studies: We will complete our study of Civil Rights by learning about George Washington Carver.
Upcoming Events: 
  • "Read Across America Week" is next week. We will celebrate by having an author study of Dr. Suess. We will read many books and do lots of writing based on his books. Our centers will also be focused on his work.
  • Parent Conferences are March 8 and 9. They will be on Zoom. More information to follow. 
  • Noon dismissal on Friday, March 5.
  • St. Patrick's Day activities will also be coming up in March!
Reminders and Updates:
  • Friday lunch this week is Zaxby's. Please order by Wednesday at 12:00pm.
  •   Please send a water bottle and snack each day in addition to lunch.
  • We do go outside everyday unless it is rainy. Please have a jacket.
As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns! 
 
Have a great week,
 
Ms. B

Tomorrow is our class Valentine's Exchange! Please send in a valentine for each student in our class if your child wishes to participate! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 
Making Valentine's Day "Love Monster" Bags in math today! We will use these for our Valentine's Exchange this Friday! This activity was a great way to practice our number sense and they turned out so cute! 

Candy Heart Day Fun

Hello and Happy Monday! 
 
This is a big week for us. Please pay close attention to the following information.
 
  • Click the link for pictures of today's conversation heart fun in math and STEAM! 
  • Friday is a 12:00 dismissal! No Friday fun lunch this week! 
  • No Seesaw homework this week. Instead, please complete the 100th Day of School Project. Students need to fill there blank 100 sheet with 100 small items. This could be stickers, mini marshmallows, googly eyes, buttons, etc. Have fun and be creative. Due Friday! Continue to read in the blue folder and practice red words each night. 
  • Tomorrow, we will make our Valentine's Day bags for our Valentine exchange on Friday! Please bring any class Valentine's in on Friday. Remember, your child must have a Valentine for every classmate if they wish to bring anything in. This is optional but fun. Anything editable needs to be individually wrapped. Please, do not send these in before Friday. :) We will also be celebrating Miss Allen's birthday (it is on Valentine's Day, we will make cards in class tomorrow) and playing Valentine Bingo during this time. See the pink letter that went home last Monday for more information.
  • Next week is winter break! No school all week! 
  • Wednesday is late start-school begins at 9:15.
  • Please send your child to school everyday with the following items: a water bottle, lunch, one snack, a GRACEPOINT jacket or sweatshirt to be worn inside, an extra mask, a puffy coat for outside times, blue folder for reading class, grey folder, athletic shoes.
  • Wednesday is the 100th day of school! 
What will this week look like?
  • Monday: Candy Heart Day- we competed a candy heart mad lib, built the tallest tower we could of candy hearts, had lots of fun in math counting, tallying, sorting, graphing, making patters, measuring, and estimating candy hearts. We also completed the "Valentine Man" project, read The Love Monster and There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Rose, went to art class and reading, and had calendar time! 
  • Tuesday: Make Valentine's Day "Love Monster" bags: we will do this by solving math problems to earn pieces for our bags, "Someone I love a sLOTh" writing craft, art class, Fast ForWORD, speech groups, reading, calendar, make birthday cards for Miss Allen, read: The Night Before the 100th Day of School, make "Love bugs" addition and subtraction practice
  • Wednesday: The 100th day!! We will read many 100th day books, complete calendar, make a 100th day Fruit Loop necklace, build a tower of 100 cups, color a 100th day picture, write about what it will be like to be 100 years old, share what we would do with $100, have 100 day cookies, complete a Blow Pop experiment to discover how many licks it takes to reach the center, have a 100th day treasure hunt for 100 mystery items, do an estimation jar with a 100th day twist, find out how far 100 steps will take us, play "Roll a 100," turn the number 100 into an everyday object, do a mystery picture, make a 100 monster, and complete two STEAM activities with 100 materials! It is going to be a wonderful and fun day. Be sure to check the blog Wednesday night for pictures.
  • Thursday: Working with the number 101: "I am 101 days smarter-something I have learned this year" writing activity, Dalmatian mystery picture, OT, music, reading, calendar, Fast ForWORD, make Dalmatian headbands, weekly reader and math weekly skills test if time permits.
  • Friday: Noon dismissal, Valentine's exchange and party! Project due! 
Thank you and please feel free to email or text me with any questions this week! Have a happy week and a fun and restful winter break,
 
Ms. B