It is going to be another quick week. Don't forget there is no school on Friday. The teachers will be here working hard. Enjoy the three day weekend. Also, don't forget to place your order for pictures by Wednesday. 
     Box tops- you are getting a fun Halloween sheet to tape or glue all your box tops to. The classes are competing to collect the most! Check in with grandparents and aunts and uncles to collect more. 
     Superpower of the week is the virtue of Cooperation How can you practice cooperation at home? At school we are learning how working together can help us achieve bigger and better things. Together we are stronger, smarter, wiser. 
     Zoo Phonics with words in the "et" family. Our words are met, let, yet, jet, wet, get, vet, bet, pet, set, net. We are still practicing our words during work work stations and zoo phonics time.
     In math This week we are starting to learn to tell time! This is one of my favorite math units. We will learn to tell time to the nearest 1/2 hours. This ties into our science unit as we learn to watch the patterns of the sun in the sky. 
     Science- check our the science tab at the top of our page. We are starting our new science unit this week!
     Homework- Parent pipeline paying close attention to the beginning and ending sounds in a word. This kids have set a goal to reach 240 stars as a class this week. 
Pumpkin Patch is coming up in October, but now is a great time to get your insurance updated in the office!
Mrs. Harrison's birthday is September 30th. We will be celebrating in class this Thursday.​ She is such a valuable part of our class. 

Have a great week,
Mrs. Kevwitch

Important Dates:
Last Day to order pictures 9/26 
Mrs. Harrison's Birthday 9/30, we are celebrating on the 27th
No school/Staff Development day 9/28
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25- Books family farm

It was so fun to see everyone at March for Mia on Saturday. What a great way to teach our kids how to come together as a community and support others.
     The VIP sharing is going so well and has been so fun to see the first grades reading in front of the class. If you want to see the VIP instructions ahead of time you can click on QUICK LINKS at the top menu. 
     Superpower of the week is the virtue of Peacefulness. How can you show peacefulness at home?
     Zoo Phonics with words in the "at" family. Our words are at, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, bat, fat, pat, that. We are trying some new word work stations this week. Ask your first grader how they are practicing the words in class this week. 
     In math we are finishing up our unit on adding and subtracting with part-part-whole.
     Homework- Parent pipeline this week is about the skill of chunking. Taking larger words and breaking them into readable chunks. For example "that" can be broken into "th" and "at." Try this at home and have your first grader write the words they chunked on the star reading page. 
Pumpkin Patch is coming up in October, but now is a great time to get your insurance updated in the office!
Mrs. Harrison's birthday is September 30th. We will be celebrating in class on the 28th. She is such a big part of our first grade class and this school. 

Have a great week,
Mrs. Kevwitch

Important Dates:
Make up Picture day 9/21
Mrs. Harrison's Birthday 9/30, we are celebrating on the 27th
No school/Staff Development day 9/28
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25- Books family farm

What a fast week! We are going strong in so many subjects right now. They also did an amazing job with the fire drill we had on Thursday. 

Folders- A few questions came up this week. Monday Folders can be returned any time during the week. Homework Folders are returned on Friday with the STAR reading page inside. 

Homework- This week with the STAR reading you will find a Parent Pipeline. These letters let you know about a skill you and your 1st grader can be working on at home while reading. These are skills introduced in class either whole group or in small groups.  Reading is a family activity so, be sure to share in the reading fun. If your 1st grader can't sit for 20 minutes, break it up into 10 minute sittings. Our first graders are new readers and still forming opinions like: am I good at reading, do I like reading? Help them feel like they are on the path to becoming great readers. We are all on the path, just in different places. Have fun reading! 

Daily 5- This week we learned about Read to Someone. They did a great job of sitting elbow to elbow and knee to knee. They also did an amazing job of picking their partners and reading the whole time, helping each other check for understanding.  Way to go first graders! Pictures posted on the Facebook page. 

Important Dates:
​Picture Day 9/5
March for Mia 9/15
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25- Books family farm

Wow, I can't believe it is already the 3rd week of school. These kids are doing amazing! They are working hard on their goals and even setting knew personal goals in reading. 

Superpower of the week is...the virtue of Friendliness- This week we are exploring what it means and what it looks like to be a good friend. 

Monday Folders- These folders are sent home with completed work to keep at home. It also has paper work from the office and other flyers to keep at home. Return and forms to be filled out in the folders. Lunch Form- if you have not filled out a free/reduced lunch form, please do and return it in the folder. This is very important to fill out even if you don't plan on ordering lunches at school. Thank you!

Homework- STAR reading log is in the homework folder. Fill in a star for every 10 minutes they read. A combination of you reading to them while they follow along and them reading to you is ideal. your goal should be 20 minutes a night. You can also log time you have read over the weekend. Help them find books that are interesting to them and let me know if you need a bag of books sent home. 

