This blog will be used as an additional way to communicate with parents. Homework reminders, weekly newsletters, due dates, classroom information, and student work are just a few of the things you will find on this site.
Please contact me with any questions, problems, or suggestions about the blog.
There will be no official newsletter this week.
Monday: Full day of school.
Tuesday: Half day of school, dismissal at 11:45am. The children will be bringing their supplies home.
Wednesday: Half day of school, dismissal at 12:30pm. We will be participating in the school field day. Please make sure the children wear their gym shoes.
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Weekly Newsletter June updated 6-5-17-1iocy74
Thank you to everyone who helped stock and support our class Makerspace this year. This Thursday we will have our last Makerspace of the year. I can honestly say this is the time the children look forward to every week. I’m so happy they have enjoyed it as much as I have 🙂
I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend with their families!
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Weekly Newsletter June updated – May 29th-1wyf26h
Technology homework will go through the last full week of school.
We will be having a fun activity with Arts and Scraps on June 7th. Arts and Scraps is a non-profit located in Detroit. It will be perfect for all our students who love to create! They will be coming to Eisenhower to complete a fun lesson/project with us. Notes are coming home today.
We have 3 students (so far) who have qualified for our 1st grade Reflex pizza lunch on June 12th. The students must hit 100% fluency on Reflex by June 5th to attend the pizza party. We are very proud of all the students working so hard on their fact fluency!
High Touch High Tech will again be visiting our grade for another science program on Monday, June 5th. There was a mix up with the original program we did with them a few months ago and they are doing this additional program free of charge!
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to bring something or come to our picnic. There are only a few spots left on the sign up!
Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I have updated the news below from last week. Please let me know if you have questions on anything happening in 1st grade!
Homework- This is the last week of math, reading, and souvenir bits . Technology homework will go through the last full week of school.
We have 1 more week of our official spelling program. After we finish the program we will be doing a review of the required 1st grade words and then doing a final test in June. A copy of the required words will be sent home soon, but many are basic sight words that the children have known how to spell all year.
The farm field trip is on May 26th. Please look for the reminder note coming home today.
We will be having a fun activity with Arts and Scraps in June (DATE CHANGE- due to district teacher training- will update soon!). More info will be sent home later this week. Arts and Scraps is a non-profit located in Detroit. It will be perfect for all our students who love to create! They will be coming to Eisenhower to complete a fun lesson/project with us.
We have 3 students (so far) who have qualified for our 1st grade Reflex pizza lunch on June 12th. The students must hit 100% fluency on Reflex by June 5th to attend the pizza party. We are very proud of all the students working so hard on their fact fluency!
High Touch High Tech will again be visiting our grade for another science program. There was a mix up with the original program we did with them a few months ago and they are doing this additional program free of charge!
Information was e-mailed earlier about our 1st grade picnic in June. Save the date for June 9th. We will definitely need parents to help make our picnic successful! A paper note will come home tomorrow.
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I hope all of our moms enjoyed their Mother’s Day books and had a relaxing day yesterday. Thank you for the kind words and messages checking in with me. I had to leave quite quickly on Friday due to a sick baby. She is doing better now. 🙂
Homework- There will be 2 more weeks of math, reading and souvenir bit homework. Technology homework will go through the last full week of school.
We also have 2 more weeks of our official spelling program. After we finish the program we will be doing a review of the required 1st grade words and then doing a final test in June. A copy of the required words will be sent home soon, but many are basic sight words that the children have known how to spell all year.
The farm field trip is on May 26th. The money was due this past Friday.
We will be having a fun activity with Arts and Scraps on May 31st. More info will be sent home later this week. Arts and Scraps is a non-profit located in Detroit. It will be perfect for all our students who love to create! They will be coming to Eisenhower to complete a fun lesson/project with us.
We have 3 students (so far) who have qualified for our 1st grade Reflex pizza lunch on June 12th. The students must hit 100% fluency on Reflex by June 5th to attend the pizza party. We are very proud of all the students working so hard on their fact fluency!
High Touch High Tech will again be visiting our grade for another science program. There was a mix up with the original program we did with them a few months ago and they are doing this additional program free of charge!
Information will go home next week about our 1st grade picnic in June. Save the date for June 9th. We will definitely need parents to help make our picnic successful!
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Weekly Newsletter May15-1gmkzv7
This week we had a theme for our souvenir bit- butterflies! . The students will be bringing home their souvenir bits today. I have asked the students to share the butterfly life cycle with you along with any other fun facts we have learned. I have included an informational video (if needed) down below. Please click on the link below if you would like to submit the homework online. You do not need to send the response sheet back if you choose to submit via blog. Please make sure the post is submitted by the time school starts on Monday.
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Weekly Newsletter May 8-1c60jqg
This week’s book is Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. The students will be bringing home their souvenir bits today. We have read this book a few times this week and I have included a video of the story (if needed) down below. Please click on the link below if you would like to submit the homework online. You do not need to send the response sheet back if you choose to submit via blog. Please make sure the post is submitted by the time school starts on Monday.
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Weekly Newsletter May1-2cf703u
**Update- Our caterpillars have arrived! We will be observing their life cycles over the next few weeks as part our last science unit.
This week’s book is The Jelly Donut Difference by Maria Dismondy. The students will be bringing home their souvenir bits today. We have read this book a few times this week and I have included a video of the story (if needed) down below. Please click on the link below if you would like to submit the homework online. You do not need to send the response sheet back if you choose to submit via blog. Please make sure the post is submitted by the time school starts on Monday.
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