HOWELL PRIDE

HOWELL PRIDE

Our carnival basket theme this year is "Howell Pride!"  We thought it would be nice to support our town and have a basket that shows where we are from:)  For those of you who do not know, every classroom compiles a basket (theme of their choice) to be raffled off the night of the carnival.  All the money collected for each basket goes straight back into the classroom that made the basket.  Tickets are $1 a piece and the winning ticket pulled gets to take the basket home!  So please help us out by donating anything to do with Howell Pride!  And don't forget to put some tickets in our basket the night of the carnival:)  We are also in need of someone to donate the basket/item to house all the Howell gear we collect, so let me know if you are interested or if you find something fun that will work!

Any questions, please ask!  Ms. Benear :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year 2011...Wow!

Just wanted to touch base and let you know about a few things.

1. Don't forget about the family project for January...the HOW TO project due Friday, January 14th! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

2. We will begin our Rebecca Sitton Spelling program this week. Your child will have 5-6 words to work on each week. We will be working on these words during school hours too! I will write the new words on the blog every Monday as well as send the list home with your child. An explanation of the Sitton spelling program will be coming home today as well:)  Please be sure to help your child study and learn these words at home!

3. Please send an extra bag to school with your child to hold outdoor clothes if needed...the children are having a hard time fitting everything in their backpack. I had one parent ask if it was ok to leave extra snow pants and shoes at school so her child did not have to bring them home each day...YES!!! If you have extras your child may leave them in his or her locker!

4. Writing folders are coming home today!  Please have your child read through his/her writing pieces with you and together decided on the best/favorite piece to bring back to school to publish!  Please talk with your child about their writing, we have been working on using a bold beginning and an excellent ending.  Your child's pieces should show improvement in spelling, punctuation, ideas and organization at this point!  They are doing great:)

5. I will begin January testing next week (week of January 10th) so be expecting reading books to come home that are new and have not been practiced in class as they normally are!

I think that is it for now....thanks for a great 2010:)  Looking forward to all the leaps we are going to take together in 2011!  Please continue to encourage and support your child at home, they are doing great in class and I am so proud of each and every one of them:)

Welcome back!  Ms. Benear

January Family Project

First Grade Family Project

Each month we will be sending home instructions on a project your child will need your help with. These family projects will coincide with a grade level content expectation (GLCE) that we are working on at the time. Please help your child prepare to present his or her project to the class. Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to do these projects with your child. These projects help connect home to school.

January
The project for the month of January is a HOW TO project.

 

Be sure to use the attached packet to help you complete this project.

A HARD COPY HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT HOME

1. Please help your child brainstorm and list activities you can do together as a family. (ex. Make a sandwich, play a game, brush your teeth)
2. Choose one of the activities and decide what items you need to perform the activity. (peanut butter, jelly, bread, knife, plate, etc.)
3. After you have collected what you need, do the activity with your child. While engaged in the activity, be sure to talk about what you did FIRST, NEXT, THEN and LAST.
4. When you have finished the chosen activity please have your child draw a picture and write a sentence for each step of the activity. Be sure to begin step one with FIRST, step two with NEXT, step three with THEN, and step four with LAST.
5. Please return this family project by Friday, January 14th

Thanks so much!  Ms. Benear :)