Week of April 27th

REMINDER: 2 HOUR LATE START ON FRIDAY THE 1ST!

Walk for Life is on Friday (the 1st)!  Please remember to bring your bottles back this week!  The Walk for Life store is open on Monday-Thursday.  All the money collected will go to the American Cancer Society.  Students do not need more than a couple dollars to buy things (if you want).  

***Parents are able to walk with their children for the Walk for Life. You will not need a background check for this event.  Please DO NOT enter the school if you wish to walk with us.  Meet us in the field by the walking track (marked in the grass by the back parking lot).  Our class will walk from 12:10-12:40. Can't wait to see you there!

This week we will wear a special color each day to represent a different kind of cancer. See below:

MARK YOU CALENDARS! 

The PV spring carnival

May 1st at PV from 6pm-8pm!! 

Thanks to everyone that brought Frozen donations or money for the basket!

PV Spring Carnival is just around the corner.  We hope to see all of you bouncing, bidding and playing all the great carnival games.  We are also looking for volunteers to help out. Please consider volunteering from 6-7, 7-8, or 6-8.  This is a fun event that is only possible with volunteers!!  Email pvptac@gmail.com with the shift you are available to volunteer for.  Every volunteer receives a free slice of pizza, pop and dessert as a thank you from the PTAC! The PTAC has been instrumental in providing our students with money for field trips, iPads, active boards, social events and many more things!

ROX READING CALENDAR! Make sure to bring your second reading calendar back to school on Monday the 20th.  You will get a new one on Monday for that week.  Check your child's folder! 

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts will include:

• How does a problem make a story interesting? We will read "Days with Frog and Toad?".
• Story structure (character, setting, plot)
• Long i (igh, y, ie)
• Base words and endings -ed, -ing, -est, -er, -es
• Adjectives

Math will include:

• Finding unknown partners with double digit addition
• Finding unknown partners with money
• Introduction to making change for a dollar
• Unit 8 test

Science:
Our caterpillars have been eating and growing! Soon they will be in a chrysalis. We are observing and journaling about what we see.

Week of April 20th

Walk for Life is in 2 Fridays (the 1st)!  Bottles went home on April 1st.  They are due back at school on May 1st.  If they are full, your child may bring it back so I can empty it and send it back home. Please do not bring bottles back until they are full (unless it is May 1st). We will be giving the money collected to the American Cancer Society.

Like last year we will be have special collection Fridays.  For next week (20th-24th), if your child brings in a dollar they earn a bag of popcorn on Friday.  They can bring any amount of money they want for this week. If you need to pull a couple dollars out of the bottle for the special collection days, feel free to do so.

MARK YOU CALENDARS! 

The PV spring carnival is on May 1st at PV from 6pm-8pm!! Thanks to everyone that brought Frozen donations or money for the basket!

If you can volunteer to help with the carnival, please contact pvptac@gmail.com.  The PTAC has been instrumental in providing our students with money for field trips, iPads, active boards, social events and many more things!

ROX READING CALENDAR! Make sure to bring your first reading calendar back to school on Monday the 20th.  You will get a new one on Monday for that week.  Check your child's folder! 

Note from the teacher's desk:

I am starting to get more emails for change of after school transportation and other information from parents. I need you to know that I am not able to check my email all the time.  I TRY to check it at 7am, 10:45, and 2:15 (this is after students leave). This DOES NOT always happen. If you do send an email about transportation or other information, do not assume I have read it unless I reply to you. It is best to call the office with important information OR send a note with your child. If I happen to be absent the sub will never have access to my email.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts will include:

• How do words and photos together give information? We will read "What Can You Do?".
• Text and graphic features (words and photos)
• Base words and -er and -est endings
• Change the y to i when adding endings
• Different kinds of sentences (., ?, !)

Math will include:

• Adding double digits
• Story problems with double digit addition
• Double digit addition with money
• Finding unknown partners with double digit addition

Science:
We got our caterpillars! We will be studying how they become butterflies and doing many activities to reinforce this process.

Week of April 13th

LOTS OF INFORMATION THIS WEEK! READ ALL THE WAY TO THE END!

Walk for Life is getting closer!  Bottles went home on April 1st.  They are due back at school on May 1st.  If they are full, your child may bring it back so I can empty it and send it back home. Please do not bring bottles back until they are full (unless it is May 1st). We will be giving the money collected to the American Cancer Society.

