Dear Parents,

I am sure you have heard by now, but my sweet little dog, Josie, died unexpectedly in her sleep last Saturday.  She was 7 and a half.  She had been with me for a lot of changes in my life and to have her die so suddenly, was pretty devastating. This week has been a very difficult week for me and so I wanted to say thank you for all of your kind words, thoughts, prayers, and gifts.  I continue to ask you for your prayers as I continue to grieve. 

On a happier note, this past week we celebrated 100 days of school!  The firsties did a great job with their bags of 100 items and their clues!  Some of them we guessed, some of them were tricky!  Fun stuff! We also did five different activities, (in our normal daily 5 groups), that had to do with our 100^th day.  Check them out!

There were 100 Hershey kisses hid all around the room and there were numbers on the bottom.  When I let the kids into the room, they had to find them all and put them on the chart above according to their number. Boy, were they excited about this!

"I found one, Miss Gallagher!"

It took a little while to find them all...and for a few hours, they were down to just two missing...and it was BUGGING them! 

 

One of our activities was to work together to build ONE tower using 100 cups.

Finished!

  "This was FUN, Miss Gallagher!"

Each group created a different tower...interesting.....

They also had to create a "100 Monster" with special instructions...  (Those came home today...should be in your firstie's folder)

Count to 100 and then color the path worksheet

Spelled and wrote 100 words!

The last thing they did was use the digits in 100 and cut them out to create something new.  These will be hung in the hall above their lockers tomorrow.  If you get a chance, take a peek!  Celebrating 100 days of school was fun! 

Next month is Reading Month and we will be starting our activities next week!  Stay tuned for more information.  

Please help your firstie remember their take home story bags tomorrow! Spelling test and memory tests are tomorrow as well.  Thank you for helping to prepare your kiddo for these tests.  

I can’t believe tomorrow is already March 1^st! 

Blessings on your evening!

Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

A few things to share today!

In Chapel today, we sang a GREAT hymn and I wanted to share the words with you.  It was such a good and powerful reminder that God is with us throughout our entire day.

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust every childlike, no cares could destroy

Be there at our waking, and give us we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith, Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe

Be there at our labors, and give us we pray, Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon at the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace, Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace

Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray, Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm, Whose voice is contentment whose presence is balm:

Be there at our sleeping and give us we pray, Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Thank you to all that were able to drive for our field trip to the bowling alley last week!  A good time was had by all!

Did your firstie bring home their “Love Bug” from me yet?  Some firstie chose to keep it at school on their desk, which is just fine!  They were fun to make and hopefully your firstie likes theirs…

This was our Valentine's Day craft!  They turned out pretty cute!

Next month is National Reading Month, and we are going to be doing a few fun things!  One of those things is our Secret Readers (i.e. YOU!).  I have a few parents signed up so far.  If you are willing to be a secret reader for our class, please let me know.  Again, the reading takes place on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, at 8:15am.  If you have a book that you are thinking about, let me know and I can make sure it is not one we have heard before.  If you aren’t sure about a book, I can get you one!  Please practice your book a few times through as well.  Thank you for considering being a “secret reader”! 

Next week we will be celebrating 100 days of school!  I will let you know at the beginning of the week, just when that will be (just thinking about any WEATHER we might have…). 

I am sure that you heard (or saw!) by now what we worked on today in language class!  The firsties were surgeons and did “surgery” on words by making contractions.  So FUN!  Hopefully (HOPEFULLY!), this will stick in their brains! 

Every firstie HAD to have an "official" doctor's badge!

Workin' hard...

Tomorrow is our spelling pre-test!  Thanks for helping your firstie to prepare for the test!

Blessings on your evening.

Miss Gallagher