01/24/2012
01/10/2012
Happy New Year!
I can't believe we're already starting the 2nd semester! It seems like just yesterday I was meeting my shiny, new first graders. It's amazing how time flies!
We celebrated the new year by working in centers with a New Year's theme. The centers were ABC ordering New Year's words, making words with the letters in Happy New Year, antonyms, telling time to the hour, and sorting math facts around the number 12 (less than, equal to, and greater than).
Resolution is a word that pops into mind when we think about a brand new year. We discussed the meaning of the word, listened to Squirrel's New Year's Resolution, and made our own resolutions. We also made and discussed a graph called "What time did you go to bed on New Year's Eve?" Not surprisingly, a huge majority of the class said they stayed up super late :).
12/25/2011
12/14/2011
We Give Books
Here is a great site with popular children's book titles that you can read online! Many of these titles were on my wish list, so I'm glad I don't have to purchase them for now :).
The students really loved Goodnight iPad and Goodnight Goon! They were also excited to see books with Max and Ruby, Skippyjon Jones, and Llama Llama. I'm sure many of the titles are AR. Enjoy!
10/24/2011
News for the Week of October 24th
Happy Conference Week!
Happy Red Ribbon Week!
Here is the news and homework for the week. Please note: we've been focusing so much on sorting words by digraphs that I have not done anything with Spelling City. We'll get back to that great resource soon!
News Download Oct24
Homework Download Oct24
10/20/2011
Ronald McDonald Visits HLES
The kids were excited to get a visit from Ronald McDonald today! He talked about friendship and cooperation. Ask your child what he or she learned!
10/03/2011
News for the Week of October 3rd
I hope everyone is enjoying the crisp, fall weather. Time to bring out the chunky sweaters :)!
Here is your news and homework information for the week.
News: Download News for Oct3
Homework: Download HW for Oct3
Reading Log: Download Reading Log for Oct
09/18/2011
News for the Week of September 19th
I hope everyone had an awesome weekend. I took a quick trip to Alabama to spend some time with my mother. We did a little shopping and had a lot of fun!
Have a great week!
09/07/2011
News for the week of September 6th
Here is this week's newsletter. Don't forget to write the newsletter password in your child's agenda!
