Sunday, January 30th, 2017

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday!  This week flew by but a lot of fun was had! The first grade class was able to start out the week by helping Mrs. Klauer with announcements and our pledges. 

Monday was our pancake (and they were delicious!) breakfast and we got to wear our comfy pajamas (this was my favorite day….). 

 Tuesday was crazy hair, hat, and/or wear a mustache day.  The firsties were very creative in what they wore! 

We also were able to spend some time with their prayer partners, playing games.  

 Wednesday was Career Day and the students went to a Bucket Filler’s Assembly where they learned about how to “fill each others buckets” and be kind to each other.  Thursday was Movie Day and dress up like your favorite movie character.  Students were able to choose what movie they wanted (each classroom was showing a different movie) and also got to snack on popcorn during the movie!  In the first grade room, the movie “Inside Out” was shown  Today was Spirit wear day and the Teacher’s Quiz Bowl.  It was very neat to see all of the different kinds of panther gear that was worn today!  Fun! 

Just a reminder, please don’t forget to send back their Take Home Story bags.  These are due every Friday and for the last few weeks, students have been consistently forgetting to bring them back.  Thanks for helping with this!  

Next week is going to be a somewhat boring week compared to the last few!  Just a reminder that we pushed back the spelling words a week.  So the words for next week are: ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, goes, grow, down, new. Check out Spelling City for different fun ways for your firstie practice their spelling words. 

In Math we have been practicing using a hundreds chart and I sent an extra one for you to keep at home, so that it can be used at home as well! We also have been practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.  Here’s a fun video for your firstie to practice at home (It is also on GoNoodle, under the youtube videos!) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq3cDj3Uj3I

Our Chapter 7 Math test will be tomorrow and going forward, we will be studying tens and ones. 

Thanks for your prayers!  I am feeling better!  Here is a quick picture of my “nurse” for the last few days…

Josie wouldn't leave my side!

See you in the morning and I'm looking forward to another week of learning and loving in our awesome God!
Miss Gallagher