Thursday, January 28, 2016

Game Day!

We had a great time playing with our fun moms!

Monday, January 25, 2016

Summer School!



Today is Day 90 of school...the halfway mark of the school year!  Never too soon to think about summer.  I am teaching a class at the high school called "Fairy Tale Fun".  Please let your friends know!

https://www.dariensummerschool.com/images/Customer-Files/DSS_2015_Final-Revised.pdf

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Peek at the Week of January 25-29


DATE
SPECIAL
HOMEWORK
Monday,
January 25
A Day
Gym
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Winter Reader Response
Tuesday,
January 26
B Day
Art & Music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Math: CC page 13 & 14
Wednesday,
January 27
C Day
Gym
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday,
January 28
D Day
Music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Math: CC page 15 & 16
Friday
January 29
E Day
Spanish
1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes
2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN
It’s Blake’s turn this week!  It’s the last week of January…winter is flying by!

STAMFORD MUSEUM
We had a great class visit last week.  We learned about maps and geography.  This program was funded by the PTO Enrichment Fund.

GAME DAY
Our winter board game day will be this Thursday, January 28 at 2:30 in our classrooms.  The following families had signed up to help out:  Frawley, Ochman, DeRiso, and Chandler.  We’ll see you Thursday!

VALENTINES DAY
On the back of this newsletter you will find a list of the kids in the class.  Please save this sheet to use in writing out cards (if you choose to do so!).

UPCOMING DATES
January 22: Nature Center $4.50 due (letter went home last Wednesday)
January 28: Winter Board Game Day
February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts
February 8:  Day 100 Parade @ 2:30 (first graders dress up like they are 100!)
February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple (pizza party for lunch)
February 15-19:  Winter Break
                                                                                                                          

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Maps!

We had a great program by the Stamford Museum. We learned about geography and also made a map of Connecticut. We learned that there are 3 big rivers in our state that all flow into the Long Iskand Sound. 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Peek at the Week of January 18-22



DATE
SPECIAL
HOMEWORK
Monday,
January 18

 Martin Luther King Day
No School
Tuesday,
January 19
C Day
Gym
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Math: CC 9-10
Wednesday,
January 20
D Day
Music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Writing: Cafeteria Letter (persuasive writing)
Thursday,
January 21
E Day
Spanish
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes
2.  Math: CC 11-12
Friday
January 22
F Day
Library
1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes
2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN
It’s Rafi’s turn this week!

WELCOME TO MISS DENNEN
Kathryn Dennen is one of the interns at Ox Ridge School this year.  Kathryn will be doing her student-teaching with your child’s first grade class!  Kathryn will begin on Tuesday, January 19th and will be working in our room for a few months.  The kids are very excited to have Miss Dennen working with us! We will have to get used to

UPCOMING DATES
January 18:  MLK Day No school
January 19: Scholastic Book Orders due
January 22: Nature Center $4.50 due (letter went home last Wednesday)
January 28: Winter Board Game Day
February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts
February 8:  Day 100 Dress up like a 100 year old! (memo went home last Monday stapled to the newsletter)
February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple
February 15-19:  Winter Break


Friday, January 15, 2016

Mystery reader

CK was so happy to have both his parents come in today!

Collections

We used our collections as a way to generate topics for Writing Workshop. Here are a few!