Newsletter for May 7-16, 2008

Field Day

Our Field Day was a great success.  Many thanks to our Coaches, Parents, PTA, and our Fifth Grade Buddies.  Our principal, Mrs. Whalen, volunteered for the "Dunk Tank" with many teachers and students, so between the Relay Races in the morning, and the Stations in the afternoon, everyone had a great time.  I know the Comets have been practicing with the Coaches, but we won the majority of the Relay Races.  I might need to rename our class, "The Speedy Comets!"  Thanks to everyone who donated items and helped with today's festivities.

Math

We are using our Smartboard with many activities during the day, but the Math Program is so much fun because Mrs. Clayton can download the exact page from the "E-Book" along with the "Problem of the Day" so we can do these measuring activities together.  We will soon be finished with measurement and we can continue more work with "Double-Digit Addition and Subtraction."  This will be our last topic in Math for this year.

Language Arts

We read "Geraldine's Baby Brother" on Monday and discussed how Willie, the baby, upset Geraldine and then when Geraldine finally began to help him, she began to like him.  Many students have younger siblings so they can relate to this story very well.

Mother's Day Gifts

We have made three nice gifts for our moms and the students have worked very hard listening to directions and creating these items for you.  We hope you will enjoy them on Mother's Day, May  11th.

Awards Day, May  15th - 9:15 AM

Our Annual First Grade Awards Day will  be on Thursday, May  15th, at 9:15 AM in the Cafeteria.  We only have Good Citizenship, Perfect Attendance, and Faithful Attendance (no absences and less than three tardies) Awards in First Grade.  The Good Citizenship Award is chosen by the students themselves, for one boy and one girl in each First Grade Class.  We recently voted by secret ballot, so the students do not know who won these awards.  This Assembly is only for the parents of students who are receiving the above awards, and I have contacted only those parents who need to attend.  Thank you.