Transcript Grandparents` Day - Delano Public Schools

Mrs. Kurth’s Classroom News
May 23rd – 27th, 2016
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May 26th: First Grade Music Concert
May 27th: Grandparents’ Day
May 30th: Memorial Day - No School
May 31st: First Grade Track and Field Day
June 6th: Minnesota Zoo Field Trip
June 7th: Last Day of School
Digital Days
Day of the
Week
Digital Day
Specialist
Important Reminders
Monday
3
Media and Computer
Bring Library Books
Tuesday
4
Computer & Phy. Ed.
Wear Tennis Shoes
Wednesday
5
Music
Thursday
1
P.E.
Friday
2
Music
Wear Tennis Shoes
Music Program
• Our music program is this Thursday, May 26th.
• Please help your child practice their songs by
reviewing the blue packet from Mrs. Dake
• You can also check out her blog for scripts
– Mrs. Dake's Blog
– Additional Resource
• Go online to http://safeshare.tv/v/kzB49Azl4jM to
view how the song is suppose to be sung.
Music Program
• Our class will be performing at 7:15.
• Please plan on having your child in the High
School cafeteria by 7:00.
• You should keep their coat or any other
belongings with you.
• After the performance, plan on meeting your
child back at the cafeteria.
• Also please make contact with me before taking
your child, so I know they are safe.
Grandparents’ Day
• Grandparents’ day is this Friday!
• Grandparents are welcome to join us from
12:15 – 2:30 pm.
• They will spend time making a craft
together, enjoying a snack, singing songs
a couple songs, and touring the school.
• It will be a great afternoon!
Last Day of Breakfast
• The last day to get breakfast in the
cafeteria is June
3rd
Yearbooks For Sale
• There may be about 30 additional
yearbooks for sale
• If you did not order one the first round, be
sure to grab yours quickly!
• $17, checks made out to DES.
• Extra order forms in the office, or they can
be put in any envelope.
• Pre-ordered yearbooks should be
distributed to classrooms this week.
• We will celebrate your child’s birthday
here at school
• If you decide to send store bought
treats or goodies please send 24 of
them.
• If it's a weekend day we can celebrate
the Friday before or Monday after.
• We will also celebrate ½ birthdays. If
this doesn’t work for you we can
celebrate it in May.
• Please let me know which day you will
choose if it falls on the weekend or
holiday break.
May Birthdays
20th: Emma V.
29th: Anna
30th: Noah
Upcoming Academics:
This will change each week!
Lesson 30
• Main Story: Winners Never Quit! (Narrative Fiction)
– Be a Team Player (Informational Text)
• Comprehension Skill: Understanding characters
• Phonics: syllable patter cvc
• Word Wall Words: *brothers, everyone, field, loved, most,
only, *people, sorry
• Grammar: adjectives
• Writing Skills: Personal Narrative
Reading Homework
• We will not have traditional homework this
week
• Instead I would ask that your child writes
about grandparents’ day in their Family
Journal.
• In addition, please have someone respond
as usual.
• Spelling Words:
• even open begin baby tiger music paper zero table below
because silent *people *only
• *Practice writing sentences with word wall words and
spelling words so your child will be prepared to write a
sentence on the final test.
Challenge Words
• A few students have been asked to do
challenge words. If your child is one of
those students, please help them study
these words.
• Challenge Words:
– brothers loved field sorry everyone
– winner quitting shorten better shudder wonder
• Math Concepts in this Unit: Money, Making
Change, Equal Shares, Fractions,
• Anticipated Homework:
 Monday: No HW – Unit 9 Assessment
 Tuesday: No HW – Unit 9 Assessment
 Wednesday: No Homework
 Thursday: No Homework
 Friday: No Homework
More Math….
• Here is the link if you need to reprint homework pages:
• http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-athome/unit_8/
• http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-athome/unit_9/
• Things you can practice at home if you are looking for
additional ideas:
-Number Stories
-Addition Facts
-Subtraction Facts
-Telling Time to the half hour and quarter hour
-Find the value of coin combinations
Extra:
Word of the Week
• Each week, your child can receive a sticker for
their sticker book by writing down our special
word/phrase of the week along with a parent
signature.
• This word also helps me to know that you have
seen the newsletter!
• They love stickers!
• Word of the week: Grandparents Day!
Family Journals
• Family Journals are due each Monday.
• Please find your child’s current entry and use
the next empty page to complete your
response to your child.
• I also encourage you to use the letter format
to allow your child to see and experience that
format.
General Homework Expectations
• Mondays: Spelling words and word wall words will come home
(practice these words to be ready for the spelling test on Friday
• Wednesdays: Wednesday work: students complete the
comprehension page as well as practice reading the words on the
opposite side. When you feel your child is confident in knowing the
words and has completed the comprehension page, please return it
to the classroom. It is due by the following Tuesday at the latest.
• Monday through Friday: Math homework will be sent home each
day, except Wednesdays. I expect each page to come back the
following day.
Contact Information
Angie Kurth
1st GradeTeacher – rm. 102
763-972-6200 ext.4102,
[email protected]
Classroom Website/Blog:
http://www.delano.k12.mn.us/elementaryschool/gradesstaff/first-grade/mrs-kurth