Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!!

Holiday Party

Our holiday party will be a breakfast on Thursday, December 16th.
We will be enjoying pancakes, smokey links, milk and orange juice.
A note will be coming home soon asking for donations.
I will need parents to help cook the breakfast.
We will start cooking at 8 and be done by 9.

Report Cards

Look for report cards to come home on Friday, December 11th.

Some Scarecrow costumes

Here are a couple of the students that dressed up for this fun fall activity. We had fun reading, writing and doing Math. We also watched a great scarecrow movie. We even had great haystack cookies. Thanks for all your support.

Bat Assembly

What a great assembly! The students were so excited to see real live bats

Scarecrow Day is Friday, Oct. 22

This week we will be doing our Reading and Math around the scarecrow theme.
I would like the students to dress up like scarecrows on Friday.
We will have a few special activities that day.

Kalamazoo Nature Center Field Trip

On Tuesday, November 12th all the first and second graders went on a field trip to the Kalamazoo Nature Center. We learned about Native Americans. We learned about their shelters, food and games. We really enjoyed this trip.

Owl Pellets

Our class recently dissected owl pellets. This was a fun adventure.
Do you know owls eat their food whole and that the bones and fur do
not digest? We found bones and skulls in our pellets. Be sure to ask your
child about this science lesson.

Animal Studies

This month we are studying owls and bats. Next week we will dissect an owl pellet.
Watch for pictures.
October 25 we will have an assembly called "Bats of the World."

MAP Testing

This week we start testing all the students in Reading and Math.
This will be done in the computer lab.
Second graders will test on Monday and Tuesday.
First graders will test Wednesday-Monday. The test is read to the first graders.

Math groups start Tuesday, September 14. Watch for information from your child.
Reading groups will start the following week.

First Day of School

Everyone survived the first day of school! Even the teacher!
I am very excited to work with these students and I am looking forward
to a great year.

Don't forget to send a healthy snack to school each day.
Also, have your child have tennis shoes to wear at school each day.

Open House

Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1st from 6:00-7:00. I hope to see you there.

My Vacation

My husband and I took a vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC. What a great time! I loved walking along the beach looking for shells. I even found a live starfish.