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Monday, November 28, 2011

Week of Novermber 28th

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone enjoyed a great, restful break.  We are starting to collect Winter Party money for our party on December 16th.  Please send $5.00 cash to me ASAP!!!! 

First grade has been selected to sponsor 2 angles this year for the holidays, a 7 year old girl and a 6 year old boy. If you are able to help brighten their holiday here's their information.
Girl-clothing size 8; shoe size 13; needs boots coat & winter clothes. Her wish list is boots, Barbie, arts & crafts. She loves to draw and paint.
Boy-clothing size 7; shoe size 13; needs pants, underwear, shoes & coat. His wish list is a bike and Lego's. All gifts are due Tuesday. Thanks:)

Curriculum Focus:
Reading/Social Studies-Past, Present, Future
Writing-Detailed sentences that include who, what, and when.
Spelling-sun, run, fun, cut, hut, nut, big, not, look, he
Challenge words-shutter, under, south, equals, solid
Math-2D and 3D shapes     HOMEWORK: Unit 2  Pages 3,4,7,18,33
Science-Sun

Upcoming Events:
11/29-Angel Gifts are due
12/6-Wear Green
12/6-Science Night 6:00-7:30pm
12/8-Chick-fil-A Day
12/9-Robertson Round-up @ 2:00pm in the cafe
12/13-Pajama Day
12/15-PTA Meeting/3rd grade performance @ 7:00pm in the cafe
12/16-Winter Party 1:50-2:50
12/19-12/30-Winter Break

HAVE A  GREAT WEEK!
Mrs. C Williams

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Week of November 14th

I want to take a moment and say HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR MY PARENTS!  You guys are Awesome.  I appreciate all you do and I APPRECIATE you sharing your chilld/children with me!  If you are sending items for the expirement on Friday, please do by tomorrow.  Please keep sending tissue, crayons and paper towels!  I hope EVERYONE has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

This week we are learning!
Reading-Inferencing: schema (background knowledge) + clues (from the story)
Writing-Adjectives: I quickly ran up the steep hill.
Spelling-fit, hit, spit, skin, win, tin, and, see, to, you
Challenge Words-split, winning, east, difference, observe
Math-3D shapes: sphere, cylinder, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism, cube
Math Homework-Unit 2, pages, 1, 2, 12, 13; and a page with shapes.
Science-The Moon: full, quarter, crescent / SEASONS

Upcoming Events:
11/18-Robertson Round-up @ 2:00
11/21-11/25-Thanksgiving Break
11/29-Angel Gifts Due

WESTERN DAY WAS A HIT!!!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Week of November 7th

What we are Learning:
Reading-Creating mental images while reading
Writing-Detailed sentences: include where and when
Spelling-got, dot, spot, top, mop, shop, I, can, it, an
Challenge Words-cotton, crops, north, subtraction, change
Math-2 dimensional shapes: circle, square, rhombus, rectangle, triangle, hexagon
Math Homework- Unit 2, pages 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Science-Seasons: summer, autumn, winter, spring

Upcoming Events:
11/8-Wear Brown Day
11/9-Stranger Danger Assembly @ 8:45 in the cafe
11/10-picture retakes
11/10-Mooyah Night
11/15-Western Wear Day
11/18-Robertson Round-up @ 2:00 in the cafe
11/21-11/25-Thanksgiving Break

I am sending home an extra page with November activities on one side and a math activity on the other side.  If your child brings back more that half of the work completed after Thanksgiving break, I will give them a prize.  Math homework is listed above for this week.

We are still in need of: Crayons, Kleenex and white card stock.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Mrs. C Williams

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Week of October 31st

I hope everyone is having an awesome week!  We have had a lot of sick kiddos in class.  Please remind them to sanitize and wash their hands all the time!  We also need more kleenex.  We are going through a box a day because of the colds and allergies.

What we are learning:
Reading-Retelling a story, remembering to include the characters names and setting in the beginning
Writing-Detailed Sentences
Spelling-mad, dad, glad, bat, sat, flat, was, get, do, all
Challenge Words-pattern, ladder, community, addition, compare
Math-review fact families, money, odd and even, patterns
Math Homework- 8- Pages 34, 36, 37, 38
Science-Sound, the students will learn sounds are created using vibration

Upcoming Events:
11/4-Fall Festival 5-8pm
11/7-Celebration of Learning @ 8:30am
11/9-Stranger Danger Assembly @ 8:45am
11/10-Picture Retakes
11/10-Mooyah Night

Mrs. C. Williams