Hello Families! Well, September has flown by quickly! Luckily for us, we have had a lot of fun activities to learn! Concepts of time, sounding out difficult words, and writing interesting sentences! Thank you for turning in homework on Tuesdays! It allows me to get the “Homework Folders” ready to send back to families on […]
Hello Families! I was reviewing a draft I had begun for another email and saw I forgot to hit the send button for our newsletter this weekend! This week, we are continuing to learn about number placement in the number chart to 100, and numbers are broken up into ones and tens using our base […]
Hello Families! Last week went quickly! It was nice to have the temperatures come down a bit. This week we have Picture Day on Wednesday. Friday is a 2pm Dismissal too. This past week we worked on verbs while reading our passages in reading groups. In science, we began our inquiry on inventors and what […]
Dear Families, Thank you to all who came to the conferences. I truly enjoy hearing your unique perspectives of your child. Please do not hesitate to email me if there is a change in your schedules or if your child has any changes as well. This last week was wonderful, we were able to fill […]
Hello Families! First, I would like to thank everyone for attending our “Back-to-School Night” last Tuesday evening. I was so glad to be able to chat about first grade. If you could not make it that evening, I have send the slides via email. Many of the photos on the slides have links for you to […]
Wow! Look at the beautiful chart we created about friendship! These first weeks, we will read stories about friendship and what makes a classroom happy. In creating our chart, they came up with many thoughtful ideas about what a good friend looks like. First grade had a terrific week! They have already learned many of […]
Hello Families, It’s such a bittersweet time! I am so proud of first grade for all the learning and laughing we have shared this year! They are an amazing class that truly supports one another and are so excited to cheer each other on when learning new concepts! I am very fortunate to have been […]
Happy Memorial Day Families! I am sending a quick note on to let you know a few reminders! Today was PE! It was the last PE class of the year. Wednesday we will have our last Art class of the year as well. On Friday we have a noon dismissal. These last two weeks we […]
Hello First Grade Families! This week is a short one! We have a noon dismissal on Thursday! Friday and Monday school will be closed to honor the Memorial Day holiday. This last week we had special activities planned by the 7th and 8th graders! The 8th graders helped us make paper flowers to honor Mary’s […]
Good morning First Grade Families! I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. The students worked very hard on their gifts for their mother’s these last few weeks. They worked with care and attention too! I know we will have a good time today talking about their surprises to you! Last week we also had fun […]