1st & 2nd Grade News
September 29, 2011
SHOW & TELL: Picture/model of something God created on the 6th day of Creation.
MEMORY VERSE: God will take care of you. He will lead you out of this land. Genesis 50:24
Reading Log: September Log due on Friday, September 30
2nd Grade Spelling: their, bathtub, many, pigpen, backpack, bedtime, windmill, there, pancake, very, sunset (test on Friday 9/30/11)
1st Grade Spelling: jam, ram, bat, sat, hat, rat, fat (test on Friday 9/30/11)
Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about fiber in foods. Have your child look on the labels of packaged foods and find the grams of dietary fiber per serving. They’ve been working in the classroom on a paper that tells about the grams of fiber in fruits and vegetables.
Field Trip: On Friday, October 7, we will be going to the Country Mercantile Pumpkin Patch on Highway 395. Bobby Jo Engeberg already has drivers for the trip. (Thanks very much, Bobby!) The students’ entrance fees will be covered by class funds. If a younger sibling goes along the charge will be $3.00. The adults are not charged.
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
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 22, 2011
SHOW & TELL: Something that begins with the letter S.
MEMORY VERSE: God said, God said, “Let us make man in our image, let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 (the children have been learning this to song.)
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar. It will be due in the classroom on September 30!
2nd Grade Spelling: stripe, patch, stripes, frog, make, glasses, glass, made, would, frogs, patches, could (test on Friday, 9/23/11)
1st Grade Frequently Used Sight Words: (these are not for spelling –just for reading!) about, above, after, all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby bath, be, because, bed, been, best, big, bird, black, books, boy, brother, bread
Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about Vitamins. Reinforcing the concept at the dinner table at night would be a good thing! This week’s vitamins were K & E. We tasted sunflower seeds this week.
Sunflower Seeds: On Monday we took apart a huge sunflower donated by the Engeberg family. The students estimated how many seeds were in the flower. The closest estimate to the 2,163 seeds that were in the flower was Tateum’s estimate of 2, 139. The children each got to help count the seeds by putting them in groups of 10. Thankfully, Mrs. DeDios did the hard work of putting all the 10’s into the final number. We soaked the seeds in salt water overnight, then toasted them in a slow oven on Tuesday. It’s a good thing it was a slow oven! Mrs. Canaday forgot them for 3 hours. They were just right when Kasi went running in to tell Mrs. DeDios to quickly take the seeds that teacher forgot out of the oven.
The seeds proved to be quite messy in the classroom, but none of the children will forget where sunflower seeds come from now.
Field Trip: Thank you to the parents who took time to take us to the Farmer’s Market. The children had a wonderful time seeing all the fruits and vegetables that were available. They also enjoyed getting to purchase some for themselves. Thank you for participating by being with us or by sending money for your student to use.
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
September 22, 2011
SHOW & TELL: Something that begins with the letter S.
MEMORY VERSE: God said, God said, “Let us make man in our image, let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 (the children have been learning this to song.)
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar. It will be due in the classroom on September 30!
2nd Grade Spelling: stripe, patch, stripes, frog, make, glasses, glass, made, would, frogs, patches, could (test on Friday, 9/23/11)
1st Grade Frequently Used Sight Words: (these are not for spelling –just for reading!) about, above, after, all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at, baby bath, be, because, bed, been, best, big, bird, black, books, boy, brother, bread
Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about Vitamins. Reinforcing the concept at the dinner table at night would be a good thing! This week’s vitamins were K & E. We tasted sunflower seeds this week.
Sunflower Seeds: On Monday we took apart a huge sunflower donated by the Engeberg family. The students estimated how many seeds were in the flower. The closest estimate to the 2,163 seeds that were in the flower was Tateum’s estimate of 2, 139. The children each got to help count the seeds by putting them in groups of 10. Thankfully, Mrs. DeDios did the hard work of putting all the 10’s into the final number. We soaked the seeds in salt water overnight, then toasted them in a slow oven on Tuesday. It’s a good thing it was a slow oven! Mrs. Canaday forgot them for 3 hours. They were just right when Kasi went running in to tell Mrs. DeDios to quickly take the seeds that teacher forgot out of the oven.
The seeds proved to be quite messy in the classroom, but none of the children will forget where sunflower seeds come from now.
Field Trip: Thank you to the parents who took time to take us to the Farmer’s Market. The children had a wonderful time seeing all the fruits and vegetables that were available. They also enjoyed getting to purchase some for themselves. Thank you for participating by being with us or by sending money for your student to use.
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
Thursday, September 15, 2011
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 15, 2011
SHOW & TELL: Picture/model of something God created on the 5th day of Creation (Friday, September 16)
MEMORY VERSE: Then God said, “Let the earth be filled with animals. And let each produce more of its own kind…” Genesis 1:24
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar.
Math Vocab: Ask your student to define addend, difference, and sum for you. For 2nd graders ask your student to define fact family.
2nd Grade Spelling: hens, cute, frogs, chicks, skunks, hogs, dogs, cats, hide, pets, ducks, pigs, (test on Friday)
1st Grade Frequently Used Sight Words: (these are not for spelling –just for reading!) about, above, after, all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at
Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about Vitamins. Reinforcing the concept at the dinner table at night would be a good thing! This week’s vitamin was C. We tasted kiwi on Wednesday. That fruit has more vitamin C than an orange.
