Week of Nov. 14, 2011

Dear Parents:

Mrs. Childress Spelling list for the week of November 14, 2011

There will be a spelling test (during normal 5-day weeks) each Friday morning. It will greatly benefit your child and improve their confidence if you help them review the weekly spelling words.

1. No
2. So
3. Rode
4. Nose
5. Stone
6. Hope
7. Those
8. Never
9. Thankful
10. Family
11. winter
12. holiday

This will be our last full week of school prior to the Thanksgiving break. Please help your child remember his/her snack... otherwise we run low on snacks.

Nov. 22, is our annual teacher/student Thanksgiving Feast! Our 4 first grade classes have to supply CORN for the entire school (almost 500 people). You can help by either sending in cans of regular corn ahead of time, or dropping off a hot dish of corn the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 22nd. Please label your container with some masking tape or something with your name, your child's name, my 1st grade and room # so that we can make sure you get your container back!!!

Please also help your child to remember to fill out his/her Nov. Reading Log. This is a REQUIREMENT.. every month your child should be reading 15-20 minutes per NIGHT to an adult or older sibling. We have classroom "bubble gum" machines taped up in the library.. we earn bubble gum pieces for the machine by everybody participating in the reading event!! I have sent home several Nov. reading logs... if your child has misplaced their's, please write me a note on plain paper stating that your child has read 15-20 minutes per night and sign and date it and send it in at the beginning of the next month. (For example: the Nov. reading log should be turned in the 1st week of December)

Your children will earn a free Personal Pan pizza from Pizza Hut and more importantly become much better readers!! We are also looking for small inexpensive items to "stock" our classroom bank. We are learning about money, how it is made and it's value. We are starting small... with pennies, nickels and dimes... Your child has the opportunity to "earn" money whereby they color in various amounts of money at various times during the week. This Friday, we will be redeeming their value in the school "bank."

Thanks!! Mrs. C