For the week of March 29 – April 2 the menu is as follows:

Breakfast

Thursday:

Sausage Wraps

Juices

Syrup

Milk

Friday

Biscuit

Gravy

Chicken Patty

Juice

Milk

Lunch

Monday

Chicken Fajitas
Lettuce & Tomatoes
Shredded Cheese
Chili Beans
Salad
Pineapple
Milk

Tuesday

Baked Turkey
Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
California Veggies
Wheat Roll
Apple Cobbler
Milk

Wednesday

Lasagna
Salad
Ranch Dressing
Garlic Rolls
Baked Apples
Milk

Thursday

Vegetable Beef Soup

Grill Cheese Sandwich

Apples

Crackers

Milk

Friday

Hamburger with Cheese

Baked Beans

Dill Slices/Onions

Peaches

Mayo, Mustard, Ketchup

Milk

Lunch is a post from: PhD in First Grade

We do not need any more pencils sent to class.  We’ll have plenty between the ones already sent and I had a parent donate a large portion of pencils.  Thanks to all of you for your help!  You’ve been great parents this year and I really appreciate all the help and support.  Please remind students that school’s not over yet and we’ve still got tasks to complete.  Classroom behavior hasn’t been so great lately and I hope it will improve.  We’ll be back on our normal schedule next week.  Please look over your weekly reminders and your new six-week reminders.

Mrs. L

Mrs. L’s class note is a post from: PhD in First Grade

*  Story “Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!”

*  Oral Reading

Friday, April 2nd

*  Spelling – students need to correctly spell each word when called aloud

*Sight Word – must identify word upon sight (w/i 3 seconds per word)

*Vocabulary – must orally give the definition of word

Test Schedule is a post from: PhD in First Grade

Story:  “Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!”

Monday, 29th & Tuesday, 30th(in back of folder)

Read:  10 Important Sentences & Fluency Passages (2 times each)

RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Wed. 31st and Thurs April 1st

*Read Story:  “Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!”  (in reading book)  RECORD READING ON LOGS AND SIGN (in back of folder)

Friday, 26th

Students may choose their own reading selection:  “Free Choice  RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Study word lists nightly:  Spelling, Sight Words & Vocabulary.  These are found behind the purple section in the reading folder

Homework is a post from: PhD in First Grade

• Current story:  “Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!”  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
• Spring pictures due back on Friday, April 2 (send money in picture envelope order).  Remember to return proofs even if you’re not ordering pictures
• If you have not sent your child’s PE shoes back since spring break, please do so immediately
• You will be receiving information regarding our last field trip of the year and our end of the year party.  Dates are tentatively scheduled for – field trip April 16th – end of the year party, May 24th.  Costs and additional information will be coming home soon.

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

Now that the 2010 Census is fast approaching, media throughout the state of Alabama is doing all it can to encourage state residents to fill out and return their census forms starting April 1. Alabama Public Television (APT) is taking that encouragement a step further by helping Alabama’s children learn why it’s crucial for everyone in the state to be counted.

Parents who want to help their children understand the process, teachers who would like to incorporate census information in their curriculum and any Alabama resident interested in learning more about the census can visit APT’s Census Resource page at www.aptplus.org/aptplus/census 24 hours a day to get the census information they need. The page contains 85 separate Web links with everything from the history of the U.S. Census and maps, to a sample census questionnaire and fun quizzes. Nineteen of those links are targeted to schools, 39 are for classroom teachers, and 22 are specifically for the student. (Some links contain information available in multiple languages.) There are even coloring books for our state’s youngest residents.

In 2000, an estimated 53,000 Alabama residents were not counted in the U.S. Census, meaning that funding for government services did not accurately reflect Alabama’s true population. Data collected in this year’s census will affect the day-to-day lives of Alabama residents until 2020. It determines the number of seats our state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and impacts the federal dollars we receive. The census is vital to ensuring that Alabama communities have the resources to provide adequately for growth, changing values and interests of their residents.

APT Site Helps Children Understand Census is a post from: PhD in First Grade

*  Story “The Lady in the Moon”

*  Oral Reading

Friday, Feb. 26th

*  Spelling – students need to correctly spell each word when called aloud

*Sight Word – must identify word upon sight (w/i 3 seconds per word)

*Vocabulary – must orally give the definition of word

Test Schedule is a post from: PhD in First Grade

Story:  “The Lady in the Mooon” pgs 100-119

Monday, Feb. 22nd (in back of folder)

Read:  10 Important Sentences & Fluency Passages (2 times each)

RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Tuesday 23th (in back of folder)

*Read:  10 Important Sentences & Fluency Passage (3 times each)  RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Wed. 24th & Thur. 25th

*Read Story:  “The Lady in the Moon?”  (in reading book)  RECORD READING ON LOGS AND SIGN (in back of folder)

Friday, 26th

Students may choose their own reading selection:  “Free Choice  RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Study word lists nightly:  Spelling, Sight Words & Vocabulary.  These are found behind the purple section in the reading folder

Homework is a post from: PhD in First Grade

• 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

Local/National Contest Encourages Children to Write and Illustrate Their Own Stories

Alabama Public Television and PBS KIDS GO! have announced a new contest designed to let children’s creativity flow while they improve their literacy skills. The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest, a local/national contest for children in kindergarten through third grade, invites children to write and illustrate original stories, then submit them to APT for judging.

Original stories written and illustrated by the child must be mailed to APT (postmarked no later than March 26, 2010), who will select first, second and third-place winners in each grade level. Winners will be notified of their winning status and will receive a certificate and prizes for their work at the Alabama Book Festival in Montgomery on April 17. 

Local first-place winners will be entered into the national level of the contest, where a renowned panel of judges will identify the best of the best. National contest winners will earn additional prizes including laptops, digital cameras and MP3 players.

For contest details, rules and entry forms, log on to www.aptv.org/rr. A PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest Web site, at www.pbskids.org/read, will include the winning stories in each of the contest categories as well as an archive of winning stories.

Cindy Kirk, vice president of educational services at APT  explains that developing writing and other communications skills early is important in school achievement.. “This contest also gives free rein to an active imagination for added value,” she adds.

The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest is a part of PBS KIDS^® Raising Readers, a national program that uses the power of public media to build the reading skills of children ages 2-to-8, with an emphasis on children from low-income families.  The effort is funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education, part of a cooperative agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS and The Ready To Learn Partnership. 

Now, don’t you want to get your first grader to get going on that first book? This replaces the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest that APT has been part of for more than ten years. It’s so exciting to see the kid’s faces when they read or have their story read at the Alabama Book Festival! There’s tons of information at the above Web site.

APT and PBS are Rockin’ My World These Days is a post from: PhD in First Grade