Tuesday -  Read "Alexander Graham Bell" 

Wednesday - Come to Geography Night TONIGHT!!! Classrooms open at 7:00

Thursday -  Bring a bag from home to help carry home your belongings. :)

Friday -  Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! See you on Tuesday for one hour! :( :)

We are working on pronouns.  Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun.  (he, she, it, her, him, they...)

We are currently working on money.  We will be counting different amounts of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  First graders do a great job counting one type of coin in a row.  The tricky part is when you are adding up two, three, or four different types.  ex:  2 quarters, 2 dimes, and 1 nickel.   There will not be any more math tests this year.  

We are currently working on the story "Simple Machines".  The high frequency words for this story are against, goes, heavy, kinds, and today.  The phonics skills we are working on are the diphthong oi and oy (oil, toy) and the suffixes er and or (painter and sailor).  For the remainder of the school year we are going to continue learning the skills that go along with the stories, but we will not be taking any more reading tests.  :)  

On Thursday, May 9 we took our last spelling test for the year!

Variety Show - May 24

Last Day of School - May 28 for one hour

E-mail - My e-mail is back up!!!!!!!!!!!!  My new address is cmalare@wbsd113.org  Thank you for your patience during this!  

Germany - There is an AWESOME app for the Ipad to help learn the vocabulary ... and it's free!  Search for "Learn German Baby Flash Cards.  Enjoy!

Ipad :))))) - THANK YOU PTC for our wonderful ipad!!  Hopefully your child has been coming home and sharing some of the things we are using it for in our classroom.  Every night I am learning more on ways to enhance my teaching and your child's learning through the use of the ipad.  If you have any suggestions of apps or tools to use I am open to suggestions. :)

Help Wolf Branch  - Send in your Box Tops, Campbell's points and My Coke Rewards. The class submitting the most Box Tops wins a bakery treat each month. Rewards for the class turning in the most for the year earns points on something for our class. PLEASE see the WB e-newsletter for details, and links to collection forms. It is not necessary to use collection forms, just fill up a baggie and send them in!