Hello! I am so excited that your child will be in my first grade class for the 2018-2019 (how can that be?) school year! It will be a fantastic year for all! I am so thankful that I have been able to teach for 12 wonderful years, and I look forward to sharing this next year with you. I know that we all have a restful summer break ahead of us, but for those of you who like to get things squared away early, I have posted our School Supply List below. I will be spending the summer with my husband Tom and our three dynamic daughters: Catherine 14, Shannon 12 and Mary 7 so therefore, will be READY to start back up come August 1st!! Our Meet and Greet will be on Monday, July 30th, from 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.  Have a memorable summer!

Here is our School Supply List: 

–24 Pack of #2 Sharpened Pencils (extras are ALWAYS appreciated)

–1 Box of  Sharpened Colored Pencils

–1 Box of Crayola Markers

–2 Boxes of Crayola Crayons (24 ct.)

-1 Small (snap close) pencil case

–6 Large Glue Sticks (extras are ALWAYS appreciated)

–1 Pair Fiskars Scissors

–3 PLASTIC folders WITH Prongs-1 Red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow

–1 Mead Primary Journal (this may be slightly harder to find) 

–3 Mead wide ruled composition books (100 Sheets)

–1 Red plastic spiral notebook (70 Sheets)

–1 Box Regular sized tissues

-1 One Inch Binder with clear front sleave

GIRLS– Sandwich sized Ziplock AND 1 Pack of Wet Ones hand wipes

BOYS-Gallon Sized Ziplocks AND 1-Pack of Wet Ones hand wipes

 

First of all, a HUGE thank you to all of our Tritt Tiger Town volunteers. The kids all had a blast! My room is always the carnival room, so it is always a bit more labor intensive, so thanks again!

I  can hardly believe that this will be my last blog post of the year! We had a fantastic year and I expect to get MANY visitors next year!! 🙂

So, for this week, let’s take a deep breath and do the following:

Monday: I will start sending materials home. Please send in an extra bag in case we need them. Also, we will be signing yearbooks! Please send in your child’s yearbook.  For students who don’t have one yet, I will provide an autograph book. There will be a Regular Dismissal.

Tuesday: Pajama Game Day! Students can bring in their favorite games and enjoy playing them in their pajamas. Early Release Dismissal.

Wednesday: No book bags! Early Release Dismissal!

Report cards will be mailed home after the last day of school. I have stamps from you all, so thank you!

Happy Summer-I will miss you all!

 

Reminders:

• Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you enjoy all of your children’s writing and goodies. They were precious!!
• Tritt Tiger Town-THIS Friday, May 18th, from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Volunteers Still Needed! Please email me this week if you can volunteer!!
• This is our last full week of school. Not that you need a reminder!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Math-This week we will be be solving word problems which require students to add 3 addends. There will be an assessment toward the end of the week. Also, we will be taking the end of quarter Math Touchstone.

Reading-This week we will be using all the skills and strategies we have learned this year for our end of year reading assessments/conferences. We will also take our end of quarter Reading Touchstones.

Phonics- There will be no spelling words this week.

Writing-We will be writing about our end of year reflections, as well as organizing our writing portfolios with our writing pieces from the year.

Science-We will wrap up our unit on animals!

Have a great week!

Reminders:

• Save the Date: Field Day: THIS Friday, May 11th from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. ! I will send an email later in the week with more details.
• Save the date: Tritt Tiger Town Friday, May 18th, from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Volunteers Needed! Please email me this week if you can volunteer!!
• Arts in Ed Day was a HUGE Success! I posted many pictures to SeeSaw. Ask your child who his/her favorite presenter was: the juggler, the magician, the ventriloquist, the story teller or the puppeteer.

What We’re Learning This Week:

Math- We will wrap up our unit on fractions. For the rest of the week we will be reviewing all that we have learned in 1st grade: addition, subtraction, multiples of 10, missing addends, greater than less than, time, fractions, as well as integrating all of these skills into word problems. Students will also take the end of the year MI (Math Inventory).

Reading-This week we will continue comparing and contrasting the information that we can learn from the text we are reading vs. the information we can learn from the illustrations. We will also take the end of the year RI (Reading Inventory).

Phonics- This week we will be working on the /u/ sound which is spelled “ould” as in could and “oo” as in book.

Writing-Believe it or not, Mother’s Day is this weekend! We will be singing and writing about your praises! Your ears will be ringing!

Science-We will continue our unit on Animals. This week we will be focusing more upon the animal classifications.i9iuji

Have a great week!