Last Day :(

Just wanted to take a moment on my last day to say "thank you" to everyone for allowing me the opportunity to have your child in our class this year. I have truly enjoyed getting to know each and every one of them. Each one has brought with him or her such a unique personality and I can't imagine not haveing them in my life this year. :)

I am going to try to come for our end of the year party, but just in case that isn't possible, have a wonderful summer! And thank you to everyone that helped throughout the year with time and/or donations. You don't know how much we depend on our parents. :)

I will miss each and every one of your kiddos!!!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

May 17 - 21

Only 3 weeks to go! Can't believe the end of the year is so close!!!

This week we will be covering the following topics in class:

Writing - Review/Year End Writing Piece
Science - Plants
Math - Fractions/Review/CBA
Spelling - (qu- words & compound words) queen, quill, quilt, butterfly, cupcake, football, they were, girl off

Also, just a reminder that our newly scheduled Field Day will be this Friday, May 21st. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful! :) Please remember to send your child to school with a sack lunch unless you contacted me previously to request that the cafeteria make a sack lunch for your child on field day. Also, don't forget to put sunscreen on your child and send them with 1-2 water bottles to keep them hydrated during their time outside. :)

And, lastly, this week is our last week of sending home books or homework!!!! So, don't be surprised if next week your child doesn't bring either of these items home. Please go ahead and be sure, though, your child reads at least 15 minutes a night because this is just such a great habit to develop! It will help him/her stay prepared for school when it starts up again in the fall. :)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Green

May 10-14

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! :)

This week in class we will be covering the following topics:

Math - Fractions/Equal Parts of a Whole
Science - Plants
Social Studies - Texas
Spelling - (Word Family -ie & Consonant Blen tr-) pie, tie, lie, train, track, truck, tree, saw, said, play

Also, just a reminder that our Field is scheduled for this Friday, May 14th, 2010. If you did not inform me previously that your child would be purchasing a sack lunch, please be sure to send your child to school with a sack lunch as we will not be eating in the cafeteria on this day. :)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Green

May 3 - 7

This week we will be covering the following topics in class:

Math - Weight/Mass
Science - Plants
Social Studies - Environmental Day Activities
Spelling - (Word Families -ed & -ar) car, star, jar, bed, sled, fed, did, want, about, out

Just a reminder about our upcoming end of the year party. Please send in $5 to cover the expenses for the fun activities and treats we would like to provide for our students!

Also, please be aware that this week will be our last week of reading groups. I will continue to send home books in your child's reading bag over the next couple weeks, but I will not be meeting with them during class. Instead I will be using our normal meetings times to pull students and administer end of the year assessments.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Green

April 26-30

Wow! I must say that, yet again, another month has just flown by and I am standing here amazed that May is only days away!!!!

Well...for our last week in April we will be covering the following things in class:

Science/Social Studies - Recycling/Earth Day
Math - Length/Area/Perimeter/Capacity
Spelling - (-ee words and bl- words) bee, see, three, blue, black, blog, because, what, stop, put

And don't forget that we have TAKS testing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, so no visitors in the building during that period of time. :)

Also, this Friday is our last Robertson Roundup for the 2009-2010 school year. We would love for you to join us if you can!

Mrs. Green

April 19-23

Here are the topics we will be covering in class this week:

Social Studies - Earth Day
Math - Area/Perimeter
Science - Recycling/Earth Day
Spelling - (Word Family -ow & contractions) how, cow, down, don't, it's, won't, but, there, more, have

Also, this week your child is bringing home a special family assignment. Since Thursday is Earth Day we are asking 1st grade to take some of their everyday trash and recycle items from home and turn them into a magnificent piece of art or something that can be used in our everyday lives.

This project is due this Friday, April 23rd. We will be sharing our projects with the class the following week before sending them home. :)

Thanks for working with your child on this. It should be alot of fun!!!! I can't wait to see all of the creative things your kiddos come up with!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

April 5 - 9

During the week of April 5-9 we will be covering the following topics in class:

Social Studies - Timelines/Transportation
Math - Measurement and CBA #6
Science - Butterflies
Spelling - (Word families "ose" & "oke") those, close, nose, spoke, choke, joke, if, when, some, time

It should be another great week! :)

Mrs. Green

1st Grade Performance Tonight! :)

Hope to see everyone tonight at 6:45! Our class is wearing red shirts. As for what to wear with that red shirt...any shorts, jeans, pants or skirts will do (as long as they look nice!)
Again, I hope everyone can make it...it's an adorable performance...lots of fun to be had!

Mrs. Green

No Homework This Week

Because we have no spelling words this week and will not be meeting in reading groups during class, we will not be having a formal homework packet this week.

We will start back to our regular homework schedule next week! :)

Mrs. Green

March 22-26

Hopefully everyone enjoyed their spring breaks as much as my family and I did. Got caught up on a few things around the house, was able to get a couple mini-vacations in and was able to sleep in past 5:00 every single day! :) It was a much needed rest!

