100th Day of School

100^th Day of School Fun

Here are some pictures from our 100^th day of school.  We counted, we did 100 exercises, we made a mystery 100 picture, we made a picture out of the number 100, we built a structure using 100 legos, we wrote about what we would do when we are 100 years old, we talked about things we could do in 100 seconds and we even licked our tootsie pops 100 times to see if we could get to the center of a tootsie pop!

What a fun day of celebrating 100 days SMARTER!

Love them!

Talent Show

Talent Show

Here is a sample of our very own performers in the talent show this past week!

Way to go Girls! So Proud of You!

Weekly Preview..

This week we will....

Celebrate our 100th day of school.  We finally made it, hopefully!!  We will have that day of fun on Tuesday.  We will have new word study cards in every group.  We will continue our focus on Reading, Reading, and Reading some more.  We have officially covered long a, i, o, and u words.  We have learned about super e... check out this video on youtube of super e.

In math we will practice counting like coins and counting mixed coins.  The mixed coins will pennies, nickels and dimes.  We will also continue to focus on fast facts.  This week we will make a new set of cards that represent your child's level.

This week in Social Studies we will learn about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Carver.  Just a few of our Famous Americans.

Interim reports will be sent home this Thursday.  

Have a great week!
Mrs. Beltz

Valentine Fun!

We finally got the chance to celebrate 

Valentine's Day!

Check out some pictures of us decorating our boxes, passing out our valentine's and having a small treat.

We also did some mustache measuring this week.

FUN!

LOVE THEM ALL!

Valentine's day and weekly preview....

Happy Valentine’s Day 2014!

This week we will continue with the reading series.  We will talk about story structure, problems and solutions within the stories we are reading.  We will also focus on long o, long u and contractions.  We will KEEP the same word study from last week and continue to work on those words and spelling patterns.  

In math we will practice measuring with non-standard objects, beans, paper clips and candy hearts.  We will weigh, measure and practice estimating for most of the week.  We will then begin to work on counting coins, same and mixed.

We will begin to work on our Famous American unit.  This unit will focus on several famous Americans including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr.  This unit will last 2-3 weeks.  Your child will be able to identify each famous American's contribution to the USA when we have completed the unit as well as define the word contribution.

We will also have a guidance lesson this week.

Things to Remember:

Please send in a snack with your child daily.  If you are able to send in extras they would be greatly appreciated.  

Stay tuned for upcoming events and pictures.

 Have a great week!

Mrs. Beltz  

This Week...

This week we will be celebrating friends and friendship!  We have a great class and we want everyone to know!

In reading we will continue to read everything we can.  We will talk about cause and effect and work on reading, identifying and spelling long i words.  We will also switch for word study again.  

We will write, using the four square model, about things that make our hearts smile.  We will write 2 things we like and 2 things we don't like.  We will continue to focus on spelling common sight words, using correct punctuation and using capital letters correctly.

We will continue to learn about telling time to the hour and half hour and finish this week with measuring.  Most of our measuring will be done using candy hearts this week.

We will celebrate friendships this week and read lots of books about Valentine's day.  On Friday, we will pass out our valentine's to our friends and have a tasty treat.  Please remember that if your child is sending in Valentine's, they must send one in for everyone. Thank you to everyone who sent in cereal boxes.  We have enough for the class and they are wrapped and ready to go.

Things to Remember:
Thursday,  Feb. 13, Awards Assembly- 2 pm ( please remember that not every child will be getting an award this half of the year )
Please notify me if you are not sure if your child is getting an award.
Valentine's day- Friday, Feb. 14, please send in items before this day.
Monday, Feb. 17, is now a regular school day!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Beltz

Perfect Attendance!

Congratulations!

We had several students with Perfect Attendance the 2nd 9 weeks!

Keep up the great work!

Weekly Preview...

This week we will attempt to complete all SOL requirements from last week.  We will continue with the reading series.  We will talk about the long a vowel sound, we will talk about sequencing and continue to work on learning about how to use different punctuation marks.  We have started new reading groups and the class seems excited to get back into reading.  We will also starting new word study groups this week.  Word study will start to come home with homework.  We ask that you practice spelling these words with your child as well as looking for their spelling patterns in everyday reading.  The class did their own 4-square writing this past week and rocked it!  I was so impressed with how well they picked a topic, wrote 3 sentences about that topic and wrote a closing sentence.  We will continue with this model.  We will also be composing thank you letters for Dr. Slunt, a professor from UMW, who came and did some science experiments with us this past week.

We will continue to work on place value and then move on to telling time to the hour and half hour.  We will use analog and digital clocks for this.  The class has been doing a great job with their fast facts tests and we are moving ahead!

We will finish talk about experiments and learn about properties of matter.  We will talk about solids, liquids and gases.  We will identify things in our environment that fall under each property of matter.  We had a professor come to visit us twice this past week.  She did some cool science experiments with the entire first grade.  Ask your child about them!

Things to remember:

Please send in an empty cereal box, we are using them for Valentine's day.
I will be sending home a supply list of items needed for Valentine's day, please return if you are able to contribute.
Report Cards will come home Monday, Feb. 3.  Please sign and return them ASAP.
Conference night, Tuesday Feb, 4.
Friday, Feb. 7 is a half day.

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great week!

Mrs. Beltz