Science Olympiad: 1M and 5S – Dissecting Owl Pellets
*Please remember to send in sharpened pencils EACH DAY!
**It is getting chilly out. Please make sure you child comes to school with a coat and their sweater. Their sweater is part of the winter uniform and must be worn.
Homework Grade 1-M
Monday, February 6 – Thursday, February 9
FEBRUARY SCHOLASTIC ORDERS ARE UP! PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDERS BY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28! THANK YOU!
Monday, 2-6-
1. Math- HP pg. 51 and practice First In Math. I have been suggesting to the class to do the GYMS section because that is all of the math facts.
2. E.L.A- study vocabulary words for Theme 6
3. Penmanship- letter “v”
4. Spelling- write the first 6 words in a telling sentence. (dish, milk, catch, pond, add, doll)
5. Religion- Study the prayer Grace Before Meals for the month of February.
Tuesday, 2-7- 1. Math- HP pg. 52 and practice First In Math.
2. E.L.A.- study vocabulary words for Theme 6.
3. Religion- study the Prayer Grace Before Meals for the month of February.
4. Penmanship- letter “V”.
5. Spelling- write telling sentences for (crack, brown, jump, plum, tent, bell)
Wednesday, 2-8 1. Math- HP pg. 53 and practice First In Math.
2. E.L.A- study vocabulary words
3. Religion- study prayer
4. Penmanship- letter “y”
5. Spelling – write all 12 words in ABC order in your H copybook. We have been practicing ABC order in the classroom for a few weeks now.
Thursday, 2-9 1. Math- HP pg 54 study math facts and practice First In Math.
2. E.L.A- study vocabulary words
3. Religion – study prayer
4. Penmanship- letter “Y”
5. Spelling- study for test tomorrow
*Monday library WILL NOT be scheduled at the NORMAL time. We will be having the BOOK FAIR this week. Our scheduled time is 10:05-10:50 on Monday. All are welcome to help out with our class.
*In the case of inclement weather, please continue to do assignments if your books are home J
** We will be starting our Math chapter on time this week. Please have your child practice at home as much as possible telling time on an analog clock.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
*In addition to your child’s homework, please read to your child or have your child read to you for approximately 20 minutes each night.
**You may keep any of your child’s corrected and completed work from their H Folder. Please remind your child to empty the folder each night.
Scholastic Orders can be made whenever you are ready! http://clubs.scholastic.com/?catalogId=10001&storeId=11151 Directions are located under Specials!
1M Specials
Monday - 9:15-10:00 Library (Anyone who is able to volunteer to help is always welcome and greatly appreciated) Please remember after the first week of library all books are to be returned every Monday. Thank you!
1:00-1:45 Gym (Please make sure you come to school in your GYM uniform and wear sneakers)
Wednesday - 9:15-10:00 Computers (Anyone who is able to volunteer to help is always welcome and greatly appreciated)
Thursday - 9:15-10:00 Music
Art Express will take place every other Tuesday at 10:45. Mrs. Williams is our Art Express mom, so please feel free to contact her with any questions.
Scholastic Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: HVDK3
Dear Parent,
Now it's easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child -- shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.
Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.*
It's so simple! Here's how it works:
- SIGN UP at
www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click
the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section.
Register for your own user name and password. When prompted,
enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This
unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
- SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose
from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly
flyers.
- SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom.
Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?
Thank you,
*Excludes eBooks.
If you want to sign on to Student Works Plus Online for Math review, click the link below and the student access code is:CBC48185D9.
http://www.macmillanmh.com/math/mathconnects/grade1/sg1c1lesson1.htm
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/blending.html
All Together Now
Theme 1- Vocabulary Words
1.Mac the Cat 2.A Day at School 3. Pigs in a Rig
*go hen *get
*on cut *find
*the pot *have
*cat an *one
*sat wet *to
my at *who
*see *jump *big
a *too *hit
is *here *it
have *not *pig
and *we *ran
I *can *sit
like *fan *are
he *nap mess
she *tap mud
play *Pat tub
said bug bump
for add goodbye
playground
read
school
sing
teacher
*-High Frequency words used in the stories.
