Dear Parents,
The firsties were a very chatty bunch today…whew! However, despite their chattiness, we did
get a lot done today! We took our first
memory test (The kids come up to my desk and say their memory to me, which is somewhat private and hopefully not
TOO intimidating!) and we took our first “real” spelling test. Thank you for helping your kiddo prepare for
these tests!
Today we learned what a noun is…..ask your firstie about it!
Quiz them in the car, quiz them at the dinner table, quiz
them at home! It doesn’t take long and
it reinforces what we are learning at school…..which is very helpful and beneficial!
We are practicing and review writing our letters (today was
b and e) and ask your firstie the trick I gave them to remember the difference
when you write a lowercase b and a lowercase d (A lowercase b looks like a mama
with a baby bump!).
Monday, we will be talking a little bit about remembering
what happened on September 11th.
I brought it up today and told them they are allowed to wear red, white,
and blue on Monday (The whole school is invited to wear red, white, and blue). We will read two books about September 11th. The first one is called “Fireboat”, which is about the
John J. Harvey that was the largest, fastest, shiniest
fireboat of its time, but by 1995, New York City didn't need old fireboats
anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it
from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, it was called upon
to help again. It is a true story! The second book is called “The Man Who Walked
Between the Towers”. Watch the video
clip below (and I am sorry for the profanity), to learn about this! We don’t watch the video, just read the
children’s book….also a true story.
I will also bring in my pictures of Ground Zero. I have a
friend who lives and teaches in Queens and I visited her the summer after September
11th, and really, it just looked like a huge construction site. But the cross that was found, formed from the
beams that had melted together when the towers fell, was on display in the
middle of all the site, and I was able to get some pictures. I don’t go into much detail about this awful
day, but we DO discuss it as it is a part of our country’s recent history.
Don’t forget that we are singing this Sunday, at the 10:30
service. Students need to be here by NO LATER
than 10:15 to warm up and practice and we will be meeting in the basement. See you then!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss Gallagher
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