Math- We are working on solving addition and subtractions problems to 10. Special math vocabulary words we are learning are join (as in joining two groups), in all and count. Try to use these around the house. 

Daily 5- Today we learned I PICK for choosing our own interesting books for our book boxes. I-I choose, P-purpose (why am I reading this), I-Interest, C-comprehend (do I understand the words?), K-know the words- do I know most of the words?)​ 

Welcome Back!
The 1st graders are doing amazing. This is such a sweet, caring and creative class. 

This Week-This week is all about routines, rules and building community. 

Homework-No homework folders or Monday folders. We will start next Monday. 

I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Back to School night. This is an important part of our partnership to help support all these 1st graders. Lots of exciting stuff! Don't miss it!
Important Dates:
Back to school Night 8/25
Labor Day/ No School 9/3
March for Mia 9/15
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25

We are on the home stretch!!!! Hope you had a great weekend. 

Reminder to get those kids lots of sleep and a good breakfast. Their patience is running very thin with each other. We are having lots of issues on the playground with behavior, kindness and respect of one another and school rules. Thank you! Together we can do this!

Summer Birthday Party
 June 1st @ 11:30-12:20.
I would love to throw a birthday party for all the kids who will have birthdays this summer. This will also be our end of the year party. I need your help. We need lunch finger foods, drinks, cake/cupcakes and ice cream. Party favors, party supplies, party games would also be an extra special touch. Maybe you have some old ones laying around.  We also need parent help. Sign ups will be on the Facebook page.

Super Power of the week- Virtue of GRIT -​ Finishing what you started

P. E. - Kickball, wear running shoes and wear sunscreen/hat if needed. All kids are expected to participate. 

Science- We studied how we can communicate with light. This week we will explore Morris code and how we can communicate with sounds. 

Math- Still adding in the 10's place. This week we are working on regrouping with 10's blocks. Your first grade may talk about tens sticks, and ones cubes. 

Homework-
Practice:
stmath
Lexia
xtramath


Have a great week, 
Mrs. Kevwitch

The Staff vs. Parents kick ball game was soooo fun. We need more parents there! I expect to see all of you there next year.....so the staff can win.....like we do every year! Hehehe

School year is wrapping up. You can feel it in the air. The kids know it is close. Even my kids at home don't want to go to bed because the sun is still up. Try to keep those bed times early. I know it is hard, but it makes a big difference. 

At calendar time we are practicing the skill of keeping track of important dates and times. We have a lot of fun things coming up. One exciting things is our Summer Birthday Party. I would love to through birthday party for all the kids who will have birthdays this summer. This will also be our end of the year party. I need your help. We need lunch finger foods, drinks, cake/cupcakes and ice cream. Party favors, party supplies, party games would also be an extra special touch. Maybe you have some old ones laying around.  We also need parent help. Sign ups will be on the Facebook page. (Possible date May 31 at 1:30)

Super Power of the week- Virtue of Kindness- How can we show kindness the last few weeks of school. It is easy for a 6/7 year old feel tired and self-centered these last few weeks of school. Talk with your child about every day ways to show kindness and put others first. Start a family challenge to show kindness and check in at the dinner table. Have fun with it. 

PE- working on kickball skills. 

Science- This Friday we will start our unit on Light and Sound. Vibration was the word of the week last week. Sound and vibration go together. We explored many objects that vibrate including tin can telephones, Mr. Wrights guitar, and string. 

Math- We are adding in the tens place this week. Strategies we have explored are using a numbers chart, counting up by 10. We are building foundations. the traditional method of pencil and paper addition of double digit addition with come next year. This year is all about building understanding of why the paper and pencil method work. We are building strong math brains brick by brick. 

Homework-
2 Math pages
8 Stars of reading
Xtramath.com, Lexia, ST math (Great options to keep those skill growing)

Have a great week, 
Mrs. Kevwitch

The Field trip was sooo much fun. Thank you to all the parents for helping keep this bunch of 1st graders safe on our walk to the Performing Arts Center. 

All the t-shirts have been delivered and we raised $244.00 to help make our front yard inviting for 1st and 2nd grader to sit are work. Yay! So proud of these first graders. 

Super Power of the week- Virtue of Perseverance- Continuing to work on perseverance. The 3-8th graders are still working hard on their state tests and we are still working to encourage them to do their best. To celebrate the end of state testing we will have the STAR BBQ on Friday. Hot dogs are provided. Check the flyer to see what your family can bring to help. Students also still have the option to order school lunch. Staff vs Parents kickball game is Friday at 1:30.

PE- working on kickball skills. 

Science- This Friday we will start our unit on Light and Sound.

Math- We are adding in the ten place this week. 

Homework-
Math pages
8 Stars of reading
Xtra math, Lexia, ST math (Great options to keep those skill growing)

Have a great week, 
Mrs. Kevwitch