Dear Parents,

Happy Thursday evening!  How ARE you?  I pray that you are all well and continue to stay healthy…especially as we start to enter “flu season”!  UGH! 

Has your firstie told you about our little friend who sometimes plays tricks on us in our classroom?  The other day he moved all of the words on our schedule, upside down AND THEN he moved!  He hasn’t moved this week, but we are certainly keeping our eyes on him. ;)

Upside down?!?!  Who did THAT???

We are trucking along with our spelling words and sounds.  We practice our spelling words in many different ways!  (word searches, illustrate the words, scrambled/mixed up words, spelling sentences, etc…) Keep up the good work of reviewing at home. 

We scrambled our spelling words today! 

"Rip"....
How great is THIS illustration? 

We learned about action verbs today!  Please ask your firstie about this…(and review nouns as well)!  Again, this is something that you can connect your firstie with “real world”, “everyday” things that are around them.  The more they see the connections around them, the more REAL these new concepts become to them (and hopefully, the more they will remember all of this new information! ). 

Did your firstie tell you about what we are learning about in Social Studies?  We watched this funny video about the 7 continents and I thought that you might like to see it too!  

How to Remember the Seven Continents! ...for Kids! - YouTube

Below are a few pictures I took throughout the week….enjoy! 

The clouds the other day were SO PRETTY!  Isn't God an amazing artist?

"Miss Gallagher...you HAVE to check out my shirt!"
Levi in LEVI'S...
LOL!!!!!

Blessings on your Friday and your weekend!

Miss Gallagher

 

Dear Parents,

Happy Wednesday and welcome to FALL!!!!  (It’s my FAVORITE!) It’s interesting to me that this is the coldest day we’ve had recently and all of the sudden, now it’s FALL.  I am not going to complain about it though…bring on the colder temperatures, the apples and pumpkins, Big Red football games, bonfires, the colored leaves…I am so glad to live in a place where we get to experience the Fall.  Make sure your firstie is prepared to go outside, weather permitting. 

Did your firstie tell you what game we played yesterday to review our spelling words?  Well, if not, we played Tic-Tac-Word.  They were paired up (at random) and used their spelling words instead of an X or an O on the “board”.  While we didn’t have A LOT of time to play, each pair was able to get in a few games. 

When we have to have “inside recess” (when the weather is bad or when the gym is being occupied), there are plenty of things for the firsties to do in our classroom. Games, puzzles, blocks, dominos, etc… are all available to play with when we have to have recess inside.  (We also may do a GoNoodle or two so we get our wiggles out…) 

"Miss Gallagher, I finished this puzzle and it's bigger than me! Will you take my picture?"

How is the reading at home going?  Remember, your firstie should be reading to YOU.  Our Take Home Story Bag stories, are meant to be read a few times throughout the week by your firstie.  We talked yesterday about how important practicing is and that the more they practice reading, the easier it will be!  Keep it up!

Speaking of practicing, some firsties still need help tying their shoes and while I am happy to help for now, this is something that your firstie needs to eventually be able to do on their own.  Please start practicing this at home. 

Thank you for all that you do on the home front!

“Jesus in ALL Things”

Miss Gallagher

 

Dear Parents,

Happy Thursday!  How are things going at home, with homework and with the reading?  It may be painful for a few weeks, but once we get into a routine, it should get easier.  Please make sure that your firstie is practicing reading out loud! 

***Remember that the take home stories and bags are due TOMORROW (Friday). 

We also have a memory test AND spelling test.  Thank you for helping your firstie practice at home. 

In Religion today, we talked about Abraham and Sarah’s son, Issac, and how he got his name.  I told the firsties to ask YOU how you came up with their name or the reason why you named them that.   Please tell them and I am going to ask tomorrow!  I am excited to hear the stories (because, if you didn’t already know this….firsties LOVE to tell stories…!).

