Thursday, October 13th, 2016/Pumpkin-Patch Edition

Howdy, wonderful 1st/2nd parents! I hope this blog finds you doing well. I have lots to share!

Coming Up:

Friday, October 14th: Grandparents' Day. Our schedule has been a little revised:
8:30: Morning Meeting (grandparents are welcome to attend as soon as our classroom doors open at 8:15).
9:00: Daily 5 activities with our grandparents
9:30: Ice-Cream
10:00: Recess
10:20: Bingo!
11:00: Give our presents and a hug goodbye!

Thursday, October 27th and Friday, October 28th: Conferences (I have sent confirmations home, please let me know if you don't remember your time slot).

Saturday, October 29th: Harvest Fest at Faith Baptist Church, 6:30 pm

Reminders:

Please send your kiddos to school with a water bottle. This saves time on trips to the fountain and lines. It makes our water breaks super easy-peezy! 

Sight words and spelling words are sent home during the week for students to practice and they are in this blog for your convenience. Practicing at home builds their reading skills! Thank you for making this a part of your routines at home. 

The school website has important dates and information. If I forget to include something here, you might be able to find it there. If you need to know about dates, there is a calendar there as well. I love our website!  http://sonshinechristian.org/

You are an amazing group of parents and I am so thankful to teach your kiddos! They are working hard as we learn more and explore new continents this year. We are studying South America. If you have anything to share about this continent or its' countries with our students, please contact me. We would love it!

Coming Up in Math:

In first grade, we will continue to focus on subtraction. Second-grade math with be centered around number patterns and skip counting. ALL students can be practicing skip-counting at home (counting by tens, twos, and fives).

Coming Up in Reading:

1st Grade:

2nd Grade:

Theme: Animal Habitats and Fiction Stories: Fairy-Tales and Fables

Coming Up in Bible:

We will finish our study on Miriam and Aaron and begin studying Joshua. Our verse will be 

Joshua 1:8. 

Verse:

                                                                Pumpkin Patch Pics:

 (if you have more, please e-mail them to me and I can put them in the next blog (: )

 
 
 
 
 
 

Highlights from Our Week:

Our theme was "pets", and we had a special visitor, Mrs. Johnson and her new pet kitten, Truffles!

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

Greetings, fantastic 1st/2nd parents!!! I hope that this blog finds you well. The little explorers have been working so hard this week! From South America, to spiders, to insects, to bats, they have been learning so much! This next week we will have the theme of pets and specifically comparing their needs to animals of the rainforest! The pumpkin patch was a blast and we are excited for this cozy season of fall! Speaking of cozy, please send your kiddos with coats! Many of you have already done so, thank you! Also, we really need those emergency kits. We have had 5 returned. If you have brought one, thanks so much. If not, please do so as soon as you can. Thank you!!

Coming Up:

Field Trip: Pumpkin Patch, BiZi Farms. Please bring booster seat. We will leave by 8:45, so kiddos need to be on time to take a bathroom break before we leave. Please have students wear Sonshine shirts!

Grandparents Day: Friday, October 14th: 9-11 am. So excited for this event! Here's what we have planned:

9:00: Daily 5 reading activities with grandparents
10:00: recess!
10: 15: activities in class with grandparents
10:45: ice-cream sundae bar!
11:00: give a big hug goodbye, thanks for coming!

Donations Needed:
ice-cream, whipped cream, and ice-cream toppings for our sundae bar
dominoes! If anyone has a set of dominoes they don't mind parting with, we would love to use them in math centers!
Thank you!

Conferences: Thursday, October 27th and Friday, October 28th. Please sign up in Fourier as soon as possible if you have not done so already.

Harvest Fest: Saturday, October 29th, Faith Baptist Church: 6:30 pm


In Bible, we will be studying Miriam and Aaron. We will focus on respecting others. Our verse is:

In math, 1st grade will focus on subtracting all and subtracting zero, vertical subtraction, drawing diagrams, and comparing groups. The 2nd grade students will be learning about skip counting, working on counting by 2's and 5's, identifying patterns, and repeated addition. All groups will be working with hundreds charts, patterns, and skip-counting in their Daily 3 activities (math centers). Please practice counting by ones and tens for first grade, and by fives and 2's for second grade. 

Coming Up in 1st Grade Reading:

Coming Up in 2nd Grade Reading:

Highlights From Our Week:

Sharing how we feel in the morning!:

Journal-Sharing!:

                                                                         

 Daily 5!

Chapel!

Be on the lookout for Pumpkin Patch pics! I'll post them on our blog over the weekend. Thank you!!!