Valentine Party Fun!

Here are some fun pictures of your kiddos for Valentines day! We set up a fun photo shoot this morning. A couple chose not to do it. They also had lots of fun during the party. ENJOY!

Thank you to all my students for their love and fun Valentines today. I am definitely feeling very loved. Thank you to all you parents for your patience and support for me. 

Enjoy a long weekend no school Monday due to President’s day! 

Love, Mrs. Bischoff 


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Reminders

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*Don’t forget to have your child bring their homemade Valentine’s boxes to school tomorrow February 12th. Those students who do not have one I will have a brown paper bag they can decorate in the morning. 

*Sign the permission slip for your child to participate in our Valentine party. (See previous post)

*Also don’t forget if you would like to bring a valentine for the students in class we have 25 students in our class and please do not write who they are too. This will be most helpful! 

*Parent teacher conferences are Thursday February 25th I have MANY slots open. If you have not met with me for a while it would be great to catch up and see how your child is doing. 


Valentine donations/Party

Parents, 

We really rely on donations in order to do these class parties to purchase sweets and supplies for activities. Currently we do not have more than half of the classes donations. Please donate $1-2 in the office by tomorrow after school. 

Please fill out and sign this permission slip for your child to participate in our Valentines party. If they do not have permission they will not be allowed to participate and will be doing other work. 


Thank you!!

Mrs. Bischoff 

Reminders

1. Please fill out and sign this permission slip for your child to participate in our Valentines party coming up this Friday February 12th! 

The National Junior Honor Society is having a “SOUPER” bowl canned food drive from February 1st-February 8th.  The collection bins are located just outside of the Q1 and Q2 libraries.  Their goal to collect at least 250 canned food items before Monday, February 8th, will result in the administration doing something WACKY. The NJHS will be donating all of the food collected to the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership Food Pantry.  Food must be non-perishable bagged, boxed, or canned.  

They are always running low on the below items if you would like to donate: 
*Macaroni
*Macaroni & Cheese
*Spaghetti Sauce
*Tuna
*Chili beans
*Rice
*Juice
*Soups
*Canned Fruits  

3. MANY donations are still needed to fill our 1st Grade STEM Gala basket.  The Theme is Family Fun Night. (see previous post for details)

Homework week February 8th-12th


1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!) Don’t forget to do their reading passage. A lot of students have moved up levels! Please now do the reading passage each night! 
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math


Each week, print out the  Homework TrackerThis form does not need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing ONLY READING homework. PLEASE right your child’s name at the top of this tracker. 

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Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 


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Detectives:
 Kiyley,Corbin Click here red sort 17
Maddux, Cambrie Click here red sort 28
Spies: Colton, Sarah, Landon, Boston, John, Kayden 
 Click here red sort 27
Agents: Conner, Alana, Sadie, Marley, Keira, Fallon, Kyler 
Click here red sort 32
Kayden, Jaxton, Levi, Aubree Click here yellow sort 4
Undercover group: Max, Makenna, Abby, Kayliegh Click here yellow sort 14

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. PLEASE write the sort on the back of the homework tracker. 
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
  • 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: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 


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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 are no review words.
  • 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.   
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  • Complete the My Math homework pages.  Do all the ODD problems. Get on and do Xtra Math practice. Pins are now under homework- usernames and passwords
  • Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. 

Behavior Tracker


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Parents,

Some of you have been interested in, or we have been for a while, tracking their child’s behavior in a variety of ways. Thumbs up thumbs down at the end of the day, colored cards, etc. This is becoming overwhelming to keep track of and some would like to start doing it. In order to keep me sane I’d like to change the way to track each child’s behavior in a more uniformed way.

I am making it an option for those of you who would like me to help communicate with you how your child is doing each day. Here is a behavior tracker that I have created. If you would like me to track your child’s behavior please print it out and put it in a sheet protector for their blue folders. I will at the last few minutes of each day have those students who have it get it out and color in what they get for that day. Sheet protectors will keep you from having to print one off each week unless you would rather do that. Students can color in with expos each day and wipe it off at the end of each week and start again. 

This will be based off of our behavior chart at school and depending on where their clothespin is at the end of the day depends on what they will receive. I will teach them this tomorrow and go over it with them so they understand. 

Here is the Behavior Tracker. Let me know if you have feedback, questions or concerns. I am just going to try this out to see if that helps me stay more on top of it and allow more parents the option of getting feedback each day on behavior. 

Thank you, 

Mrs. Bischoff

Odds and Ends


1. January book orders are due tomorrow Friday January 29th by the end of school at 1pm.  Please go online and get those books ordered! 

2. Hip Hip Hooray! It’s almost the 100th Day of School!

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The 100th Day of School lands on Wednesday, February 3 and we are excited to celebrate!  Each child is welcome to bring a collection of 100 items that day to school (100 buttons, 100 signatures, 100 pom poms…) It’s fun to see what 100 of something looks like!  Just a couple guidelines:  
* Please let your child only bring in a collection that they can carry and manage by themselves
* No food items (per Quest policy)
*Please no items that have been banned (like Pokemon cards)
*Have fun thinking of a creative or unique collection you want to bring :)

3. Please fill out and sign this permission slip for your child to participate in our Valentines party. See previous post for details. 


4. Addition and Subtraction Fact Memorization: in the upcoming weeks, we will be focusing on double-digit addition and subtraction.  This is a very challenging unit for kids who do not yet have their addition and subtraction facts memorized! You may memorize math facts as your math activity practice.  This will also help with our weekly math timings!  Please utilize the following links to create flashcards and work on memorization of facts up to 20: 

5. Tower of Book Challenge

tall_stack_of_books_311586Our school library’s “Tower of Book Challenge” is still active.  Here are the latest results from the 1st grade classes:

1st Grade: Books Stacked
Bischoff – 3 (How sad is that!) 
Dunmeyer – 28
Hills/Teichert – 10
Nelson – 8
Vella – 24

We have a classroom of readers and I know that we can build a taller stack!  To those who have started our stack…WAY TO GO!!!  I encourage each of you to participate. Let’s see how high our book stack can go! 

First Step– Print the challenge form: 1st Grade Tower of Books Challenge
Second Step– Read 5 books from the listed categories
Third Step– Bring the challenge form WITH parent signature to the library (before or after school)
Fourth Step- Assemble the foldable paper book you will receive from the librarian
Fifth Step– Return assembled paper book, receive a PRIZE and begin again :) 

Book Categories (choose any 5)
1 Alphabet book
1 Story that rhymes
1 Book of poems
1 Fairy tale
1 Magazine article
1 Book from a series you have not read
1 Mystery
1 Holiday
2 “Non-fiction” books on the same topic