Our holiday program is this week. For the holiday program your child can wear jeans and a holiday shirt if they have one. If not please have them wear their red uniform shirt if possible. It will be taking place on Tuesday at 2pm in the cafeteria. I hope to see you there! We expect it to last between 30 and 45 minutes with cookies and juice afterwards. Please feel free to take your child with you afterwards but please let me know they are leaving.

Report cards go home on Wednesday. This is a half day with no after school or lunch. Please arrange to have your child picked up promptly at 11:30. If your child will not be here on Wednesday and you would like your child's report card ahead of time please let me know by Tuesday morning. I will not be able to get report cards right after the holiday program because I will need to be in the cafeteria with the other students.

Spellingcity.com is a great website to use to practice spelling words. Go to spellingcity.com and at the tookbar on the top click on find a list. Type Jenna Cochran into the teacher box and our lists will come up. There are a lot of fun activities and games you can use to practice the words.

I hope you all have a wonderful break with your children! See you back at school on January 4th!

Here are a couple of announcements about upcoming events.

Field trip money was due on Friday. Please send it in asap if I have not already received it from your child. If your child will not be going on the field trip please let me know that as well so we can plan accordingly.

Our 1st grade holiday program is on Tuesday, December 15th at 2:00pm in the cafeteria. The kids have been working hard on their songs and we would love to see you there!

Report card day is December 16. This is an early release day with no after school or lunch. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up right at 11:30. If your child will not be at school on this day please let me know so I can give them their report card ahead of time.

Here are the spelling words for next week:
1. star
2. cheese
3. horse
4. quilt
5. storm
6. start
7. bench
8. chart
9. north
10. queen

Bonus Words:
1. snowflake
2. Sunday

Here are next weeks spelling words in case you want to get a head start on them! All of these words contain rules we will be learning in phonics during the week.

1. light
2. safely
3. illness
4. braid
5. train
6. hay
7. spray
8. right
9. answer
10. something

Bonus words:
1. December
2. early

Have a fantastic Thanksgiving break with your children!

Reminders!

There are a couple of quick things I wanted to remind everyone about.

We will be going on our first field trip on February 11th. We will be attending a Nate the Great play. Although the play is still a couple months away, the money for the tickets is due in December. Please send $8 to school with your child by December 4th. Permission slips will be going home closer to the date of the play.

Our Thanksgiving Feast will be on November 24th. All of the classes will contribute something to the feast and first grade is in charge of corn. Please send a can or two of corn to school with your child by Monday, November 23rd. Thank you so much for your help!

There will be no school on November 25th, 26th or 27th. I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving break with your children.

Spelling

1. bubble
2. table
3. sniffle
4. candle
5. people
6. giggle
7. bottle
8. beetle
9. struggle
10. eye

Bonus words:
1. caterpillar
2. butterfly

Spelling Words

1. could
2. would
3. should
4. because
5. shark
6. hook
7. tooth
8. shake
9. school
10. good

Bonus words:
1. November
2. ladybug

Spelling Words

This week we are doing contractions. Please make sure your child knows the correct place for the apostrophe in the word.

1. isn't
2. aren't
3. we'll
4. I've
5. we're
6. can't
7. let's

Upcoming events

Here are a couple of reminders for you:

If you would like to schedule a conference with me regarding your child's progress please let me know.

We are getting into the season where a lot of children are getting sick. Please do not send your child to school if they have a fever or if they have been throwing up.

I have had a few people ask me about Halloween costumes. The children are not allowed to wear their costumes to school on Friday, October 30th. They can wear them to Harvest Fest on that evening if they would like.


Here are some of the important dates and events we have coming up:

October:
21-The Sally Foster and cookie dough sales end. If you sold something please return the envelope and money to school. If you didn't sell anything the envelope does not need to be returned.

22-Picture retakes-If your child was not in school that day they will be getting their picture taken on this day.

22-Chick-fil-a fundraiser from 4-8pm at the El Con Mall Chick-fil-a -There is a form you can give them so our school will get a percentage of the cost of your order. If you need one, or need extras to give a friend or a neighbor please let me know!

30-Harvest Fest at the Lakeside campus from 6-9pm- We are asking for candy donations for the Harvest Fest. If you can donate anything please drop it off in our classroom or send it to school with your child.

