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First Grade News
April 2010
Hello Fabulous First Grade Families,
The Book It reading program is now over. Pizza Coupons will no longer be issued. We are still encouraging your child to return their weekly reading logs to school. They will receive $3.00 classroom cash when they return a completed log. We are very pleased to announce that we reached our March is Reading Month Goal!! Our goal was to read 175 books at home as a class, and we read well over 200 books! Thanks to all of the hard work at home. We celebrated with a Pajama/movie/game party in the classroom. Thank you those who read to our class as guest readers –Drew’s mom and Arley’s grandmother! The kids loved listening to our guest readers! We appreciate your support. We are so happy that every student participated with reading at home. Please continue to do all you can to promote reading in your home.
Upcoming Events
In Science, we will do a brief study of the Sun, and then begin our Life Cycles unit. We are going on a fun and exciting field trip on Monday, April 26th to the MSU butterfly house. It will be awesome seeing live butterflies fluttering around us! In a few short weeks, we will raise live caterpillars in our classroom and watch as they transform into painted lady butterflies! Be sure to stop in and take a peek at our “new friends.”
In Math, we are finishing up story problems and will begin to count money with dollars and coins. Have your child practice counting some real coins for added practice at home. This is a great way to incorporate the real world into our learning.
Important Dates
April 5th -9th – Spring Break/No School!
April 12th – Running Club begins
April 21st – Neighborhood Beautification Project 9-11a.m.
April 12- 16 –Penny Drive
April 22nd – Spring Picture Day
Happy Birthday!
We would like to wish happy birthday greetings to the following: Kadence and Kalen on April 16th, and Alana on April 30th! We wish all of you a very happy spring birthday!
Things That Are Going Great
Our stars of the week are having a great time displaying their items and pictures on our classroom board. Also, our school’s first grade Student of the Month for April is Arley Thomas. Please remember to check the poster above the fish tank in the office for all of the students of the month.
Parent teacher conferences were a huge success. I am very pleased with the turnout of parents meeting with us. We had 23 out of 25 families who took time out of their busy schedules to meet with us at conferences! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful supporter of your child’s educational experiences at school!
A Few Last Reminders
As always, if you would like to donate glue sticks, Kleenex, hand sanitizer or Clorox wipes to our class it would be greatly appreciated. We will also need snacks for after spring break, so if you can, please send in a snack for all to enjoy. Please remember to send shoes that are suitable for running and playing outside to school with your child, as well as a jacket. You never know about that Michigan weather and we will be going outdoors to enjoy the fresh spring air. We have also started our mileage club, and children will be walking laps daily (weather permitting). We hope you have a fun and safe spring break. The children are definitely ready for a break and we hope when they return that they are ready for a great conclusion of our first grade school year! Please remember to bring in those box tops! Our school receives 10 cents for every box top!!
The first grader teachers,
Mrs. Smith, Ms. Murine and Ms. Singleton
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