Yesterday, we learned about what a noun is….ask you firstie about this!  We are going to continue to practice what nouns are in the coming weeks, but you can certainly help with this at home.  Point out nouns at home, or outside, or at the ball field, or dance class, or the arena!  It is great to have your firstie connect what we are learning at school with the real world or “their world”. 

We continue to practice our handwriting and forming letters.  I MAY be annoying about this, but I will not apologize for it.  If you see your firstie writing at home and they start at the bottom of the line….please, please, please correct them and remind them that we NEVER start at the bottom.  Thank you!

Just a reminder that we are singing in church THIS SUNDAY (the 19^th) at the 10:30am service.  Students will need to be here at 10:15 and we are meeting in the basement. After we done singing, students will be dismissed to come and sit you with!  See you on Sunday!

Blessings on the rest of your week and the upcoming weekend.

“Jesus in ALL Things”
Miss Gallagher

 

Dear Parents,

Whelp….I didn’t get to it on Friday….so below is my delinquent blog!  ;)

Friday, we celebrated Patriot Day, in honor of the 20^th anniversary of 9-11.  The students were asked to wear red, white, and blue.  We read a few books and I shared some pictures with the kids of when I went to NYC.  I have a friend that lives there and I visited her the summer after, September 11^th, when Ground Zero was still very much a construction site.  That was a very powerful visit and one that I will never forget. 

We formed a flag!  Can you see it?  Squint your eyes a little bit to help...LOL. 

"Miss Gallagher, we wore the EXACT same shirt and we aren't even in the same grade!"

Can't seem to flip this....but anyways...this is a TRUE story of a fireboat that helped to put out the fires at Ground Zero.  When the towers collapsed, the hydrants weren't able to be used.  The fireboats helped! 

Another true story about a man that walked between the Twin Towers before they were finished being built.  

This cross was formed when the towers fell and it was kept up at Ground Zero for many, many months.  (I had to take the picture through the fence, but still very powerful to see it there!)

Every year, one (or more) child asks me…why.  That’s a great question!  WHY.  Many lives were lost that day and SO many were affected for the rest of their life.  It’s still very hard to understand the why.  However, even if we have so many questions and not enough answers, we can know that God was in the midst of it all.  He is also in the midst of our lives!  He wants us to never forget that He loves us like crazy, that He will never leave us, and that He will always be there for us.  We can trust that.

We are starting to practice writing our letters!  Each student has a “Space Man”, that helps us with our spacing.  We are reminding ourselves (and others!) that letters are NEVER formed from the bottom up.  I think that some students have it in their brains to form letters that way, so if you see that at home, please help to remind your firstie! Thank you!

Look for another Blog on Wednesday!  J

 

Dear Parents,

We started out “Moring Tubs” today!  The firsties seemed to really enjoy them and it is so fun to see them be creative.  Sometimes, with our morning tubs, or morning work, the firsties will get to create something.  Sometimes, they will practice letters or numbers, or write words!  Morning work is just a small way for us to ease into our day (and still make it educational). 

Just a reminder of what our dress code is….shoes without backs and shirts or dresses without sleeves are not permitted.  Thank you for helping to adhere to our dress code. 

We started reviewing our alphabet sounds.  A worksheet is coming home that needs to be completed and brought back to school tomorrow.  They will have to turn in their homework to their mailbox for the first time! (This is a little bit of a test...lol!)

Is your firstie coming home exhausted? These first few weeks can be tiring as we get back into a more set routine.  Grace is the name of the game.  I am so thankful that we can ease into things over the next few weeks. Speaking of grace, we have been learning about Creation. Ask your kiddo what God created on each of the days (and they can use their little booklets that came home today if they forget!).    Remember it only took God 6 days because on the 7^th day….He RESTED.  Rest is so important!  Rest for our bodies, rest for our minds, and rest for our souls.  God wants us to rest in Him.  He calls us to do so.  I pray that over our long weekend coming up, you are able to spend some time in rest; spend some time with friends and family, and spend time in worship with our Lord.  Praying for you all!

Blessings!

“Jesus in ALL things”

Miss Gallagher