Here We Go
Theme 2 – Vocabulary Words
1. A Party for Bob 2. The Bunnies 3. A Surprise
and the Fox for Zig Bug
*five *do *are
*four *for *away
*in *I *does
*once *is *he
*three *me *live
*two *said *pull
*upon *you *they
*what bear *where
birthday bunnies leaf
brother little pull
cake snow
candles window
happy woods
kids
party
surprise
*-High Frequency Words used in the stories.
Let’s Look Around!
Theme 3- Vocabulary Words
1. Seasons 2.Miss Jill's 3. At the
*animal IceCream Shop Aquarium
*bird *all *also
*animal *call *blue
*bird *eat *brown
*cold *every *color
*fall *first *like
*flower *never *many
*look *paper *some
*of *shall breathe
*see *why dolphins
two cone fish
full dish otter
look green sea
do kind sea horse
here ice cream tails
live napkins it's
they shop let's
of try
bear wish
insects called
leaves
rain
south
Spring
Summer
trees
Winter
Family and Friends
Theme 4- Vocabulary Words
1. Go Away Otto 2.Two Best Friends 3.Dog School
*children *friend *car
*come *girl *down
*father *know *hear
*love *play *hold
*mother *read *hurt
*people *she *learn
*picture *sing *their
*your *today *walk
call *write *would
called knock chase
find knocking day
for press face
clean books leash
pillows dear school
flip new stay
flop smile stayed
glad smiled street
fluff sign scraps
black strip
block strut
sorry scrub
visit splat
stuck
Home Sweet Home
Theme 5 – Vocabulary Words
1. Moving Day 2. Me on the Map 3. The Kite
*grow *could *five
*light *house *good
*long *how *give
*more *over *her
*other *own *little
*right *so *our
*room *world *try
*small everybody *was
*these something broke
fine unroll found
mine ball home
tight country homeless
wide countries Mama
fancy Earth says
heavy giant anywhere
hide special beautiful
inside street convinced
plain streets easy
rough town news
smooth towns perfect
wait United States of raining
America weather
Animal Adventures
Theme 6- Vocabulary Words
1. The Sleeping Pig 2. There's a Mouse in the House 3. Red-Eyed Tree Frog
*by *cow *been
*climb *door *evening
*found *horse *far
*morning *now *forest
*out *table *goes
*shout *there *hungry
*show *through *near
push *wall *soon
sleeping after air
began broken along
celebrate dear another
coyote goodness asleep
cricket heavens climbs
howl mistake longer
Mrs. shoo longer
rabbit squeezed slithers
tall stable something
watermelon Uh-oh boa
watermelons within caterpillar
yarn eyed
*high frequency words barn eyes
dancing iguana
elephant iguanas
mouse moves
mercy poisonous
laying tongue
We Can Work It Out
Theme 7 - Vocabulary Words
1.That Toad is Mine 2. Lost 3. If You Give a Pig a Pancake
*again *afraid *build
*both *any *old
*gone *bear *piece
*hard *follow *shoe
*or *idea *start
*turn *most *under
*want *tall *very
agree *water *wear
book building born
books buildings bubbles
candy city closet
bars disappears favorite
crayons elevator maple
fault friendly music
food library piano
John park probably
lemonade scare remind
share worry syrup
toys across backyard
beside after camera
harder crying dancing
hopped either decorate
hopping explains envelopes
says finally farm
until getting finished
wear good-bye hammer
Our Earth
Theme 8- Vocabulary Words
1. The Forest 2. Butterfly 3. Johnny Appleseed
*about *always *butter
*because *arms *carry
*draw *body *kind
*happy *eight *person
*part *ready *put
*teacher *seven *saw
*tiny *warm *were
acorns butterfly *work
beautiful caterpillar apple
branches caterpillars apples
careful changing bread
different chrysalis cider
interesting danger clothes
poisonous enemies river
types nectar stories
bark orange years
label suit young
ourselves suits alone
proud bigger country
soil folded dirt
spark fully Indians
squirrel hiding nicer
squirrels horn schools
straight scare start
taking splitting told
striped John Chapman
tongue Johnny
Johnny's
Special Friends
Theme 9- Vocabulary Words
1. When I Am Old with You 2. The New Friend 3. The Surprise Family
*around *after *baby
