January 4 - 8, 2016

Specials
Monday - 4
Tuesday - 5
Wednesday - 6
Thursday - 1
Friday - 2

Upcoming Events
January 15 - Report Cards go home
January 18 - MLK Day (No school!)
January 19 - PTA Meeting at 6:30
January 29 - 2nd 9 weeks Recognitions at 10AM

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with the o_e spelling pattern.
I can write facts about penguins.
I can describe what a verb is and use it correctly when writing.
I can locate key facts or information using text features.
I can identify unknown words or phrases.

Spelling List

Beginning next week, spelling tests will include a sentence writing component. More info will come next week.

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs)

vote
note
rose
bone
nose
joke
home
hope
stole
slope

List B (Blue Dogs, Yellow Ducks)

code
cope
hope
tote
slope
scope
stove
quote
compose
telescope

Week in Review!
I hope you had a great (and well-deserved) Christmas Break! I know it is going to take a bit of adjusting to get back into the swing of things for me! 

Before our 2-week hiatus, our class was having a blast receiving packages from our friend Globetrot Scott. He was traveling all around the world and sent us fun packages filled with information, crafts, and souvenirs to help us learn about the ways in which people from all over the world celebrate the holidays. 

When Mr. Globetrot finished his adventures, we ended 2015 with a fun movie day and Holiday party! We truly could not have had such a successful December without the help of all of your sweet families. Thank you SO much.

Early in the week, Globetrot Scott sent us a package from China! He told us that many people in China do not celebrate Christmas but celebrate Chinese New Year, instead. He sent us such a neat craft. We decorated our own red envelopes. We also chose 3 friends to write sweet messages to on our golden coins. We then snuck around the room and stuck the golden coins in our friends' envelopes. It made us think of sending Valentine cards!

 We made such a fun writing piece. We wrote to share our opinion of what we believe is the best gift of all.

Then it was FINALLY time for our Holiday Market!!
We decorated cookies like many people do in Ethiopia.

We made our own version of the poinsettias many people use to decorate in Mexico.

We traveled to Israel where we made our own paper dreidels.

We made our own drums to celebrate like people do in Uganda.

 And our friends had so much fun learning about special ways to celebrate in Japan!

Later that day, we got messy with some paint!

 and made these fun snowmen :)

Friday, we got to relax and watch The Grinch in our pajamas. But first, we couldn't resist the urge to make Max (and compare him to my Max, of course!) Check out one of our friends' cute result!

Here is to another amazing week at Wellington! :)

Dec. 11-18

Specials
Monday - 6
Tuesday - 1 
Wednesday - 2
Thursday - 3
Friday - Non-Rotation Day (Winter Fun Day)

Upcoming Events
December 17 - World Market (I have had this date wrong the whole time! I am so sorry! The market will be THURSDAY.)
Please click here to sign up to volunteer to bring items for our holiday week! 
I need everyone to send in at least one clean, empty food can by Wednesday. If you are able to send more than one, that would be a great help!
December 17 - Chorus performance 1:30 and 6:30
December 18 - Movie Day! Please Return your Grinch Permission Slips ASAP! 
December 21 - January 2 - Winter Break

Kid-Friendly Objectives

Same as Last Week!

Spelling List

No Spelling Lists or Homework this week. Woohoo!!!

Week in Review!
Globetrot Scott has given us the BEST weeks in December! Thus far, we have learned about the following countries:
USA
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Sweden
We'll be visiting China, Russia, and India and then we will wrap up with Australia, Japan, Uganda, Israel, and Ethiopia at our Holiday Market!

We learned that students in Italy write secret napkin notes to their grown-ups to celebrate the holidays.

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you so much that my heart's filled with love from your love."

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you more than infinity!"

We learned that in Italy, students celebrate with a WITCH! 

In Sweden, kiddos sometimes run across a Tomten!

We also filled our stomachs with yummy, buttery buns sent to us from Globetrot Scott!

We found out that there is also a wonderful tradition called "Boxing Day!" It's like musical chairs but with a gift that has been wrapped over and over!
 We played it in our classroom...

Everyone was VERY excited at first... 

Then everyone showed their frustration for how many times that silly gift was wrapped :)

The anticipation...

The reveal!
We got our own copy of Frosty for the classroom.

We have been working hard on Measurement and Data in Math.
We finished our week with a fun day of telling the class, "I mustache you a question!" in order to graph our answers.

FIVE MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec. 7 - 11

Specials
Monday - 1
Tuesday - 2
Wednesday - 3
Thursday - 4
Friday - 5

Upcoming Events
December 11 - PTA Winter Dance 6:30-8:30 
December 15 - SBDM 5pm
December 15 - Holiday Market in First Grade 
December 17 - Chorus performance 1:30 and 6:30
December 21 - January 1 - Winter Break!

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can write to tell my opinion and give a reason why it is my opinion.
I can read, write, and identify words with the vowel teams ai and ay.
I can add -es to singular nouns to make them plural.
I can ask and answer questions about informational texts.
I can correctly measure the length of an object using a unit of measurement.
I can compare the length of objects.

Spelling List

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs, Blue Dogs)

tail
clay
stay
away
paid
mail
drain
waist

List B (Yellow Ducks)

train
away
snail
drain
waist
mayor
tray
afraid
sprain

Week in Review!
We had so much fun at our Junie B. field trip at the Opera House! 

I introduced our first graders to my traveling friend Globetrot Scott! He has been sending us packages from all over the world to teach us about traditions around the holidays.

He has visited France and sent us Yule Logs!

He visited Germany and sent us an advent calendar and ginger snaps!

We are excited to see where he goes this week :) 

We are working hard on opinion writing. This week, we worked together to distinguish the difference between facts and opinions by using nonfiction texts.

We also dug further into our measuring skills by talking about centimeters. We played a fun game with dice and cubes to get us ready for adding lengths of measurement together. :)

Here's to another great week :)