WOO HOO Wednesday!!

Boy...did I hear story after story of the ride into school today! "Did you see that lightning??" "The thunder SHOOK my house!" Sadly...the sun came out a little too late for the kids to have outdoor recess. Hopefully the sun will stick around for our lunch recess!

With October quickly approaching this weekend, I took advantage of some planning time to change over my room. I just love my Fall bulletin board with the children's favorite books! They were so excited and kept saying, "THAT'S MINE!" :) You can see some of the Fall changes below!

Centers are in full swing and the kids just LOVE IT. From our work in centers, I can already see that the sight word recognition is improving for many of the children! Be sure to review the word list that came home! Please remember that tomorrow is our "Friday"! We will have our spelling test and reading assessment tomorrow.  Be sure to practice the Sign of the Cross. I will be checking to see if all kids do it correctly next week.

1A is in need of plastic spoons and scrap paper! If you have either to donate.... WE THANK YOU! :)

  REMEMBER YOUR $1 & PJS TOMORROW!!!

PJAMMIN' FOR CANCER

Please remember THURSDAY is a TAG Day! Your child can come dressed in their pajamas (hand book appropriate) to support children with cancer. Please send in at least $1 for this TAG day!

Spelling Homework :)

Good morning! I just wanted to show you a sample of 2X each so that everyone remembers the correct format. We have practiced in class but I am still getting different versions! :) See below!

                   2X Each

1. dad                                    dad
2. sad                                     sad
3. nap                                     nap
4. tap                                      tap
5. sack                                   sack
6. back                                   back
7. man                                    man
8. mat                                     mat
9. too                                      too
10. over                                  over


Have a great morning! :)

Don't Rain On My Parade...

Unless you are in 1A! A little rain doesn't stop us from having fun! Today the children were able to get outside before the rain came down. When it came time for lunch recess the kids were indoors and enjoyed playing with legos, games, and free draw! Today, we decided we might have to begin 1A Idol! The kids LOVED SINGING & DANCING! Today we listened to BIG TIME RUSH! Who needs BTR when you have the Boys of 1A! Check them out!

If you have any kid friendly music on iTunes or CD's you want to

make/copy for 1A, we would greatly appreciate it! Some kids want to be featured as solo artists, so please feel free to let them practice their favorite song! :)

Today we had our 1st spelling & reading test! The kids did a great job.

Be sure to review weekly words and sight words!

 Well...this wasn't much of an academic blog but this was a highlight of our week!

 On a personal note: For any parents looking for a GREAT SHOW, I highly recommend

Blue Bloods on CBS (10pm tonight).

I hope you have a great weekend!

FINALLY!

I think that is what most of the kids said about FINALLY sharing their "All About Me" bag! We were able to share with our buddies but so many things filled our day that it took a little bit of time to share with the class! The bags were filled with such goodies and we all learned so much about each other!

The highlight of our day in 1A was center time! The kids did an OUTSTANDING job! Our center chart is posted to our front board so everyone can figure out where they are going. We have 4 reading groups in  1A, named after 4 of my favorite things: Animals, Musicians, Chefs & Actors/Actresses! Check out the center chart.

The kids rotate 4 times during centers: work with Mrs. Cap, seatwork, centers (work on various skills) & reading/Mrs. G time!

Here, some of my "musicians" are working at the magnet center. With our magnetic letters, the girls are creating short A words and practicing their names.

My "actors" are working to make correct sentences in the grammar workbooks. We reviewed how sentences need a capital at the beginning and an end mark!

To your left, you will find one of my "chefs." He found a quiet spot to read some books!

Off to your right, some of my "animals" worked on seatwork and practiced sentence making/phonics.

Well...the rain got us again! The kids had a great Tuesday and loved their double dose of indoor recess! I was asked many times to take pictures for the blog but my camera battery died and I forgot to charge it! So, tomorrow we have will new pictures on the blog! Today we did a practice run at center time! I was very pleased with how well the kids stayed quiet, worked independently, and move through their centers. :) They really did a great job! Please be sure to return all library books on Tuesday morning. If your library book didn't come in today, please be sure to return in tomorrow.This afternoon, 1A had a special visitor. Fr. Justin came to our class and talked with the children about the parts of the Mass! The were great listeners and did an excellent job responding to his questions! I think he was quite impressed with their knowledge at such a young age! Tomorrow, the children will begin to share their "All About Me" bag. They will be returning home by the end of the week!

Just another Manic Monday...

So this song has been stuck in my head all day because Ms. L mentioned it this morning! Today wasn't quite a manic Monday. It did start off pretty sleepy and then the kids woke up & did AWESOME!

(Please be sure your child is getting enough sleep. They work very hard from 8-3 and really need a good rest the night before.) 

Today we started to work from our hard back reader/workbooks.

The children took in a lot of information today and made me really proud!

We learned vocabulary words:

dear

sensible

train

adorable

needs

We learned our spelling words:

man

can

ran

cat

hat

mat

up

down

Tonight the children will have to complete 2x each in their green spelling journal! An example is already set up for your child! They children will also have to complete math worksheet 13B for homework. Please be sure homework is returned everyday. Today we talked about the responsibilty being on your child. You can give friendly reminders but help your child get into the habit of placing homework his/her folder (and then into the backpack).

This afternoon the children also practiced a writing piece. The children had to write 3 sentences about themselves. We practiced what makes a good sentence today and followed our writing poster on the side wall. The children know to focus on everything except for lily pad 4: check your spelling.

Please be sure to practice the sight word list that was sent home last week! These words are very important for both reading and writing!

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE RECESS ITEMS! :)

 The children are very happy with their new toys!