Homework Oct. 31 - Nov. 3

Due to the busy and tiring week for your child, I will be giving a bit less homework.  Please keep in mind that all homework is due on Thursday.  Please check that both sides are completed entirely.  Thank you.

There will be a grammar page sent home.  Please make sure that the capital letters are TRUE capital letters.  There should only be one in the sentence unless proper nouns are in the sentence.  Your child is working hard on remembering to use capital letters at the beginning of every sentence and use punctuation and spacing.  Their writing is improving DAILY!  I'm so proud of them and how much they try and write about fun and interesting things.  I have such an amazing class!!

Another homework page will be reviewing contractions as well as creating action words by adding 'ing'.  We talk at school about "The King of ing" at the ending of words.  Help your child by listening for the ing sound.  Contractions this week will be contracting with the word, not.  Please help your child add the eyelash (apostrophe) in the appropriate place.  Discuss with your child what letters are squished out where the apostrophe is placed.

Testing Week/ Assessment Day on Friday

This week I will be having a substitute (wonderful Mrs. Johnson) on Tuesday and begin assessing the kids in math and reading.  Also on Friday I will be putting together report cards and am beginning to think ahead to Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up in a few weeks.  If any of you will be planning a trip during the week of Thanksgiving, please plan to schedule conferences ahead of time.  This meeting time is very important for both of us to talk about how well your child is doing at school.  Thank you so much!

Happy Halloween

Due to all of the excitement of the week, we are encouraging kids to limit the amount of candy sent to school.  A piece or two is fine and expected but fist fulls as you can imagine, would cause all of us to turn incredibly zippy, then cranky and later need naps.  I know the urge to get rid of the candy is alive and real but I would sure appreciate you being aware of how little leaves the house.  Thank you so much for your attention and consideration.

Student Spotlight

Student:  Reece

Favorite Foods:  Cucumbers, Deer Steak, Ice cream

Favorite Animals:  Cats

Pets:  Jake, my dog

My Family:  Brother,  Kai, Mom, Dusty, Dad Jeff and Me

Reece keeps us all laughing in class with his great sense of humor.  He is wonderful to have in class.  He has a great imagination.

4 Pumpkins Wanted

If anyone has 4 pumpkins you are willing to spare for various math activities this week, we would greatly appreciate it!  Thank you in advance for your help!

Homework October 24-27

This week we will be doing our usual spelling piece on Spellingcity.com as well as sent home on Monday for practice.  Please review the words throughout the week.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday.  Login: scarey1  Password:  mollyd

A reading homework page will be sent home on Monday due on Thursday.

A grammar  page will be sent home for homework due back on Thursday.

Please work with you child on skip counting:
     Beginning:  Count by 2's, 5's and 10's beginning with 0.
     Intermediate:  Begin counting by 2's starting with 12.  Begin counting by 5's starting with 25.
Begin counting by 10's starting with 30.
     Advanced:  Ask your child to count backwards by 2's beginning with 20.  Ask your child what is 5 less than 60.  Ask your child to count backwards beginning with 100.  Extend the patterns as your child is able.

I am continuing to assess your child on his/her knowledge of coins and their values.  We are also adding up simple combinations in order to stretch his/her knowledge.  Please reinforce this at home at every chance you can.  The more practical the better!

Reading books and vocabulary cards will be sent home on Monday for you to study each night and send back on Thursday.

Carnival This Thursday

If any of you are able to send things to donate for the school Carnival this Thursday, please leave them in the office.  Thank you so much!  Be ready to see Mrs. Carey in the dunk tank and have a great time!!

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

MACKENZIE

One of MacKenzie's favorite things is her unicorn stuffed animal.  Her favorite character is I Carly and her favorite car is her Mom's Suburban.  Kenzie's favorite time of year is winter and she loves robins.  Her favorite number is eight and the color she likes is dark blue.  MacKenzie's favorite song is Katy Perry's "Firework", and lastly, her favorite fruit is an apple.

Kenzie really is a good listener and loves to learn.  I am so grateful to have Kenzie in my classroom this year.

Celebration!

Thank you for studying with your child.  You make a difference in prioritizing school and the importance of learning.  I love my job and your child makes me love life even more than I already do.  The learning wheels are really beginning to spin and you should be as encouraged as I am.  Great work, parents!!

Homework October 17 - 20

There will be a sheet sent home about capital letters in sentences for your child to work on this week.

Another reading book will be sent home with vocabulary words for your child to review at home.  Please return the books by Thursday so we can replace it next week for you.

A reading word/grammar sheet will be sent home for homework on Monday as well.  Please return it completed on Thursday.

We will continue our study of bats this week.  Anything you have to contribute to this study is greatly appreciated.

We will be studying fire safety this week and next week.  Please talk over with your child what your family plan is if ever there was a fire in your home.  Select a meeting place and exit strategy so your child is clear and knows where to go. We will be discussing these at school and listening to one another tell his/her plan.

Art Last Week

The kids did an amazing job during our art class last week.  We completed a piece using warm and cool colors and also made use of geometric, straight and curved lines.  They will be displayed in the hall sometime this week right when you come in the building.  Great Job First Graders!!  You make me proud!

