You may have noticed a science packet in your student's YCF last Friday. Our new science teacher is organizing a science fair for the month of May, and she prepared information for our first grade families to investigate what project would be interesting for them. The first deadline for you is explained in the packet, and requires you to have selected the topic for your student's project. Families with multiple students at CCS need only prepare one project with all siblings participating in some way. If you have any questions, please direct them to Ms. Tenille….her contact info is in the packet.
Please don't forget to return the parent-signed report cards when we return to school.
Spelling Words for the Week:
March, kind, buy, find, oil, soil, spoil, boy, joy, toy, careful, cheerful
Synonym Pairs:
oviparous….egg-laying stop……terminate change…..transformation
Happy Spring!
Mrs. E.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Welcome back to school! Spring Break is a wonderful way to recharge our batteries to finish the school year strong in the last few weeks. Students always return eager to see friends and share experiences, and we all can enjoy God's beautiful spring weather as outdoor activities are so comfortable at this time of year. The students will return to an interesting "First grade ZOO!" I have collected various samples of animals for the children to observe in the classroom during these spring months, as I have done for every spring season since my own children were small. We will observe tadpoles turn into frogs, ants build a farm, earthworms churn soil, ant lion beetle larvae make a trap, and I'm on the lookout for Monarchs' eggs and caterpillars to watch as they go through their grand transformation…I don't think they have migrated northward yet. Please let me know if you see any in your yard.
Our Texas Books will not go home until the week after Easter. If we rush through too many of the Texas lessons, the students may not remember what they have learned. Thank you for all the denim you sent in for this project. You will be so pleased with all the hard work your students invested.
For our Bible lessons this week, we will read about what Jesus did on each day of the Passion Week. I hope these stories will come alive for our first graders, as they recognize the importance of this Easter holy day to our Christian faith. Remember to send in the two dozen eggs (by Wednesday, March 27th) as described in the previous post. One of those dozens will be used for the Easter Bible lesson on Thursday. Thank you to Julie Bolin for helping me with this celebration.
Spelling Words for the Week:
laugh, both, again, fern, stern, perfect, person, bird, third, purple, burn, turn
Synonym Pairs:
brisk…quick story….yarn food…chuck
Happy Resurrection Day,
Mrs. E
Our Texas Books will not go home until the week after Easter. If we rush through too many of the Texas lessons, the students may not remember what they have learned. Thank you for all the denim you sent in for this project. You will be so pleased with all the hard work your students invested.
For our Bible lessons this week, we will read about what Jesus did on each day of the Passion Week. I hope these stories will come alive for our first graders, as they recognize the importance of this Easter holy day to our Christian faith. Remember to send in the two dozen eggs (by Wednesday, March 27th) as described in the previous post. One of those dozens will be used for the Easter Bible lesson on Thursday. Thank you to Julie Bolin for helping me with this celebration.
Spelling Words for the Week:
laugh, both, again, fern, stern, perfect, person, bird, third, purple, burn, turn
Synonym Pairs:
brisk…quick story….yarn food…chuck
Happy Resurrection Day,
Mrs. E
Friday, March 8, 2013
As you may have already heard, our Walker Park Clean-Up Day has been moved to Friday, March 15th, and that day will also be Early Release at 11:45am. Jeans and School T-shirts are appropriate for this work day.
Our Texas Unit Study is going very well. Students enjoy learning new facts about their state and sharing what they already know about places they have visited on vacations and field trips. Our science unit study on vertebrates and invertebrates coincides quite nicely with the Texas Unit as we learn about the vertebrates of Texas…ie the large state mammal is the longhorn, etc.
We will return from Spring Break to Passion Week and the wonderful Easter Story. First graders will make their very own "Resurrection Eggs" visual aid so that they can share the story with family and friends. So, in preparation for this lesson and the egg hunt, please send the following:
1~ One dozen EMPTY plastic eggs numbered 1 - 12 in an egg carton.
2~ One dozen CANDY/TREAT-FILLED plastic eggs labeled with names of students in the following way: one egg labeled for each of the nine students in our class. Then the remaining 3 eggs are labeled with your student's name (Your student will actually have 4 eggs total with his/her name.) These eggs will be used for the Resurrection Egg Hunt on Thursday, March 28th. These eggs can be sent in a bag…a carton is not necessary. (If you fill the eggs with candy, please make sure each candy is individually wrapped securely to prevent ants from getting into it.)
