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A couple of things coming from Mr. English that concern you and your child.
1. Our lunch hour changed. We now have lunch from 11:30 to 12:10.
2. Our Language Arts Block (Spelling, Language, Reading) changed from 10:00-11:30.
3. The lunch room helpers are now in effect. The schedule is off to the side. If your child is working, they are giving up their lunch recess for that day to help 1st graders. Please mark your calendar to help make sure the are in school on these days.
Yesterday we had a discussion about fire drills, lockdowns, and off site emergency evacuations. We had MANY what if this or what if that questions. All of the questions they asked, I answered with this statement...No matter what the situation, I will do every thing I can to keep them safe, including putting myself in danger. I am their safety instructor and the best way to stay safe in any situation is to be listening to my directions. Today, we had a practice fire drill. It was the best one I have seen in my entire life as a teacher. They were so serious and quiet. All students earned $100 for their awesome behavior choices!!!!! We will practice all of these drills throughout the year.
Open House is coming up. It will be September 11 from 6-7. A letter from Mr. English describing it came home tonight. I also texted you this last night. :0) So, now you have no excuse!!! Hee Hee. Remember, this is parents only. If you record this event on your home calendar tonight, please write the word OPENHOUSE in the planner for $20 tomorrow.
Tomorrow is our Friday Heritage Feist. Kids may bring in their favorite family dinner or dessert item for us to sample tomorrow. This is the one that is on the recipe card you sent in. I have most of the cards already, but some need to bring them in tomorrow. We will be having this at 11:00 in my classroom. Please feel free to join us. Can't wait to taste a part of your heritage!!!!
I have all the NILE permission slips except Collin and Austin. Please send those in tomorrow.
Fallen Rock Book money is also due tomorrow, OR Monday at the latest!!!! They are $4. Awesome book!!!!
In math we are moving forward. Today we put large numbers (to the millions) in order from least to greatest. Their homework tonight is on both comparing numbers and ordering them.
We took the SRI test today in Reading. It gives me a better idea what level your child is reading on independently. It also is the level that they will start on in our Read About computer program that they will start doing three times a week for 15 minutes. They all did their best and I was proud of them!!!
Above, you will see the square dancing video we made yesterday in reading. Dancing is part of our heritage. Pretty funny!!!! On the slideshow, you will also see the students playing a math place value game. They had to roll dice and plug in the number to make the largest number possible. They then compared theirs to their partners and compared them. Together, they read the number sentence using the vocabulary shout out words of greater than or less than. Fun times!!!
Well, that about does it for today. Thanks for all you do!!!! I couldn't do my job as well without you, your support, and your words of encouragement. :0) Have a great night!
HOMEWORK: Heritage Recipe, Math Worksheet, and Study Spelling Words for Tomorrow's Test.