But, amazingly enough, we are already back in the swing of things and heading fast toward April!

This week we will be covering the following topics:

Spelling: Review
Math: Reviewing Time, Money & Graphs
Social Studies: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Science: Food Pyramid

Also, don't forget that this Thursday is our 1st Grade Program. Please come out and support them. The kids are so excited...and so am I! I can't wait to see the fruits of all of their practice!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

March 8-12

This week we will be covering the following in class:

Math - Money (adding collections of like coins)
Science - Oceans
Social Studies - Open House Preparation
Spelling - (Word Families -ate & -ale) gate, skate, date, whale, tale, am, into, will, now

And don't forget the this week is Book Fair AND Open House!!!! Our class will be visiting the book fair on Friday afternoon. But, if you would like to come visit the bookfair with your child feel free to come tomorrow from 10:30-11:30 to visit the bookfair and eat lunch with your child. Or you may visit the bookfair before and after school. :)

Also, we really hope to see you on Thursday evening for our Open House. We have been learning about oceans and are excited to show you some of the neat things we have added to our schema!

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Green

March 1-5

Can you believe it is March?!?!?!

I think I say that just about every month, but I think more than ever before, this year is just seeming to fly by! :) We are already preparing for our annual Open House next Thursday and having a blast doing it! The kids have been having a great deal of fun researching oceans, preparing their powerpoints for you to enjoy and working on some beautiful crafts to transform our room into the ocean itself! We sincerely hope that every one of you will be able to join us next Thursday evening. :)

This week in class we will be covering the following:

Math - Time Review/CBA #5
Science - Oceans
Spelling - (Word Families -ake, -ike) make, cake, flake, bike, hike, strike, her, go, him, made

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Green

February 22-26

This week we will be covering the following topics in class:

Math - Time/Money
Science/Social Studies - Oceans
Spelling - (Word Families -ast & -ame) past, blast, fast, shame, name, game, of, or, let, how

Also, don't forget about our class performance at Robertson Roundup on Friday. We will be singing one of our favorite ocean songs. Be sure to send your child to school that day with any of the following items, if you have them: sunglasses, beach towel, hawaiian or "surfer style" shirt.

Robertson Roundup begins at 2:15. We so very much hope you will be able to join us!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

CLASS PERFORMANCE :)

We are so excited to announce that our class will be sharing a song at Robertson Roundup next Friday (February 26th) and we would love for you to attend!

As you know, Open House is coming fast and we have been studying oceans preparing for that night. We are busy researching and learning as well as creating all sorts of fun crafts and projects to share with you when you come. So, in keeping with the theme of what we are learning we have decided to sing an ocean song for our performance.

On the day of the performance I would love for the kids to "dress the part" as much as they are able. It is certainly too cold to dress for the beach, but if your child has a hawaiian or "surfer" style shirt to wear that day, it would be really helpful. Also, if they have a pair of sunglasses, a beach towel and/or a beach hat please send those as well. :)

And, again, thank you for helping us make this a success!

We are really excited to share one of our favorite songs with you and the rest of the student body!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

Valentines Day Party

Well, our party was a great success! The kids had so much fun passing our their cards, enjoying their goodie bags and decorating their cookies.

Thanks again to everyone that donated items for our party and/or showed up to help things run smoothly. The kids and I all appreciate everything that you do!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

February 16-19

This week in class we will be covering the following topics:

Social Studies - Black History Month
Math - Money & Temperature
Science - Oceans
Spelling - (Word Families -ook & -ump), took, shook, nook, clump, jump, dump, has, come, his, one

And thank you so much to everyone that donated for our Valentine's Day party. We will have more than enough!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

NEW PICK UP PROCEDURES

As I am sure all of you have seen, kindergarten and 1st grade are now handling car pickup a little differently. :) This is being done to help things go a little more smoothly at the end of each day.

Here are a few highlights from the information that has gone home regarding the changes:

1. Please join the car rider pick up line using ONLY THE FIRST OR SECOND LANE. You should only access the 3rd lane once you have picked up your child. We ask that no one use the third lane to get ahead of other cars or to gain access to openings toward the front of the line.

2. There is no longer a separate loading area for kinder and a separate loading area for first grade. We will be loading cars in the area between the 2 signs posted and we will be loading both grades simultaneously.

3. We will only be loading cars that are located between the 2 loading signs.

And lastly, if you have any questions about the information that you have read on my blog or the letter that has come home from Mr. Iorio on this subject, please feel free to contact me and I will try to clear up any confusion. :)

Thank you so much for being patient and flexible. We really believe these changes will make our pickup time safer and more efficient.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

February 8-12

This week in class we will be covering the following topics:

Math - Money
Science - Living/Non-living
Social Studies - Presidents' Day
Spelling - (Word Families -id & -all) did, kid, slid, wall, call, here, with, on, each, went

And don't forget your child's class project for our upcoming Valentine's Day party. If you haven't already turned one in, please help your child in creating a valentine box to house all of the wonderful valentines he/she is sure to receive on Friday!

