Friday, November 9, 2018

Friday News for the Week of Nov5-9

Happy Friday! We had a fun filled week in first grade!

Today we had a special guest come to our school, Ace the Dog! He is a certified emotional therapy dog through the red cross. His owner read us a story and we got to pet Ace. It was so much fun!






This Week:
Reading - We learned about the Beginning, Middle, and End of a story. It’s an important comprehension skill where the kids can retell the important parts of a story. We read some fun books and thought hard about the beginning, middle and end. Today we picked a book from our book folder and wrote the B, M, and E!

Math: We are cruising through subtraction. Students are doing great!

Science - We are learning about how a plant grows. We read some beautiful books this week and watched some videos about a lima been growing. We even got to examine a succulent and a black bean.

Writing - This week Mrs. Hewitt modeled some fun How To writings such as “How to Brush Your Teeth” and “How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich.” The students did great trying to write How To stories themselves.

In Bible we finished up the unit on Joseph and got to learn about how God kept his promises throughout Joseph’s life and though his brothers meant everything to hurt Joseph, God used it for the good to save the Israelites from famine - WOW!

Spelling - This week we played some fun spelling games!








Next Week:
Spelling Words: long   king ring   long sung sink   wink bunk on but
Bible Memory Verse: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” Psalm 118:1

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th!

For next week, we will see Tuesday 11/13-Monday 11/19 as one full week. Our spelling test will be on Monday 11/19

11/20 is Harvest Fest
A message from the Class Mom: Hi Grade 1 Parents! Harvest Fest/Pie Day is coming up on Tuesday November 20!! Ms. Turner would love some help from the parents on that day from 8:30-10:30am. We are looking for 4 parent helpers for each classroom during the school day and 5-6 pies for each class to eat. The schedule should be out soon for the classroom activities. If you can help in the classroom (1) in the morning (2) in the afternoon or (3) donate a pie that would be great! Please let me know or contact Ms. Turner directly if you can help!
Harvest Fest Schedule
8:30-8:55 Session 1 
9:00-9:25 Session 2
9:30-9:55 Session 3
10:00-10:25 Session 4
10:45-11:10 Lunch
11:15-11:45 Recess
11:45-12:15 Thanksgiving Fun
12:15–1:40 Classroom time, EAT PIE!

1:40-3:00 Christmas Program Practice

Upcoming Events:
Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Break
Nov 30 - 12:30 dismissal for all students - Christmas Program at 6pm in Uruma
Dec 14 - 12:30 Dismissal for all students - class Christmas party. Beginning of Christmas Break!