Hello Families!

I hope you have a wonderful and restful summer! Continue reading, writing and using math all summer to be ready for second grade!

I feel so blessed that I was a part of your lives this year.

1B 2019-2020

I Hope You Remember

Smiling faces

Fun Friends

Kindness and Compassion

I Hope You Remember

Ice Cream Party

Stuffed Animals at School

Bugz!

Movie and 3 Recess Fridays 

Author Studies-Hedgie Cookies

I Hope You Remember

ZAP!

Angel Cards, Poems

Dancing, Singing, Go Noodle

Vala’s Pumpkin Patch

Our 1B Christmas Play

I Hope You Remember

Praying Together

Laughing Together

Learning Together

I Hope You Remember

Once you’ve been a 1B student,

You will always be my 1B student.

You will always be in my heart!

I Hope You Remember

God loves you and will always love you.

No matter what happens, you can turn to Him.

You are a child of God. 

He made you and you are so loved by Him.

Grow in His love to be more like Jesus.

 Keep your heart open 

to His love and show compassion.

Live in His love and be happy!

Love Always,

Mrs. Kurtenbach

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

   May 15, 2020

Dear Families,

We can’t believe this is it for the year. It’s been so strange these last months and we’ve all missed you so much.

When you pick up your student materials please be sure to look in the bag for your child’s portfolio, report card, Math Summer Solution book, and photos.  Be sure to look through everything.

On Thursday, May 21st you will receive the Distance Learning Exit Report for your child. It will be emailed to you.

Thank you again for all of your work with your children this year in First Grade! Our hope is that you will continue some routine learning over the summer months. This will help your child transition to Second Grade with much more confidence. Below, we hope you can find some activities that you can use. In addition to these, please take any and all opportunities for your child’s learning on a daily basis. There are many teachable moments in which you can include your child. Cooking together, playing games, taking turns, practicing good manners, talking math,

*Freckle

You will be able to continue this until July 1st.

*EPIC-you can continue using this throughout the summer.

*Education.com     Offers learning packets to download and some online games

https://www.education.com/home-learning/?cid=10.177

*Learning Without Tears  90 day free trial

https://www.lwtears.com/programs/distance-learning?utm_source=EMAIL&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=COVID_20200424_PACKETS&pc=COVID_20200424_PACKETS

*This mom posts lots of free things and fun ideas!

https://frugalfun4boys.com/best-summer-activities-for-kids/

*Scholastic Learn at Home

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

*Summer Solutions Math Book (This will be in the bag of items you will need to pick up from school with all of your child’s items.)  Your child will need to return the completed book in the fall.

*Work on memorizing basic addition and subtraction facts. (You will be able to continue using Freckle until July 1st if you wish.)

*Practice counting money and telling time.

*Read silently and aloud daily.  

*Journal about their day or write stories. Encourage correct letter formation, letters between appropriate lines, finger space between words and capitalization and punctuation.  

*Make sure your child can tie their shoes.

*Students should know their home address and a phone number to contact parents.

We hope you have a healthy and safe summer!  We hope you will stop by to see us in first grade when we can return to school in the fall. God bless and keep you!

First Grade Teachers

May 7, 2020

It was so nice to see so many of you on Wednesday night at the “Drive by and say Hi!”  We miss you all so much.  

Next week is our last week of distant learning.  We want to have some fun so each day there is a special activity planned.  Monday is a Read-In.  Spend the day reading.  Tuesday is Stay in your PJs all day.  Wednesday is an all first grade dance party on Flipgrid.  Watch for an email Wednesday morning with instructions to join.  Thursday is paper airplane day.  Friday we would like to do a final zoom meeting with our classes.  If you have not filled in the permission form please do so by Thursday.  Here is the link https://forms.gle/RKQRPv8XAGt55zLp9 .  If you have not given permission your child will not be able to join the meeting.  A parent must be present with the student during the meeting.  An email will be sent to the parents who have given permission with the link to join the meeting.  

Next week will be our last newsletter for the year.  We will include some ideas for summer activities.  This crazy school year has been so unusual and it is even more important that your child continues to learn over the summer months.

 We want to take this opportunity to wish all of the moms a wonderful Mother’s Day.  You are very important to your children.  Thank you for all that you do! 

Have a wonderful weekend!  Remember there is no school tomorrow, May 8th!

First Grade Teachers