First Grade Families,

It was an absolute joy to meet with you and talk with you about your child’s progress and accomplishments! Most of our communication is done over email so it is always nice to take time to sit down face to face. I know you all have busy schedules with work, activities, and family, so I appreciate you interrupting your normal day to come in and meet with me! This week we also got to add 59 books from the book fair to our classroom library from the money we raised during change wars. Thank you again for bringing in loose change! Here is a look at our week:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• If you have not yet made your turkey feather with your family, please do so! Our turkey could still use a few more and it is so fun for us to see what each family came up with :). If you need another feather please let me know.
• Our canned food drive is off to a great start! If you are able, please bring in any canned foods to help families at the Holton Community Center. There are a few items that will count as 2 items (ex: spaghetti sauce, canned chicken, beef stew, canned fruits, boxed cereal). The class that ends up donating the most will get a PE Cares t-shirt and get to go bowling with Ms. Stokes! The last day to bring in items is Friday, November 17th.
• The Alward apparel orders are due Friday, November 17th.
• Popcorn Friday will be Friday, November 17th.
• There is no school on Wednesday, November 22nd-Friday, November 24th because of Thanksgiving. Enjoy this special time with family and friends!

Reading: We are starting a new unit where we will be learning about characters. We will talk about what the character does, how they change throughout a story, character traits, and how retelling helps us get to know characters better.

Writing: We are finishing up our small moments unit! We will spend two days on adding a good ending then we will fix and fancy our writing and have a writer’s celebration on Thursday.

Math: We are going to focus on subtraction story problems and look at how we can relate addition and subtraction.

Spelling: We will have a spelling test and sentence dictation to practice the words we have learned.

Have a great weekend! GO GREEN :)!

Miss Reisdorff