Week of January 11-15, 2016

Spelling Words:
1. wish               7. buses
2. fixes               8. kiss
3. classes           9. kisses
4. wishes          10. bus
5. fix                11. around
6. class            12. away

THIS WEEK:
It definitely feels like winter today! J  This week, we are studying winter in class.  We will be reading many books about winter weather, snowmen, and penguins.  We will compare stories, draw conclusions and write.  Our high-frequency words this week are:  car, far, ride, around, back, away, town, and took.  We will also work on compound words, adjectives, and review nouns.

In Math, we are working on fact families.  We will have a math fact tests Friday – adding 8.  In Social Studies and Science, we will be doing some activities with winter, but also studying Martin Luther King, Jr.

REMINDERS:

• Report Cards are in your child’s folder today!  Please sign and return.  Thank you!
• The children have earned a reward!!!  We have 30 marbles in our jar and they chose “Game Day” as their reward.  So… this Friday they can bring a game to school and we will play them that afternoon.
• Reading Groups start back next Tuesday.
• Library Check-out day is Wednesday.  Return books tomorrow please!
• All About Me – next week is Miguel.  Please make your poster to display in our classroom! 
• Snacks this week and next week – Jesus
• Your children can read books on MyOn at home.  Just go to myon.com, put in Donald P. Yates Primary.  Your child’s username and password is his/her lunch number.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• January 14^th – Creative Discovery Museum Night 6-8 p.m. at Ross
• No School Monday, January 18th – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed.
• January 20^th – Class Picture Day
• January 22^nd - 100^th Day of School Celebration J
• February 12^th – Class Valentine’s Party at 2:15

Week of January 6-8, 2016

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  It’s hard to believe it is 2016, and before we blink it will be summer!   I am excited to see your children and get started with the second half of the school year.  With the short week, there are no spelling words this week.  

 

THIS WEEK:

     This week, we are studying Frog and Toad books including Frog and Toad are Friends and Frog and Toad Together.  We will use stories out of these two books to write about friendship, discuss plot, work on comprehension, and then for science we will talk about frogs and toads, compare and contrast frogs and toads and chart the life cycle of a frog.  

     In Math, we will be working on telling time to the half hour.   We will also be doing some stations with New Year’s activities that focus on time and greater than, less than, equal to.  During reading group time, we will work on some reading skills such as antonyms and making words from “Happy New Year”. 

REMINDERS:

• SHOW AND TELL day is this Friday, January 8^th.  Please only bring one item to share with the class.
• Report Cards go home next Monday.  Please sign and return.  Thank you!
• Snacks the next two weeks: Jesus

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• January 14^th – Math Night 6-8 p.m.
• No School Monday, January 18^th – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed.
• January 20^th – Class Pictures
• January 22^nd – 100^th Day of School Celebration

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

          9^th – Henry
          9^th – Ya’Kinley
          20^th – Destiny
          22^nd – Issac
 

ALL ABOUT ME:
Madalyn shared her all about me poster before Christmas Break.  She showed us pictures of when she was a baby and many other pictures including with her family and her dog Trout.  Some of her favorite things include going to the beach, playing softball, going fishing, the color purple, and chicken alfredo. 

Miguel is our All About Me student January 19-22.

Week of December 7-18, 2015

No Spelling Words this week and next week!
 
THANK YOU!
    Thank you for a great first semester!  I love working with your 1^st graders.  I am looking forward to seeing them perform Thursday in the Christmas Program.  Thank you for working with each of them on their parts!  I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as this is my last newsletter of 2015!

THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK:
    This week, we are enjoying Christmas books and activities… including writing “If I Were a Gingerbread Man…” and comparing characters in each of the gingerbread stories we read including The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, and Gingerbread Friends.  Next week, all first grade classes will take part in “Christmas Around the World” for 3 days, then we will have our “Polar Express Day” on Friday, December 18th.  The children may wear their pajamas and bring one stuffed animal.  We will watch the movie, have hot chocolate, (if you would like to donate hot chocolate or marshmallows, let me know.  Thanks in advance!) and enjoy some “Polar Express” activities.  In Math, we will be working on shapes – plane and solid.  I will also be giving assessment tests for the 2^nd nine weeks report cards.

