Generosity!

Thank you so much for your generosity in giving to help our adoptive family have a wonderful holiday this year! The children excitedly added gifts to our bin each day for the past few weeks. It was absolutely overflowing! There were so many that we could not even carry them all to the gym. Some had to be taken by golf cart to the gym for us. The children were smiling from ear to ear as it made us all feel so good to GIVE!



Math Workshop

On Wednesday, we participated in a math workshop to share with parents a math lesson and supporting activities. This lesson focused on developing good math facts. Playing games is an important part of our Everyday Mathematics program. Dice Roll Addition, Egg-carton Addition, and Two-Fisted Penny Addition were games and activities that the children participated in to practice math facts as part of our Math morning on Wednesday.




Everyday Mathematics also has great math games that we play on the computer. Here we were playing Penny Cup to work on math facts for sums of 20.


Surprise!

In the spirit of the month of December, we have been learning to practice giving of ourselves. In addition to the wonderful gifts that the children so happily brought for our "adoptive" family, we went to watch the 8th graders perform skits about generosity on Friday morning. Instead, we found out that WE were going to be the performers! The children worked in small groups with the 8th graders, planning and performing skits to define generosity and modeling giving of ourselves, rather than monetarily. Everyone had a great time!


Volunteers this week:

• Tuesday - Art - Sharon Cannella (12:05)
• Thursday - Library Check-out - Fai MacDougald (2:05)

Week of 12/7 - 12/11/09

Volunteers this week:

• Tuesday - Art - Natalie Ames (12:05)
• Thursday - Library Check-out - Anne Dowling (needs sub) (2:05)
• Friday - Math Game - Sheila Currie (9:00)
• Friday - Parent Reader - Sharon Cannella (2:20)

Math Parent Workshop - this Wednesday, December 9 from 8:30 - 10:00

The workshop begins in the Janet Root Theater for an overview of Everyday Math. Then you can observe and participate in math in our classroom. If you plan to attend, please let the LD office know.

Holiday Gift Drive - Ends this Friday, December 11th.

Help Children in Need to Receive 1 Million Books! Time is running out!!!!!

We only have until December 18 (Friday of next week) to read 100 books! Our class has joined Scholastic in their effort to give 1 million books to kids in need! Please help your child do their part to help. They need to complete a Reading Log after each book read at home. When the log is filled, please sign it and have your child return it to me. If you child fills up their log, please turn it in and I will send home a new log. Or you may just keep a list of the books read, sign the list, and return it to school by December 18. Visit www.scholastic.com/classroomscare to watch a personal video message from Peyton and Eli Manning who are teaming up with Scholastic to lead this effort. You may also go to www.scholastic.com/classroomscare/literacypartners to learn more about the children we're helping.

Spirit Day - Wednesday, December 16th

Save the Date! - Winter Holiday Pajama Breakfast - 8:30 a.m. December 18th! Come in your PJs and join us for breakfast! Dismissal is at noon.

Human Body Voice Thread

Please take a look at the voice thread that all first grade classes made together at the conclusion of our Human Body unit. Each class drew a picture together using the smart board and then each child recorded a fact. Our class is at the end of the voice thread with lots of great information about the brain, so please don't stop watching until the end!