I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! 

We have a busy week ahead of us!

Phonics:  We are working on the oo sounds, the letters Jj, Vv, the floss rule, and the ve rule.  

Math:  We will continue to work with math facts.  We are also working on word problems, telling time to the hour and half hour, measurement, and graphing.

Theme:  We will begin this week discussing Hannukah and Kwanzza.  We will then venture into Chirstmas traditions around the world.

Please be watching your child's folder.  I will be sending home information on our Christmas party to you very soon!  

We will be having parent teacher conferences this evening from 5-8pm.  I look forward to seeing you here!

                                                    Halloween Party

I would like to make Halloween icecream sundaes as our treat.  Our room mother will contact you about items that you can send to make our delicious treats.  If you are not contacted and would like to send in something, you may send in goodie bags or individually wrapped candy.  We will have the children trick or treat around the room collecting these yummy treats.  I really appreciate your help!

Your child may come to school dressed up in costumes.  Please make sure that your child is able to get in and out of it easily when using the bathroom.  Please keep in mind when dressing your child that they will be eating lunch and having recess in this costume.  There is a chance it could get dirty or even torn.

All parents are invited to attend our party.  Please arrive at 1:30pm and we will begin our celebration.  

If you have any questions about our party, please feel free to contact me through email, a note in the homework folder, or a call after school.

Thanks,
A. Hutchison

We have a field trip in our near future. 

We are planning a trip to Evan's Apple Orchard.  We will be going the the orchard on Oct. 23rd.  We will be leaving the school at 8:30am.  The cost for the trip will be $11.50.  We will be sending home a permission slip this week.  Please read the slip, sign and return with the money for the trip.  

Our fall festival will be on October 23rd.  We need any parent volunteers that we can possibly get to make our festival a success.

 Booth: Fishing pond

Booth Decoration Theme:  "Finding Nemo"  (The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners receive a cash prize for their classroom.)

Basket theme:  "Baby"  PLEASE BE SENDING IN ANY BABY ITEMS BETWEEN NOW AND THE WEEK OF THE FESTIVAL!  THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!

We could use volunteers to help decorate our booth, send in baby items for our basket, and volunteer to work our booth the night of the festival for approximately a 30 min. time period.

We have had a great week.  Thank you for your patience while I was away from school on Mon. and Tues.  I had a death in the family and that took me away from school.  However, they were left in very capable hands!  

 Important Upcoming Dates:

October 11-15-  Fall Break

October 23rd-  Fall Festival!

I hope you have a great weekend!

  Thank you for all the Grandparents that were able to come and join us on Grandparent's Day!  We enjoyed having you at school!

It has been a great week so far!

Reading:  We are discussing genre, characters, setting, sequence.

Spelling:  This weeks spelling words are:  pin, win, hit, sit, miss, kiss, sad, map, be, ride.  Please practice reading and spelling these words each night as part of your homework routine.  We will have a pre-test on Thurs. and a test on Friday.

Math:  We are practicing writing our numbers correctly.  We are also exploring our shapes and geoboards.

Theme:  We are discussing our 5 senses.  We have different activities planned to explore our senses.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 6th- Labor Day, NO SCHOOL!

Sept. 10th- Grandparents Day

Welcome 1st graders!  We have had a Fantastic first week of school.  I am very excited to see your smiling faces at school each morning!

It has been a pleasure getting to know each of the children our first few days together.  It is my hope that we will be able to work together this year so that each child in our room is successful!  We have lots of fun things happening in our room.  We are getting to know each other, reviewing our phonics and math skills.  We have also been working on rules for our classroom and our school.  

Important Dates:

August 17th- Fire Drill

August 24th- Picture Day

Sept. 6th-  Labor Day (No School!)

As more important dates occur, I will keep you updated!  Thanks for all of your help in making this a successful and exciting start to our school year!  Each one of you are "Super Stars!"