Monday, December 13th

There is no spelling this week! We will be completing some wonderful holiday activities that go along with some of my favorite books. Ask your child each day about the special book we read and project that went along with the book.

Today, Monday, we read The Mitten by Jan Brett. Your child is coming home with their very own mitten filled with the animals from the story. Have your child retell the story and put all their animals into the mitten in the correct order. We really enjoyed this wonderful winter story!

Friday: We will be watching The Polar Express in our jammies. Kids are welcome to wear their pajamas to school on Friday. Pajamas must be school and winter weather appropriate. We will also be sledding today. I welcome students to bring their own sleds to school, due to limited number currently. Please label your child's sled with his/her name.

Reminder: Send buckets for Gingerbread Houses by Friday! Also, our ornament exchange is on Friday. Have ornaments here and wrapped by Thursday! Thanks!

Book Orders are scheduled to arrive on Thursday. I am still hoping that they will be here earlier. It has happened before:) I will contact parents when they are available for pick-up.

NO School from December 20 - January 2. We return to school on Monday, January 3rd. Happy Holidays!

Marvelous Monday 12-06-10

Spelling Words: or, for, form, sort, store, more, long, your, bring, head
Challenge Words: orbit, tornado, evaporate, important, enormous
Sight Words: animals, their, cold, under, very, fish, from

Class Picture with our Gingerbread Houses! Thank you Mrs. LaFortune! One is a little silly:)

Gingerbread houses will be ready for home delivery next week. We have found that the homes travel well in an "Ice Cream Pail." As soon as you have finished off your ice cream and washed out the bucket, please send it in to school. I ask that your child's name is somewhere on the bucket! As always, if you have any extras, we would gladly accept them! Thank you in advance.

If you would like to pick your child up from school and take his/her house with you, feel free to do so. Houses can be retrieved Wednesday, December 15th - Friday, December 17th.



Reminder -- Book orders are due this Thursday, December 9th!

Math: This week in math we are working on sorting, classifying, and graphing data. This is a very hard unit for First Graders. Please use the Family Sheet (sent home last week) to help your child better understand the concepts covered in this chapter.

Reading: Our sound with is week is "or". We are working on building and reading words that have "or" and "ore" in them. Please practice building words incorporating this phonetic element.

Wonderful Wednesday

Gingerbread House Mania

Thank you to everyone that attended our Gingerbread House Day! It was a blast. Please stop by and view our beautiful and unique gingerbread houses. They will be on display for the next two weeks.

Book Orders: There are three different book orders in the homework folders tonight. To assure delivery prior to Winter Break, I am requesting to have orders in no later than Thursday, December 9th. Please let me know if any of the books ordered need to be picked up at school by parents (Christmas gifts). We can then arrange a time a place for pick up.

Ornament Exchange:

There is information regarding an ornament exchange in your child's homework folder. This activity is unique to Mrs. Hagen's class. Feel free to email or call with any questions regarding the Ornament Exchange. Ornaments for this activity can be new, used or handmade. Please send your child's ornament to school, wrapped in wrapping paper by Thursday, December 16th. The exciting and cheerful exchange will take place on Friday, December 17th. Thank you for helping make the holiday season special and bright!

REMINDER: Report cards are available for review online as of Friday, December 3rd.

Marvelous Monday

Spelling Words: ring, sing, bring, thing, song, long, us, must, does, food
Challenge Words: tagalong, earring, something, swingset, everything

Sight Words: arms, head, way, use, feet, your, every, school

Come One, Come All...

Please join us in celebrating Gingerbread Day! All parents are welcome to help us celebrate by decorating our very own gingerbread house. We will start decorating at 1:40 tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 30th). Decorating usually takes a good hour. Our homes will join the "Parade of Homes" outside the library. All homes will return to their proud owners, the week before Winter Break.

Thank you to everyone that sent in materials. A huge thank you goes out to Renee LaFortune, Andrew Greben and Margo Hendersen for assembling all of our wonderful houses. A special thank you also goes out to Pat and Rhonda Nelson for making the "glue. " This day would not be possible without the wonderful volunteers that dedicate their time to our classroom! Our gingerbread houses will be the envy of Shirley Hills!

Just a reminder that the gingerbread houses are strictly for decoration. The glue we are using is not safe to consume. Thank you and I can't wait to see all the stunning masterpieces created tomorrow!

-ng ending
This week we are working on words that end in "-ng." Word families that we will be focusing on are: -ing, -ung, -ong, -ang

10 Fat Turkeys by: Mrs. Hagen's Class

Marvelous Monday

Mrs. Hagen's Class wishes you a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

GOBBLE, GOBBLE!

There are no new spelling words or sight words this week. Please practice the past sight words and read, read, read!

Our class is busy practicing our Theater Presentation of Ten Fat Turkeys. Look for our blockbuster debut, later in the week, right here on this blog.

SPECIALS:

Monday -- Art

Tuesday -- Gym

Wednesday -- Music

Reminder: There is no school on Thursday or Friday. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!

Marvelous Monday

Spelling Words: us, bus,must, cut, cub, club, with, then, don't, says
Challenge Words: hungry, opossum, umbrella, coconut, puppet
Sight Words: live, does, grow, many, be good

Math Homework: Tonight there is a blue math homework sheet. Please help your child complete this sheet. The homework's purpose is to help better prepare your child for tomorrow's math test. Thank you in advance for you support. Your child will be more successful and confident in math because of your guidance.

Short /u/ : This week we are focusing on the sound that short /u/ makes. We point up to the sky while saying, "u,u up." This is a great technique to help your child remember his/her short vowel sounds.

Mrs. Hagen needs to apologize for the mix-up with the November calendar. Below I have listed the days for this week and what specials correlate. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Even though I hate to admit it, I am only human and definitely make mistakes too:)

Monday: Day 4 -- Gym
Tuesday: Day 5 -- Music
Wednesday: Day 6 -- Art
Thursday: Day 1 -- Gym
Friday: Day 2 -- Music

Brain Breaks: Please remember to send your child to school with a beach towel. We are using our beach towels as mats for our "Brain Break" time. The towels will allow for us to have our own space and respect others spaces. Thank you again. I look forward to sharing how wonderful our relaxation time is and how well we are responding to it!

WINTER: Whether we like it or not, Winter has graced us (at least for this week). Please make sure your child is bringing appropriate outside gear to school. Appropriate gear includes; boots, snow pants, jackets, hats, mittens, scarfs etc... If your child does not have the appropriate clothing on, he/she will be staying on the black top during recess. All of our children need time to run and de-stress during recess. Help make this possible by always sending Winter gear to school with your child. Some days you may not think we are going out, but we will! It is better to be safe than sorry. Thank you!