Can you believe it's almost Winter Break? I'm so excited for the next two weeks I feel just like the students. Don't forget to bring in 8 can goods so that your child can get a free dress day the Wednesday before break. We are also in need of empty water bottles please send these in with your child. Don't forget the Gingerbread Capers play Wednesday morning and our winter centers Wednesday afternoon. See you guys soon.

This week we have a lot to cover in order to be ready for the upcoming test. In Science we will be finishing our units on magnets. In math we are finishing unit 4. Please review tens and ones, greater than less than, and writing their own story problems. We will also be finishing up our non-fiction unit on penguins. There is so much information on the Internet on penguins so if your student would like to know more please allow them to research.

Also, they are really focused on www.ixl.com. Don't forget they can log on at home.
userid: firstlast552
password: abc123

I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving break. These next couple days we will be finishing up our unit on tens and ones and greater than less than. We will also work on problem solving as well. Please continue to have your student reading on a daily basis. And don't forget ixl (user name: firstlast552, password: abc123). I am also in need of 2-3 parents to change the bulletin board (Friday) for the month of December. Please log onto volunteerspot.com.

We are in need of empty toilet paper rolls for a project we are doing. Please send them in when you can.

Thank you so much for bringing in candy for our activities this week. You guys are the BEST! This week we are learning all about the water cycle and fractions. Don't forget about the fall festival tomorrow. It will be lots of fun.

9/24

This week will be a fun and exciting week for us. We are learning all about shapes and Johnny Appleseed. I am asking your assistance in providing materials for our exciting activities we have planned.

The shape/candy sort will need these items: Hershey Kisses (cone), Lemon heads (spheres), Jolly Ranchers (rectangular prism), and gum (cube).

We will also need apples of all different kinds (red, green, yellow, ect.) so that we can complete a apple taste test.

Thanks so much for your help!

Needed item

If anyone has two hula hoops that we can borrow for our lesson on Thursday please send them in with your student. Thanks!

Great news!!!

We have been funded for our first Donor's Choose project! The students will be receiving scholastic readers shortly.

Donor's Chooses

I have posted our 1st project in donorschoose.org (http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1505347.1282052554). If you type INSPIRE in the match code they will match the donation given. Thanks!

We had a great second week in 1st grade! I want to thank all of my parents for their help and support. The students learned so much about the United States of America this week. Ask your child about the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, and Old Glory. We also studied short /a/ words and worked on addition.

Math facts fluency is an important skill to develop. A game I played with my son to increase his fluency used flash cards, a timer, and graphing paper. Every night we would set the timer for one minute and see how many math facts he could get correct in the minute. After he finished we would graph it (the graph helped him see his progress and if he was getting close to reaching his goals).

For the upcoming week we will be moving onto Science. We will begin by studying weather and the seasons. Short /i/ is the phonic sound for reading and subtraction for math.

                      Mrs. Jsames’ updates        

·        Snack: Due to our early lunch we will be having a snack time at 1:00 daily. Please send your student to school with a healthy snack. In addition if you have any snacks that can be used for a community snack please send them in as well (Just in case someone forgets theirs.)

·        Water bottles: If you would like you may send in your student with their own water bottle.

·        ·        I have also added a project to the following website if you would like to contribute. http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1505347.1282052554

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Yours in Education,

M. Jsames

Staying in touch

To receive reminders via text message send a message to (347)983-1122 with @msbrack in the subject. I will be using this app to send important reminders throughout the year.