October 29, 2012

Just a couple of quick announcements for this week:

Book-it calendars for October are due by Friday. If your child completed a book-it calendar and turns it in they can get a coupon for a free pizza from Pizza Hut. The calendar only needs to be filled out from the time your child recieved it, not for the week we were on vacation or the time before it was passed out. A new calendar will go home this week.

Wednesday is Halloween but there are no Halloween costumes allowed at school. Please dress your child in their uniform that day.

Here are the spelling words for the week:

1. jump
2. basic
3. glass
4. vine
5. stuff
6. jive
7. vest
8. index
9. shell
10. said

Bonus words:
1. pumpkin
2. Halloween

I don't have many announcements for our class this week. Please read the Link for all of the school wide announcements.

I did want to remind you that book orders are due this Friday, October 26th. You can order online or send in the order form and cash or a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs.

Here are the spelling words for the week:

1. tax
2. yuck
3. ship
4. booth
5. won't
6. shell
7. tooth
8. fox
9. your
10. don't

Have a great week!

October 15, 2012

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      Thank you to everyone who came in for a conference! It was so nice to meet with you all!

Book it is about to begin. Calendars will go home today. You can fill out the calendar and turn it in at the end of the month for a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. This is optional, and it does not replace the reading logs that come home in the homework packet. 

·         Once again, it is getting colder out so many children are coming to school with jackets. In order for jackets to be worn in the classroom, they must be solid red, white or navy blue with no logos or writing. Any clothes that are worn under the jacket and visible need to follow the uniform and be red, white or navy blue, as well.

·         Book orders will be going home today. They can be paid by check or cash and checks should be made out to Scholastic Book Clubs. They are due back by October 26.

·         Harvest Festival is coming up. Tickets are on sale in the front office. We are also asking for candy donations for Harvest Fest. If you are able to donate please send it to school with your child before October 26th. There will be more information about Harvest Fest in the Link over the next few weeks. 

·         We are having problems with students bringing toys to school. Please make sure children are not bringing them to school. They are a distraction and they are often lost, broken, or stolen which causes problems among the kids. Thank you for your help with this!

Here are the spelling words for the week:

1.      came

2.       stone

3.       dime

4.       mule

5.       here

6.       game

7.       lime

8.       globe

Have a great week!

October 8th

I hope you all had a fantastic break with your children!

Here are a few announcements for the week:

• There will be no homework or spelling this week. The next packet will be coming home this Friday and will be due the following Friday. Even though there is no reading log, please have your child read or read to your child every night! I cannot tell you enough how important and beneficial this is to your child.
• Dollar dress down day is on Wednesday. If your child brings a dollar they may dress down. We have been having some issues with children dressing down, but not bringing a dollar. If this happens more than once your child will not be allowed to participate in future dress down days. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
•  Conferences are this week. Thank you to everyone who has signed up! If you have not signed up please do so as soon as possible. I would like to meet with everyone. If none of the times on the door work for you, please come see me or send a note in your child's folder with some times that would work. If you have signed up for a conference I will send home a reminder in your child's folder today. If you have a conference scheduled for Monday the reminder was sent home with the report card. If you cannot come to your conference for any reason please send a note in your child's folder or call the office and ask them to put a note in my box.
• It is getting colder so many children are bringing jackets to school. In order to be worn in the classroom the jackets need to be solid red, white or navy blue with no logos or writing. Any clothes that are worn under the uniform and visible need to follow the uniform and be red, white, or navy blue as well.

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

Thank you for your support!

September 17, 2012

Here are our spelling words for the week:

1. pick

2. peck

3. what

4. like

5. bit

6. bet

 Report cards will go home on Friday, September 28^th. This is also a half day with no after school. All children must be picked up at 11:30am on September 28^th! The parking lot will be very crowded because all students are being picked up at the same time, so please be patient.

There will be no school for fall break October 1-5^th. Enjoy the time off with your children! 

I will be holding parent teacher conferences the week we come back from break. I have posted a sign-up sheet on our classroom door, so please sign up for a time. I would like to meet with all parents so if you cannot meet any of the times on the sign-up sheet, please let me know and we can arrange something. If you sign up for a time and cannot make it please send a note in your child’s folder or call the front office and ask them to put a note in my box. 

Spelling City

I have uploaded all of our spelling words to spellingcity.com. This is a free website where your child can play games, practice their spelling words and take practice spelling tests. I uploaded this weeks list as well as our past lists so your child can get continue to review and practice those words. The easiest way to get to my spelling page is to go to this address:

http://www.spellingcity.com/MissCochran5/

You can also go to spellingcity.com, click on find a list, and then search for Jenna Cochran.

Let me know if you have any problems!

September 10, 2012

Things are continuing to go well in first grade! I am so proud of how hard all of the kids are working. It is exciting to see the progress that they are already making. I only have a couple of announcements this week.

Please work with your children at home on tying their shoes. We do not teach that in first grade, but it is a very important skill for them to have!

We are going to be learning about apples for the next couple of weeks. We will be doing an apple tasting and making applesauce in class. I will provide the apples for the apple tasting but am asking for donations for the applesauce. If you are able to donate a red apple or two, please send it in to school anytime between now and next Monday. If you would prefer that your child not take part in the apple tasting or eating the applesauce please let me know right away. Thank you!

The entertainment book sale ended last Wednesday. If you have not returned your child’s entertainment book or the money for the book, please do so as soon as possible. The cost for the book is $30. I am sending home a separate note with the children whose books I still need. 

As always if you have any questions or concerns please let me know! You can e-mail me at jcochran@lpatucson.org and I will get back to you within 24 hours.