I hope you enjoyed looking through your child’s portfolio and the report card. If you have not returned it to school, please do so by Monday, January 25th. 

Thank you to all of the parents who have sent money to help fund our January/February activities! We wouldn’t be able to do it without your help!

In your child’s GO folder today is a form from the office. It is very important that you complete it and return it next week. Thanks! 

This week the children learned about the amazing author and illustrator, Jan Brett. Her books are so enjoyable. I hope your child can tell you a few things about her. If you are interested in checking out her website, you can visit it at: www.janbrett.com. Because of the author study, there are no sight word pages to practice this week. 

The 100th day of school is coming soon. The first grade students are asked to bring a collection of 100 things. Today I am sending home a ziploc bag with a letter explaining exactly what you need to do.

The school is running out of copy paper. There is currently a paper drive happening. If you would like to send some, that would be great!

I am also including the same information that I gave you last week about valentines.

If you are wondering about Valentine’s Day in the classroom, here is what I have planned for our class. Thanks to Covid, we have some limitations, but we will make the best of it. 

*The students will get to exchange valentines on Wednesday, February 10th. *The valentines should be cards only; no candy/treat/pencils etc.

*Students must write who it is to, and who it is from. 

*Valentines are optional! However, if your child decides to bring them, he or she must bring one for everyone in the class.

*We are making special bags here at school to put our valentines in, so your child doesn’t need a decorated valentine box. 

*Lastly, the valentine cards must be at school by Monday, February 8th.  

Have a nice weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Wilson

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very special Christmas with your family. I thoroughly enjoyed having my children all home together for the first time in a long time. 

Today is the end of the second quarter. The students will be doing a variety of assessments/tests next week. The only thing  that you can really do to help them prepare is practicing the words from the word list pages. The SPLAT game that was sent home for work this week has ALL of the words that your child will be tested over. So, please help your child with this because I will be testing them on Monday, January 11th. They only have to be able to read them, not spell them. 

Students will return to regular classes at school on Monday, January 11th. You need to send all of the work, books, folders, etc back to school with your child on Monday. Your child should have completed ALL of the work sent home by Sunday evening at the latest. You should still turn it in on Google Classroom, if you have not done so. On Google Classroom it says that all work is due by tonight (Friday). I will give you until Sunday. If you have circumstances that prevent this from being possible, please email me ASAP. The religion pages from the religion book do not need to be turned in on Google Classroom. For those who have not tried downloading to Google Classroom, I have included a link with directions on how to do this. Once you get used to it, it’s much easier. Here is a link to a short video to help with attaching work in Google Classroom.  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ck9F5uh9edHVJ4wMnxbsSVhyhedYMCV6/view?ts=5fb33a6d 

I’m so excited for the students to come back to our classroom!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Wilson

We made it to Christmas! I can’t believe it’s really here! I hope you enjoy some of the Christmas projects that we have been working on the last few weeks.  

Your child’s backpack was pretty heavy today with materials for remote learning. I sent home the yellow folder containing all of the papers, etc. There is also the religion book and literature book in the backpack. Your child also has the Friday folder and Go folder, as usual. I suggest putting all of these things in a safe place where they will not get lost or damaged. We did not send home additional envelopes with work for the weeks after, like we did after Thanksgiving.  

*the assignments will be posted on Google Classroom on Sunday, January 3rd at 5:00. 

Please practice shoe tying, if your child has not mastered this skill. 

There is no school until January 5th. January 5th-8th the students will be learning at home. Students will return to regular classes at school on Monday, January 11th. 

I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. It is such a beautiful time of year. 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Wilson