• Current story:  “Lady in the Moon”  Please follow reading homework schedule specifically as is given on the notice.  Remember to record all reading on the log, and to sign the back.  Remember the selection test and oral reading test are on Thursday.  Spelling, sight word and vocabulary tests will be on Friday
• Report Cards will be sent home on Feb. 25th.  Please sign and return to your child’s teacher.
• Spring pictures will be sent home to proof when they arrive.  Please send them back regardless if you order them or not.
• Swamp John’s on March3rd.  We’ll send more info. as we receive it from P.T.O>

First Grade Reminders is a post from: PhD in First Grade

Using this learning resource, parents and students can also access educational PBS programs that bring another dimension to learning, such as NOVA, Between the Lions and Cyberchase.  Tools for parents and teachers to create blogs, podcasts, multimedia assignments and quizzes to promote creative and critical thinking skills are also available on APTPLUS.

Alabama’s stories are told through the APT-produced content available in the APTPLUS Digital Library database including the story of the migrating Whooping Cranes that fly over Alabama and the array of talent displayed by Alabama craftsmen and artisans in the series entitled Alabama Craft: Tradition and Innovation, all on APTPLUS.

Just think of it as your own private library, filled with videos, still images and audio that’s at your disposal when you need it. Best of all, there’s no questionable content that you might find on a general Internet search engine. Remember, we’re talking APT, here. Trust is our middle name!

Registering for and using APTPLUS^™ is easy at www.aptplus.org. Parents should click on “Parent Registration” and scroll down the page to complete the online form to request a username and password, which will be e-mailed to them within three business days. For registration assistance or answers to other questions, go to www.aptplus.org and click on “contact APTPLUS.” Registration is not required for the other APTPLUS databases including the APTPLUS Digital Library and the APT Adult Education database. For registration assistance or answers to other questions, go to www.aptplus.org and click on “contact APTPLUS.”

Information from the Alabama Public Television Network is a post from: PhD in First Grade

The idea of a southern snow tends to bring shoppers out looking for the necessities.  And in many cases, instead of looking for the best shopping deals and instead looking to find the products that can sustain you during a power outage, especially since snow usually means ice in the south and the ice generally means a sense of confinement. 

With that, you can still take part of compare shopping prices while you look for some food that can be prepared without the use of power and possibly you want to find some games that you can play with your children that, unlike the Wii or other massive battery eaters, can be played as the family hunkers down in one of the house. 

One thing I don’t recommend, if purchasing and stocking up your freezers right now because the loss of power definitely means the loss of your perishables.  So, think ahead but try not to get too greedy with stockpiling anything that you don’t want to lose in case of a power outage.

I do suggest buying some card games suitable for your children, maybe some dominos, or the old standby of monopoly or what about trivia games.  And, of course, make sure you grab that habitual loaf of bread, or two or three depending on how many mouths you have to feed and then grab the peanut butter and maybe a few other things that don’t require any use of electricity.  All I can say, is good luck and hang in there!

Now, let’s get this New Year started and get these kids back to learning!

A quick note before we return to school is a post from: PhD in First Grade

*Return Cullman field trip confirmation and permission slips by Wed 11/4/2009

*  Book Fair in Library – November 4 – 9th send money in labeled envelope

*Veterans Day – Wed. 11/11/09 – NO SCHOOL/NO HOMEWORK

*Cullman field trip money due – Friday 11/13/2009 – $16 cash (exact amount) or check (with phone and licenses number) – end money in a labeled envelope

* Cullman field trip – Friday, November 20th – Please read back over all the information that was sent home to you regarding the field trip.

*Thanksgiving Holiday – Nov. 23 – 27th – NO SCHOOL/NO HOMEOWRK – HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE OLIDAY BREAK

First Grade Reminders Week of Nov. 2 – Nov. 6 is a post from: PhD in First Grade

Pardon’s last week’s delays! is a post from: PhD in First Grade

The Teacher’s Role

The Parent’s Role

Remember

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT

Helping Your Child Learn To Read is a post from: PhD in First Grade