Please ask if these instructions are not clear. The two dozen plastic eggs are due at school by Wednesday, March 27th. Students should also bring a bag or basket to collect their eggs during the hunt. Thank you for always helping to make learning experiences very special for our students.
Spelling Words for the Week:
cold, know, does, car, star, yard, born, thorn, story, sport, shark, dark
Synonym Review Quiz on Thursday, March 14th:
cry…weep freedom….emancipation friend….companion surprised….astonished
courage….bravery galaxy….star group backbone….spine yellow….amber
picture….illustration maybe…perhaps obedient….compliant shout….exclaim
Have a safe Spring Break,
Mrs. E
Our Texas Unit Study is going very well. Students enjoy learning new facts about their state and sharing what they already know about places they have visited on vacations and field trips. Our science unit study on vertebrates and invertebrates coincides quite nicely with the Texas Unit as we learn about the vertebrates of Texas…ie the large state mammal is the longhorn, etc.
We will return from Spring Break to Passion Week and the wonderful Easter Story. First graders will make their very own "Resurrection Eggs" visual aid so that they can share the story with family and friends. So, in preparation for this lesson and the egg hunt, please send the following:
1~ One dozen EMPTY plastic eggs numbered 1 - 12 in an egg carton.
2~ One dozen CANDY/TREAT-FILLED plastic eggs labeled with names of students in the following way: one egg labeled for each of the nine students in our class. Then the remaining 3 eggs are labeled with your student's name (Your student will actually have 4 eggs total with his/her name.) These eggs will be used for the Resurrection Egg Hunt on Thursday, March 28th. These eggs can be sent in a bag…a carton is not necessary. (If you fill the eggs with candy, please make sure each candy is individually wrapped securely to prevent ants from getting into it.)
Please ask if these instructions are not clear. The two dozen plastic eggs are due at school by Wednesday, March 27th. Students should also bring a bag or basket to collect their eggs during the hunt. Thank you for always helping to make learning experiences very special for our students.
Spelling Words for the Week:
cold, know, does, car, star, yard, born, thorn, story, sport, shark, dark
Synonym Review Quiz on Thursday, March 14th:
cry…weep freedom….emancipation friend….companion surprised….astonished
courage….bravery galaxy….star group backbone….spine yellow….amber
picture….illustration maybe…perhaps obedient….compliant shout….exclaim
Have a safe Spring Break,
Mrs. E
Sunday, March 3, 2013
March is the month set aside at CCS to study all about the great state of Texas. If you have something that represents our state, this is the time to send it to school on your child's show and tell day. I am especially proud to be a Texan, because just a few years ago the Texas legislature voted to add the phrase "one state under God" to the Texas pledge. We will be learning the pledge as well as the Texas Anthem all during the month. The Texas Unit will continue until the very last school day of March.
Eggs-citing Science News: The first grade class will have the opportunity to keep an egg incubator in our classroom for the next three weeks! If all was calculated properly, the chicks should be hatching during the week of March 25th (when we return from spring break). Stop by and see our science project!
Lifeway Christian Stores is promoting a new mini series called The Bible, which is to begin tonight, Sunday, March 3rd, at 7 pm on the History Channel. The first episode will include the stories of Noah and Abraham, both of which we studied last semester in class.
Spelling Words for the Week:
draw, law, saw, fall, small, lawn, yawn, come, coming, they, put, our
Synonym Pairs:
maybe………perhaps obedient……….compliant shout……..exclaim
Blessings,
Mrs. E
Eggs-citing Science News: The first grade class will have the opportunity to keep an egg incubator in our classroom for the next three weeks! If all was calculated properly, the chicks should be hatching during the week of March 25th (when we return from spring break). Stop by and see our science project!
Lifeway Christian Stores is promoting a new mini series called The Bible, which is to begin tonight, Sunday, March 3rd, at 7 pm on the History Channel. The first episode will include the stories of Noah and Abraham, both of which we studied last semester in class.
Spelling Words for the Week:
draw, law, saw, fall, small, lawn, yawn, come, coming, they, put, our
Synonym Pairs:
maybe………perhaps obedient……….compliant shout……..exclaim
Blessings,
Mrs. E
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