Weekly Newsletter

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                                     Messages from Mrs. Phillips
                                         November 9-13, 2009

          Weekly Specials:   Mon. - Music          Tues. - Gym & Computer 
Wed. - Mass,Art & Library    Thurs. - Music & Computer    Fri. - Gym & Spanish

Home Assignments... see assignments for this week under Home Assignments
Complete assignments & read with your child for 10 minutes each night.     

Religion...Chapter 8: We Give Thanks to God
•There is a Chapter 8 Review (Quiz), pages 105-106 due back on Tuesday & a 
Unit 2 Review due back on Wednesday.  You may read the questions to your 
child; but please allow him/her to answer the questions on their own.  
•We learned about the Lord's Prayer and how Jesus taught us to pray.  I will 
be listening to each child recite the "Our Father" individually for a grade 
on Tuesday, November 10th. Please help your child practice the "Our Father" 
prayer each day at home.  We will also be praying the Lord’s Prayer, “Our 
Father” daily in our classroom.

Spelling... Study 10 Long a Words (CVCe) (Test Friday, November 13th)	
Ask your child about our "Letter Aerobics" we do in class.  We are working on 
recognizing if the letter is "tall", "short" or "long" on our handwriting 
paper.  This is a FUN activity and it helps the children remember where a 
letter begins & ends when we are writing words.  This is especially important 
since they will be writing their Spelling words for their test.

Word Wall Words... Test Friday, November 13th
Please review the WWW to see if your child can recognize and locate these 
words when reading stories at home. These are important words that are needed 
frequently when reading.  Your child should over-learn to read these words 
by "sight".  Write each week’s new Word Wall Words on note cards and use 
these as a quick review to study each evening at home.

Visit Mrs. Phillips’ Webpagewww.teacherweb.com/OH/NorwalkStPaul/phillips/     
I try to update my teacher webpage every Friday if you are interested in 
looking ahead to see what the next week’s assignments, Word Wall Words, 
Spelling words, important notes and upcoming events are.  We enjoy visiting 
the Spelling City website on our smart board and playing games with our 
weekly Spelling words.  It is an excellent site with games to help your child 
learn their Spelling words.  I have showed the children how to go to my 
webpage and click "educational sites" and Spelling City is listed there, with 
the new week’s list words ready to practice.
                                                                          
Math – We will learn Subtraction facts: Subtracting 1 & Counting dimes this 
week.  We will continue to review Addition Facts: Adding 0 & Adding 1,Doubles 
with Sums to 18 facts (Ask your child the Doubles Rap), counting on to find a 
sum, write number sentences for “Some, Some More” stories & "Some, Some Went 
Away" stories, and get our next set of flashcards.  When flashcards are 
assigned, your child should write the answer and their initials on the back 
of each card.  They should practice these facts and return flashcards back to 
school the next day.   

First Grade Behavior 
If your child seems overly excited about receiving a brightly colored note, 
it’s because it’s extra special.  These notes are given to individuals and/or 
the entire class when they've made good choices and had a great day!  The 
children are all beginning to show me that they know how First graders 
behave.  I am seeing "First grade hands", "Eyes on the Speaker" and when 
instructions are being given they "Stop, Look and Listen".     

Dress Code
Please make sure your child is in dress code before they leave home in the 
morning.  Some children aren't tucking in their shirts or wearing belts if 
they have belt loops.   

(AR) Accelerated Reader Helpers Needed
The children will take (AR) tests in the morning from 8:30-9:00.  If your 
child has read an (AR) book, please fill out the AR paper that was sent home 
and return it back to school.  I now have parent volunteers for Monday (Mrs. 
Ceccoli), Tuesday - (Mrs. Adelman), Wednesday (Mrs. Moffit), Thursday (Mrs. 
Bleile) & Friday - (Ms. Winslow) to assist the children by locating the book 
they are taking a test on and helping read the questions.  Please let me know 
what day you would be available to help out if something comes up and the AR 
volunteer isn't available on their assigned day (Mrs. Patti Bleile is 
available).  Thank you for volunteering your time each week!

Upcoming Dates...
•Friday, November 6th - GRADE CARDS CAME HOME   You may keep grade card & any 
contents inside envelope.  Please include a parent signature on the 1st 
Quarter line before sending the envelope back to school.
•November 10th & November 12th – PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES   Please knock on 
our classroom door when you arrive so I know my next scheduled conference has 
arrived.  This will help me stay on schedule. Thank you!
•Friday, November 13th - EARLY RELEASE (GREADES 1-6) @ 11:30
•Monday, November 23rd - THANKSGIVING FEAST PREPARED BY MRS. PHILLIPS   
Students will be asked to bring in a can of fruit that will be combined in a 
bowl for our fruit salad and a drink (a juice box/water) for them self.  More 
information will come home soon.
•Wednesday, November 25th - THANKSGIVING BREAK BEGINS

                           Have a Fantastic Week!!!
                                  GO FLYERS!!!
                                 Mrs. Phillips
                                                                         
                                www.teacherweb.com/OH/NorwalkStPaul/phillips/
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