Ms. Gieseke's Community of First Graders

We need Volunteers! For us to be able to have a fun and successful book fair, we need volunteers at all time slots.

Mon, Jan 27 – Fri, Jan 31

We will be open during school each day and during parent teacher conference evenings.   

Please visit our Scholastic Quest Homepage to sign up.   

Click here to sign up to help.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Nicole Shelman

POQA

 

**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading, increase fluency, vocabulary, and spelling .  

Optional Math Practice: 

• The family letter below provides review in math that you can do with your student.  Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together.
• This is the standard we are working on this week:
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• 3-This is what we are doing in Language Arts this week:
   REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW
  Monday:  Words (spelling) with the long and short /a/ vowel sounds, as well as nouns and verbs.
  Tuesday: Words (spelling) with the short and long /e/ vowel sounds, as well as nouns and verbs.
  Wednesday: Words (spelling) with the long and short /i/ vowel sounds, as well as nouns and verbs.
  Thursday: Words (spelling) with the long and short /o/ vowel sounds,  as well as nouns and verbs.
  Friday: Words (spelling) with the long and short /u/ vowel sounds, as well as nouns and verbs.

It’s that time again.  Parent teacher conferences are January 28th and January 30 both days from 4-8 pm.  Please sign up by clicking on the link below.
Sign up soon as slots do fill up quickly.  I can’t wait to spend time with you celebrating your student and their education.  

Parent Teacher Conference Sign Ups
 

1st grade is doing a S.T.E.M Challenge this month for which we need some cardboard tubes, so please consider dropping them into your child’s backpack to donate to our 1st grade by 
Monday, January 13 .

 Thank you!!  🙂

Our class has earned a reward for behavior.  Tomorrow we will watch part of the Polar Express Movie and have hot chocolate and a candy cane.  Please indicate if your student can participate by sending a response by the google form or an email to lgieseke@questac.org.  Polar express form

Our class party will be on Friday, December 20th 11:30-12:50. We will be doing a fun activity, movie and treat. I would love help with volunteers and supplies- if you can assist, please email me at  lgieseke@questac.org