REMINDERS:

• Our last day of school is next Friday, December 18^th.  We dismiss early at 11:25.  The children return on Wednesday, January 6^th.
• We will have “Show and Tell” on Friday, January 8^th.  Your child can bring one item to school to share with the class.
• Don’t forget to allow your child to work on IXL, especially over the break.  Go to www.IXL.com/signin/yatesprimary, then their username and password is their lunch #.
• NO breakfast is served in the cafeteria on Friday, December 18^th.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• THIS THURSDAY:  December 10^th at 2:00 p.m. – 1^st Grade Performance – The ABC’s of Christmas – please have your child dress in their Christmas best!  
• December 14-16^th – Christmas Around the World in 1^st grade classrooms.
• PLEASE NOTE 1^ST GRADE IS A DIFFERENT DAY AND TIME!!  CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE DECEMBER 17^TH AT 2:00!  Watch for details from our room mom!
• December 18^th – Polar Express PJ Day J  Dismissal at 11:25!
• Snacks this week and next week – Eva.

ALL ABOUT ME:

 

Jesus shared his all about me poster last week.  He showed us pictures of when he was a baby.  He also drew a picture of his Mom, Dad, sister, and grandmother.  His favorite colors are blue and pink.  He likes macaroni and cheese, eggs, and apples.  He likes to play soccer and read.  His favorite animal is a dog.

 

This week’s All About Me student is Neidaly and next week is Madalyn.

Week of November 30-December 4, 2015

Spelling Words:
1. blank             7. sunk
2. pink               8. bring
3. sang              9. rang
4. wing            10. rink
5. trunk           11. because
6. bank            12. read

THIS WEEK:
This week, we begin a unit on Christmas and traditions.  We will enjoy many books including The Gingerbread Man, Bear Stays Up for Christmas, Moostletoe, and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies.  We will work on putting events in a story in order, main ideas and details, and writing narratives.  We will also do some comparing and contrasting.

Our high-frequency words this week are: read, because, another, book, and over.  We will also work on blending and segmenting syllables and onset/rime, final ng and nk, and identifying verbs.

In Math, we are working on telling time to the hour – digital and analog clocks.  
 

REMINDERS:

• Return Christmas tree art project tomorrow!
• Snacks – this week – Anna.  December 7-11 and 14-18 is Eva.  Thank you!!
• Our “Share Your Christmas” food drive field trip is this Friday!  If you have not turned in your form, please do so as soon as possible!  (I know it has been awhile so you may not remember if you have or haven’t – I will send you a reminder if you need to send the form.)  We need more canned goods to take, so please send at least one if you haven’t yet.   Thank you!  We will wear our class shirts.  I have them here to put on before we leave.  Watch or tape Channel 3 at 9:55.
• No more reading groups until January 19^th, but please keep reading at home!
• Don't forget!  Yates Primary is collecting NEW toys and gifts for children ages 1-18 years old until December 4^th.  These toys will be given to The Refuge where parents who can’t afford Christmas for their children can come and select gifts.
• The fundraiser orders are in!  You may pick up your orders TOMORROW between 7:45-8:30 or 3:00-6:00 in the gym.  *Online orders are delivered to homes.

ALL ABOUT ME:  Jesua shared that he likes when his Mom takes pictures of him J  He also likes the color purple.  His favorite foods are chicken and ice cream.  He likes to go to the park and swing, and he loves playing video games.
 

This week’s All About Me student is Jesus and next week is Neidaly.   

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• This Friday, December 4^th – Share Your Christmas Food Drive Field Trip.  No cost for this trip.  Please just send in a canned good.
• December 10^th at 2:00 p.m. – 1^st Grade Performance – The ABC’s of Christmas – please have your child dress in their Christmas best!  Be sure you are practicing their part!
• December 11^th – Father/Daughter Holly Ball at Ross for Yates/Ross girls
• December 14-16^th – Christmas Around the World
• December 17^th – Christmas Party at 2:00 (this date and time is just for 1^st grade classes)
• December 18^th – Abbreviated Day - Polar Express PJ Day J

Week of November 16-20, 2015

Spelling Words:
1. try               7. fly
2. body            8. lucky
3. my               9. puppy
4. silly            10. cry
5. by              11. open
6. any            12. off 

THIS WEEK:

This week, we continue our study of Pilgrims, Native Americans and Thanksgiving.  Some of the books we will read include The Littlest Pilgrim, Red Fox and His Canoe, and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.  Miss Callahan, my methods student, is teaching reading this week.  Her last day with us is Thursday.  She has been with us on Tuesdays and Thursdays and has done a wonderful job.  We wish her the best!

Our target words this week are: open, close, leave, off, door, and don’t.  We will also work on long vowels and the vowel sounds of y.

In Math, we continue our work on place value and comparing numbers using >, <, and =.  Check work each night to be sure you child doesn’t need some extra help. 

