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📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
💡DATES TO REMEMBER

  • February 2nd: Half Day Dismissal (GHA In-Service)
  • February 10th: Daddy Daughter Dance
  • February 14th: Great Hearts Day! 
  • February 19th: NO SCHOOL (President's Day)
  • March 6th: Half Day Dismissal (1st Grade Athletic Field Day)
  • March 8th: Half Day Dismissal 
  • Mar 11th - 15th: NO SCHOOL (Spring Break) 

  • 💡REMINDERS:
  • 1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.

    2. The scholars should bring the following daily:
    • Water bottle with name
    • Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
    • Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)
    *Your child may use the small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring to help them pack their things. 

    3. Please review the Driveline procedure here: directionsforparentsdrivelin.docx We have also attached the file in the resources on the right side of this webpage. 

    • 💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK 

    Reading / Literature: We started our Beatrix Potter tales this week, particularly The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. The scholars have been working on their read aloud with the class. 

     Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.


    Spalding: Words ending with a silent final e (come) are written without the e when adding a vowel ending.

    com+ing


    Poetry:

    My Shadow  

    by Robert Louis Stevenson 

    I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
    And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. 

    He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; 

    And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. 


    The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow— 

    Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
    For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball, 

    And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him  
        at all. 


    He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
    And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
    He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
    I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to
        me!

     
    One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
    I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
    But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
    Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. 


    Math: This week, we learned how to count coins (penny, nickel, dime and quarter). They practiced different ways to use coins to come up with a certain amount. We will have a test next week. 

    History: We reviewed our unit on the Early Explorers, and started our next unit on how these colonies will fight for their independence from Great Britain. 

    Science: This week students started learning about whales. Outside, students were shown just how long dolphins and whales are  by using a string and rolling it out, which showed in feet how long different whales can be. They also started a foldable on whales.    

    Have a great week!
    1st Grade Teachers


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