• 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.

October 18, 2010

I hope you all had a fantastic break! Here are a couple of announcements for you:

Harvest is coming up on October 29th! Please read the Link for more information about tickets, dates and times for Harvest Fest.

It is getting a little bit cold. If your child is bringing a jacket to school and wants to wear it inside it needs to be red, white or blue. Your child can wear any color jacket outside.

Picture retakes are on Tuesday, October 26th . I sent home an order form for those of you who wanted to buy pictures last time and did not get a chance. If you purchased pictures last time but wanted them retaken please send the original picture packet to school with your child.

There are a couple new parts to homework this week. Please make sure your child completes and turns in all parts of the homework.

Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. that
2. them
3. bath
4. thrill
5. long
6. thing
7. bang
8. sleep
9. deep
10. feet

Bonus words:
1. October
2. school

October 4, 2010

Thursday is the 40th day of school!! It is so important that every one is here on that day. We will be doing a lot of fun activities and we will be having a pajama day. Your child can wear their pajamas but please make sure they are wearing regular shoes because we have P.E. that day.

Wednesday is dollar dress down day. If your child brings a dollar to school they do not have to wear their uniform. Please make sure their outfit is school appropriate(ex. no flip flips, spaghetti straps, etc.).

If you have egg cartons at home that you don't need please send them to school. These can be used for so many activities in the classroom. The art teacher is also asking that you send newspapers to school.

If your child is having a birthday and would like to bring a treat to share with the class please let me know ahead of time. All food items must be store bought. We have 28 children in our class. Thank you so much for your help with this!

Next Wednesday, October 13th, is the end of the quarter. This is a half day with no after school. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up at 11:30.

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. sit
2. step
3. sick
4. stick
5. black
6. lock
7. duck

Have a great week!

Miss Cochran

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. milk
2. dog
3. him
4. smell
5. tell
6. spin
7. best

Movie night will be taking place in the cafeteria on Friday night. The movie shown will be Toy Story 3.

Cookie dough order forms were sent home today. Please look through the packet that was put in your child's backpack.

School pictures were also sent home. All students who paid for pictures should have recieved them by today.

Please make sure your child is doing the writing portion of their homework. The assignment for writing is listed on the cover page of the homework packet. This is a required part of homework. The students are used to writing at least 2 sentences a day in class so they should be able to complete this without too much trouble at home. Right now we are focusing on the children sounding out the words in a way that makes sense. They do not have to be spelled correctly unless we have already had it as a spelling word. Students may sometimes still need a little bit of help sounding out the words but they can do it!

September 20, 2010

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. so
2. go
3. flag
4. last
5. fast
6. red
7. hill

Please don't forget to turn in your entertainment book or entertainment book money if you have not already!

La Paloma is having a fundraiser at Boston Market on Friday night! You can go to the location on Tanque Verde and Grant or 22nd and Kolb and a percentage of any food you buy will go to La Paloma.

Don't forget to go to spellingcity.com for some fun games and activities to help practice the spelling words!