Newsletter...

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Don't forget to have your child send in their cleaned out jar and wrapped book for the book exchange on Monday. 
                               
                             
It's going to be a cold one tonight! Brrrrrr.... 

Newsletter...

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Also, just a reminder that wrapped books for the Book Exchange are due 12/12.

We will also do this awesome Snowman reading lamp project. Please send in a clean jar for your child to make one. Please make sure any labels from the surface are removed too. We will read by snowman light on the last day before break. And maybe even in our pajamas :)


                                    

Newsletter...

Welcome back families. Click here for this week's newsletter. 

Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Chester to the 1st grade team. She will be a teacher assistant for tracks 2 and 3 and since track 2 is out right now we have her all to ourselves! Yea us!!!! We are so happy to have her!

             

National holidays...

Boys and girls click here to get to your National Holiday video. 

Strategies...

Did you enjoy our Student Led conferences and wish you had a copy of the addition and subtraction strategies your child shared with you? Well here they are! They will also be posted under the "Video Links" tab in the "Keep Calm and do  Math" section. Enjoy! 

Newsletter...

 Click here for this week's newsletter. Be sure to sign up for a Student Led conference. 

Stay dry and safe this weekend. May you and  yours who may be living along the southeastern coast fair well after all this rain and  wind. 



And just becuase I love this...
           

Fall Student Led Conferences...

Our first Student Led Conference Sign Ups are ready. Click 

HERE

to get to Sign Up Genius. If none of these dates or times work for you please let me know and we can try to work something else out. 

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The fall book fair is coming up. Check out the newsletter for the Media by  Moonlight date to mark in your calendar. 

Click here to get to this week's newsletter. Have a wonderful weekend. 

Thanks to everyone who helped to get field trip forms and money in this week. It was a tremendous help :)

                     

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Interested in volunteering on a regular basis? Enjoy working with small groups of students and leading them on a challening journey of learning? K.I.T. may be for you. Click here to learn more and joing a session lead by our AG teacher Mrs. Carr. These are units so you can choose 1 or all 4. 

Spanish Concert and Newsletter...

Click here to get to this week's newsletter. The kids were awesome at the Walk-a-Thon! 

Mark your calendar. On September 28 from 1:55-2:40 our students will perform a Spanish Concert in the Learning Commons. Want to know more? Click here for a note from Senora Lipetzky and Mr. Colon. 

Does your child want to practice at home to be ready? Click here to go to Senora Lipetzky's blog and click on the 1st grade project. 

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There is a new poll!!! I'd love to hear from you ------------->

If you wanted to order books from Scholastic the deadline is today. I won't do the order until Monday so if you need a few more days please do is ASAP. You can order online at https://clubs.scholastic.com/. Our class code is HCPJW. Tons of good choices available each month and very reasonable priced. September 15ish we will celebrate "Dot Day" with others around the globe. The Dot by Peter Reynolds can be found in Scholastic's SeeSaw September edition. If you do not know this story check it out. It will soon become a family favorite. It supports the "Power of Yet", the Growth Mindset, never giving up and GRIT. 
                                                          
                         

Newsletter...

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White T-shirts need to be sent to school on Monday so they will be ready for...TYE-DYE Tuesday

Reminder...

Just a reminder that Wednesday (purple) folders went home today. Please check these and take all the papers out unless something is to be filled out and returned. The D.O.T. pockets are not the best for carrying loads of paper to and from school and things get lost in the shuffle. I want to make sure you stay in the know with what is happening at Brassfield and in our classroom. 

Tomorrow is Crazy Sock Day! This is voluntary, of course, but lots of fun. Zaxby's is also the place to meet for dinner afterwards. Hope you can make it and help Brassfield earn $. The class with the highest number of participating students will win a Zaxby's party!!!


                    
Also, be sure to be doing your child's reading with them each night. Rereading the passage and reading the words/phrases really helps improve fluency and accuracy for our young readers. 

Track In...

Track in is upon us. We track in on Monday, August 22nd. We will be in room 211. Please check your child's binder on Monday. We have two sets of pictures coming up the week we track back in. 

