Sleepover!

We had such a great Sleepover day on Jan 29th! We studied all about our solar system from planets to stars to the sun. The children were very excited about our celebration day to bring it all together. We started with a breakfast that had a Stormtrooper there! We danced and ate and it was so much fun! Then we were on to the planetarium that our PE coaches set up! It was amazing. We danced and sang space worm songs and made out of this world picture frames! Mrs. KK and Mrs. Willett set up the coolest lightshow movie and dance party in the media center. We had a remarkable day that holds memories that will last a lifetime for the kids and myself. I am so lucky to work with people who always think out of the box and create unique experiences for our students.

Six Dinner Sid

Six Dinner Sid is a book by Inga Moore. It is about a cat who lived on Aristotle Street who had 6 different owners who fed him 6 different dinners. When he got a bad cough, he was taken to the vet 6 times and given 6 spoonfuls of medicine. The vet found out it was the same cat and when the owners found out, they only fed him one dinner. So Sid deceided to move to another street. Since they knew about Sid, they didn't care that he had six dinners.
Vocabulary:
Perfect- everything that is exactly right
Suspicious- Something is not the way it should be
Gullible- easily tricked
Nasty- bad or very umpleasant
Damp- slightly wet
Versatile- able to change easily

Matter

We have been learning about Matter in science! During this experiment, the students put on their scientist hats, got their science journals and did an experiment. We learned that jello starts as a solid, turns into a liquid and then becomes a solid again. They made predictions in their journal as Ms. Thomson and I preformed the experiment. They really enjoyed this hands on and I think they have a better understanding of how things can change when they get to "see" it happen!

Literacy Parade/Carnival

Hello All!
We are quickly approaching the literacy parade, trick or treating in the hallways and the fall carnival. It is all on October 23rd. We will have fall centers following the parade in the morning. Parents are asked to observe and take pictures from the dining room. Children are to find a character from a book to dress up as. Please make sure the costumes are school appropriate. They are also going to need a change of clothes as we have PE that day for resource. If you are a volunteer, you are welcome to stay and help with centers. The children will rotate around centers in the morning and after lunch, we will go to a normal schedule.
Trick or Treating will be in the hallways beginning at 6pm that evening. Immediately following is the fall carnival! Make sure you set some time aside to visit this yearly tradition for us here at Chets! There will be games, prizes, food and lots of fun!

!st day of 1st grade!

Skills Block

We have been reviewing Kindergarten skills for the past 2 1/2 weeks of first grade. Please review these at home as well. We have been talking about blends, word families, sight words, vowels and text talk vocabulary. I give them a blend...for example "st" and have them come up with as many words as they can that have that blend. Or you could have them look in books for that blend!
Also, it is very important to build up your childs reading fluency this year. They should be reading their book in a bag at least twice a night, if not more! I have been testing students this week and see that over the summer, some of them have been reading slower that last year! Please make sure that you are having them read to you every night!
We are going to have a great year!

Wish List/Orientation

Hi all!
I forgot to pull my screen up to reveal the wish list. These are a few things we could use during the school year.
Renusit pop up air fresheners
Cardstock
Pencil top erasers
Treats for treasure box
hot glue sticks
HP color ink #22
HP black ink #21

I appreciate all of you that came to orientation to meet me and check out our funky new classroom! I can't wait to get started learning on Monday!!