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Everyone Needs A Badge

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Dear Parents and Students,
Our lunch staff is implementing a new program beginning tomorrow where every student will need to have a current badge with a special, unique barcode label on the back.
We have done an inventory of students that have and do not have their badges. If your student’s name is listed under “No Badge”, you will need to purchase a replacement badge for $5 with the office first thing Monday morning and have a new badge printed so that we can attach the new barcode label before lunch.
Thank you in advance for taking care of this promptly Monday morning.
We appreciate your assistance,
Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Hill

NEEDS NEW BADGE
Connor
Liberty
Kannon
Joseph
Claire
Abbey
Hannah
Lincoln
Kiya
Caige
Keaton

                                              

DATE CHANGE FOR PATRIOTIC CONCERT!

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Due to scheduling conflicts, we had to change the date of our Patriotic Concert, which will now be held on Wednesday, May 17th:

Wednesday, May 17: ASSEMBLY FOR STUDENTS/FACULTY ONLY – 1:45-2:45 

Wednesday, May 17: PARENT/FAMILY PERFORMANCE – 6:00-7:00 (doors will open at 5:40) in the Q1 gym (PLEASE PLAN TO BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS AND/OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING; CHAIR SEATING WILL BE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE GYM, BLANKETS UP FRONT).

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Published Book Order Form or Permission Signature

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URGENT: Every student needs to return their form. If you are not ordering, please check the box “No, I am not interested…” and sign the form.

Orders must be turned in to our classroom no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 14th. If we receive ALL order forms back by the deadline (including those checked “NO, I am not interested…,” with a parent signature) our class will receive a free copy of the book to add to our classroom library!

There is an option to pay online. You will need to record the authorization code you receive after payment on the paper order form. It is necessary for us to have the signed paper form whether you order or not. Click here to order online: Published Book Online Payments

Library and Dr. Seuss Week Reminders

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Library books are due every Wednesday.  Checking out books from our school library is a privilege. To check out books students are expected to:
1- Follow the library rules (be respectful, follow directions, use a library voice, etc.)
2- Return library books (no outstanding books)
3- Select a book during the allotted time

Remember to record your weekly reading minutes for the Library Reading Challenge:  Library Reading Minutes Log

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Click on the picture to find a fun surprise!

Wednesday—Wacky Wednesday
Wear wacky hair to school.

Thursday— Green Eggs and Ham
Wear green to school. (Wear green shirt, pants, socks or accessories to school. If you do not wear green please wear your uniform. All clothing must still meet dress code standards.)

Friday— If I Ran the Zoo
Be Wild. Wear animal themed prints, face paint, or headbands. You may also bring a dollar to dress down (money will go to our fundraiser for Mrs. Ingersoll’s twins) All clothing must still meet dress code standards.

Stop by the Library to guess how many fish are in the dish and tell us your favorite Dr. Seuss book too! 

Safe Search Websites for research

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We are learning about authors and illustrators in class.  Through partnership with Student Treasurers, each of your students has written their rough draft for our soon to be published class book.  Our book is titled “If I were an animal”.  Each student has selected what animal (fictional as well as non-fictional) they would like to be for a day and their adventures.  Please help your child research their animal to brain storm fun ideas for their writing page in our book and illustrating their page.  Final drafts go to the publisher on March 15th.

Click on the links below to research about your animal:
National Geographic for Kids
San Diego Zoo for Kids
Animal Facts for Kids
Ranger Rick Animal Facts

Homework 2/13-2/17

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Homework this week is due on Friday, February 17:

1- Math Homework:  Please check your child’s answers for accuracy!

  • Worksheets: Please complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds so your child gets practice doing story problems AND “Vocabulary Check”/ “Test Practice” problems each week).  If your child wants to do every problem they are certainly free to do so! 🙂 

  • Practice your fluency timing repeatedly: “Near Doubles”.  Record your best time and score each day. [By the end of first grade, the target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).]  Click here for extra timings: Fluency Timings

  • For extra practice, utilize any of these math-fact-activities. There is also a copy provided in your blue folder.

Helpful Hints:  This strategy is a natural progression from the doubles. It includes using a known fact and building on it. For example, in the equation 5+6, a student could think, “I know that 5+5 makes 10, and one more makes 11.” This strategy will likely require a bit more teaching than the previous two, but it will be well worth it; when students know their doubles and doubles plus one facts, they know 25% of the addition table!!

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

**No Reading Page Homework this week -just daily reading** 

1- Reading 20 minutes per day. Click here to record your weekly reading minutes:  Library Reading Minutes Log. (You no longer need to send in a paper record, simply complete the online reading log.)

2- Phonics and High Frequency Words Homework. Practice using any method of your choice to prepare for the weekly Friday spelling test. Click here for some practice ideas: Spelling Study Activities

Phonics Words:
people
little
of
water
there

High Frequency Words:
here
find
use

Sentence:
People use water every day.