*dance *before *edge
*else *buy *enough
*ever *done *garden
*ocean *off *only
*open *pretty *sharp
*talk *school *together
*though *wash *watched
canoe birthday built
cards city chicken
cedar empty chickens
field Japan danger
imagine Luis expected
mind Martin feathers
remember party gathered
tired seventh gizzard
bacon soccer vacuum cleaner
breakfast years carefully
chair boy farther
clothes moved
rejoined
Wonders
Theme 10 - Vocabulary Words
1.Two Greedy Bears 2. Fireflies for Nathan 3. The Hat
*began *above *able
*break *against *eye
*divide *already *present
*head *begin *thoughts
*laugh *caught beautiful
*second *caught birthday
*sure *minute delighted
appetite Anne's giant
argued appear pleasant
arguing beacon sorry
bigger favorite asleep
equal journey covered
hungrier monarch mountains
journey Nana poured
larger Nathan quietly
stomach ache promises says
thirstier warns tiptoe
asleep whispers toes
continued across
crumbs almost
moment ladybug
patience atop
stalked bare
worry bullfrogs
careful
exactly
spread
September 7, 2011
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to school! I hope your summer was very enjoyable. I am very excited and looking forward to meeting and working with your children. My goal is to make this school year a very challenging and exciting one.
To help make this school year a successful one, I listed below some opening day instructions. Please keep this newsletter throughout the year for a reference.
Friday, September 9: 12:00 Dismissal
School Supplies
Please bring your school bag and pencil case with 2 sharpened pencils and an eraser on Friday. All other supplies, listed below need to be sent to school on Monday September 12. Please be sure to put your child’s name on all of the materials.
· 1 art box – no larger than a standard shoe box
· 1 pencil case containing extra pencils
· 3 pocket folders
· Magic Markers
· 1 box of crayons – Please no larger than a 24 pack
· 1 old T-shirt for messy art activities
· 1 glue stick for cut and paste activities
· 1 bottle of Elmer’s School Glue
· 1 box of tissues for classroom use during the year
· 1 container of Clorox wipes for classroom use during the year
Also,
· 1 Activity book for use during rainy day recesses
· 1 or 2 picture books – Your child needs to always have an extra book in his/her desk everyday. There will be a silent reading period during the school day.
Fee for School Supplies Already Provided
Please send $8.80 in an envelope marked “School Supplies” with your child’s name on it by Monday, September 19. This will cover the cost of 3 copybooks and scissors which has been provided for your child’s use. Please send the art fee of $15.00 in a separate envelope. If you are writing a check for the copybooks, etc., please make it payable to Saint Helena School. Please be sure the envelopes have my name on them, also so they are not mistakenly sent to the office. I record your name when the money has been sent to school. Thank you.
· $5.55 – 3 copybooks at $1.85 each
· $2.00 – scissors
· $1.25 – glue stick
· $15.00 – Art Fee – This will eliminate collection materials as each activity occurs for the whole year.
Books
The books that we currently have will be sent home to be covered over the next few nights. Please cover all workbooks with clear contact. The books are easily recognizable and well be protected in this manner. Also, please label each book with your child’s first and last name on the front cover. Your child will also be receiving a Science text book which needs to be covered in brown paper.
Dismissal
The children will be dismissed as a school. We ask that parents not come into the building at dismissal time.
Children will not be permitted to take alternate forms of transportation other than what you have stated, unless I receive a note or e-mail stating the change in transportation. If you forgot a note, please call the office and I will get the message.
