January ... Can you believe we have been back for 2 weeks and the month is almost gone? This Friday, is the 100th day of School too! The year is going by so fast!
Dates to Remember:
- Jan. 24th Paradise Grille and South of the Border Spirit Night 5-8 pm
- Jan. 26th 100th Snack Contribution Due
- Jan. 27th 100th Day of School, RFL Baseball Cap Day, and the School Dance at 6:30 (I hope to see you all there.)
- Jan. 30th All 1st Grade Students Heroes Essay Due!
- Jan. 31st I will be out for an Inservice for 1st Grade (Mrs. Druhot will be subbing for me!)
- Feb. 2nd Ground Hog Day!
- Feb. 4th GM Gala
- Feb. 9th or 10th HTHT ... Shadows!
Reading: READ! READ! READ! I love seeing everyone reading up a storm! We will have fun celebrating at the end of the 9 weeks!!!
Math: Keep up the good work with your Math Facts. More flash cards will be coming home soon too!
First IN Math: We have had the trophy for 3 months in a row!!!! Wow! Please don't slow up! I just checked everyone's progress and I would really like to see everyone finish skill set 1! Let's make this our Goal!
Time: We are working on telling time to the hour and half hour.
Phonics: We have slowed down on the Saxon Lessons. The goal is to apply the different rules in our writing and weekly spelling test!
Science: Our unit is on Light! This works perfect with Ground Hog Day coming up in February too. We will also be having a HTHT on Shadows in a couple of weeks.
Social Studies: Harriet Tubman is our next Historical Figure. We will start this week!
Writing: Editing our work will be a high priority. We will also be writing for information. The children will be researching different animals for their informational piece. They Love It!!!
Hope to see you all Friday at the Dance!
Mrs. White