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Happy Valentine's Day... and Friday the 13th!

2/13/2015

This week we spent some time learning all about Abe Lincoln. Did you know that he was the tallest President? Or that he only grew his beard after a young girl wrote him a letter and told him that she thought he would look better with one? I must say, most of the students were quite impressed with the lifestyle of Mr. Lincoln. We also spent some time reflecting on our own talents and recognizing what our strengths are. It was great hearing the students share about themselves! I sure have a talented group of sweet and helpful students this year!!!

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY
Just a reminder, school will not be is session for students on Monday!

FAMILY READING NIGHT
Be sure to mark your calendars for our Willard East Family Reading Night on Thursday, March 5th!!!
We will be celebrating literacy Willy Wonka style! There will be a couple of food trucks on hand for your convenience but feel free to eat before / after or even bring your own dinner! Each grade level will be hosting a school-wide activity. The first grade classrooms will be in charge of the “Candy Walk” (think cake walk…) and are collecting candy donations for the event.
What we need:
Bags of bite size / small, individually wrapped candy. If your family (or business) is able to help us with this need, we would greatly appreciate it!

SPRING CONFERENCES
You will also be able to sign up for a spring conference at Family Reading Night! I would love to see each family and update you on your child’s progress! Spring conference will be held the last week in March.
This will be a much more casual setting than our fall conferences, but I will be offering some additional times if you prefer a more traditional conference.

HELPER SCHEDULE
Mon.– No Students
Tues.– Cassidy
Wed.– Cozette
Thurs.– Dominick AM Ashlyn PM Happy Birthday to both!
Fri.– Ethan

Happy Valentine's Day, Parents!

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FRIDAY ALREADY?!?!

1/23/2015

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As you know, I was in a meeting all day Tuesday so we had a substitute. I really, really do not like being gone from my classroom. I never have. I worry about my students, worry about the sub, and as organized as I try to be - I worry that I will forget to leave something important. HOWEVER... I absolutely LOVE coming back to find a positive note left by a substitute! Wednesday morning I was greeted with a nice little note telling me how wonderful my students were and how impressed our sub was with the behavior of the class. WOW!!! What an amazing way to start a day!

VALENTINE’S DAY REMINDERS
We will be eating PIZZA in our classroom on Thursday, February 12 in celebration of Valentine’s Day. We are asking for a $2.00 donation from each child to help with the cost of pizza due by Friday, February 6th. A class list is also coming home today along with some helpful tips about boxes and cards. Each student will need to bring a box (or bag) to their cards and candy. I think all of the items on the signup sheet have already been spoke for.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Please let me know if you have any questions!

CHANGE A LIFE COIN DRIVE
Willard East will be participating in the “Change a Life” coin drive the week of February 2nd. More details will be coming home from the office soon. Start gathering your coins now to make a difference!

ARCTIC ANIMALS
This week we started a two week unit on arctic animals. So far we have learned about the caribou, polar bear, arctic fox, and walrus. The highlight of the week was probably watching the polar bears at the San Diego Zoo through their live webcam! I have been to the San Diego Zoo and have pictures of the same bears from a couple of years ago. They are really playful and entertaining to watch. Here is the link in case you or your students wants to observe the bears some more:
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/polar-cam

Over Winter Break I was checking out some suggested book lists and came across a book I was not familiar with - Where's Walrus by Steven Savage. After reading some reviews and checking it out on Amazon (might be the best site ever...) I decided to go ahead and snatch it up for our classroom library. It didn't take me long to fall in love with this book. SUPER CUTE!!! I couldn't wait for our Arctic Animal unit to start and for us to use it! I shared the book with the class on Wednesday and the students pretty much agreed that this book is one for the lists! Savage uses such great illustrations to tell his story. There are literally NO words in the book. SO... we took advantage of the opportunity to write OUR OWN words to go along with the pictures. These turned out fantastic and are currently on display in the first grade hallway! Come by and check them out!

We have also been working really hard on our addition and subtraction fluency. This week we worked on some story problems with missing parts. We ended the week by playing a fun little math game called Salute this afternoon. The game works like this - the dealer passes out a card to each of the other players. The other players cannot look at their card, but then display it by holding it face out against their forehead. The dealer then tells the other players the sum of the cards. The players have to take the sum and subtract their teammates cards to figure out what number they are displaying. The students were seriously cracking me up playing this! So much fun practicing our fact families!

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IT'S BEEN ANOTHER GREAT WEEK!

2/8/2013

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First Grade Rocks!!!

This week we learned about biographies! We started the week by learning about George Washington Carver. We learned all about how he earned the nickname of "The Plant Doctor" and also how he studied peanuts. We learned about Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" and George Washington. We wrapped up our study on biographies by interviewing a classmate and writing a biography about his or her life! We are becoming SUCH amazing writers!!!

Make sure to check out the newest addition to our class blog: Mrs. Whisler's Week. You will find her tab at the top of the page. Each week, Mrs. Whisler will make a blog post about the exciting things that she is doing with your kids! On her page you will find more pictures and videos of your little first grade smarty!

Just a few facts that we learned about Mr. Lincoln this week!

SPELLING
teacher, meat, heat, sweet, green, sleep

VALENTINE’S DAY
Don’t forget that your child will not need a school or home lunch on Thursday. We will be eating pizza during our Valentine’s Day party. Our party will begin at 11:00 and will conclude around 11:30, when our class goes to recess. Students will pass out their cards prior to the party but will have the opportunity to open their cards after eating. All students will need a box or a bag to hold the cards that they receive from other students.

DON’T FORGET
School will not be in session on Friday, February 15th or Monday, February 18th!

HELPER SCHEDULE
Mon– Rhett
Tues– Samantha
Wed.– Aby
Thurs.– Tucker (Happy Birthday!)
Friday– No School

ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT…
Contractions, biographies, George Washington Carver, George Washington, and Abe Lincoln.

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DUCK ON A TRACTOR...

2/16/2012

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On Tuesday we read the book Duck on a Bike by David Shannon. Originally the purpose of the lesson was to focus on the variety of punctuation that the author uses in the book. However, my firsties latched on to the ending of the book - making incredible inferences and I just couldn't pass up the "teachable moment." We still spent a significant amount of time talking about conventions but we spent the next few days publishing these gems during Work on Writing time.

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!!!

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Happy Valentine's Day... and Friday the 13th!

Happy Valentine's Day, Parents!

FRIDAY ALREADY?!?!

IT'S BEEN ANOTHER GREAT WEEK!

First Grade Rocks!!!

DUCK ON A TRACTOR...

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