October 26 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

October 26, 2012

Review of our week:

         Things are going great in our class.  In math we are working on addition and graphing.  We wrote about what we are going to be for Halloween.  We are still doing the Moon Bag.  If your child has not had it yet or didn’t get to see the moon they will get it next week.   I just wanted to thank all of you for your help and support.  I really do appreciate it. You are all so wonderful.

Homework:

         I am sending home the first reading record for November on today.  Please make sure it gets put in a safe place. Please make sure your child is doing 20 minutes of reading every night.  I still have several students who are not bringing back their take home books.  I can really tell which students are doing their reading homework. I am sending home a Halloween homework page they need to do with their Trick or Treat candy it is due back by Friday.  I am sorry about this weeks reading records.  I really thought I had sent home both of them last week.  If you sent a note with their reading, that was great.  I am sending that reading record home.  Please fill it out and sign it.  It will be due on Monday.  I am really sorry.

Sight Words:

         I have a lot of students who have not brought their paper back saying they are ready to pass them off.  This is holding your child back from moving on in their reading.  I really need you to practice those words with your child.  If you don’t know where the list is please let me know and I can get you a new one.  I do have several who has worked really hard and passed them all off, since I sent the first list home.

Carving Pumpkins:

         I only have 1 dad who is coming to carve pumpkins.  I would really like to have about 3 or 4 more.  We will do it on Wednesday at 10:30.  If you can and would like to come and help us, please let me know.  Thanks

Veterans:

         I would like each child to find out if they have any Veterans in their family.  If they do, I would like them to find out any information and find pictures.  If you could send things that we can keep, at least for awhile that would be great. If you can make a copy of the picture, so that we can keep it, that would be the best.  If it is something that your child can just bring for the day and share, we would love to see it.  Part of our first grade core is American Symbols, so we are going to be really focusing on patriotism.  If you could send them sometime next week, that would be great.

Book Orders:

         I am sending home the Book Orders for November. If you are ordering books for Christmas just let me know, so I can pull them.  If you would like to order books they are due back by Thursday, November,1st  I have set it up, so you can order on the Scholastic website. Your orders will still be due on Thursday, even if you order online.  The website is http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp.  When you register you will need the code L9GWX.  This code will let them know your child is in my class and your order will come to me at the school. If you have any questions please let me know.

FYI’s:

* I am sending home Progress Reports next week.  There are not a lot of things marked for this quarter.  It doesn’t mean your child can’t do those things, I just haven’t assessed it yet.  On the counting if they were able to count by 1’s to 120 I circled 1’s. If they were not able to do it, I wrote at the bottom what number they were able to count to. Please look over this, sign the bottom and send it back the strip at the bottom.

* It is starting to get really cold please make sure your child is coming with a coat.  We go outside for recess everyday unless it is raining or snowing really hard.

Upcoming Events:

·      Tuesday, October 30 – Celebrate Parker’s Birthday

·      Wednesday, October 31 – Halloween Party 12:30

·      Wednesday, October 31 – Dad’s Carve Pumpkins 10:30

·      Friday, November 2 – Celebrate Olivia’s Birthday

·      Friday, November 2 – Family Fun Day (Lambert Family)

·      Monday, November 5 – Celebrate Hunter’s Birthday

·      Friday, November 9 – Celebrate Logan’s Birthday

·      Friday, November 9 – Family Fun Day (Holmgren)

·      Wednesday, November 14 – Celebrate Peyton’s Birthday

·      Friday, November 16 – Family Fun Day (Brown Family)

·      Tuesday, November 20 – Celebrate Santana’s Birthday

·      November 21-23 – No School (Thanksgiving Break)

·      Friday, November 30 – Celebrate Lily’s ½ Birthday

·      Friday, November 30 – Family Fun Day (Huff Family)

·      Friday, December 7 – Celebrate McKinley’s Birthday

·      Friday, December 14 – Family Fun Day (Bryan Family)

·      Thursday, December 20 – Celebrate Jenzie’s Birthday

·      Friday, December 21 – Christmas Party