Calendar:
February 4th - Pajama Day!! Oops - January got away from us. We will be having a pajama day for our Holiday January Coupon Present. Please make sure to bring/wear tennis shoes for PE and recess.
February 8th - Tentative date to visit the Coppell School Garden.
February 15th - NO SCHOOL for children. This is a workday for teachers.
February 18th - Weather Day (NO SCHOOL if we don't use a weather day)
February 19th - SIX FLAGS reading logs due (if you need a new one, please let your teacher know)
February 8th - Tentative date to visit the Coppell School Garden.
February 15th - NO SCHOOL for children. This is a workday for teachers.
February 18th - Weather Day (NO SCHOOL if we don't use a weather day)
February 19th - SIX FLAGS reading logs due (if you need a new one, please let your teacher know)
February 22nd - PTO movie night
Miscellaneous:
***Valentines Day is coming!! Our room moms are hard at work getting our party ready for us. Please look for a note to come home about valentine cards for classmates. Also, we are in need of valentine themed stickers, cut outs, etc. We will be decorating valentine bags in school to keep our cards in. If you can donate anything we can use to decorate our bags that would be FABULOUS! Please send them to school as soon as you can. THANK YOU!!!!
What Are We Learning?
Language Arts / Reading:
Spelling: We will continue working on compound words. Our spelling test over compound words will be on February 8th.
Reading/Writing: We will continue practicing our reading and writing skills to challenge ourselves to increase our skills.
**We celebrated World Read Aloud today with special visitors to our classrooms to read us a book. Ask your child who their special reading visitor was!
Reading/Writing: We will continue practicing our reading and writing skills to challenge ourselves to increase our skills.
**We celebrated World Read Aloud today with special visitors to our classrooms to read us a book. Ask your child who their special reading visitor was!
Social Studies:
In Social Studies, we will continue studying famous Americans and the influence they have made in our communities, states, and country! We can learn from positive choices made by these historical figures!
We will be adding reflections to our Famous American writings.
We will be adding reflections to our Famous American writings.
Math:
We are some money counting pros in first grade! This coming week we will be finishing up our unit on Money and moving to telling time. Learners are expected to tell time to the hour and half hour on both analog and digital clocks.
Math Take Home Activity:
Math Take Home Activity:
Practice counting a collection of coins or practice telling time on a clock. Things to point out include: the different hands, how can you tell if you are close to a new hour, what happens to the hour hand as the minute hand moves around the clock.
Science:
Science:
We are learning about the properties of earth materials and how we can use these materials. We will be exploring the what happens to rocks when they rub against each other and ways to separate rocks by size.
As we explore these earth materials, we will be taking a quick trip over to the Coppell Community Garden to see how how soil, rocks, and water are used. We have this trip tentatively scheduled for the 8th but it will be dependent upon the weather.
As we explore these earth materials, we will be taking a quick trip over to the Coppell Community Garden to see how how soil, rocks, and water are used. We have this trip tentatively scheduled for the 8th but it will be dependent upon the weather.
First Grade Spotlight:
1A:
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| 1A is happy to spotlight this cutie! Jack is a friend to all! He loves to play football, soccer and basketball. In his free time, he enjoys to play sports, play with his dog and also play prodigy. His favorite subject is math. Jack wants to be a scientist when he grows up! I can't wait to see all the things he will discover as a scientist! 1A loves Jack! |
1B:
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| 1B is proud to spotlight Rohan! Rohan is a wonderful part of 1B. He lights up any room that he is in and brightens our day each day he is here. When not at school Rohan likes to play WII party with his siblings and watch Ninjago. When he is at school he enjoys a good game of checkers with a friend. Rohan dreams of being a firefighter when he is older. His favorite vacation is a beach vacation in California to visit his grandma. 1B loves Rohan!!! |
1C:
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| 1C is very excited to spotlight Tanush! He is a sweet friend and always has a positive attitude. Tanush loves to write and practice his math problems. At home, he enjoys playing with his toys and older sister. Tanush also likes to play tennis and pet his dog, Pepsi. 1C adores Tanush and his wonderful friendship! |
1D:
Pics of the Week
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| 1D is thrilled to spotlight Kate. She is an excellent reader and writer. She goes above and beyond to help others and enjoys it! She loves to play soccer and to be with her friends. 1D adores sweet Kate! |
Pics of the Week
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| Our favorite spot to work! |
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| What handsome boys! |
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| Sweet Friends! |
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| Hard at work!!! |
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| We have been in school 100 days. We wrote about 100 things that you would NOT like to have. |
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| 1B sure loved our Guest Reader for World READALOUD Day!!! |
