1st & 2nd Grade News
October 6, 2011

SHOW & TELL: An Indian artifact/picture (I’m switching Nov. 4 with Oct. 7—We’re reading The Warrior Maiden this month instead of We All Went on Safari which will be in November. Plans changed because the museum is closed in November so we need to have our field trip while it’s still open.)

MEMORY VERSE: I will be with thy mouth, I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee and teach thee what thou shalt say. Exodus 4 verse 12. (We are learning this to music and will sing it on Friday.)

Reading Log: Thank you to the 19 students turned in their Reading Log for September. At the end of October the first pizza certificates will be given out for a completed reading log of 240 minutes for the month.

2nd Grade Spelling: The 2nd graders are also responsible to spell the 1st grade words on the Friday test! 10/7/11: button, puppet, cactus, blanket, robot, carrot, people, plastic, which, helmet, rabbit, mitten 10/13/11: (on Thursday) were, has, are, then, or, but, this, them, his, they, what, have 10/21/11: brushing, skating, pecked, skated, brushed, pecking, planted, baking, baked, these, planting, where 10/28/11: sweet, does, puppy, goat, bunny, chain, baby, windy, play, team, your, sunny

1st Grade Spelling: 10/7/11: pit, zip, bit, hit, sit, lid, kit 10/13/11: (on Thursday) fit, rim, mat, ram, dad, bib, rib 10/21/11: top, pot, mom, hop, cot, box, fox 10/28/11: lot, rip, sad, sip, pop, lad, job, mitt

Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about grains. Have your child look on the labels of packaged foods and find whole grains mentioned. Most of them loved the whole wheat crackers I made for them to taste.

Field Trip: On Friday, October 7, we will be going to the Country Mercantile Pumpkin Patch. Please have your student dress for the weather. It’s suddenly cooler than we’ve been used to! Tennis shoes and jackets would make the trip more enjoyable for the students.

Upcoming events:
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service

October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study local Indians