Spelling and Spelling Homework

A sheet will be sent home on Monday to help the kids know their words tested on Thursday.  This week is a review week of words they have had once or more.  You can see the list on Monday in your child's backpack as well as on Spellingcity.com.

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Student Spotlight

CHRISTOPHER

Favorite Food:  Bacon Cheeseburgers

Favorite Animal:  Cheeta

Pets:  Roxy, Black Lab

My Family:  Alan (Dad),  Kim (Mom), Kaden (Kindergarten Brother)

Homework October 10 - 13

This is a busy week at Perrydale with homecoming week so homework will include reading every night.  Please read the readers that are sent home on Monday all week to where they come out very easy.  It is only when a child is very familiar with the words that expression and fluency can happen smoothly.  The goal is practicing what good readers do:  READ LIKE WE TALK.  Also practice the sight words sent home where they are easily recognized.  PLEASE RETURN THE READERS ON THURSDAY!!

Continue practicing coin names, values and small combinations of coins.  The high school helpers that come in our room will be working with the children over the next several weeks.  Help your child at home by giving them change and seeing what they can buy for a $1.00.  Do this several times with different items.

A spelling sheet will be sent home on Monday and on Tuesday.  Please practice the spelling words for the test on Thursday.

A reading homework page or two will be coming home one day this week.  Please go over the details with your child and return them completed on Thursday.

LEAVES!

Please send leaves to school with your child on Thursday.  Send different sizes and shapes and colors, please.

Science

We're continuing our scientific process by first observing, then classifying, putting things in order, investigating and lastly, drawing conclusions based on what we found.  The kids are naturals at this process and making note of the it makes the sequence of events real and deliberate.

Bats And More Bats!

We are going to study one of my favorite mammals:  Bats!  We will be writing about bats, doing math problems with bats and learning as much as we can about bats!  Kids love learning about these fascinating animals.  Ask your child about it this week.

Art Study

This week we are fortunate to have an artist teach us about Art History and Museums.  We will be going to the art room and participating from 12:30 to 1:30 each day this week.  Perrydale is a great place to learn!

Carnival Donations!

It's time for the first grade to begin thinking about the Carnival.  We are asked to be in charge of collecting small donations suh as individually wrapped candy and gum and small toys like vampire teeth and bouncie balls.  When you are out and about, please pick up some of these items and I will have a collection tub in the classroom for these items.  THANK YOU!!

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Kourtney

Favorite Foods:  peanut butter & jelly, mac & cheese, carrots, salad, zuchinni egg bake, berry pie & roasted marshmallows

Favorite Animals:  Puppies, kittens, hamsters, & horses

Pets:  Oakie (dog), Sparky (dog),  J.P. (cat), Tinkerbell (cat), Stella (cat), New Puppy, & chickens!

Kourtney's family:  Jared (dad), Prairie (mom), Sydney (sister), Kaylynn (sister), and Me!

Kourtney is wonderful to have in class.  She is kind, thoughtful and always tries her best!  Let's hear it for Kourtney!!

Homework October 3-6

Remember:  Pick one homework section to do every night.  Spelling should be done every night for a short period of time and ALWAYS spend some snuggle time reading together!  Use the bookmark that was sent home at Open House to key into what to do when there is a word you need to figure out.  Choose some of the strategies on the bookmark to model with your child.


MATH HOMEWORK:  Think of number stories that are to ten.  Words to continue using this week are:  How many more will it take to make ten?
How many fewer is six to ten?
What is three doubled?  How many is six doubled?
How many are left when three eggs are taken from a full carton of eggs?
If four and six are ten, then how many is six and four more?
Use pennies or other trinkets to show the kids these mathematical concepts

Name coins and know their values.  There are still students who are unaware of the coin names and their values despite us going over them often in class.  We will be tested on these this week so please help your child know the coin value and names of all the coins.

SCIENCE HOMEWORK:  We will be introducing the scientific process of:
1.  Observe
2.  Classify
3.  Order (first, next last)
4.  Investigate
5.  Draw a Conclusion

If you would like to do some additional science work at home doing this process, please write down what you did and send to school on Thursday.  Your child will have an opportunity to share the scientific process he/she used to complete his/her project.  Examples include:   Organizing a drawer in his/her dresser;  What is the best way to build a sand castle;  Make a path to a family members house.

WRITING HOMEWORK:  Write about what you did after you got home from school to dinner time.
Write about what you had for your afternoon snack and what it tasted like.  Write about your family and something you did together this week.

Spelling October 3-6

The spelling words this week are:

that, saw, is, you, of, it

We work on compiling the words into sentences with finger spacing between the words and capital letters beginning the sentences and proper punctuation.  If you are writing sentences at home, please remind the students to use their fingers to space between the words.

Refer to spellingcity.com for activities and games to make the words more fun to learn.

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Poor Sick Kids

Wow! Last Thursday our class shrunk by eight students absent with the stomach flu.  Be assured that the desks, pencils and anything I could see needed wiping with an antibacterial wipe. was thoroughly cleaned.  I missed the students who were gone and hope that the weekend brings health and wellness.  Keep washing those hands!  I'm looking forward to seeing all of our class family back on Monday.