Dear Parents,
How can it be November
already?? This year is off to a quick
start!
HALLOWEEN: Just a reminder that Tuesday is our Halloween
celebration. We have all our goodies
ready to go for our party! A HUGE thanks
to the room parents for getting that together! The parade will be Tuesday
morning at 8:15. Please have your child
come to school in their costume, masks are permitted but any sort of weapon is
NOT. I will pick them up on the
playground at our usual spot. We will
come to the classroom and put away our things, and head on back out to the
playground. I hope you can stay and see
the fun! Please send your child with a
change of clothes in case they want to change after the parade. I’m leaving it up to them…they can stay in
their costume all day if they wish OR change.
LANGUAGE ARTS: Thanks for
coming to our publishing celebration!
Our small moment stories have been shared with you and all our
classmates. We are now working on “How
To” books…you will be invited to that celebration as well! I’m so impressed with how hard my students are
working to get their ideas down on paper.
In readers workshop we continue to work on reading strategies, building
our stamina, and we will move onto reading some non fiction books. We are meeting regularly in our reading
groups and working on our strategies in small groups.
MATH: We have finished our
unit on creating routines and using data.
We have moved onto developing base ten number sense. I’m so impressed with how well my students
are collaborating and working together in both partners and in small
groups. Lots of problem solving and
mathematical thinking going on in room 30!
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: We are
wrapping up our science kit on solids and liquids. You will see their science notebooks come
home soon. Our next unit will be on plants and animals. We are also using the iPads in the room for
Raz Kids and Ten Marks in math. I will
be sending you an invitation soon to SeeSaw as my students are starting to make
entries on that app. I will also use QR codes
to direct my students to certain videos on the topics we are studying. SOCIAL
STUDIES: We will move onto unit 5 and talk about different cultures and family
traditions. We are also reading our
Scholastic News weekly; which covers a variety of different current events.
CHECK OUT BOOKS:
We have check out books that should come home every night Monday through
Thursday. Please check to see that your
child brings the book home, reads it or has it read to them, and then RETURNS
it the next day. I have a LOT of
students forgetting to return their book each day. PLEASE remind them each morning. THANKS!
SPECIAL DATES:
• Oct. 31:
Halloween parade
• Nov. 10:
Veteran's Day/No school
• November 20-24: Thanksgiving break
• November 30: Natural Bridges (Monarch Butterflies)
• December 18-January 2: Winter Break
• January 15: MLK day/no school
• January 26: Learning Day for teachers, no
school for students
• Jan. 30: 100th Day of School
• Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day
• Feb. 15: Pete the Cat 10:00 at the Flint Center
• Feb. 16: Chinese New Year Centers in the GLC
• Feb. 19-23: Winter break
• March 16: Green Luncheon in Room 30 (St.
Patrick’s Day celebration)
• April 23: Hiller Aviation Museum
• April 16-20: Spring break
• May 18: No school
• May 25: First Grade Performance in the GLC at
1:00
• May 28: Memorial Day/no school
• June 4: End of the Year party/first grade
picnic
• June 7: Last Day of School: dismissal at 11:50
Thanks for your
support, Kathleen