If your child is visiting someone else after school, I would like a note or e-mail from both children’s parents. Please include the transportation to be used. This is for your child’s protection. Please note – a child may not ride on any other district’s bus than the one in which he/she lives. (ex: If your child lives in the Methacton School District, he/she may not ride on a Wissahickon bus. These are the districts’ rules.)
This year the children will be asked to wear name tags for the first two weeks of school. Please put your child’s mode of transportation on the back of the card.
T – Folder
The T – Folder is what I use to send home classroom information, notes, tests, etc. Please make sure the T – Folders are returned to me, along with all tests and quizzes signed by you, by the next day.
H – Folder
The H – Folder will be sent home every night. Homework worksheets will be contained in the H - Folder. Worksheets completed during each day will also be contained in the H – Folder. The completed pages may be kept at home. Homework should be returned by the next day.
Homework Procedures
Homework will be posted on the St. Helena website and can be found in the faculty section under “Mrs. Robin Melvin.” If there is a handout for homework please be sure to check your child’s folder which should be returned on the date assigned. All homework must be completed every night. Your child’s homework will provide reinforcement of daily work and will nurture a sense of responsibility in your child. Please sign your child’s homework every night. Your signature on all homework is an indication to me that it has been supervised and completed. If you observe your child having a problem with his/her homework, please inform. Your child is responsible for turning in their homework each day.
Homework should take about 20 - 30 minutes to complete each night
Math Facts
Please review the assigned work each night. I strongly suggest you purchase or make flash cards to be reviewed with your child. Mastery of these math facts is very important.
Absence
An e-mail must be sent in the day of your child’s return stating the date and reason for absence. This letter is in addition to calling the school on the day your child is absent.
If you foresee your child being absent for a long period of time, for example, a family vacation. Please contact me well in advance.
Missed work will be sent home, on the day your child returns, to be completed with you at home.
Discipline
I will give you a call to inform you if I find your child is experiencing difficulties or if their work is not being completed.
Please let me know if your child is going through something unusual at home as I am aware and may act accordingly.
Scholastic Books
Scholastic orders will be done online. Directions on how to do this are at the end of this letter.
Lunch
Lunch will be a new experience for some children. A note from you in their lunch box once in awhile can make this easier for some children.
All lunch money must be placed in an envelope with your child’s name on it. Loose money is lost very easily.
Please be sure to separate hot lunch money from juice, ice cream, and chips money. One envelope is for hot lunch and one envelope or change purse is for juice, etc. money. I will only collect hot lunch money each morning. Thank you.
Snacks
Pretzels are sold everyday at 10:15 A.M. recess. A pretzel is $.50. Children are welcome to buy a pretzel or bring in their own nutritious snack.
Physical Education
Your child’s Gym day is Monday. Children wear their gym clothes to school on that day along with sneakers.
Birthdays
Birthday treats are always welcome. There are 27 children in Grade 1-M. Please choose a simple treat. I would ask you to not send in juice, or whole cakes as a snack. Please make sure the treats are already in individual pieces (cupcakes, cookies, brownies, donuts, etc.). Please let me know when you would like the class to celebrate your child’s birthday. Please supply napkins for the class.
If you are having a party for your child at home, you may send invitations into school provided they are for all of the girls or all of the boys or the whole class (27). If some of the children are not invited, please send the invitations by mail. A whole school directory will be provided by the Home and School Association. Miss Britt’s class has 28 children.
Names
Please place your child’s name on everything, especially all of the gym clothing and school sweaters.
Please do not allow your child to bring any kinds of toys to school. If toys become lost it is upsetting for the child.
Please keep this newsletter for future reference.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robin Melvin
Directions for Scholastic Book Orders
Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: HVDK3
Now it's easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child --
shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider
selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your
orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.
Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time
a parent places an order online.*
It's so simple! Here's how it works:
- SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
- SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly flyers.
- SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom.
Ordering
online is fast, easy, and secure.
Thank you.