Well, huge news from our classroom!!!
Curious George wrote us a letter.
Some back story. We (as a class) have been a bit obsessed with Curious George since the book fair when the big guy himself (a teacher dressed as him) came to visit us. He gave Sunny a high-five and a hug (along with everyone else). Well, Sunny still talks about it to this day. We have a stuffed George doll from Kohls that is probably the most loved thing in our room. I finally decided that we needed to do something productive. During our writing time, we wrote to George. We asked him where he was, what he is doing, if he remembered giving us the high fives and hugs, etc. Well, he wrote back. It was HUGE news for our room.
Next up, we're writing to the Cat in the Hat.
If you are up and watching, tomorrow (2/25) on Good Morning America is talking about Adults with Autism. I just saw it on the commercial and have it set to DVR.
Sorry that you didn't come to reading night. Parents and kids alike LOVED it. Hope you will come next time.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Some things....
Hi Friends,
Real quick. Tonight is reading night at the school. Feel free to bring your family in their pjs to have milk and cookies, do some crafts, hear some stories, and read some stories together. In addition, there are parent stations to learn about some strategies to help your child. It'll be a grand ol' time!
As I emailed yesterday, March 9th is class picture day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have your child to school on time. We are scheduled for 9am. There will also be individual pictures again in case you would like to order any. (Not that I'm whispering any great ideas, but if you wanted to take your own class photo, this would be the day since we'll probably all look our best! I might even shock everyone and wear a skirt....but probably not. ;-) )
PLEASE send in your box tops by Friday (the earlier the better). We have raised over 1500 dollars for the school year. Yes, Ms. Stern seriously stares people down to get them since she's in charge.
We are working on geometric shapes and finishing up on fractions in math. So, instead of saying that they want some soup, your child might start talking about that cylinder. Okay, maybe not, but that's what we are talking about in school.
Interims are supposed to come home on Friday. Teachers have yet to receive them to get them out, so I'll let you know when I do.
Come to reading night tonight!!! :-) (best part, IT'S FREE!!!!!)
Real quick. Tonight is reading night at the school. Feel free to bring your family in their pjs to have milk and cookies, do some crafts, hear some stories, and read some stories together. In addition, there are parent stations to learn about some strategies to help your child. It'll be a grand ol' time!
As I emailed yesterday, March 9th is class picture day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have your child to school on time. We are scheduled for 9am. There will also be individual pictures again in case you would like to order any. (Not that I'm whispering any great ideas, but if you wanted to take your own class photo, this would be the day since we'll probably all look our best! I might even shock everyone and wear a skirt....but probably not. ;-) )
PLEASE send in your box tops by Friday (the earlier the better). We have raised over 1500 dollars for the school year. Yes, Ms. Stern seriously stares people down to get them since she's in charge.
We are working on geometric shapes and finishing up on fractions in math. So, instead of saying that they want some soup, your child might start talking about that cylinder. Okay, maybe not, but that's what we are talking about in school.
Interims are supposed to come home on Friday. Teachers have yet to receive them to get them out, so I'll let you know when I do.
Come to reading night tonight!!! :-) (best part, IT'S FREE!!!!!)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Compliments
We keep winning the compliment parties for first grade for our great behavior. This would be great if our students knew what it meant to be given a compliment.
As a result of this knowledge that they don't understand what they are, we had a lesson in complimenting today. We had to tell our friends what we like about them. We FINALLY got the hang of it and told people that we like their shirts, black shoes, hair, eyes, and ears. Yes, that's right, if you are having a bad ear day, just talk to Patrick and he'll tell you that they are great!
To continue on with our learning, we took it to the "streets" aka hallway. We sat in the hallway and watched as people walked and handed out compliments. "Nice walking", "Great Jacket", "Nice hairstyle", etc. It's great.
After we did all of this, we had our compliment party. Hot cocoa and marshmallows. So, if your child suffered from a sudden loss of energy, they were crashing from the entire bag of mini marshmallows that they devoured!
Tomorrow continues our Valentine's studying. Don't forget to find those 100 day of school shirts for next week!!!
:-)
As a result of this knowledge that they don't understand what they are, we had a lesson in complimenting today. We had to tell our friends what we like about them. We FINALLY got the hang of it and told people that we like their shirts, black shoes, hair, eyes, and ears. Yes, that's right, if you are having a bad ear day, just talk to Patrick and he'll tell you that they are great!
To continue on with our learning, we took it to the "streets" aka hallway. We sat in the hallway and watched as people walked and handed out compliments. "Nice walking", "Great Jacket", "Nice hairstyle", etc. It's great.
After we did all of this, we had our compliment party. Hot cocoa and marshmallows. So, if your child suffered from a sudden loss of energy, they were crashing from the entire bag of mini marshmallows that they devoured!
