Ellis Li's Marc Brown Project

Below is Elli's book review of Arthur's Computer Disaster.

Marc Brown Author Study Project

Last six weeks one of our reading groups did an author study project.  They read several books by Mrac Brown.  They wrote a letter to him, wrote about their favorite character, wrote about their favorite book, and did a book review. 
With the help of Mrs. B (School Nurse) we recorded the presentation of their book reviews. Each childs review is posted as a seperately.  I hope you enjoy the reviews! 

Weekly Update 11.7.11

Hello Everyone!

·         Scholastic book fair will be going on this week after-school from 3:30-4:30.  Please bring your children! 

·         Friday the 11^th we are have an Astronomy night from 7-9pm.  Please come and bring you family to this fun filled night.  We still need Honey Grahams donated for this event.  There will be crafts, telescopes, and snacks. The book fair will also be open from 7-9pm.

·         Late and missing work: Parents we are beginning to have a problem with class work and homework not being completed and turned in.  The students are given time to complete unfinished work in class and at recess.  At the end of each week if a student has missing work they will receive DPS. 

·         What’s going on in the classroom this week?

o   Science: Soil

o   S.S.: Letters to Veterans

o   Math:  Counting by twos, fives, and tens.

o   ELAR: Proper Nouns, Author’s Purpose and Writing to inform.

o   Spelling: that, them, thick, then, with, tenth, this, and bath.

o   HF Words: blue, little, water, cold, live, where, far, and their

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!  I look forward to see you at Astronomy night.

Mrs. Nelson

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Weekly Update 10.31.11

November is here!  It is starting to get cooler. Please make sure that your child has a jacket and that sweaters are in dress code.  If they wear a long sleeve shirt under their uniform it must be a solid color.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday is the end of the six weeks.  Report cards should come home next week. 
• We have scholastic book fair going on November 3rd- 11th from 3:30-4:30.  Students can only purchase books with a parent after-school. It will also be open on the 11th from 7-9pm.
• Astronomy Night will be November 11th from 7-9pm This is a family activity, please come and have fun with us!
• Please return Book It! reading logs this week.  New one will come home in the homework packet. 
• FUNDRAISER: Packets will be coming home today. Please read over the information. 

HELP NEEDED

• We still need boxes of Honey Grahams for Astronomy Night.
• There are still slots open to volunteer to help in the classroom during centers.
• We need a volunteer who can come in and video tape some of the kids presenting a project.  Please let me know if you have a camera and would be willing to come in. 

THIS WEEK WE ARE LEARNING...

• Science: Force and motion
• Social Studies: Past and present
• Math: Addition and Subtraction
• Writing: Writing to describe
• Spelling words: us, sun, but, fun, bus, run, jump, must
• H.F. Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take

Weekly Update

October is just flying by!

This week is very busy.  Below is information about the activities going on.

 Red Ribbon Week.

• Monday- wear red
• Tuesday- Sock it to drugs (wear crazy socks)
• Wednesday- Team up against drugs (wear team jersey/shirts)
• Thursday- Hats off to drugs (wear a hat)
• Friday- I am a Jean-us (wear jeans)

Friday the 28th is our school carnival.  Our booth the is basketball shoot. Thank you in advance to everyone who signed up for a time. 

On Monday the 31st the Storybook Character Day.  We will have a parade in the morning, share our projects, and have a celebration in the afternoon. 

This week we are learning about:

• Social Studies- Local government
• Science- magnets
• ELAR- writing to describe, asking questions to understand, singular and plural nouns
• Math- addition and subtraction

Spelling Words: red, step, bed, let, ten, sled, yes, get
High Frequence Words: pictures, draw, write, after, read, was

Have a wonderful week!

Thank You Letters

This week we are working on writing Thank You letters.  We are beginning to go through the writing process.  Together as a class we wrote a thank you letter to our school janitor, Santiago.    The kids did a great job!

Rough Draft

The letter reads:

Dear Santiago,
Thank you for cleaning our school!  We are happy to have a clean classroom, lunchroom, and floors. 

Thank you,
Mrs. Nelson's First Grade Class

Final Draft

Weekly Update

Hello Everyone!

Thank you to all of the parents who went with us to the pumpkin patch!  It was a great success.

This week we are learning about addition,  push and pull, writing Thank You notes, and Texas. Please ask your child about what they are learning in class.

Homework-
Math homework will be coming home each day this week.
The decodable reader may stay at home. Please read this with your child.

Upcoming activities:
October 31st: Storybook Character Day/ Celebration
Veterans Day: We will be writing letters to Veterans.  If you know of anyone we could write to please send me their name and address.