Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Parents Please Help Us to Go Green!


Hi Parents- we are having a great year and things are running so smoothly. I just have one little favor- have you signed up for emails about school news? I have 42 students in my class and 18 of our families have signed up to receive JBD school information electronically via email. It would be so fantastic, amazing, super, awesome, exciting, thrilling etc if all of my parents with an email address could sign up to receive information electronically. Sending home information in the FFO folders uses a lot of paper and it is very expensive for our school and our school system, not to meantion creating more waste for our Earth. Please consider receiving information electronically- you will be saving the precious time of our our staff and volunteers, saving precious resources, and saving money for our schools that could be used in another way. Thank you!
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Fitness Night is Tonight!


Don't forget fitness night tonight at 6:30. Come climb the rock wall, learn about martial arts, yoga, and play 4 square!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Amazing Grace


This week we are learning about Martin Luther King Jr and how brave he was. Today we watched "Amazing Grace" on bookflix that tells the story of a young girl named Grace who realizes she can be anything she wants even of others tell her she can't.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Number Stories


Today in computer lab we practiced number stories using "Mighty Math Zoo Zillions".

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Learning to Visualize and Make Mental Images

We have begun our unit on visualizing. Visualizing is important for reading comprehension and for reading strategies. Below is a newsletter about how you can help your child practice at home. I did not write this beautiful newsletter- it was written by Jennifer Jones at www.hellofirstgrade.org. Teacher Note: I did have to convert the adobe file to a jpeg file at zamzar.com. Thanks!


These are the books we will be reading to practice visualizing in our classroom.

Spirit Night!



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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

B-I-N-G-O

Today we played Bingo and we had so much fun! Who ever thought this classic game would be such a thrill for kindergarteners?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

January Newsletter Sneak Peak


Here is a sneak peek at the newsletter for January.

Mrs. Law is Ready for Vacation