• Fall individual pictures will be on Wednesday, August 24 at 10:20 am. 
• I-Dent-A-Kid pictures will be on Thursday, August 25 at 9:40 if you opt for these pictures.

Looking forward to seeing all the kids and hearing all about everyone's track out. 

                                

Happy Track Out...

We did it! We had our first Track Out as 1st graders. The children brought home two OPTIONAL Track Out assignments. These do not have to be done but will be rewarded if they are. Be sure to check your child's Homework Folder in their D.O.T. for details. 

When we track back in we will be in room 211 where Mrs. Gibson is currently. Please have your child vote on a color for the TYE-DYE t-shirts we will make when we track back in. -->

I hope you have a wonderful Track Out time with your children and get to spend time together. I can't wait until we return! I will check emails from time to time so if you need anything let me know. 

Newsletter...

Another great week in the books! All 9's and 10's in specials so we got to do something extra fun on Friday to celebrate. Click here for this week's newsletter. Please pay close attention to the homework section. A new sheet is coming home starting Monday. 

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It's been a great week! Click here to view this week's newsletter.


OPEN HOUSE is Tuesday, July 19. Session one is from 5:30-6:10. Session two is from 6:15-6:55. This is a time for parents to learn more about what is happening in the classroom. Looking forward to meeting you. 

Senora Lipetsky and Mr. Colon are working very hard on a concert that your 1st grader will be a part of. Click here to access the songs and the dates for when our performance is. We perform on Sept. 28th. 

Newsletter...

Click here for this week's newsletter. When you get a chance go to Twitter or check out of feed on our blog. We did some really cool stuff today. 

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We have very special homework this week. It is called the one word homework. I need this to complete an end of the year gift for the class. Please help your child complete this and return it Monday. 

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Please consider sending in items for our food drive. 1st grade has been assigned fruit. Any packaged fruit will go to a very good cause. 

Newsletter...

Click here for this week's newsletter. There is important information about upcoming assessments. Please check it out. Also another...
 to Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Flaig, Mrs. Jung, Mrs. Ailstock and Mrs. Stevens for chaperoning our field trip. You rock ladies! 

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Many many thanks for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week and Birthday. I appreciate you showering me with sweet sediments, treats and gifts. I felt the love this week! 

Click here for this week's newsletter and to read about our 2nd grade boot camp classroom changes. We are getting ready! And, we are excited about it!!!!! Also, we were in "The Total Connection" newspaper on the front page. Ask your child to show you the article. 

 With it being EOG's for Track 1 next week we could sure use some extra hands with lunches. If you can help M, T, W, and/or Th we would greatly appreciate it. TA's will be helping to proctor so we will be very limited. We will eat lunch from 11:45-12:15. Click here to sign up. 

Track In...

It's time for us to track back in!!! Hard to believe this is the last stretch of 1st grade. Please let your child know we are in room 204. They can look for our flag. 

The spelling words posted are for this week and next week. Two days wasn't enough time to learn them and I wanted to get a head start. I will post a newsletter on Friday. We are working on the same standards this week and next week. 

Just a reminder that we do have a field trip coming up May 25th. And... we get to do the BIG BANG FAIR on Tuesday May 17th!!! 

I will be out on our track in day :( but my great friend Mrs. Fonville and Mrs. Teristi will be here to help the kids track in. I wrote them a note but you can also give them a heads up before tomorrow morning. I will be here Friday.

No newsletter this week...

Since we track out next week, and only have 2 days,  we will continue standards from this week into next week. Therefore, there is no newsletter. You can see last weeks for specific standards we are working on. We will have our spelling test on Tuesday. We are still working on this week's words into next week.

Many thanks to all the kids and parents who participated in Student Led Conferences this week. I hope you enjoyed seeing how your kids have grown since the fall. It truly is amazing. Great job boys and girls! 

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Super Kid Day was a ....

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Click here for the newsletter. Also it's time for conferences. Click here for the Sign Up Genius sign up. You should have also gotten an email. Happy April!

