Friday Letters

We started Friday Letters today!!  Be sure to look for your child's Friday Letter notebook in their backpack today.  This is fun way for your child to share with you some highlights from their school experiences each week. The letter on the first page in their notebook explains a little more about how this all works.  Please read your child's letter to you and write a note back to them before the following Friday each week.  Students LOVE reading their special notes from their families!  Have fun with it!

Roll and Record

In math today partners played a game called Roll and Record. Each partner took turns rolling two dice, adding them together and recording that number.  It was fun to see which number was rolled most often, and therefore was the winner!

Getting Ready for Open House

First graders spent some time on Wednesday preparing for the upcoming Open House.  They are very excited to share their classroom and some of their work and accomplishments so far!  

PLEASE JOIN US TONIGHT!  September 17 

A special school dinner will be served from 5:00-6:00, after which you are invited to visit your child's  

classroom from 6:00-7:00 pm.  

We hope to see you there!

Touch and Tell, Then Sketch, Then Write!

First graders have been writing some wonderful Small Moment stories during Writer's Workshop. They have been working hard trying to use the steps of "touch and tell" (orally telling their story while touching each page), "then sketch" (sketch their ideas across all 3 pages of their booklet), "then write". They also now have writing partners whom they work next to each day.  They are learning how to help and support each other during the writing process.  

The 4th Stage of the Monarch Life Cycle

Today first graders learned more about the butterfly stage of the monarch. Ask your child to tell you some interesting facts about this stage - like what it's abdomen looks like when it first emerges from the chrysalis, or what size it's wings are when it first emerges!

Releasing a Butterfly

This morning first graders came into the classroom to find a monarch butterfly had emerged from its chrysalis over the weekend!  It was a very exciting moment as we sang our special song, and released our monarch out into the wild, hopefully to begin his journey south!

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