Dear Barn Swallow Families,
Pika and Teddy:
Our classroom birds are here! Please ask your child to tell you all about Pika, our Cockatiel, and Teddy, our parakeet. They had a great first day! Teddy preened Pika and did some acrobatics, Pika climbed the branch and sat in the book baskets in the library, Francis fed them both fresh peas, and Jacob offered them a carrot.
What We Did Last Week:
Last week we learned about reading books to find information and enjoyed a few non fiction worm books. We have learned MANY new facts about worms and have a large list for you to see on our door! For our Out and About, we went to the Backyard garden. First we marked the existing (and newly transplanted) plants in our future forest site. Then we moved many loads of leaves to the forest floor, in hopes of feeding the worms, protecting the soil, and bringing in more nutrients for the forest plants. The students felt like we were gathering food for a huge worm party! We ended our Out and About with worm exploration and observation. Every student found at least one worm! Last week we also worked on painting paper in preparation for our painted paper forest mural, which will be in our classroom. The forest mural is a way for us to keep track of all of the forest plants and animals we're learning about, as well as help us plan for how we want to enhance the school's 'forest' in the garden.
Math Last Week:
First graders worked on addition facts using buttons and bug story problems. They looked for patterns among addition facts. Second graders continued to work on fluency with addition facts that make the sum of 9 and 10. They made flash cards with these facts, practiced with partners, and continued to play the 'Make the Sum' game in small groups.
Home Bags:
Thank you families for helping your child remember to bring his or her Home Bag these last two weeks. Please help your child to make sure that all homework is labeled with the child's name. We have volunteers on Monday morning that are helping us to prepare the homework each week, and they will not have time to check your child's homework to make sure that it has a name. Please make sure that your child cuts out the spelling letters each week and manipulates them to make words. This step is very important in the process. Please do not put the letters back into the bags (please recycle the letters at home). Homework calendars will be coming home soon. This tool will help you and your child keep track of the work that is being completed at home, as well as allow me to learn more about your child's homework routine. You can look at the calendar with your child and plot out when your child will do each homework activity. It will also provide a space for your child to record the number of minutes spent on each subject. Please keep the calendar in the Home Bag. Thank you families!
Thank you families for helping your child remember to bring his or her Home Bag these last two weeks. Please help your child to make sure that all homework is labeled with the child's name. We have volunteers on Monday morning that are helping us to prepare the homework each week, and they will not have time to check your child's homework to make sure that it has a name. Please make sure that your child cuts out the spelling letters each week and manipulates them to make words. This step is very important in the process. Please do not put the letters back into the bags (please recycle the letters at home). Homework calendars will be coming home soon. This tool will help you and your child keep track of the work that is being completed at home, as well as allow me to learn more about your child's homework routine. You can look at the calendar with your child and plot out when your child will do each homework activity. It will also provide a space for your child to record the number of minutes spent on each subject. Please keep the calendar in the Home Bag. Thank you families!
Volunteer Opportunity:
On Thursday, December 8th we will be cooking at the UCC. We will leave the school at 1:00 and return by 3:00. I would love to have 2-3 parent volunteers to join us! If you are able to join us, please send me an email at S.Reuter@fgcschool.org. (Please also send me an email to confirm if you have already shared an interest in joining us!)
On Thursday, December 8th we will be cooking at the UCC. We will leave the school at 1:00 and return by 3:00. I would love to have 2-3 parent volunteers to join us! If you are able to join us, please send me an email at S.Reuter@fgcschool.org. (Please also send me an email to confirm if you have already shared an interest in joining us!)
Thank you families!
Sincerely,
Sherry
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