Cardboard Tubes Needed (Again!)

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paper towelWe are doing another 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 class by Friday, April 15.  We prefer paper-towel-sized tubes or wrapping-paper-sized tubes over toilet paper rolls.  Sorry for the late notice. Don’t stress over it, just if you remember please drop them in their backpack. Thank you!!  🙂

Little Bunny Foo Foo S.T.E.M. Project

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I didn’t get as many photos of this STEM project as I would have liked, but I wanted to share the few that I was able to capture.  For this month’s STEM project, students created their own egg dippers using pipe cleaners, because “Little Bunny Foo Foo had stolen all childrens’ egg dippers!”  Students were very creative in their efforts to create dippers and execute the dipping, and, in the end, each student was able to bring home what we decided to call our “egg baby.”

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Homework for the Week of April 4th-8th

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For this week’s homework, there are 5 components required:

1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math, including Addition and Subtraction Fact Memorization
5. Timed Reading

Each week, print out the Homework Form With Timed Reading (CLICK HERE). If you would like to reduce the number of necessary printed papers, you may choose to print only page 1 of the Homework Form and use any blank paper for Tuesday’s Writing Sort and Thursday’s Glue Sort (see below).  
  • This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework.  Simply initialing the form that comes home with your child’s Book Buddy is sufficient during those weeks.

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A Reading for All Learners (Book Buddy) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. 

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Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
  • Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it (using the grid on page 2 of the Homework Form).
  • Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
  • Thursday: Sort and glue (sort the words and glue them using the grid on page 3 of the Homework Form).

Word Sorts: 
Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.33 PMHunches Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 14
(Anna, Adriel)


Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.11 PMSneetches Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 19
(Deklyn, Zoey, Logan, Vincent, Christopher, Dea, Khloee, Saidi, Tanner) 


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(Kaylee, Xander, London, Jax, Keagan, Rowdy, Ryan, Quinnlyn)

Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.24 PMThings Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 30
(Aaron, Raya, Mason)


Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.00.51 PMWhos Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 34
(Ava, Rock, Maylee)




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  • Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays.
  • There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.  
  • Please write the spelling words in alphabetical order on the Homework Form.   
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our
love
must
or
went
fine


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This activity should be completed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  
  1. Visit the following website: http://www.haslett.k12.mi.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=11283&: 
  2. Select a “Level 100” reading passage. For this week, please read passage # 123 (The Moon) for MONDAY and TUESDAY, and passage #124 (The Stars) for WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. 
  3.  Complete a one-minute timed reading and record your score on the Homework Form. Feel free to use this online timer: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1minute/ . Find your score by subtracting the number of incorrect words read from the total number of words read in one minute (for instance, if you read 98 words, but read 5 of the words incorrectly, your score would be 93).   
  4. Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:
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If you are able to read the entire passage in less than a minute: start again at the top of the passage and read as many more words as you can until the one-minute timing is over.  For scoring, include the total words read during the entire minute. For instance, if you read the entire passage (137 words) and then read part of it again (39 words) before the one-minute timing was over, your score would be 176 (if you had no mistakes).

Happy St. Patty’s Day!

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Wow! What a lucky day!  

It all began when we entered the room to check on the leprechaun traps we had set up the day before.  We found that the room was a topsy-turvy mess!  Chairs were overturned, crayons were dumped on the floor, and little green footprints were found everywhere!

We had worked together the day before to create a message for any leprechauns who may happen to come by.  The message was meant to lure any leprechauns into our traps, but, apparently, it didn’t work!

Instead, a leprechaun had left a message for us, inviting us to try the “Leprechaun Juice” he had left behind.  Unfortunately, we didn’t see the warning label until it was too late!  When I took off my shoes and socks, it was revealed that my feet had turned a brilliant green!  Yikes!

Good thing the rest of our day turned out lucky!  We did some fabulous leprechaun writing and leprechaun math.  Maybe that Leprechaun Juice really did do some magic?  We may never know…

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Homework for the Week of March 21st-25th

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For this week’s homework, there are 5 components required:

1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math, including Addition and Subtraction Fact Memorization
5. Timed Reading

Each week, print out the Homework Form With Timed Reading (CLICK HERE). If you would like to reduce the number of necessary printed papers, you may choose to print only page 1 of the Homework Form and use any blank paper for Tuesday’s Writing Sort and Thursday’s Glue Sort (see below).  
  • This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework.  Simply initialing the form that comes home with your child’s Book Buddy is sufficient during those weeks.

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A Reading for All Learners (Book Buddy) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. 

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Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
  • Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it (using the grid on page 2 of the Homework Form).
  • Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
  • Thursday: Sort and glue (sort the words and glue them using the grid on page 3 of the Homework Form).

Word Sorts: 
Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.33 PMHunches Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 13
(Anna, Adriel)


Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.11 PMSneetches Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 18
(Deklyn, Zoey, Logan, Vincent, Christopher, Dea, Khloee, Saidi, Tanner) 


Screen Shot 2015-11-19 at 10.11.32 AMBarbaloots: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 24
(Kaylee, Xander, London, Jax, Keagan, Rowdy, Ryan, Quinnlyn)

Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.01.24 PMThings Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 29
(Aaron, Raya, Mason)


Screen shot 2013-09-08 at 5.00.51 PMWhos Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 33
(Ava, Rock, Maylee)




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  • Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays.
  • There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.  
  • Please write the spelling words in alphabetical order on the Homework Form.   
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where
know
little
such
even
much


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This activity should be completed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  
  1. Visit the following website: http://www.haslett.k12.mi.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=11283&: 
  2. Select a “Level 100” reading passage. For this week, please read passage # 121 (The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars) for MONDAY and TUESDAY, and passage #122 (The Sun) for WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. 
  3.  Complete a one-minute timed reading and record your score on the Homework Form. Feel free to use this online timer: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1minute/ . Find your score by subtracting the number of incorrect words read from the total number of words read in one minute (for instance, if you read 98 words, but read 5 of the words incorrectly, your score would be 93).   
  4. Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:
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If you are able to read the entire passage in less than a minute: start again at the top of the passage and read as many more words as you can until the one-minute timing is over.  For scoring, include the total words read during the entire minute. For instance, if you read the entire passage (137 words) and then read part of it again (39 words) before the one-minute timing was over, your score would be 176 (if you had no mistakes).

St. Patty’s Day Dress

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Please ensure that students are wearing uniform compliant shirts and pants  for St. ShamrockPatrick’s Day. Students are welcome to wear accessories such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings, hair ribbons, head bands, or socks that are green if they would like (no hats, green hair, etc. please). Thank you!

Announcing our First Grade Patriotic Concert!

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The entire first grade will be performing a Patriotic Concert on Thursday, May 19th at 5:30 in the Junior High gym.  Please have your child to the Junior High gym by 5:15 that evening, dressed in a RED SHIRT and uniform pants.  Any patriotic accessories, such as hairbows, pins, belts, ties, etc., are encouraged!! (Please avoid any tall accessories, such as tall hats, that could potentially block the view of other children standing behind your child.)  

We would like to honor any veterans in the audience, so we encourage you to invite any friends or family members who have served in the military to join us!  The performance will not last more than an hour.  

The first grade will be performing this same concert the next morning, May 20th, for students and faculty, so please be sure your child wears a RED SHIRT and patriotic accessories the next morning, too.