Update June 17th

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!  Thanks for everything you do for your kids!

We have a very busy, fun and exciting last week of school ahead of us.  It is also supposed to be extremely hot tomorrow (Monday.)  Please dress kids appropriately for the weather.  Shorts and a tshirt/tank top are most appropriate for our building that does not have AC.  Also, please send them to school with a water bottle.  They will have many opportunities throughout the day to fill them up if needed.

Our Activities for the Week Include:

June 18th- Bubbles Day- 
We will have fun with bubbles.  Thank you for donations!

June 19th-Game Day

      Bring your favorite board game or card game from home.  Remember to put your name on your game.  We will share our games with friends throughout the day.  Please do NOT bring electronic games into school. 

Wednesday, June 20^th - Movie Day

     Please bring an extra snack to school to munch on during our feature presentation!

Thursday, June 21^st  – Book & Blanket Day & Move-Up Day

      Bring a towel or blanket and your favorite book to school!  We will enjoy the beautiful weather and cozy up with a great book in the front lawn.  Please also wear sunscreen! 

We will also participate in Move-Up Day. Students will meet their teacher and classmates for next school year.  Letters will come home on Thursday telling you who your child will have as a teacher for 2nd grade.

Friday, June 22^nd  - Last Day of School- 12:20 Early Dismissal

      We will enjoy spending time with our friends today.  Our day will finish with a Pizza Party! Please send a drink in for your child.  If you have not sent in $2 for the pizza party, please do by Tuesday.  I'll be making my call with final numbers to Papa Ginos on Tuesday morning.

Thank you again for a great year! I've enjoyed getting to know your 1st grader, their siblings and all of you throughout the year!

Update June 11th

It's hard to believe that we only have 2 weeks left of the school year.  It's also hard to believe that our baby, Kit, will be 1 year old on Tuesday.  A year sure does go quickly!  We celebrated Kit's first birthday with family and friends this weekend.  We hope you also enjoyed the beautiful, summer-like weather with your family.

The Birthday Girl!

*As we count down the final days of school, each student shares one thing they loved about first grade.  Some said "reading," others enjoyed "making new friends."  I've had to wipe the tears from my eyes a few times.  This is truly a wonderful group of kids. You should all be very proud of their accomplishments this year.  We have so many fabulous readers, amazing mathematicians and incredible friends amongst us!

*We will finish up our last few lessons of the Everyday Math curriculum this week.  Our focus will be on reviewing place value, 2D &3D Shapes and measurement.

*Students have done a good job learning about the Sun, Moon and Stars.  We will complete our final Science assessment on Monday.

1st Grade Spirit Week starts this week!  We also have some fun, community events this week.

This Week's Activities:

Tuesday--We will enjoy the Crisafulli 5th Grade Chorus Performance at Robinson

Wednesday- All School Science Show, hosted by PTO

 Thursday- Red, White and Blue Day- wear red, white and blue.  We will learn about the American Flag!

Friday- Art Day- we will do many fun, art projects!

Next Week:

June 18th- Bubbles Day (If you're able to, please donate bubbles for the year.  Thank you for donations I've already received.)

June 19th-Game Day

June 20th-Movie Day

June 21st- Book & Blanket Day

June 22nd-Pizza Party (last day 12:20pm Early Release)

Update June 3rd

*This Wednesday, we welcome parents to join us for Excellence Fair at 2:15pm.  Students are working hard to gather pieces of work they are proud of to share with all of you at the fair.  Students will display their work at their seats.  Please visit your child's seat and see their work.  I'll leave sticky notes and pens on my reading table.  I invite you and your child to walk around the room and leave comments for their classmates on their work too!  I will have a sign-out sheet if you would like to take your child home at the end of the time.  We ask that you try your best to make arrangements for siblings so that you can focus all of your attention on your first grader and their excellent work!  I also understand if this isn't possible...no worries if they need to come!  If you are not able to attend, please let me know.

*With only three weeks left in school, we will be busy this week and next performing End of Year Assessments.  This week, we will focus on the end of year math assessment, which we'll do over 3 days this week.  We will also do the final writing assessment, which asks student's to write a small moment narrative (much like their weekend news!)  We will begin to write the 100 High Frequency Words on Thursday and finish up early next week.

*This is our last week of spelling practice.  We will focus on word endings. 

*I will not be sending home math homework most nights this week since we are assessing.  We do still have a few math lessons to complete later in the week and next week.  There may be some nights the kids have homework and some they do not.

*In Science, we're learning about the pattern of the moon.

*A notice will go home tomorrow with information about our 1st Grade Spirit Week for the end of the year.  Here's a quick preview of our days:

June 14th- Red, White and Blue Day

June 15th-Art Day

June 18th- Bubbles Day (donated bubbles would be great!)

June 19th-Game Day

June 20th-Movie Day

June 21st- Book & Blanket Day

June 22nd-Pizza Party (last day 12:20pm Early Release)