SPELLING WORDS
saw, straw, yawn, because, pause, August
*Students need to use the capital letter A in August for it to be correct.

MUSICAL REMINDERS
TUESDAY, MARCH 6th: All costumes need to be complete and at school for dress rehearsal
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th: Performances at 2:30 and 7:00PM.

FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT
Family Reading Night is March 1st - This is a "come and go" style event. There will be a variety of reading activities for your family to participate in together.
5:30-6:30 = Backyard Burgers will be serving dinner - $5 Hamburger, drink, and chips or $4 hot dog, drink, and chips.
6:00-7:30 = Reading activities located around the hallways of Willard East. Each grade level and special class will be hosting an activity for your family. 

HELPER SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday– Allyssa
Tuesday–  Chris
Wednesday– Mrs. Kramer
Thursday– Dawson
Friday– Dylan

NEXT FRIDAY IS COSTUMES FOR COMMUNITY
Dress like your favorite book character!

Beginning Monday, March 19th we will have a student teacher, Miss Burrell, in our classroom. She is from MSU and will be with us for five weeks. We are very excited to have her as part of our team!

A PEEK INTO OUR WEEK...
Ask your child about dental health, the solar system, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and No, David!

Family Reading Night is Thursday, March 1st!
Backyard Burgers will be serving dinner in the gym from 5:30-6:30. I believe they will be serving hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and drinks. From 6:00-7:30 there will be a variety of activities for you to do with your students. Each grade level will host an activity, many of which will be centered around Mr. Popper's Penguins.
Students are asked to bring a gently used book for the book swap that will take place in the Music Room. First grade will have our published books on display for families to read! Both our class and Miss Smith's class will be sharing our books during this time. I do have a little bit of sad news...
 We found that the publisher made a few mistakes when printing the books. We have an extra page added and Miss Smith's class has a couple of pages printed out of order. The company was EXTREMELY apologetic and would like the chance to make things right. Therefore, I will NOT be sending the published books home just yet. Friday, after Family Reading Night, I will send ALL of our books back to Student Treasures where they will re-print our books and send them back to us. The company said that this should be a very quick process and we should have our books back very quickly.

READ-A-THON IS HERE!!!!
This year's read-a-thon packet will come home with your child today. A read-a-thon is similar to a walk-a-thon where students set goals to read for a set amount of time for one week. Our read-a-thon will run from FEBRUARY 21-MARCH1. Students will collect pledges from sponsors to encourage them to reach their goal. Our school goal is $3,000. We can easily meet this goal if every student collects $10 in pledges. There are different pledging options - you can make a "per page / minute" goal or a one-time donation. If a donor decides to make a one-time donation, they can pay now. However, students have until March 2 to collect "per page/ minute" donations. WHEN we reach our goal Coach J and Mr. Morton will wear dresses for the entire day. The classroom at each grade level that raises the most money will get to do their make-up!
Look for more information in your child's backpack today!

SPELLING WORDS
how
plow
cow
mouse
house
flower

SPECIAL GUESTS
On Tuesday, February 21st Willard East will be hosting some very special guests. Several area principals will be in our building. Please remind your child of appropriate classroom, hallway, and bathroom behaviors.

UPCOMING MUSICAL
As you are aware, the first grade musical is right around the corner! Here are some important dates to remember:
WEDNESDAY, FEB 22: All speaking parts and solos must be memorized
TUESDAY, MARCH 6th: All costumes need to be complete and at school for dress rehearsal
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th: Performances at 2:30 and 7:00PM.
Please contact Mrs. Kuchta with any questions.
ekuchta@willard.k12.mo.us

DATES TO REMEMBER
February 17: No school and WE night at Varsity WHS Basketball Game
February 20: No school
March 1st: Family Reading Night at Willard East
March 8th: 1st Grade Musical

HELPER SCHEDULE
Monday– No School
Tuesday–  Vincent
Wednesday– Frank
Thursday– Holly Happy Birthday
Friday– Ally


A PEEK INTO OUR VALENTINE'S PARTY!!!

We spent last week reading a variety of biographies about various famous people in U.S. history. My students were fascinated to learn that George Washing Carver found over 300 uses for peanuts. They fell in love with stories of George Washington and were inspired by Abraham Lincoln. I was so pleased to see many of my students select books on these three individuals as well as other biographies during library!
Here are some things that we were working on last week...

SPELLING WORDS
kite
bite
night
tight
fright
tighter

WILLARD EAST NIGHT
Come cheer on the Willard Tigers and our own Coach J! All students and their families are invited to Willard East Night at the varsity basketball game on Friday, February 17th.  All students wearing their school shirt will get in free!

VALENTINE PARTY
Don’t forget…
* Students may bring a box or a bag starting Monday, February 13
* Students will eat pizza in the classroom on Tuesday, February 14th. Cost for pizza is $3.00 per child. Please send in money by Wednesday,
February 8th.

NEXT WEEK'S HELPERS
Monday– Marley

Tuesday– Vincent

Wednesday– Miles

Thursday– Payton

Friday– Sam