The week before break we had a lot going at school! We had a our otter tag ceremony on Friday. Below are some pictures of some of the children that received one. I have also included pictures from our feast that we had in the hallway to celebrate Thanksgiving. We learned about the Mayflower and how Pilgrims lived long ago.
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| Jack got a tag for music! |
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| Jada got the tag for gym! |
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| Ellie and Austin got the Awesome Artist Tag! |
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| We celebrated Thanksgiving with a feast in the hallway! |
At conferences a few questions came up about homework. I just wanted to let you know that all we have for first grade homework is the making words sheet each week and about once a week a math sheet. These should come back to school. We will work on putting the sheets in the "bring right back to school" side of the folder this week. As for the activity bags, do what your family has time for. They are for fun and the kids are excited about them. If you need to keep it a couple of extra days, that is fine too. Thank you for all of your support at home. As you can see, it is making a big difference.
I need your help this week. We are learning about maps and globes. I thought it would be really cool if you could comment below and attach a link (if you are able) or just give us the name of someplace that your family is connected to. We will take a virtual field trip each day to these places. Here's my example: My husband grew up near a town in England called Berwick upon Tweed. We will use google earth to fly there so even if you give me a name of a city, we can use that application to see it. I am attaching a website that we will look at with pictures of his city.
Berwick upon Tweed. Please indicate the connection between your family and this place in your comment. The kids will love it!
This week when we went to the computer lab we went on
PBS Reading Between the Lions. Mrs. Lewin came and taught us another app on the ipad as well. We used the app:
Puppet Show. We will use it this week to recreate the "Little Red Hen" with our 4th grade buddies! I will try to post a couple of the videos. Have a great week!
Jack's great great grandparents on his dad's side of the family, are from Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada http://www.maplandia.com/canada/quebec/francheville/trois-rivieres/
ReplyDeleteJack's last name is French Canadian and that is why you do not pronounce the s in his last name. Have fun jet setters!
Abigail's uncle currently lives near Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. Coincidently, her other uncle and his family also lived nearby in Speyer, Germany. Her little cousin Lucas was actually born there in 2009.
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