Also, as you are addressing your child's valentines, be sure to include one for every student in our class. We don't want anyone to be left out!

And lastly...thank you SO MUCH to all of the parents that volunteered to donate items for our Valentine's Day party! I really appreciate your help!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

February 1-5

This week in class we will be covering the following topics during our instruction time:

Math - Place Value/100th Day of School
Science - Finish Up Landforms/Dental Health
Writing - Voice
Spelling - (Word Families -ell, -est) shell, fell, sell, chest, west, best, up, so, by, be

And don't forget our current 1st grade project!!!! Hope you are having fun working on those valentine boxes and helping your children as they begin addressing their valentine cards. I have sent home our class list a couple times, but if you lose those copies please feel free to send me an e-mail or a quick note and I will be glad to provide you with another list!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Green

January 25-29

Well!

We have officially begun our last week in January! And Valentines Day is right around the corner! Can you believe it?

Please don't forget to begin working on your child's Valentines Day box project. You can decorate any small box that you have around the house (shoe boxes are perfect!) with a Valentines Day theme. Be sure that when you cut out the slot for the valentine cards that you make the slot large enough. Often the children bring cards with candy attached. So a thin slot can be a problem. :) You can begin sending in those boxes on Monday, February 8th.

This week in class we will be learning the following:

Writing - Word Choice/Poetry
Social Studies/Science - Landforms
Math - Review/CBA
Spelling - ("-ea" & "st-" words) seal, cheat, mean, start, state, stamp, many, from, came

And lastly, each class has a class performance in one of our many Robertson Roundup Assemblies during the year and ours is coming up the end of February. Be on the lookout for future communication regarding that performance. :)

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Green

It's a girl :)

As I am sure your kiddos have told you, my husband and I will be expecting a baby in June and Friday we found out they believe that sweet little one will be a girl. :)My son was not exactly excited about getting a sister instead of a brother...but he is warming up to it. Personally, I was just super excited to be able to buy an outfit that wasn't green or yellow!!!! :)

I did want to take a moment, though, and thank you so much for your understanding. Currently I have 1-2 appointments during the month and know that when the school year begins coming to a close they will possibly become more frequent. The kids have been so flexible and I know they must get that from you! :)

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

January 18-22

This week we will be covering the following in class:

Writing - Letter Writing
Math - 2D/3D Shapes
Science - Landforms & Natural Resources
Spelling - (Word Families -ay & -ing)say, stay, day, thing, bring, ring, for, that, their, as

Also, this week you will be receiving communication regarding our upcoming Valentine's Day Party. So be sure to be on the look out!

Mrs. Green

Pajama Day!

We are so excited to announce that our class has filled up our "Kindness Jar" by modeling good behavior around the school and we are ready to celebrate! :)

Tomorrow your child may come to school in his/her pajamas. Slippers are permissible as well, but please have your child wear regular shoes to school and send the slippers in his/her backpack.

In the aftenoon we will get to watch a video and have a special snack as well! It should be a great day!

January 11-14

Well, we have alot of things going on this week!

First of all, here is the information we will be covering in class during the week of January 11-14:

Writing: Word Choice
Spelling: No spelling list - CogAT will be administered during our normal spelling instructional block
Math: Geometric Shapes/CBA 4
Science: Rocks & Soil
Social Studies: Martin Luther King Jr.

Secondly, this week we will be administering the CogAT on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This test measures both general and specific cognitive abilities, but don't worry. :) There's nothing to study for! This test measures developed abilities and the results will reflect the overall efficiency of cognitive processes and strategies that enable students to learn new tasks or solve problems...especially in the absence of direct instruction. I will be reading this test aloud to all of the students and we will be pacing the test so that we progress from test item to test item as a group so that no child feels rushed to answer quickly.

If you have any questions regarding this test, though, please feel free to contact our Campus Instructional Support Facilitator Karen Kidd. She can be reached by e-mail at kiddk@friscoisd.org or by phone at (469) 633-3680 ext. #53680.

Next, if you haven't already sent a toy in from home, don't forget they are due tomorrow. :) We are studying geometric shapes this week and would love to get your help! Please send in a toy from home that includes as many shapes as possible. (for example - a toy car has wheels that are round and the body of the car is a rectangle) Just be sure the toy will fit in a small brown lunch sack.

And lastly, don't forget that there is no school this Friday, January 15th or on Monday, January 18th so enjoy the long weekend with your kiddos! :)

Sincerely,

Mrs. Green

January 4-8

Happy 2010!!!!!

Here are the objectives we will be covering in class during the week of January 4-8:

Social Studies - Review
Math - Review (Place Value, Fact Families, Missing Addends)
Writing - Word Choice
Science - Rocks
Spelling - (Word Families -y & -and)try, my, fly, land, band, stand, she, in, way, make

Also, this week we will begin our mid-year literacy assessments and won't be having guided reading lessons. As a result, your child will not be bringing home a new guided reading book this week. But, please don't let that stop you from reading with your child each night. Just pick one of your favorites from home each evening and have fun!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Green