Like last year we will be have special collection Fridays.  For next week (13th-17th), if your child brings in a dollar they earn one minute of free time for the class on Friday.  They can bring any amount of money they want for this week. If you need to pull a couple dollars out of the bottle for the special collection days, feel free to do so.

MARK YOU CALENDARS! 

The PV spring carnival is on May 1st!! We will, once again, be collecting items/money for baskets.  These baskets will be auctioned off at the spring carnival. The 1st Grade theme is FROZEN! (I know...) We will collect anything that you can donate that has to do with the movie Frozen.  Check out those dollar sections at Target and other stores! If you would rather give a monetary donation make checks payable to PLEASANTVIEW PTAC.  A blue information sheet came home with your child on Monday, March 30th.

If you can volunteer to help with the carnival, please contact pvptac@gmail.com.  The PTAC has been instrumental in providing our students with money for field trips, iPads, active boards, social events and many more things!

ROX READING CALENDAR! Check your child's folder for a green letter and pink calendar. This is for the Rox Reading Challenge that starts on April 13th.  The letter explains the process.  I will send a new calendar each Monday so be watching for them!

Note from the teacher's desk:

I am starting to get more emails for change of after school transportation and other information from parents. I need you to know that I am not able to check my email all the time.  I TRY to check it at 7am, 10:45, and 2:15 (this is after students leave). This DOES NOT always happen. If you do send an email about transportation or other information, do not assume I have read it unless I reply to you. It is best to call the office with important information OR send a note with your child. If I happen to be absent the sub will never have access to my email.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts will include:

• How are ways to make art the same and different? We will read "The Dot".
• Compare and contrast
• The spelling patterns -ed and -ing
• Long e vowel with ie and y (field, my)
• Idioms
• Exclamations
• Writing an opinion piece

There is a new pink word list in your child's folder (on the 10th).  This is for the last 5 units of reading. Each list is for one week. I will also have the words on the right hand side of the blog each week.

Math will include:

• Adding double digits
• The new 10 above method
• The new 10 below method
• The building method

There will be a family letter in your child's folder explaining double digit addition.  When all is said and done, I want them to be able to add double digits, not add them with each method. We, as teachers, teach 3 methods because there might be one that is easier for your child. They won't know unless they try.

Week of April 6th

SCHOOL IS IN SESSION ON MONDAY THE 6TH.

Menu change for 4/7:  

There will be no tacos.  The rest remains the same.

LET'S CELEBRATE!

Join us for our annual celebration of diverse cultures within our community.  There will be free entertainment and food for sale. Come to the middle school from 5:30-7:00 on April 10th.  You won't be disappointed! find more information at www.isd47.org/celebrate  

Walk for Life is coming up!  Bottles went home on April 1st.  They are due back at school on May 1st.  If they are full, your child may bring it back so I can empty it and send it back home. We will be giving the money collected to the American Cancer Society. We will also have special days coming up.

Like last year we will have special Fridays.  For next week (6th-10th), if your child brings in a dollar they can wear a hat on Friday the 10th! The dollar can be brought in any day of the week, the hat is only worn on Friday.

MARK YOU CALENDARS! 

The PV spring carnival is on May 1st!! We will, once again, be collecting items/money for baskets.  These baskets will be auctioned off at the spring carnival. The 1st Grade theme is FROZEN! (I know...) We will collect anything that you can donate that has to do with the movie Frozen.  Check out those dollar sections at Target and other stores! If you would rather give a monetary donation make checks payable to PLEASANTVIEW PTAC.  A blue information sheet came home with your child on Monday, March 30th.

If you can volunteer to help with the carnival, please contact pvptac@gmail.com.  The PTAC has been instrumental in providing our students with money for field trips, iPads, active boards, social events and many more things!

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts will include:

• What clues tell you what a character is like? We will read "The New Friend".
• Understanding characters
• The sounds ou, ow, oi, oy, au, aw
• Synonyms (words that have similar meanings)
• Contractions

Math will include:

• Counting money practice
• Counting money practice
• Counting money practice

There will be little to no math homework on yellow paper this week. If there is not a math practice sheet in your child's folder, please take that evening and practice counting coins for 15 minutes!  In first grade we work on dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Only use quarters if your child is ready for a challenge.