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May 28th

Hello, So far the weather looks good for our walking field trip! On Friday make sure students have comfortable walking shoes and are dressing for the weather. It is a fun field trip to end our year! This week I will start collecting all of the books that have been sent home. If you could please check around the house for books that were sent from school, that’d be very helpful. I will not be sending home reading or math homework for the remainder of the year, the homework will be to check for those missing books! Thanks! Upcoming Events: 5/29: Dress like an animal or bring in your favorite stuffed animal 5/30: Dress like you’re going on a vacation 5/31: Enjoy yourself-- dress in something you love 5/31: Field Trip: Walking trip around Kaukauna 6/3: Dress like a character from a fairy tale 6/4: Field Day, dress active for field day 6/5: NDLC wear or neon day 6/5: Early Release: Last Day of School Reading: This week we will be talking about who our reading partners can be
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May 20th

Hello! I can’t believe we are in the last days of school...end of year testing, field trips, dress up days...where did this year go?!  This year flew by and as we begin doing our end of year testing it is so fun to see how much this class has grown.  There is so much to be proud of!  Walking Field Trip May 31st: If you said you were able to join us as a chaperone you are more than welcome to come along.  We do not need to turn anyone away on this trip...the more the merrier!  If you can’t join us all day you are welcome to join us for lunch at the park. Upcoming Events: 5/21: Family Night 5/24-5/27: No School for Students 5/28: Hat Day or Crazy Hair Day 5/29: Dress like an animal or bring in your favorite stuffed animal 5/30: Dress like you’re going on a vacation 5/31: Enjoy yourself-- dress in something you love 5/31: Field Trip: Walking trip around Kaukauna 6/3: Dress like a character from a fairy tale 6/4: Field Day, dress active for field day 6/5: NDLC wear or neon

May 13

Hello, We have our next field trip this Wednesday to the Building for Kids. Students will need to pack a lunch if you did not indicate you wanted a school lunch. Remember to pack a drink with their lunch as well. It is a really fun field trip that the students always enjoy! I will submit one last book order on Friday afternoon if you would like to order any books for the summer.  The link is:  scholastic.com/bookclubs and the code for our classroom is  J4RGH Upcoming Events: 5/15: Field Trip: Building For Kids 5/21: Family Night 5/24-5/27: No School for Students 5/28: Hat Day or Crazy Hair Day 5/29: Dress like an animal or bring in your favorite stuffed animal 5/30: Dress like you’re going on a vacation 5/31: Enjoy yourself-- dress in something you love 5/31: Field Trip: Walking trip around Kaukauna 6/3: Dress like a character from a fairy tale 6/4: Field Day, dress active for field day 6/5: NDLC wear or neon day 6/5: Early Release Last Day of School Reading: We will

May 6th

Hello, On Friday we will be having our Pizza Party to celebrate our win in KAT!  We will be having the pizza at 2:40...it WILL NOT replace lunch.  They are all very excited! Teacher Appreciation Day Sign Up: https://signup.com/go/bYpfVap Upcoming Events: 5/15: Field Trip: Building For Kids 5/24-5/27: No School for Students 5/31: Field Trip: Walking trip around town  Permission slip will be coming this week Reading: This week in reading we are continuing our non-fiction book clubs.  We will be choosing books  within the same topic. That way students can start comparing the information they are learning and seeing what is the same and what is different. Writing: The students have been really enjoying our writing project unit. This week we will be talking about how authors within your publishing house can be a great tool to use to help make your writing the best it can be. We will also talk about how mentor authors can do the same thing. Students will start noticing strategi

April 29th

Hello, May! This time of the year always seems to go by very quickly because we are doing a lot of exciting things in first grade. Teacher Appreciation Day Sign Up: https://signup.com/go/bYpfVap Upcoming Events: 5/15: Field Trip: Building For Kids 5/24-5/27: No School for Students 5/29: Field Trip: Walking trip around town  Permission slip will be coming soon Reading: This week in reading we are beginning our non-fiction book clubs.  We will be working on writing post-its in our books to help us have conversations about our topics. We will continue our conversations by using “I agree/disagree because…” “I learned…” Writing: In writing this week we are continuing our new unit Writing Projects. Students are exploring different genres.  They will be choosing a mentor text and creating the materials they need for their genre.  This might mean designing their own writing paper.  Math: In math this week we will be practicing telling time to the hour and half hour. Then we wil

April 8th

Hello, Thank you for helping study for KAT last week!  It was a fun week and all the students did great. Our class won with the most questions correct! Upcoming Events: 4/15: Family Night 5:30-7:00 4/17: Early Release 4/18-4/19: No School 4/22: No School Reading:  This week in reading we are beginning a new unit, Reading Non-Fiction: Cover to Cover.  We will begin by sorting our library and getting familiar with the non fiction books that we have.  We will review charts that we have used in past units to help us as we dig into the non fiction books.  Later in the week we will look at text features such as table of contents, headings, pictures, labels and diagrams.  We will make a plan for how to read each section of the text.  Writing: In writing we are continuing to add to our series books.  We will continue to use a mentor text to help us describe the setting, make action exciting, and give details in both the picture and words. We will work on adding patterns to our book

April 1-5

Hello, Happy April and happy KAT week. Thanks for practicing the KAT questions at home, the kids have been really excited about the chance to win the trophy! My class has won the trophy two years in a row...no pressure:)  The pledges and knowledge-a-thon will be on Friday. Upcoming Events: 4/2: Dress like a star (movie star or star in the sky) 4/3: Dress Unique 4/4: Dress like a KAT question or a cat 4/5:Wear Purple 4/5: Knowledge-a-thon and pledges due, Knowledge-a-thon Dance at night 4/17: Early Release 4/18-4/19: No School 4/22: No School Reading:  In reading this week we are talking about how books are kind of like fortune cookies. How inside of books there are hidden lessons that the author is trying to teach us. For example some books are trying to teach us to be kind or to persevere. We are going to be looking for lessons and leave them in our books. We will celebrate the end of this unit on Friday with some real fortune cookies and sharing our lessons in our books