Weekly Update

Info to Know

• We need Junior Achievement volunteers!! Our next unit, Trade, fits JA's lessons perfectly! There are five prepared, easy lessons, one for each week. If you are willing to take on teaching one or more and taking a quick training from Mrs. McConnell, please let me know!
• Six Flags Reading Logs are due on Tuesday, March 1. Please complete 360 minutes of reading, record, and turn in the log to receive a free Six Flags ticket for the summer!
• Our Class Social will be on Saturday, March 5 @ the Atlanta Food Bank. We will be delivering the non-perishable items we collected for the 100th day, taking a tour of the food bank, and eating lunch afterwards at West Egg Cafe. If you are able to attend beginning at 10:15, please email Tamara Caldas so she can notify the Food Bank of how many to expect.
• Please be sure to sign up for a conference time on the writeboard.
• We are in need of one calculator. If you are able to donate one, thank you!
• Don't forget our first grade girls' book swap. There are lots of great books to share!

Academic Update

• Our week has been focused on finishing our Weather unit, including finishing our Knowledgeable project presentations. We took our spelling test, completed 3/4 of our math test, and started our new unit, Trade.
• Next week: more on Trade, complete the math test, two half days, computer lab, no reading groups, and new spelling words

Conference Sign Up

Conference dates are Wednesday, March 2 & Thursday, March 3. These conferences will be student led with the girls discussing their strengths and weaknesses along with a review of work that has been kept in their portfolios. Please check out our writeboard to sign up for a time.

Thanks!

Class Social

We are having a class social!! Saturday, March 5th @ 10:15 we will visit the Atlanta Food Bank to deliver our 100 cans we collected for the 100th day. We will also take a tour of the Food Bank. Then we will dine out together at the West Egg Café, 1100 Howell Mill Road afterwards. Thanks to Tamara Caldas for this great idea and setting it all up!

Address and Directions

A Quick Update

• Thanks to those who have signed up for items from the writeboard for the 'Pal'entine's Day celebration! I'm sure it will be a wonderful day!
• The girls were quite sad about the missing mystery reader last week. Please check out that writeboard and sign up! They love the guessing and mystery!
• Re-enrollment paperwork and lunch menus are due on the 18th.
• PTA meeting on Tuesday night @ 6:30.
• Last week's spelling words were chosen mostly by the girls. Please sign and return them. The next list will focus on plurals ending with -y and requiring changing the -y to -ies.
• This week we will wrap our Weather unit with group assessment projects before our three day Winter Break, Feb. 21-23.

Weekly Update

News to Know

• We are still missing three books from the Henry County Library. The combined cost of the three missing books is $76.91. Please, please, please double check your books at home for the missing titles: Up North, Down South: A Book About Map Skills, Magic School Bus Blows Its Top, Annie and the Wild Animals
• This Thursday, February 10 is our school Math Fair from 5-7 pm. We need four student classroom volunteers to be present for thirty minutes to be a first grade math ambassador at our tables. If your little darling is willing please let me know ASAP.
• Our Make-Up snow day will be on two current half days. They will become full student days: March 16 & May 25.
• Last week's math homework was mis-paced. We are working on lesson 5.8 today and will finish this week with lesson 5.10. Please review the corresponding homelinks from last week's homework this week.
• The next Boxtop submission deadline is February 21. Keep clipping, saving, and submitting!
• Student Council will be selling carnation valentines this week for Valentine's Day delivery. They can be purchased during lunch for $2.00.
• Don't forget Scholastic Book Orders are online and available until February 16th. Our online class activation code is GLFVV.
• We are participating in "Pennies for Patients." Your daughter should have brought home a small collection box on Friday to collect them.
• THE SPELLING TEST THIS WEEK WILL BE ON THURSDAY!
• Valentine's Day is Monday, February 14th. We will have a 'Pal'entine's Celebration in the class on Monday to celebrate friendship. Please have your little darling working on her 'Pal'entine's Day cards to exchange on that day. Also, we will have a special partner snack (please check the writeboard) and make a 'mailbox' in class. Please be looking at home for a container to decorate here at school; send those in on Friday or Monday.

Chinese Lunar New Year

In celebration of the New Year, the girls may wear a red shirt on Thursday with uniform bottoms or red Chinese clothing. If you have any questions, please shoot me an email