It's great to be back at school! I sure missed the students! Surgery is over and I am healing slowly! But feeling much happier to be back in the swing of things.
I am looking forward to our Project Day tomorrow. Please bring family and friends to visit our school. Our class is focusing on voting between fiction and non-fiction books. We have been studying the differences between the two and the students would like to share what we have learned! You will have a chance to vote on your favorite and we will tally the final votes and report out by Thursday! We have plenty of snacks for this month, so I will not be putting out a calendar until December. Don't forget to Vote today! And we hope to see you tomorrow!
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Our pumpkin patch field trip was absolutely wonderful! The kids enjoyed a hay/wagon ride, picked a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, went through a corn maze, saw donkeys, cows, goats and cats, played on the farm playground (hay bale maze, hay bale climbing tower, sandbox, spider web climbing net, and more, and also enjoyed a picnic style lunch! We really lucked out with the beautiful weather!
Next week, on Tuesday, we will be going to CAVOC. Dress your child in layers, as it will be cool in the morning and (hopefully) warm up throughout the day! And please make sure they have appropriate footwear. (no sandals) Thursday the 27th is Picture day! We will also have our Halloween party next Friday in the afternoon. Please send costumes to school in a bag. We will have time to change into them before the party. Please be mindful of helping your child chose a costume that does not include weapons or blood and is easy for them to get into. If you'd like to send a snack, please reply in the assignment notebook or on this blog. The Dance will follow, after school. This is a fundraiser that is directly applied to activities at school. *Please be sure to send a note if your child is staying and emial [email protected] with number of paretns/guardians/siblings that will be attending to allow enough provided food. Things to work on at home: *counting to 120 in 1 minute *read 15 minutes each night-focus on retelling the story using character names and setting. Use connecting words, such as first, and, then, next, last, finally *work on reading and writing words from the word list tab. Kindergarten words should be memorized already. *adding and subtracting Have a great week! We have a lot of happenings this month! Please see separate notes for each!
*October 3-7th we have Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) conferences set up with families. Please check the ILP Schedule tab or refer to the paperwork sent home. October 10-11th - No school October 19th - Pumpkin Patch Field Trip October 25th - CAVOC Field Trip October 28th - Halloween party Just a reminder:
Tomorrow is Hodag Spirit Day! Students can wear Hodag clothing and help us celebrate! We will be having an assembly at 12:30 with the Football players and the Dance Team tomorrow! They will also visit our rooms for some reading time! Let's help them keep up the spirit and join in on the parade! NCES will be walking in the parade! All families are encouraged to attend! Well, my goal of weekly blogging hasn't started out very well! I hope you have had a chance to use the nightly "Talk About-It's". I will be searching for new ones to send home more often!
What have we been learning? Language Arts - We are learning about Personal Narratives. What kinds of books are they? How do I write a personal narrative? Last week, first graders were tested for reading levels and spelling skills to properly educate my students. We have started small reading groups that are differentiated to students' needs. In Math, we have been reviewing how to make numbers by adding 0-9, and reviewing number recognition and counting to 120. We have been practicing mindfulness, by getting ourselves in a comfortable sitting position and learning how to focus on the task at hand. In Social Studies, we have been reviewing school and classroom rules. Please continue to read nightly with your child and to document it on the calendar in the front of the assignment notebooks by the blue tab! We celebrate reading at home successes! :) I am so glad you decided to visit! I will be updating the blogs frequently, My goal is weekly! I will try to include topics that we are working on, photos, things to talk about with your child and more. If you have other suggestions, please share them with me! I am truly excited for this school year! I will be incorporating mindfulness into every day! I am also excited to include Words Their Way into our word work block! There are a lot of fun activities included in this approach that keeps students engaged while learning! Recently, I sent a Talk About it Page (or 2). Please cut these apart, put into a jar, bowl, hat or something else that works for you. Have your child draw one sheet out each night for a quick discussion! Enjoy! Tonight, some things to ask: Why is your thumb full of ink? (We made a pledge to do, try and be our best at school.) What does "fill your bucket mean?" How do you belly breathe? I also sent home book orders. These will be due on Monday, September 12th. Please see the letter in this blog. As a class, students voted if they preferred to bring their own snack or to bring a snack for the whole class. The students voted to bring a snack for the whole class, so I will be providing a calendar soon! Thanks to Holly and Kaitlyn's family for sending treats today! Have a great week! Our school garden is coming along! We have beans, peas and tomatoes that are all ready to be picked! Our sunflowers are flowering and our pumpkins are beginning to grow! Photos to be added soon!
Thank you families, for the fabulous year I had with your child! I enjoyed the creativity and effort from each student this year! I will miss this class! They definitely will do well in the future! We were able to get our garden planted before school ended! Some of the things we will see growing this summer will be pumpkins,sunflowers, peas, beans, lettuce, spinach and carrots. I may be adding a few more things! I am in the process of moving a large rain barrel to the property, so it should be easier for family access to help care for the watering and weeding. Please fill out the survey below, so I know whose help I can count on. By the way...if you help out, you may enjoy the harvest! Water, nibble, weed, nibble.... :) Just a few reminders:
Tomorrow (Thursday), we have our Spring Program beginning at 10:30, followed by our picnic at 11:30. Please bring blankets to sit on outside! If you choose to take your child home after the picnic, please let me know and be sure to sign them out in the office. Thank you! As the school year flies by, we are still busy at work! Kids are busy writing stories, reading and learning about nonfiction topics and participating in fun and exciting STEM projects!
Don't forget to join us this week at our Lemonade on the Lawn tomorrow at 2:00! Students will be receiving a book to read to you. They may take the book home to enjoy! You may also help support our school by eating at Culver's on Thursday night after 4:00! You may see some teachers and staff from NCES working! We will continue to work on our "All About" books until the end of the school year! This week we will be focusing on data graphing and reviewing basic math facts. Our class is in need of the following items for the rest of our STEM projects: -scotch tape -masking tape -Chocolate Chip Cookies (this week) -Paper towel tubes (next week) -hot dogs (next week) Continue checking our blog and photo pages! Have a great week with this warm weather! |
Mrs. FlohrMrs. Flohr has taught for over 20 years. She is currently teaching an Northwoods Community Elementary School in the Rhinelander School District. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and has her Master's Degree in Education. Archives
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