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)

Update May 25th

*I hope you all enjoy a great Memorial Day weekend.  As a reminder, we do not have school this Monday, May 28th.

*On Friday, June 1st, we will travel to Crisafulli for our last meeting with our 4th Grade Book Buddies.  Please have students dress for the weather as we will be walking the trail.

*Thank you to everyone that has helped in our classroom this year volunteering.  Our volunteer dates have come to a close for the year.  The end of the school year is very busy and our schedules change due to special events which makes it difficult to continue with volunteers.  I appreciate all the help you've give to the students and to me this school year.

*In Math, we will continue to work with addition and subtraction facts with two-digit numbers.

*We are finishing up our Pond Animal Research books this week.  I'm so proud of the work students have done to complete these books so far!

Looking Ahead:

Wednesday, June 6th- 2:15pm Excellence Fair

Friday, June 22nd- 12:20pm Early Release- Last Day of School

Update May 21st

*This Wednesday, is our Field Day.  The theme of the day is "The Beach!"  We will be outside for part of the morning and part of the afternoon.  At this time, the weather is looking to be partly cloudy and 79 degrees.  I would encourage students to wear shorts and they must wear sneakers.  We have T-Shirts that the students made at school that they will change into when they arrive.   Please put sunscreen/bug spray on your child in the morning.  We are not allowed to apply sunscreen at school.  Please also send a water bottle, with their name labeled on it, to school for the day.

*This Friday, we will send home the final Distance Learning Bag for this school year.   It will be due back on Friday, June 8th.

 Once again, I was so impressed with the student's creative writing in the 2nd distance learning bag.

*In Math, we will review 2-digit number stories, with addition and subtraction.

*In Science, we will test our amount of sunlight on the model houses we built last week.  Students were expected to build a house with 3 windows, which would allow for the greatest amount of sunlight to enter.

Looking Ahead:

Monday, May 31st- No School, Memorial Day

Wednesday, June 6th- 2:15pm Excellence Fair

Friday, June 22nd- 12:20pm Early Release- Last Day of School

Update May 13th

*I hope you're all enjoying your Mother's Day.  I also hope you enjoyed the writing the kiddos did about their mom's this week!  They had great opinions and reasons for thinking you're all pretty special!

*This Thursday, May 17th is a 12:20pm Early Release. Students will not have lunch at school, but we will have snack in the morning.

*This week in Math, students will take the Unit 8 Cumulative Assessment which will draw upon their math knowledge from the whole year to tell me what areas they still need help with.  Unit 9 of Everyday Math is our final unit and is a review unit of all of the concepts they have learned in first grade.  Since we still have a month left of first grade and only 9 lessons left for math, we will slow down and dig into areas of math where students still need support.

*In Science, we continue to work on concepts relating to Sun, Moon and Stars.

*Last week during Daily 5, we focused on fixing up writing.  Many students are focusing on finding the appropriate place for punctuation and making sure their sentences begin with an uppercase letter.  They all did a great job fixing up (editing) their work with me last week.  I hope to have them begin to edit their own work this week using a writing checklist.

*Distance Learning #2 is due in school by this Friday, May 18th in order to get credit for a day of school.  You can send work in any day this week.

*Thank you so much for coming to our show last week.  I was so proud of everyone for doing an excellent job on stage!

*Donation Requests- I'm asking for donations of the following, please.  Thank you!

-Large Ziploc Bags
-Tissues

Looking Ahead:

Wednesday, May 23rd- Field Day

Monday, May 31st- No School, Memorial Day

Wednesday, June 6th- 2:15pm Excellence Fair

Friday, June 22nd- 12:20pm Early Release- Last Day of School

Update May 6th

*This Tuesday, is our last School Store of the school year. Please send no more than $2 for students to spend.

*This Friday, May 11th at 2pm is the first grade performance of Bugs & Blossoms.  At the end of the performance you will be able to take your performer home with you if you'd like.  I will have a sign-out sheet available in our classroom after the performance.

Our costume will be a red Robinson School t-shirt or plain solid-color red, yellow or blue t-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers.  Please have students bring their shirts into school by Wednesday to wear for our dress rehearsal.  We will leave them at school until Friday.

*This Friday, May 11th is the Robifulli Family Fest at Crisafulli.  I hope to be there for the beginning of the night and hope to see many families at this fun event!

*Last Friday, the 2nd Distance Learning Assignment was sent home.  One of the activities asks the students to log-on to RazKids, listen to a story, read a story and answer questions.  If you're having trouble logging in to RazKids please let me know.  If you don't have access to RazKids, I can provide you with a paper copy of the book and questions.  The 2nd Distance Learning Assignment is due back on or before Friday, May 18th.  I hope you're enjoying these assignments.  The first grade team enjoyed creating them.  If your child is taking more than 60 minutes to complete, please stop them at the 60 minute mark and note on the cover sheet where you stopped.

*In Math, we are working on data, creating bar graphs and asking/answering data questions.  We will also look at patterns on the number grid.  At the end of the week, students will be assessed on the skills they've learned in Unit 8 of the Everyday Math curriculum.

*In Science, we will begin to explore Sun, Moon & Stars.

*The final copies of our Pond Animal research books is coming along well.  The students should be very proud of their work!

*We are finishing up our Handwriting Without Tears journals. At this point, students should be writing all uppercase and lowercase letters, starting letters at the top (except lowercase e.)  We are reviewing writing numbers.  We'll finish up the year writing silly sentences using the handwriting skills we've learned in first grade. 

*Thank you for the donations for the Robifulli Family Fest!  We have a great basket of fun, outdoor activities put together.

*Donation Requests*

-Large Ziploc Bags

Looking Ahead:

Thursday, May 17th-12:20pm Early Release

Wednesday, May 23rd- Field Day

Monday, May 31st- No School, Memorial Day

Wednesday, June 6th- 2:15pm Excellence Fair

Friday, June 22nd- 12:20pm Early Release- Last Day of School