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October 31 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

October 31, 2025

Review of our week:

I wanted to thank all the dads who came and carved pumpkins with us and the moms who did our Halloween Party.  It was so much fun. I will post pictures on the blog. Officer Ludlow came and talked to us about how we can be safe on Halloween.  We had fun dressing up for Red Ribbon Week.  We also started a new reader this week.

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 a while that would be great. If you can make a copy of the picture, so that we can keep it, that would be the best. I like to put them in their portfolios.  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 in the next couple of weeks, that would be great.

Upcoming Events:

*Thursday, November 6 – Celebrate Bridger’s ½ Birthday

*Monday, November 17 – South Family Bingo Night 5:30-7:30

*Tuesday, November 25 – Thanksgiving Feast

*November 26-28 – No School – Thanksgiving Break

*Monday, December 1 – Celebrate Oaks’ ½ Birthday

*Monday, December 8 – Mrs. Bali will be gone

*Tuesday, December 16 – Celebrate Tommy’s ½ Half Birthday

*Wednesday, December 17 – Make Gingerbread Houses @2:00

October 24 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s Firsts Grade News

October 24, 2025

Review of our week:

In math we are really working on ways to make ten adding 3 numbers.  I have been seeing a lot of progress in reading.  I am very happy about that.  We had a lot of fun on our Field Trip.  We have been learning about Ancient Egypt.  We learned to write our name in hieroglyphics.

Reading:

At this point I want your child to be doing the reading for all of or most of the time, instead of having somebody read to them.  It is great if you are reading to them on top of their 20 minutes and I would like you to continue with that, but they really need to be doing their 20 minutes of reading themselves.  Reading to them will help make them better readers also. If I gave you a copy of Gran at SEPs, your child should be reading the stories we are reading in class.  This week we have read:King and Queen, The Trip West and Saved By the Bells. We will finish it up next week and start a new one.

When your child is reading to you, please listen to the way they are reading.  We are really working on fluency and expression especially if your child is on a level F or higher.  We talk about how when you are reading it should sound like you are talking and not like a robot.  Please listen to your child and help them work on these things.  This is one of the reasons they should be reading their take home books at least 2 or 3 times. If your child is reading on a g or higher, they only need to read it 1-2 times.  I would also like them to be reading the sight word lists. If you would like some more books for your child to read at home, please let me know.

Red Ribbon Week:

I am sending home an orange paper with the dress up themes for next week.  On Friday, we can wear costumes, but no masks or face paint.  There will be a Halloween parade on the upper field at 2:45.

F.Y.I’s:

* I just wanted to thank all of you who come in and help in our  classroom it really means a lot.

*I will be sending home some addition flashcards.  It will really help them in math if they can learn these math facts.

Upcoming Events:

*October 27-31 – Red Ribbon Week

*Tuesday, October 28- Mrs. Bali will be gone. My son is getting his tonsils out. 

*Friday, October 31 – Carving Pumpkins with dads 10:00

*Friday, October 31 - Halloween Party

*Friday, October 31 – Halloween Parade 1:00 on the upper field. Parents are welcome to come and watch.

*Thursday, November 6 – Celebrate Bridger’s ½ Birthday

*Monday, November 17 – South Family Bingo Night 5:30-7:30

*Tuesday, November 25 – Thanksgiving Feast

*November 26-28 – No School – Thanksgiving Break

*Monday, December 1 – Celebrate Oaks’ ½ Birthday

*Monday, December 8 – Mrs. Bali will be gone

*Tuesday, December 16 – Celebrate Tommy’s ½ Half Birthday

*Wednesday, December 17 – Make Gingerbread Houses @2:00

 

October 10 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

October 10, 2025

Review of our week:

I just wanted to thank everybody for coming to SEPs. I have been seeing a lot of progress in reading.  I am very happy about that. Please make sure your child is reading every night. I promise this will make the biggest difference with their reading. 

We made some fun Halloween writings and projects this week. 

Field Trip:

We are going to the Robinson Family Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday, October 22 @9:30. If you would like to come with us, we would love to have you meet us there.  There won’t be room on the bus.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

Carving Pumpkins:

I am looking for 4-5 dads to come in and carve pumpkins with us on Halloween.  We will do Friday, October 31 at 10:00.  If you are interested and can come, help please let me know, so I know how many pumpkins to get.  Thanks

Upcoming Events:

        *October 15 – Picture Retakes

*October 17&20 – No School (Fall Break)

*October 22 – Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch

*October 27-31 – Red Ribbon Week

*Monday-Orange, Black or Halloween Shirts

*Tuesday-Wear Mismatched clothes

*Wednesday-Sports Jersey or Shirt

*Thursday-Wear clothes backwards

*Friday-Halloween Costumes (no gore, blow ups, or face paint)

August 19 Newsletter

September 12 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

September 12, 2025

Review of our week:

Each day we interview the leader and I am really seeing some improvement in our writing.  We have also been working on sentence structure.  We are working on subtracting and adding within 10.  We have started reading stories in our readers.

Next Week’s Leaders:

Monday, September 15 – Tom 

        Tuesday, September 16 – Zora

Next week will be our last week of snacks for the class.  If your child would like a snack, will you please send a healthy snack in their backpack.  You can even just keep several in there, so they have one if they are hungry. Thank you so much for everyone providing a snack these first weeks of school.

Homework:

You and your child need to be reading for 20 minutes every night. We started the Take Home Library a while ago.  These books are on your child’s independent reading level, they should be reading them to you.  They may seem easy and that is because they are or they should be.  They are one level lower than where I have them instructionally.   I would like your child to read the book a couple of times.  After they have read the book have them tell you what happened in the book and ask them some questions about the book for comprehension.    Please, be patient with their take home book level, it takes a while for me to read with them when they are ready to move.  If your child is on a higher reading level, they won’t move through the levels as fast.

I also have extra books if you would like some.  Raz Kids is also a great resource for them to get more minutes.

Please help your child to read it and bring it back every day.

Reading Helpers:

I would like to start having parents come in and read with the class next week. They can be moms, dads or grandparents.     If you can and would like to come in and read with us, we would love to have you. The time is 8:40-9:10. Let me know if there is a day that would work for you.  You do have to have your background check with the district.

Upcoming Events:

*Tuesday, September 16 – Color Run starts at 2:30 on the upper field

*Friday, September 26 – Goodies with Grandparents 8-8:45 in the gym

*September 29-October 3 – SEP Week School will get out at 2:30 except on Friday, it will be regular 1:30.

*October 2-3 – Mrs. Bali will be gone