REMINDERS:

• Scholastic Book Orders due this Friday!  www.scholastic.com/readingclub Code: GL4RP.  Ordering online is easy!  Books will be here before Christmas!
• Thanksgiving lunch in cafeteria Thursday – red choice will be turkey & gravy with dressing, blue choice will be hot ham and cheese sandwich.
• Snacks – this week and Nov. 30-Dec. 4 – Anna.  
• Box Tops are due this week for November!! 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• November 23-27^th – Thanksgiving Break
• December 4^th – Share Your Christmas Food Drive (form in folder today)
• December 10th 2:00 p.m. – 1^st Grade Performance – The ABC’s of Christmas – I am sending your child’s speaking part home tomorrow.  Please practice this week and over the Thanksgiving break… thank you!
• December 11^th – Father/Daughter Holly Ball at Ross for Yates/Ross girls
• December 14-16^th – Christmas Around the World
• December 17^th – Class Christmas Party at 2:00!
• December 18^th – Polar Express PJ Day J and Abbreviated Day (dismiss at 11:30)

ALL ABOUT ME:

Jayden shared some pictures of his family with us.  Some of his favorites include Legos, Minecraft, being outside, eating chicken, and the colors blue and red. 

This week’s All About Me student is Jesua.  Nov. 30-Dec. 4 is Jesus.

Week of November 9-13, 2015

Spelling Words:
1. he                7. tree
2. be                8. green
3. we               9. see
4. me              10. week
5. she             11. school
6. feet            12. sleep

THIS WEEK:

This week we kick off a two week study of Thanksgiving!  J  Today your child made a bracelet after reading the story The First Thanksgiving.  Please have them share with you the story their bracelet tells.  In the next two weeks, we will talk about what we are thankful for and learn more about Pilgrims and Indians.  We will read many books including Thanksgiving Day, Three Young Pilgrims, The Most Thankful Thing, and The Very First Thanksgiving Day.

Our target words this week are: sleep, morning, night, bed, school, o’clock, and early.  We are working on handwriting and on long e: e, ee and syllables.  We will review long and short u and e and inflectional endings.

In Math, we are revisiting place value.

REMINDERS:

• Next Friday, November 20^th, we will have a “Sharing Snack” in our classroom in the afternoon!  Please have your child pick one of their favorite snacks and send enough for 20 children.  Thank you!
• Library check out day this week is Wednesday.  Return books on Tuesday.
• Snacks week of Nov. 16-20 and Nov. 30-Dec. 4 is Anna.  Thank you! 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• November 23-27 – Thanksgiving Break
• December 4 – “Share Your Christmas” field trip
• December 10 – ABC’s of Christmas (1^st grade Production) – 2:00 in Yates Gym 

ALL ABOUT ME:

Issac shared his All About Me poster with the class.  He showed us pictures of his family and him as a baby.  He also showed us pictures of some of his favorite things including animals, reading, art, watching and going to movies, and the beach. 

This week’s All About Me student is Jayden and next week is Jesua.

Week of November 2-6, 2015

Spelling Words:
1. huge             7. June
2. tube              8. cube
3. cute              9. rule
4. rude            10. flute
5. use              11. each
6. mule            12. also

THIS WEEK:
This week, we are doing an author study on Laura Numeroff.  We will ready many of her books including If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, If You Give a Dog a Donut, and If You Give a Pig a Pancake.

Our target words this week are: each, own, name, year, also, fall.  We are also working on distinguishing long and short u and e, and reviewing contractions and inflectional endings.  In Math, we are adding 10.  Our math facts test this week is adding 4.  We will take spelling test and math facts test on Friday.

REMINDERS:

• We are collecting canned goods at Yates Primary for the holiday season.  We appreciate any donations you can make this week.  Thank you!
• Our check out day is Thursday this week.  Return books on Wednesday please!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• November 23-27 – Thanksgiving Break
• December 4 – “Share Your Christmas” field trip
• December 10 – ABC’s of Christmas (1^st grade Production) – 2:00 in Yates Gym

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
          6^th – Dominic
          13^th – Madalyn
          17^th – Eva
          25^th - Anna

ALL ABOUT ME:

Henry shared his All About Me poster.  He showed us lots of pictures of his family and things he likes to do.  We saw pictures from his trip to Disneyworld, the beach, the Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, and the Lookouts game.  Henry likes soccer, tennis, skateboarding, playing Frisbee, swimming, bowling, and going to Superfly!

This week’s All About Me student is Issac and next week is Jayden.