Dear Parents,                   March 4, 2013 Thank you to all those who have brought in cereal boxes or snack boxes for our school fair project! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”.  Stopping to reread especially if there are words we have difficulty reading and […]

Dear Parents,            February 25, 2013 I hope all had an enjoyable weekend! Get ready for a long full week with some very exciting activities! We are starting theme 7 in language arts – We Can Work It Out!  Our reading strategy is summarizing and our comprehension skill that helps us […]

Dear Parents,                  February 19, 2013 I hope you all had an enjoyable four-day weekend! Our reading strategy this week is predict/infer and the comprehension skill that will help with that strategy is predicting.  Taking time to look through what we are going to read, to look at […]

Dear Parents, Valentine’s Day is just a few days away! In first grade we celebrate with a party on February 14th in the afternoon organized by our room parents. During our party we will be passing out Valentine’s Day cards. I ask that all students receive a Valentine. In addition, as we are always practicing […]

This past week in religion, first grade discussed how “God calls us”. Just as Jesus called the fisherman, James, John, Andrew, and Peter, God calls us to be his helpers as well.  These first apostles were “fishers of men” and helped God by spreading the Good News. We spent many minutes talking about the ways […]

Dear Parents,                              January 28, 2013 Thank you to all the parents for supporting our school and visiting with us on Friday. I hope you enjoyed your visit to our classroom. I know the students were very excited to show you our […]

Dear Parents,                January 22, 2013 Well, we made it to the 100th day of school on Friday and now for 100 more! A very big, “Thank you!” to those who were able to help during Primary Centers on Friday.  The children (and me, too!) enjoy seeing you in […]

Dear Parents,                January 14, 2013 Our reading strategy this week is summarizing and the comprehension skill that will help us with that strategy is making generalizations.  Paying attention to the beginning, middle, and end of the story will help us with summarizing and paying attention to the details […]

Dear Parents,               January 7, 2013 We are starting theme 5 (Home Sweet Home) in our reading series.  Our reading strategy is questioning and the comprehension skill that will help us with that strategy is compare and contrast.  We will practice this skill using a Venn diagram.  Our phonics […]

Dear Parents,            January 2, 2013 Happy New Year!  I hope that you all enjoyed a peaceful, restful, and blessed Christmas. I want to thank everyone for the wonderful gifts and warm thoughts sent my way – I truly felt the blessings of the season. A new year – and what […]