Vocabulary Parade! WHAT is it? :-)

First Grade Vocabulary Parade

Friday, May 8^th from 8:15-8:30

example of a student who chose the word "heavy" and his visual depiction

The first grade students will participate in their FIRST Vocabulary Parade on Friday, May 8^th at 8:15. Students have been working all year on improving their reading and math skills, and a Vocabulary Parade is the perfect way to celebrate their hard work!

Parents are asked to get involved with the parade by assisting their children in choosing a word and then creating a visual depiction of the word. The visual representation could be as simple as holding up a picture that demonstrates their word or a more creative costume.  There are many samples online if you type in “vocabulary parade images”. 

A note was sent home today and a “planner” is included with it. This is a good tool to help the child think about the word they’ve chosen and what it means. Parents are encouraged to use this tool with their children.  WE encourage your child’s creativity!!!

The idea for a Vocabulary Parade came from Debra Fraiser.  She is the author of the book, Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster, where a student confuses the word “miscellaneous” for the name Miss Alaineus.

St. Patricks Day Fun:-)

We made our RAINBOW Fruit Kabobs last week...

Important Dates Coming Up

Monday, March 30th -Permission Slip Due for Field Trip to Fox Cities Theater

Friday, April 17th-Dress in your "Sunday Best" for our Field Trip to the Theater! BRING COLD LUNCH

Thursday, April 23rd Spring Concert 9:00 and 1:00 in Gym

Friday, May 8th First Grade Vocabulary Parade in Cafeteria @ 8:15-8:30 (More details will be coming home re: this!) Parents are welcome to watch:-)

Friday, May 29th @ 1:00
FIRST GRADE PLAY :-) 
"Three of a Kind"
in Gym

Wednesday, June 3rd End of Year Field Trip!  (Chilton Movie Theater for popcorn/movie then Lunch in Park/Play!)

Dress up days next week for No TV/Screens Week!

We are having different dress up days and activities for the week of March 23-27.  Here are the themes and activities!

Monday-Pajama Day, Bingo at 6:30

Tuesday-Hawaiian Beach Day, Spaghetti Supper 4:30-6:30

Wednesday-Crazy Day

Thursday-Disney/Superhero Day, Art Show at KPL 6:00-7:30

Friday-School Spirit Day, Candy Land Dance 6:00-8:00 in the gym

Monday Morning Meeting March 23rd!

You are invited to attend the Monday Morning Meeting this coming Monday on March 23rd at 8am.  The meeting usually lasts about a half hour. Your children have worked hard on their presenation and will be sharing examples of the appropriate time to talk. (This is the theme our class was given to work with.) The students created pictures of good and bad examples to share with the rest of the school.

St. Patricks Day Treat-Rainbow Fruit Skewers

In honor of Saint Patrick's Day (next Tuesday) we would like to make a special treat while we work on our Leprechaun Writing project! I will take care of picking up the fruit on Monday, but I am looking for one parent to cut up the strawberries, pineapple, and kiwi on Monday night. There isn't a lot of fruit to cut.  Just 2 cartons of strawberries, a pineapple, and 3/4 kiwi. THANKS!  

Our Class is Publishing a Book!

I am proud to tell you that your child's work will be featured in a a hardbound book, ALL ABOUT ANIMALS (created by our class)!  This will be a treasured keepsake in our classroom library for years to come! There will be information coming home on Thursday if you wanted to order a copy for home:-)  We have done this every year and we still have students that will stop in to say that was one of their favorite things they did in 1st grade and that they still will look through their "published" book:-)

Here was the project:
Our students chose an animal last week that they wanted to learn more about.  They checked out books from the library and have been reading/studying their animal for the past week and sharing their facts with fellow classmates.  Today was the BIG DAY to start officially working on our class book that will soon be published!  (The kids were VERY excited to be "real" authors today!) Each student wrote a one page piece & illustration about their selected animal.  We had students writing about a lion, manatee, snake, panda bear, dolphin, etc.  (Everyone had a different animal.) We will finish by Friday and will have a class "celebration" when the book arrives!!!!

Fang's Reading Program

Last week we had our kick off to FANG's READING CLUB with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.  It is an incentive-based reading program.  Your child will have the opportunity to improve his/her reading skills while earning prizes from the Timber Rattlers!  If your child completes the program, he/she has hit a HOME RUN by reading and will be rewarded a complimentary ticket and hot dog & soda voucher to our school’s Family Night.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

The Goal is to read 8 books=2 weeks=1 Fang Character colored/returned to school!  

SIMPLE! We have one week down! 

-The program started last week  March 2, 2015 and concludes  April 27, 2015

-The program is divided into four 2-week segments.  Each segment represents a
   base on a baseball diamond.  When your child completes a segment, they will
   receive a Timber Rattler prize and advance to the next base.  The goal is to hit a
   HOME RUN and receive a complimentary game ticket!
-Your child has hit a HOME RUN upon completion of all assignments! He/she will have

earned a complimentary ticket and hot dog & soda voucher to our school’s Family Night.  Parents and siblings are encouraged to join us at the ballpark on Friday, May 29, 2015  at  6:35 p.m.

ANY QUESTIONS, please email us!

Read Across America Week Peformance!

This morning we got to enjoy a performance by Mr. Mike Mathes.  The students loved it and got to sing along.  Many of them were bopping along with the beat.  He also shared his love for reading and sang some original songs he wrote himself.  It was a fun time!