La Paloma Movie Night

Movie night is this Friday, October 1st from 6-8pm in the auditorium. The movie is "The Secret of Moonacre", rated PG. Food will be available for sale (nachos, hot dogs, personal size pizzas, etc). Enjoy an evening of fun with your family! (Who knows, you may even see me and my kids there...)

Spelling List 3

Spelling words for this week are: as, is, so, its, sit, and, did, last, stop, land.

There are two sentences again this week: I stop a lot. I did it last.

Please remind your child that they should be writing spelling words in lower case letters and sentences begin with an upper case letter and end with a period. I will be taking points off if these are not correct this week! (We have been talking about it a lot as well as practicing in class...)

Senior Reading Buddies

This past Friday our senior reading buddies from Fellowship Square retirement community came to our classroom! This was our first meeting with them so we first interviewed them to find out a little bit about them, then we practiced reading our "book boxes" or 1st grade readers. The kids and seniors really enjoyed it, and we're all looking forward to next month's visit!

Great American Fundraiser

The Great American Fundraiser is here! Packets went home this week with details, order forms, and catalogs. This is a great fundraiser that does well for the school. There is cookie dough, jewelry, wrapping paper, holiday gifts, magazine subscriptions, and much more! There are prizes for students that sell certain levels. (Ask your child about the "toilet". This was probably the most talked about prize...) The class who sells the most also gets a prize as well! The sale ends October 13th so be sure to get out there and sell, sell, sell!

Our First Field Trip

This week we sent home information about our first field trip! On Wednesday, October 6 we (along with Mrs. Felix's class) will be getting a behind the scenes tour of our local Miller Golf Links public library. In addition to the tour and some other activities, students will be able to sign up for a library card, if they do not already have one! Students are asked to wear a red LPA shirt, jeans or shorts, and comfortable walking shoes. We will leave around 9:00am and return at approximately 11:00am. Parent/grandparent volunteers are needed, just be sure to let me know if you plan on attending. We will be taking either the vans or the bus that day (not sure which yet). In either case, there is very little room for parents to ride with us, so please plan on driving your own vehicles or carpooling with other parents. (And please no siblings!) If you have any questions be sure to let me know and get those permission slips in!

Pennies for Math

We have some upcoming math lessons that have us counting out pennies and talking about money over the next few weeks. Please send 20-100 pennies in a plastic container (baggie also works fine) with your child's name on it. We will use these for several different activities!

Conferences and spelling

Hello, just a few reminders about this week...

First its parent teacher conferences. Sign ups are outside of the classroom. Feel free to fill in a spot or let me know if you need something else. Other days could possibly open up (such as Wednesday after my meeting...) I would love to talk to all of you, if you can make it!

SPELLING LIST 2:
a, an, at, tap, lot, nap, tan, zip, lap, pit

Sentences- Nap on it. Zip a top.

Have some fun this Friday!

This Friday September 17, two special events are happening at our school!

Bike/Walk to School Day: Everyone is being asked to help our planet out by riding a bike, walking, or carpooling to school. There will be individual prizes for participants drawn from a raffle and class prizes for the class with the most participants. Be sure to check in with the teachers and student members of the Green Team to make sure you are counted for these prizes. Please be sure to practice bike safety and always wear a helmet!

Back to School Dance: This Friday after school there will be an all school dance! From 6:00-7:00pm K-5th grades will party and 6th - 8th from 7:30-9:00pm. Tickets are $3 a person and may be purchased prior to the dance in the front office. Snacks will also be available for purchase that night.

**Also parent teacher conferences will be next week, look for a sign up sheet outside the classroom door!

Spelling List 1

This week will be the first week of spelling tests from our Saxon phonics curriculum. The words this week are: on, no, not, top, pop, I, in, it, pin, tip. There are two sentences this week: Pin it on. Tip it in. Spelling tests are Friday. Happy studying!

Student Picture Day

Student Picture Day is here! Tuesday, September 14th students will have their photographs taken at the school. For those of you who are new to the school, there are two student photo days during the school year. This first day the students are to wear their school uniforms for their pictures. The second picture day (in Spring) the students will be allowed to wear their "dress down" clothes or whatever you would like them to wear. Order packets were sent home earlier this week for this first picture day. If you have any questions let me know! Otherwise be sure to send your child looking nice and wearing their best smile on the 14th!

Entertainment Books Due

The Entertainment book fundraiser is at an end. Please turn in either your books or the money for them as soon as possible. (Technically the sale ends today). If you have any questions either let me know or ask in the front office! Thanks for your support of this fundraiser!

Spelling Words- List C

Spelling words this week are: bog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, frog, clog, said, but, what, of
Spelling sentence is: The frog sat on the log.

Have a great Labor Day!