Scholastic Book Club: You can now order Scholastic Books online using this class activation code: HLC6H. Each order online will give us a $3.00 coupon to use to buy books for the classroom. So if you missed my classroom order deadline last week, you can go online and order.
Field Trip: Wednesday, September 21, we will be going to the Pasco Farmer’s Market. We’ll leave the school at 8:45 and return not later than 10:15. My guess is that our return we’ll be earlier than that but we’ll see how long it takes for the children to choose what produce they want to purchase. Please send $1.00 or $2.00 so your student can buy something fresh. (not the kettle corn that may be available!) Each student that is younger than 8 must bring a booster seat for the car per Washington State law.
Polo Shirt: Remember the school rule about polo shirts/collared shirts. Starting next week I will be asking your student to change into a polo shirt if he/she forgets to wear one to school. I do have shirts that I can loan for the day.
Upcoming events:
September 21 Field Trip to the Pasco Farmers’ Market
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service
October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study Indians
September 15, 2011
SHOW & TELL: Picture/model of something God created on the 5th day of Creation (Friday, September 16)
MEMORY VERSE: Then God said, “Let the earth be filled with animals. And let each produce more of its own kind…” Genesis 1:24
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar.
Math Vocab: Ask your student to define addend, difference, and sum for you. For 2nd graders ask your student to define fact family.
2nd Grade Spelling: hens, cute, frogs, chicks, skunks, hogs, dogs, cats, hide, pets, ducks, pigs, (test on Friday)
1st Grade Frequently Used Sight Words: (these are not for spelling –just for reading!) about, above, after, all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at
Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about Vitamins. Reinforcing the concept at the dinner table at night would be a good thing! This week’s vitamin was C. We tasted kiwi on Wednesday. That fruit has more vitamin C than an orange.
Scholastic Book Club: You can now order Scholastic Books online using this class activation code: HLC6H. Each order online will give us a $3.00 coupon to use to buy books for the classroom. So if you missed my classroom order deadline last week, you can go online and order.
Field Trip: Wednesday, September 21, we will be going to the Pasco Farmer’s Market. We’ll leave the school at 8:45 and return not later than 10:15. My guess is that our return we’ll be earlier than that but we’ll see how long it takes for the children to choose what produce they want to purchase. Please send $1.00 or $2.00 so your student can buy something fresh. (not the kettle corn that may be available!) Each student that is younger than 8 must bring a booster seat for the car per Washington State law.
Polo Shirt: Remember the school rule about polo shirts/collared shirts. Starting next week I will be asking your student to change into a polo shirt if he/she forgets to wear one to school. I do have shirts that I can loan for the day.
Upcoming events:
September 21 Field Trip to the Pasco Farmers’ Market
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service
October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study Indians
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
1st & 2nd Grade News
September 8, 2011
SHOW & TELL: A Bible verse that talks of God’s power. (Friday, September 9)
MEMORY VERSE: The heavens tell the glory of God. And the skies announce what His hands have made. Psalm 19:1
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar.
Home Reading: I need your help in monitoring the reading level of what your child is bringing home to read to you each evening. It’s a book of their choosing. If the book is too difficult for them, (more than 5 words missed in 5 sentences), ask your student to look for an easier book for the next night. If the book is too easy, ask for a more difficult book to be chosen the next day. Not only should they be able to read the words, but use expression to make the story interesting.
Math Vocab: Ask your student to define addend , difference, and sum for you.
Spelling: trip, this, drip, that, bank, shell, cone, what, blend, drink, when, nest (test on Friday)
Nutrition: Thank you for the food containers/wrappers. It was a good visual for sugar contained in some of the foods. A student from another class had a can of soda which we borrowed. 43 grams of sugar in one 12 ounce can! It made an impact on the students as we were using unifix cubes to show grams of sugar. It was a long train of cubes!
Upcoming events:
September 21 Field Trip to the Pasco Farmers’ Market
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service
October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study Indians
September 8, 2011
SHOW & TELL: A Bible verse that talks of God’s power. (Friday, September 9)
MEMORY VERSE: The heavens tell the glory of God. And the skies announce what His hands have made. Psalm 19:1
Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar.
Home Reading: I need your help in monitoring the reading level of what your child is bringing home to read to you each evening. It’s a book of their choosing. If the book is too difficult for them, (more than 5 words missed in 5 sentences), ask your student to look for an easier book for the next night. If the book is too easy, ask for a more difficult book to be chosen the next day. Not only should they be able to read the words, but use expression to make the story interesting.
Math Vocab: Ask your student to define addend , difference, and sum for you.
Spelling: trip, this, drip, that, bank, shell, cone, what, blend, drink, when, nest (test on Friday)
Nutrition: Thank you for the food containers/wrappers. It was a good visual for sugar contained in some of the foods. A student from another class had a can of soda which we borrowed. 43 grams of sugar in one 12 ounce can! It made an impact on the students as we were using unifix cubes to show grams of sugar. It was a long train of cubes!
Upcoming events:
September 21 Field Trip to the Pasco Farmers’ Market
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service
October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study Indians
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