Tomorrow continues our Valentine's studying. Don't forget to find those 100 day of school shirts for next week!!!
:-)
WE NEED YOUR BOX TOPS!!!!!!
Hi Friends and Family,
You know that you have them and now you know that we want them!
Box Tops are found on products all over, Kleenex, Cheerios, Kotex, Huggies, Fruit snacks, etc. For a full list, go to www.boxtops4education.com and look at the participating products list.
We need those little pink coupons that come on these products. We have to send them in for the credit (they are worth 10 cents a piece) by February 28th and so we need to receive them beforehand. I know you might not think that you have a lot, but I've heard it all year and so far, we've raised over 1200 dollars, TEN CENTS AT A TIME!
Please, send them in. You have them, we can use them, and in the end, it's free money for our students.
If you need the school's mailing address, just let me know. You can send them to my attention.
THANKS!!!!!!!
You know that you have them and now you know that we want them!
Box Tops are found on products all over, Kleenex, Cheerios, Kotex, Huggies, Fruit snacks, etc. For a full list, go to www.boxtops4education.com and look at the participating products list.
We need those little pink coupons that come on these products. We have to send them in for the credit (they are worth 10 cents a piece) by February 28th and so we need to receive them beforehand. I know you might not think that you have a lot, but I've heard it all year and so far, we've raised over 1200 dollars, TEN CENTS AT A TIME!
Please, send them in. You have them, we can use them, and in the end, it's free money for our students.
If you need the school's mailing address, just let me know. You can send them to my attention.
THANKS!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A little bit of this, a little bit of that
Update from last post: I have obtained outside funds for our book program which means, that means that there will be paper books once again! Yes!
Homework: I've opted to stop doing homework calendars. Not everyone has been participating in them and most of those that were are also receiving homework from other teachers and I don't want anyone to be overwhelmed. There still will be projects, but we'll probably do most of them at school.
Valentine's/100th day: We would like to have celebrations. They have to be tied to the curriculum which I can handle. However, I could use some donations. Specifically needed: Fruit Loops (we need 600 total...I don't know how many "come in a box", M&Ms (we need 600 total), marshmallows (we need 60...they can be mini), and big bag of pretzels. This would all be for the 100th day celebration (tentatively set on February 18th....provided no more snow days).
For Valentine's Day, I can't say that we were planning an all out party as most of the boys don't appear to overly enjoy tons of treats. I have fruit snacks, pretzels, popcorn and the like which they would probably thoroughly enjoy for treats for the day. What I really need for most of our activities are those candy conversation hearts and lots of them. Ideally, I'd need these by Monday so that we can really get into the activities and not just have them jammed packed into the Friday before. If you do want to send something in, there are six boys, no allergies. To save yourself, they are currently in love with stickers, letter chunks, fun pencils, things that move (all transportation is okay by then), and Canada. I'm unsure where the last one came from, but it's all I hear about during recess as they set up the trains to go there.
Other than that, if you would like a conference on February 16th, please let me know. I'm going to try to call everyone that I haven't touched base with yet to see if you would like one. Also know, even after conference day, you are more than welcome to request one.
Hope everyone is staying warm. I was happy that Sunny informed me today that "Ms. Stern, your snow's back!" I love it! :-)
Homework: I've opted to stop doing homework calendars. Not everyone has been participating in them and most of those that were are also receiving homework from other teachers and I don't want anyone to be overwhelmed. There still will be projects, but we'll probably do most of them at school.
Valentine's/100th day: We would like to have celebrations. They have to be tied to the curriculum which I can handle. However, I could use some donations. Specifically needed: Fruit Loops (we need 600 total...I don't know how many "come in a box", M&Ms (we need 600 total), marshmallows (we need 60...they can be mini), and big bag of pretzels. This would all be for the 100th day celebration (tentatively set on February 18th....provided no more snow days).
For Valentine's Day, I can't say that we were planning an all out party as most of the boys don't appear to overly enjoy tons of treats. I have fruit snacks, pretzels, popcorn and the like which they would probably thoroughly enjoy for treats for the day. What I really need for most of our activities are those candy conversation hearts and lots of them. Ideally, I'd need these by Monday so that we can really get into the activities and not just have them jammed packed into the Friday before. If you do want to send something in, there are six boys, no allergies. To save yourself, they are currently in love with stickers, letter chunks, fun pencils, things that move (all transportation is okay by then), and Canada. I'm unsure where the last one came from, but it's all I hear about during recess as they set up the trains to go there.
Other than that, if you would like a conference on February 16th, please let me know. I'm going to try to call everyone that I haven't touched base with yet to see if you would like one. Also know, even after conference day, you are more than welcome to request one.
Hope everyone is staying warm. I was happy that Sunny informed me today that "Ms. Stern, your snow's back!" I love it! :-)
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