Have a fantastic 3 day weekend. The newsletter can be found here.

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Click here for this week's newsletter. Sorry for the delay. Also, please welcome our new student and his family to our class.They are coming from Chapel Hill and prior to that Colorado. Welcome Davis family! 

Newsletter...

Click here for this week's newsletter. Interims went home today. Please be sure to sign the second page and return them Monday. Let me know if you have questions. 

We had a great field trip today. We go to be geologists!!!! Check out our Twitter feed to the left to see us! 

Newsletter....

Welcome Back! It's been a busy week here at school. Click here to get the newsletter. Please read it over. It has some important information. 

 Good luck to our very own Sam and all the other Brassfield Odyssey of the Mind teams as they compete on Saturday. Break a leg! 

Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 20th is a snow make up day. The cafeteria is closed. No lunch will be served and items can not be bought. Please pack your child a big snack. 

Updates & President's Day...

Since there is no school today we will do Valentines on Tuesday and 100 Day Wednesday. Can't wait to see how old the kids look Wednesday! 

Did you know that the 3rd Monday of every February is President's Day?  Want to learn more about President's Day? Check out these videos. 

Do you want to be president when you grow up? What kind of leader do you want to be? Let me know in the comment section below. 

Track In...

Track in is upon us. Some exciting events are coming up next week. 

•  We will exchange Valentine's on Monday Feb. 15th our Track In day. We will be tracking into room 206. Please send your child to school with the holder they made and their Valentines. 
• Monday is also President's Day. I will post an activity for the kids to do on the blog. I will tell the kids about it on Monday and it is optional if they want to participate. 
• Tuesday, Feb. 16th will be the 100th day of 1st grade! I know... I can't believe it either. Your child can come to school dressed like they were 100 years old. Get creative. I can't wait to see what we will all look like. BUT... IF we don't have school Monday (snow is in the forecast) we will do 100 day on Wednesday. I will post on the blog, send and email and a Remind 101 if we have to change the date. Right now it is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16th. 

Looking forward to seeing the kids next week. Enjoy your last few days of track out. 

Track Out...

Well, we made it to track out. It has been one crazy but productive week. We didn't get to everything planned but we got to a lot.

•  We finished building our community so when we track back in we will decide if it is efficient or if we need to add anything. The kids are already coming up with ideas. Check out our twitter feed to see what we built. 
• We finished our All About books and got to video tape them on SeeSaw. Your child brought home log in instructions. Please download this app and check it out. We will use this as a digital portfolio for the remainder of the year. You can even leave a comment for them. It is wonderful! The kids were bummed that they didn't get to take their geo animal home, but we didn't get to finish the math part of this project. So... we put them on display in the library to keep them safe and wow all the other Brassfield students with our hard work. 
• We didn't get to make our snowman luminaries :( We are so so disappointed. Wouldn't they have been great during this winter weather? But, never fear. I have all the stuff and we will complete them when we track back in. 
• I sent home a reading challenge. If the kids complete their hot chocolate challenge over track out when we track in we will have a hot chocolate lunch bunch. Be sure to sign off and return this when we return to school in Feb. This is optional. 
• I sent home a math packet to practice what we have learned this past track in. If they complete this they can earn a homework pass. This is optional. 
• Don't forget to have your child write out their valentines and make their valentine holder over track out. We will hand them out on Feb. 15th. Click here for ideas.

Have a great break. Stay warm and wish for inches on snow while we are tracked out! See you Feb. 15th. 

newsletter...

Click here for this week's newsletter. Don't forget:

• Geo Animals are due Tuesday
• Send your child in with their jar so they can make their snowman nightlight on Friday. Thank you Mrs. Talbot for the idea! 

Jan. 8th newsletter

Click here for this week's newsletter. It has some important information so please read it over. ** We need jars for this...

I know, aren't they adorable! 








We are learning how to use the SPOT AND DOT strategy to figure out longer words with multiple syllables. Check out the "Video Links" tab and look under the "Keep Calm and Spell On" section to learn more about this.