First week of school!

" God Is Good All the Time...All the Time God is Good!"



The first week of school went great and the second week is off to a fantastic start!  The students are excited and did a fantastic job transitioning into first grade.  It is going to be a wonderful year full of new learning.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Curriculum Night this Wednesday at 6pm.  Here is some information regarding Curriculum Night. 

 1.  Curriculum Night for K-5th Grade Parents - 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 17, 2011
This is opportune time for parents to hear from your students’ teachers on the events and expectations for the year. We will run three, 20 minute sessions on the night for any parents that have multiple students, so they have the opportunity to meet with all of their teachers.  The first session will run from 6:00 p.m. - 6:20 p.m., the second session from 6:25 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., and the third will be from 6:50 p.m. - 7:10p.m.  If you only have one student, feel free to stop in for any one of the three sessions.  Art, Music, PE, and Spanish will be in the Library.  We hope to see all of you there!  

During the first week the students learned all about our first grade routines! 

This week we dove right in and the students were excited to use their workbooks.

In religion we are learning that God is Our Father.  The students are learning and reflecting through prayer that we can talk to our Father just like we talk to our fathers on Earth.  When I asked the students why God made us they replied..."Because God Loves US!!!!"  Absolutely!!!

In literacy this week we are working on blending short /a/ words.  We will be working on character and setting in stories and focusing on the strategy story structure.  In grammar we are working on sentence vs. fragment.  Ask your child what a sentence is... they should respond..." A group of words that tells a whole idea (we even have hand motions that go along with it)".  :)  We will be learning that nonfiction text and photographs give us information.

We also are starting Singapore Math this week (our new math series).  the students and I are excited to dive in and explore the wonderful world of math together! 

We love working as a team and the students are doing a great job working together to be REAL  Christian Leaders.  For any new families...our student learning expectations call for the students to be REAL (Responsible Christian Leaders, Effective Communicators, An Independent Thinker, and Life-long Learner).  WOW!!  We sure are off to a great start!  I am very proud of the students in 1B.

We are doing many wonderful things here in first grade.  I will try and post some talking points each week so that you can discuss with your child all the wonderful things going on in first grade.  When i receive all of the photo release forms I will post some pictures of the amazing learning going on as well!