This week was amazing! Thank you so much from coming to the First Grade Thanksgiving feast day and to STEM night! I was so happy to see so many people! I hope you will be blessed this break and will get to spend some time with your family and friends. No HW except to read! Phonic words are available on the blog. Mrs. Grecko

 

December is busy month so here is a peek at what’s coming up.

Our academic focus:

Math- Finish balancing equations, review place value

Reading- Identifying the main idea and key details

Writing- Informational

Phonics- Unit 14- digraphs th and wh

Social Studies: Thomas Jefferson

• December calendar reminders and revisions:

KES Holiday Market 12/9 – 12/12

12/11- 1^st grade musical at NorthStar Church 6:30PM (arrive by 6)

12/13- PTA Parent’s Night Out at KES 6PM-9PM

12/14- Christmas at Piedmont Church-  Chorus & Grasshoppers performing at 12:30 and 2:00

12/17- Our Class Holiday Celebration- 1-2pm

12/19   Early Release- 12:30

12/20   Early Release- 12:30

We had a great week! A huge thank you goes out to everyone who participated in the Kid’s Heart Challenge! We had a great event. I haven’t heard a total yet, but I hear we surpassed our goal! Way to go!

Our homework was printed a little later than usual today and some friends were checked out early. If you did not get the homework, it is attached here and will be on the Blog. We will be on Unit 12 for phonics.
Our next Health unit is all about Nutrition and we would love to have some risktakers in our classroom. I’ve attached a signup genius link for anyone who is willing to help out and donate a unique food. The link is also on the homework and is a 3 star option. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4ca8ad22a3f49-nutrition

 

Ms. White has asked us to remind you that we need the permission slips and/or t-shirt order forms back for our December First Grade Musical. (Due NOV. 20^th) If you do not want to purchase a shirt, that is completely optional, but if you are going to attend the event, I need a permission slip. It is a KES tradition for First Grade to have the December Musical event.

Here is a link to Mrs. White’s website so you can practice at home. Remember the password is PRACTICE. http://musicatkes.weebly.com/

 

Here is a peek at other events and our focus for next week:

 

Math- Balancing Equations/True False

Reading- Non-fiction/fiction text features (Owls)

Writing- Informational (Spiders)

Grammar- Proper Nouns

Phonics- ending- ck

Health- Nutrition

 

Mark your calendars-

November 20^th– First Grade Thanksgiving lunch 11:45-12:25 *****NEW TIME*******

Thursday, November 21^st PTA STEM Night-

Lighting of Legacy Park Holiday Tree- Friday, December 6^th

December 11^th– First Grade Christmas Musical

Five-Star Tiered Homework due 11-15-19 Grecko Edition

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KES Parents,

We are looking for volunteers to help with our snacks for the Kids Heart Challenge on Thursday, November 7th.  If you would like to volunteer, please use the link to sign up.  Thanks for all of your support.  We are looking forward to a great event!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F45ACA82FA02-kids

Happy post Halloween or All Saints Day! We had a busy but tiring day. I feel that a bunch of our kiddos will sleep well tonight! We get an extra hour of sleep on Sunday, so don’t forget to set your clocks ahead! I will be updating the blog with a November Specials Calendar and a Rehearsal Calendar for the First Grade Musical for our Soloists! Congratulations to Noa and Addy! They are going to be Elves!

 

We have some great news! We got a new student in our classroom. Jack has moved which opened up a spot for a new student, and Ethan is now in our class. We are now back up to 19 friends! Please welcome Ethan and his family the next time we get together, which will probably be for the Thanksgiving feast during lunch. 😊 I will be updating the class directory too. Look for it next week.

 

Here is a peek at next week:

 

Monday 11/4- Regular day

Tuesday 11/5- NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS (Inservice for Teachers)

Wednesday 11/6- Regular day

Thursday 11/7- Kid’s Heart Challenge- Jump Rope Day (money due) (please wear sneakers and clothes appropriate for jumping rope) 10:15-11:00

Friday 11/8- Super Specials (specials time changed to 1:30)

 

Our academic focus:

 

Reading- Main Topic and Key details of Non-fiction (Theme: Spiders)

Math- Missing Addend

Grammar- Capitalization (days, months, holidays)

Phonics- long vowel e or o at the end (Open vowels) Unit 11 on Blog

Writing- Informational

Science- Light and shadows (Bring in objects by Friday- see H.W. for details)

 

If you have any leftover Halloween snack items (goldfish crackers, pretzels, etc…) NO CANDY- we could use them again in our classroom. We daily help out 3-4 friends who forget to bring a snack.

Thank you in advance!

Five-Star Tiered Homework Due 11-8-19 Grecko Edition