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Week 12

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Housekeeping Reminders: No School on December 2nd Grade 1/2 Christmas Concert on  Wednesday, December 7th  at 1:10pm and 6:30pm. 1C is practicing "Frosty the Snowman"( https://youtu.be/u0QqQNIpeiw ) and "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"( https://youtu.be/VGLGJV01C0Q ) for the Christmas Concert. Last day for Christmas Elves donations is  Thursday, December 8th . Scholastic December Book Order is due December 9th! Please review your Rainbow Words at home! Encourage your child to read their reading book (R.E.D. folder) at least once a week. Congratulations to our Reading Contest Winners, have fun at Laser City ! Congratulations to our Student of the Week ! 1C is proud of you! Language Arts I read the book,  Wolf! by  Becky Bloom  to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around the book. It is a story about a wolf who is stunned to find other animals reading in the farmyard. The other animals are not amused by his lack

Week 11

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Housekeeping A big thank you to Susanna for carrying the Remembrance Day wreath during the Remembrance Day ceremony last week. The 1Cs and the 1Ds were in charge of decorating the wreath for the ceremony. The whole school did an excellent job showing their respect during the ceremony. The students demonstrated their best whole-body listening. All of the teachers were really proud of their students. Congratulations to our Student of the Week! 1C is proud of you. Reminders: December Book Order is due December 9th Encourage your child to read their home reading book (R.E.D. folder) at least once a week. Please review your Rainbow Words at home! Brrr...it is getting colder! Please dress your child accordingly. Language Arts I read the book,  Where the Wild Things Are by  to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around the book. It is a story about a little boy named Max who misbehaves and is sent to his room by his mother (I'm sure al

Week 10

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BOO! Halloween was tons of fun in 1C. We had a Halloween Costume Parade, carved a pumpkin, played Spider toss, created a Halloween craft, and created a special Halloween cookie (yum!). Grade 1C looked great in their costumes. Oooooo pumpkin goop! Our classroom pumpkin looked great on Halloween night! Reminders November 9             Remembrance Day Ceremony (10:35-11am)                                  Christmas Card Orders due November 10-11      No School Midterm Break November 18           Scholastic Book Orders due Congratulations to our Student of the Week! Keep up the great work! Language Arts I read the book,  Owl Moon by Jane Yolen to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were centered around the book this week. It is a lovely story that takes place on a winter's night, a young child and father go into the woods to go owling. There was some great vocabulary describing the moonlight, mystery, and