• Our Thanksgiving feast is coming up next Tuesday. This feast is for all students. We are asking everyone to contribute something to the feast and first grade is contributing the corn. We are asking that everyone bring a can or two of corn to school by Monday, November 22^nd.

• If your child is bringing a jacket to school please make sure it has your child's name somewhere on it. If they would like to wear it inside the classroom it must be solid red, navy blue or white.

• The first grade holiday program will be on Thursday, December 16th at 2pm in the cafeteria.
  

• Please make sure your child is completing their entire homework packet(including the reading log) and bringing it to school on Friday.
  

• There will be no school next Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday November 24-26th. I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday!
  

Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. table
2. bubble
3. puzzle
4. beetle
5. single
6. title
7. apple
8. candle
9. people
10. because

Bonus words:
1. Tuesday
2. Thanksgiving

November 8th, 2010

There will be no school this Thursday, November 11th. I hope you have a great day off and I will see everyone back at school on Friday!

Please make sure your child's name is somewhere on their jacket! We have a lot of identical jackets in class and it is easy to get them mixed up.

Our annual Thanksgiving feast is on Tuesday, November 23rd. First grade is in charge of bringing corn to the feast. We are asking that all first graders bring in a can of corn by Monday, November 22nd. Thank you so much for your help with this!

Please make sure your child is completing their entire homework packet, including the reading log! If you are having problems getting homework done please let me know.

Here are the spelling words for the week:
1. hook
2. look
3. good
4. tooth
5. room
6. she
7. wish
8. fish
9. rush
10. fresh

Bonus Words:
Sunday
Monday

This Wednesday is Duds for Dollar Day. If your child brings a dollar they do not have to wear their uniform.

Book orders are due on Friday. Please send the order form and money to school with your child if you would like to order books.

Bingo night is this Friday at 6pm in the cafeteria! It is free to play bingo and there will be snacks for sale. This is a really fun family event!

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. can't
2. hasn't
3. didn't
4. I'll
5. we'll

Bonus words:
1. November
2. eight

This week's spelling words are all contractions. Contractions can be a little bit tricky so I gave fewer words this week. The apostrophe must be in the right place for the word to be counted correct.