February 11, 2013

We have another busy week coming up! This week we will be celebrating Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and Arizona’s Birthday.  It is my favorite week in first grade!

Today we learned all about Chinese New Year, ask your children about some of the things we learned today!

We will have a Valentine’s Day celebration on Thursday. If your child would like to bring in cards please make sure they bring in one for everyone in the class. I have had some students ask if they could bring in a snack or treat to share for Valentine’s Day. They are more than welcome to do so, just please make sure they bring in enough for every student. We have 30 students in our class.

I sent home book orders last week. If you would like to order, please send in the order form and money by Tuesday, February 19^th. All checks should be made out to Scholastic Book Clubs. You can also order online. Go to scholastic.com and under the parent tab click on “order from book club flyer.” Our class code is HF6DD. 

A couple website reminders! You can visit my blog at misscochranlpa.blogspot.com. You will find the spelling words as well as class announcements there. You can also use spellingcity.com for your child to practice their spelling words. If you go to spellingcity.com you can click on the find a list tab near the top of the page. If you type in Jenna Cochran it should take you to a link to our spelling lists.

Please make sure you are reading with your children at home! It makes a HUGE difference in your child’s reading progress if they are being read to and practicing their reading at home. I know it can be frustrating at times, but it really is so important and will help your child so much. We read daily at school but a little extra one on one attention will make all the difference in the world.

As always, if you ever have any questions or concerns please let me know. The easiest way to reach me is by e-mail. My e-mail address is jcochran@lpatucson.org. I will typically respond within 24 hours. You can also send a note in your child’s folder since I check them daily.

Thank you for your support!

February 4, 2013

February 3, 2013

Dear Families-

This week is Love of Reading week! We will have fun reading related activities all week long. This morning we had a policeman come read to our class. On Friday, your child can dress up like their favorite character from a book. Your child needs to be able to tell me what book their character is from.

Wednesday is dollar dress down day. If your child pays a dollar they can dress down. 

Please make sure that if your child is wearing something under their uniform that it is school colors(red, white or navy blue).

We will be having a Valentine’s Day celebration in our class on Valentine’s Day. I know that a lot of children like to bring in Valentine’s Day cards for their friends. If your child would like to bring in cards please make sure they bring in a card for everyone in the class. We have 30 children in our class. I have attached a class list so they can address their cards. Please have them write the cards themselves. It is great writing practice.

I am sending home book orders today. If you would like to order please send the order form and cash or a check made out to Scholastic Books Clubs in by Tuesday, February 19^th. 

If your child needs extra spelling practice and you have the internet have your child check out spellingcity.com. I have been putting the spelling words up there and a lot of children have told me they really like using it to practice spelling.

As always, if you have any questions please let me know! You can e-mail me at jcochran@lpatucson.org or stick a note in your child’s folder. 

Here are the spelling words for the week:
1. out 
2. pound
3. couch
4. wow
5. plow
6. cow
7. now
8. about
9. without 
10. cowboy
*groundhog
*reading