Spelling words this week are from the "ap" family:
cap
lap
map
nap
tap
rap
sap
zap
flap
clap
it
is
Monday, August 30, 2010
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is at our campus this week! Our class will be previewing the fair this afternoon. The theme is: "Here's to our heroes! Reading saves the day!" There will be contests and activities all week long!
Monday- Students guess who 10 masked superhero teachers are. The two winning students who come the closest will receive a $10 voucher for the book fair!
Tuesday- Donuts with the Principal from 8:00-8:30am. Also, students guess how many pages are in a stack. Closest two winners receive a prize!
Wednesday- Open House 6:00-8:00pm. The book fair will be open during this time as well!
Thursday- Pie Throwing at Mr. L, Mr. Dye, Mr. Ray, and others during lunch recess. $1.00 a shot. Also, there will be a door decorating contest for the classrooms. The winning class also receives a prize!
Friday- Superhero day! Students may dress as their favorite Superhero!
As you check out the book fair, be sure to check out our class' wish list!
Monday- Students guess who 10 masked superhero teachers are. The two winning students who come the closest will receive a $10 voucher for the book fair!
Tuesday- Donuts with the Principal from 8:00-8:30am. Also, students guess how many pages are in a stack. Closest two winners receive a prize!
Wednesday- Open House 6:00-8:00pm. The book fair will be open during this time as well!
Thursday- Pie Throwing at Mr. L, Mr. Dye, Mr. Ray, and others during lunch recess. $1.00 a shot. Also, there will be a door decorating contest for the classrooms. The winning class also receives a prize!
Friday- Superhero day! Students may dress as their favorite Superhero!
As you check out the book fair, be sure to check out our class' wish list!
Blog Update
Just wanted to point out a few new features I added to our blog! I added some links to a few educational yet fun websites. You can go there for ideas and activities for your kids, or your child can even head there for some fun online games that help reinforce the things we are learning in class.
I also added some community links that are important to our classroom. At the public library link you can check out how to get a library card, homework help, and much more at the library closest to you. It is a good place to get books to read with your child for our book logs! The World Care link is a good place to go if you or your family is wondering how you can help out with some of the emergency relief efforts going on throughout the world. Last year our school had a drive to help with the disaster relief in Haiti. The Fellowship Square link will give you more information about the residents that come to our school for our senior reading buddy program. Last year several classes from our school had these "grandmas and grandpas" (as my class liked to call them) read books and do different activities with them every month. Our class also delivered handmade Valentines to the residents during their lunch hour. We plan to do these and other actvities with Fellowship Square this year as well!
So, have fun exploring and if you have any other ideas for links, activities, etc. please let me know!
I also added some community links that are important to our classroom. At the public library link you can check out how to get a library card, homework help, and much more at the library closest to you. It is a good place to get books to read with your child for our book logs! The World Care link is a good place to go if you or your family is wondering how you can help out with some of the emergency relief efforts going on throughout the world. Last year our school had a drive to help with the disaster relief in Haiti. The Fellowship Square link will give you more information about the residents that come to our school for our senior reading buddy program. Last year several classes from our school had these "grandmas and grandpas" (as my class liked to call them) read books and do different activities with them every month. Our class also delivered handmade Valentines to the residents during their lunch hour. We plan to do these and other actvities with Fellowship Square this year as well!
So, have fun exploring and if you have any other ideas for links, activities, etc. please let me know!
Friday, August 27, 2010
First Day Picture
A couple of parents took some group shots of our class the first day of school. Here's one of those photos! Aren't they darling? This year will be a great one!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Important Papers...
Hello, just a friendly reminder to continue to check your child's folder daily! There are many important papers that I need you to read and discuss with your child. Some should also be signed and sent back to school. Remember, I will send corrected work, newsletters, and other important information home in your child's folder on the "home" side, and you can send notes and information to me on the "school" side. Important papers sent home this week include:
The behavior plan, safe snack information, the emergency information card (for classroom use), the classroom procedures newsletter, and the Saxon reading and math program information sheets.
Please review all information and be sure to ask if you have any questions. And please, get those papers signed and handed back! Thank you for all of your time and assistance with the education of your children!
The behavior plan, safe snack information, the emergency information card (for classroom use), the classroom procedures newsletter, and the Saxon reading and math program information sheets.
Please review all information and be sure to ask if you have any questions. And please, get those papers signed and handed back! Thank you for all of your time and assistance with the education of your children!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Welcome to First Grade!
Welcome new students (and those of you I had last year too!) I hope you all had a wonderful summer vacation! I am excited about teaching first grade this year! We have lots of fun and interesting activities to look forward to. The first few days of school we will spend time getting to know each other and learning the classroom rules and procedures. We will also be taking a tour of the school for the students in our class who are new to the school. On Friday we will even start our "special" classes by having PE!
Be sure to look in your child's folder every day. This next week and a half we will be sending home very important papers! If you have any questions please feel free to call me at the school or email me at b_thies@hotmail.com. I am looking forward to a good year!
Be sure to look in your child's folder every day. This next week and a half we will be sending home very important papers! If you have any questions please feel free to call me at the school or email me at b_thies@hotmail.com. I am looking forward to a good year!
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