A sip of spring!!!

Good Morning! I hope everyone has had a great weekend! 

This past week we all worked very hard to continue our learning about BLack History events. We will finish our lap books over black history tomorrow, as well as work on comparing stories on the same event. We're focusing in the events surrounding Mrs. Rosa Parks and the bus sit-ins. 

We continue this week with THE SAME spelling words, and we will test on them Friday. Keep studying! 

This past week Mrs. Hobbs second grade class was gracious to invite us to their room to view their readers theatre about famous presidents this past week. 

Some of you may know Mrs. Yonker was out Thursday and Friday for Jr. Beta convention in Lousiville. Here are a few snapshots of our two days in Louisville. 

It has been a beautiful weekend, Aaon and I enjoyed a Popsicle on the patio during Jace's nap yesterday! I hope you had a chance to take in some of this glorious weather! Spring is just around the corner! 

Happy Sunday everyone! See you tomorrow! 

Making some progress!

I'd like to begin this weeks post by saying a big thank you to those of you who attended, or sent items for our Valentine party! The kids had a great time exchanging Valentines and enjoying our treats Friday!

This month we are studying Black History, as well as completing our computer based research- yes, first graders are asked to do some research using computers! These little tykes are some smart cookies!

Just a reminder, I will be out of the building on Thrusday and Friday to attend Jr. Beta convention in Louisville with our fifth graders. Mrs. Marr will be filling in for me. She is a retired teacher from Woodland and has some fun activities planned for our friends. 

Here are the new spelling words, please remember, we are keeping our spelling words now for TWO weeks, so we will test on these words February 28th! The skills the kids are working on are also listed so you'll have a better understanding of what exactly they need to know! 

Red Diagraphs	Yellow Multisyllabic	Green Easy Vowel Diagraphs	Purple Vowel Diagraphs	Orange Multisyllabic vowel diagraphs	Blue 2nd grade skills
Chalk Chick Chip Ship Shop Fish Dish Shell Shin Chick Whale Pinch	Salad Lemon Refill Cabin Robin Finish Polish Boxer About Before Orange Teacher	Queen Seed Toad Soap Glow Bow Cow Clown Paw Straw Sheep Scream	House Round Mouse Sound Found Ground Cookie Notebook Looked Beak Purse Cloud	Rounded Sounding Grounded Cooking Purses Cloudy Seedling Soaping Glowed Screaming Sheepish Bouncing	Addition Garbage Kitchen Playground Understand Underwear Device Daily Advice Apple  Unknown Remember

The plan...

Well, we've certainly had a nice little break!

When we return, we will pick up right where we left off. To take care of a few housekeeping items...

Spelling test: We will have the same words this week and test over them on Friday February 14th. 

Speaking of February 14th, we will have a Valentine Party on Friday as well. A flyer about this will go home as soon as we get back to school. If you can send in any juice boxes or popcorn for our party feel free. Also, students who would like to bring valentines to exchange are welcome to. Student names will be on the flyer I send home this week. 

The book fair will also be going on as soon as we return. Students received a flyer of available books when we were at school last. 

We will begin our study of Black History month when we return. We'll be learning about American heroes, as well as important African Americans in American history. 

Also, please note that in the next Wednesday folders you will receive several important pieces of work from January. First, January behavior calendars are being sent home. Keep in mind that these are colored to show where students ended on the clip chart for the day. Colors like green, orange, purple, and blue are all good choices. Yellows, pinks, and reds are not. :) The homework graphs for the month of January are also included, black pieces of the pie are days that your student was missing homework. (All of this is also available for you to view on your child's Class Do Jo report.)

You will also see our pre assessment for the unit of Everyday Math we are currently working. This test was given BEFORE students were taught this content. If you see a low score, please don't be alarmed, we're looking to see these improve once they've learned the content of Unit 6. 

I'm ready to get back in the swing of things. I hope to see all our babies tomorrow. :)