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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/
aphillips@ncsmail.org