Hello!

Thanks to all who brought in corn for our yummy Thanksgiving feast! We had a great time. Hopefully everyone had time to look at the class cookbook and try a recipe or two.

Please don't forget the tax credit deadline which is December 31, 2011. You get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit and the school gets money (earmarked for my class) to purchase more iPads for our class! It's a win-win for everyone!

Also, Austin's mom was kind enough to donate 20% of any sales from her Avon on-line catalog to our class! It's a great time to stock up for the holiday stocking stuffers!

The spelling words for this week are:

tap

tape

rip

ripe

not

note

lane

mane

as

ate

snowman

December

***Don't forget the EXTRA dress down day December 7th for $1. This money will be used for the character charm program. Your child must wear one of the character colors: red, blue, yellow or green shirts and jeans.

December 1: cookie dough delivery

Dec 2 - end of holiday shop

Dec 2 - Pancake breakfast with the principal

Dec 7- Dress down day $1

***Dec 12 - 2 PM in school cafeteria - 1st grade holiday program. Wear RED shirt and Jeans

Dec 13- Cookies with Santa 6-8 PM

**Dec 16 (Friday) Report card day. 1/2 day with NO after school and NO lunch

Dec 19-Jan 1 Winter Break

Jan 2- School resumes!!

We will need donated cookies and punch for the Dec 12 holiday program!!!

Dec

Week o Nov. 21, 2011

Dear Parents:

Wow... can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving!!

We STILL need corn for our Thanksgiving feast for students and staff this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.

That will be our last day of school for the week. We are off school Wed-Thurs-Friday for Thanksgiving break.

Due to the short week there is NO homework this week and NO spelling or testing.

The Class Thanksgiving cookbook is your to KEEP. Enjoy it :)

Mrs. C

Planning ahead for the holidays.... our first grade (only) Holiday Concert is Monday, Dec. 12th @ 2 PM in the school cafeteria. We will be asking for donations of juice/punch and holiday cookies!!

****Your student should wear blue jeans and a red shirt for the performance!!

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

Week of Nov 8, 2011

Hi Families:

We have a busy few weeks ahead of us!

There is NO school this Friday, Nov.11 in honor of Veteran's Day.

Your child should have brought home the NOvember "Pizza Hut" Book it reading log to be completed for the month of November. He/she should be reading to an adult or older sibling at least 15-20 minutes per night and coloring in the date for each night read. We have a bubble gum machine up in the library that will track our number of hours read each month. We need EVERYBODY to participate in order to get "gum balls."

I am starting to collect small inexpensive items to stock our classroom "store." Please help your child find fun things to bring in for this. We will be earning pretend money in the amounts of 1, 5 and 10 cents (to start) to buy items once a week out of the classroom store.

There is NO spelling test this week due to the short week!

Remember - we do need CORN for our Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday, November 22nd. You can bring in canned corn or hot corn the morning of the feast. If you bring in a container that you would like returned, please make sure you have it labeled with tape with your name, your child's name and my class room number or name.

Thanks, Mrs. C

Week of Nov. 1, 2011

Hi Everybody!
Thanks again to the students and parents who brought in TONS of candy for the Harvest Festival! We WON the class party!!!

The spelling words for this week are as follows:

1. red
2. green
3. blue
4. yellow
5. brown
6. black
7. purple
8. pink
9. white
10. orange
11. treat
12. trick