November:
4- Dollar dress down day

5- PTO meeting-6:30-7:30 in the cafeteria

11-Veteran's Day-There is no school on this day.

Spelling List

Here is the spelling list for the upcoming week.

1. trust
2. jumping
3. just
4. fun
5. stump
6. lunch
7. runs
8. club
9. plum
10. snug

Upcoming Events

Here are some events that are coming up in the next couple weeks.

October 2nd: Book orders are due. Send the money and order form to school with your child by this day.

October 2nd: Pancakes with the Principal. This event starts at 7:30 and is in the cafeteria. Pancakes are 50 cents each. You can eat with your child or your child can eat on their own. Character lunch with the principal and bingo night are also on this day.

October 8th: 40th day. Attendance on this day detemines our funding for the year. Please make sure your child is in school on this day!

October 9th: This is the last day of the quarter, it is a half day with no lunch and no after school. Please make sure to pick your child up promptly at 11:30. Report cards go home on this day as well.

October 12 and 13th: There will be no school on these days because of Harvest Break.

Spelling Words

This week we will be focusing on short o words. Please make sure your child can read and spell the words.

1. lost
2. block
3. box
4. soft
5. drop
6. stop
7. dog
8. spot
9. hot
10. along

Here are the spelling words for the upcoming week.

1. him
2. if
3. milk
4. drip
5. fix
6. lift
7. six
8. list
9. print
10. swim

We are working on short i words this week. Please make sure your child can read and spell these words.

Spelling Words

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. clap
2. fast
3. ask
4. hand
5. ran
6. stand
7.past
8. bat
9. hat
10. class

This week all of the words have short a in them. They can also all be sounded out and spelled.

Spelling List

Here is the spelling list for next week. There is no school on Monday so this list will be sent home on Tuesday with the homework packet. I am posting it now so the kids can get a head start on practicing the words over the long weekend.

1. girl
2. at
3. why
4. how
5. what
6. who
7. said

Spelling Tips!

School continues to go well! We are working hard in all of our subjects and I am very proud of all of the kids.

One thing we do in first grade is spelling tests. Spelling tests are new for many children and some struggle with them at first. Here are some things you can do to help your child be successful on spelling tests and with spelling in general.

• Make flash cards that have the spelling words on them. Have your child read the words to you. Mix the words up so that they are not memorizing the order.
• Give your child mock spelling tests. Have them practice writing the words down on paper as you read the word to the student. Again mix up the words so they don't just memorize them.
• While driving in the car to and from school, or running errands, name off the words and have your child spell them for you.
• When reading a book or when you see a word written somewhere ask them to point it out or show it to them and ask them to read to you. We want the student to be able to recognize the word in actual writing, not just for spelling tests.
• Write the word on the paper with a few misspellings of the word. See if your child can identify which word is spelled correctly.
• Ask your child to use the word in a sentence. If they cannot use it correctly help them come up with one.
• Review words from past weeks. We want to be sure the students don't forget the words just because the test is over!
  

The most important thing about spelling tests is for the children to remember the words and be able to read and write them even after the spelling test is over. Having them go over the word in a variety of ways will help with this!

Many students still adjusting to the first grade and their new classmates and new teacher. If you have any questions about anything happening in class or are wondering about your child's progress please let me know! I can be most easily reached at jcochran@lpatucson.org. I check my e-mail several times a day and will get back to you as soon as possible.

Dear Families-

The first couple weeks of school have gone great! We are working on appropriate behavior in the classroom and reviewing kindergarten concepts.

Here are some of the things we are working on:

Reading-We are working on identifying what happened in the beginning, middle and end of a story and knowing what the title, author and illustrator of a story are. We are also working on reading and sounding out words.

Phonics- We are currently reviewing the different letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make.

Writing- In writing we are practicing stretching out words in order to hear all the sounds which helps us spell them. We are also working on adding drawings to our writing to help tell the story.

Math- We are working on writing our numbers and bar graphs. We are also going over putting numbers in order.

I will update this site frequently with what we are working on, spelling lists, special assignments and important dates to remember.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know! My e-mail address is jcochran@lpatucson.org.