PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 12-14-18

Love these sweet, toothless smiles!

We "traveled" to France and learned a new game.

Decorating Yule Logs to look like the Flag of France.

Magna-Tiles and Keva blocks are the absolute best!

It amazes me to see all the creativity the kids put into them!

There are ornaments hanging from three different levels...way cool!

 

We are learning Place Value in math.

We used Base Ten Blocks to play a new game.

You can also play it at home with dimes and pennies.

Roll a dice. Take that many pennies.

Exchange for a dime when you get ten.

First one to $1.00 wins.

You can make it even harder by starting with $1,00 

and work backwards to 0.

 

Have you heard about our new friend?

Meet Nick!

He's visiting from the North Pole.

When we write him letters, he writes back to us.

We are having fun finding his new hiding place each day.

We are writing letters to each of our classmates.

We will open the letters on Thursday.

We decorated stockings and turned them into magnets.

We traveled to England.

We made crackers (I was too busy helping to take pics...sorry).

We sang carols.

We wrote a book called THE FIVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS RIDDLE BOOK.

We're having fun listening to the riddles as people finish.

Check out this bridge!

Ready for the top of a Christmas tree!

Working hard and earning awards as we practice math.

We took our Spelling Test in teams this week!

Each team had to agree on the spelling and write out the word.

Dictation was even harder...teams had to write out sentences.

I'm happy to say all students got 100% on everything!

Working together as a team = SUCCESS!

 

We went to Germany today.

We made Christmas trees, read books and made gingerbread cookies.

Celebrating a birthday!

First Grade Power Unite!

HAPPY WEEKEND!

NEWSLETTER 12-14-18

FIRST GRADE NEWS

DECEMBER 14

MRS.KIMBALL

Dear Parents,

   

     This is our last newsletter of 2018...can you even believe it?!!! We have been super busy this week finishing up units and doing some holiday projects. We have "traveled" to France, England and Germany to find out how they celebrate holidays in December. Next week we will travel to Mexico, Italy and then home to the United States. A special thank you to the PTO for supporting our travels and special activities in each country. 

     Next week is Spirit Week! Join in the fun by dressing in the following ways:

Monday 12/17

VCS Spirit Day

Wear your favorite VCS apparel or school colors.

Tuesday 12/18

Holiday Hat Day

Wear your favorite holiday head piece...hats, scrunchies, headbands.

Wednesday 12/19

Holiday Colors

Wear your favorite holiday clothes/colors.

Thursday 12/20

Pajama Day

Wear your favorite pajamas. Feel free to bring a favorite stuffy as well.

HOLIDAY STOCKINGS

     You might have heard about one of our projects. We have made stockings that are hanging in our room. Each day we write letters to our classmates to put in their stocking. We will open our stockings on Dec. 20th. I told the kids if they wanted to they could bring little things into put in them. I told them they did not have to go buy things. If they happen to notice 15 Hershey Kisses in a candy bowl at home they could ask to take them. 

HOLIDAY LIGHTS

     If you haven't been over to The Hathaway's house yet to see the lights, you should definitely try to swing by. Santa will be there Saturday night from 6-8 with milk and cookies. You can also sit in your car and enjoy the music and lights any other night from 4-9. All donations go to Norther Light Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The address is 21 Hillview Drive in Bangor.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

     If you are looking for some good board games or other presents, here are a few good ones:  Racko, Sequence for kids, Farkel, Yahtze, Math Die Jr., Skipbo, Uno, Clue Jr. Monopoly Jr or regular and Battleship. Games are great for math, social skills and family bonding! Other ideas:  writing supplies (post its, notebooks, colored pens, mini stapler, paper, scissors, how to draw books ect.) - These will make your kids just want to write even at home! Books are also always a terrific gift.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

     I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and vacation. It's been a joy working with your children and all of you in 2018. I look forward to spending 2019 with you as well. Take time to enjoy your kids this break. They are truly amazing individuals! <3

PICS FROM WEEK OF 12-7-18

We learned about Israel and how Hanukkah is celebrated.

We played dreidel, ate latkes, had special visitors, read

stories, made ornaments, sang songs and rewrote songs.

  

Reading with a friend.

Always building and creating!

We "traveled" to Australia to learn about December traditions.

We found a good luck chocolate in our pudding!

We made pictures of Santa on a surfboard.

 Our Holiday Concert

Lego Robotics.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

NEWSLETTER 12-7-18

FIRST GRADE NEWS

DECEMBER 7

MRS. KIMBALL

Dear Parents,

     Hi! It was great to see you all at the concert last night! The kids did a great job! We have been very busy in the classroom this week. We "traveled" to Israel and Australia to learn about their December traditions. We read books about each place and found them on the map. For Israel, we learned all about Hanukkah. We had latkes, played dreidel and had a special visit from the Barber family. We couldn't have a picnic as they do in Australia...too cold. However, we did have a special pudding snack and looked for a gold covered chocolate inside it. They say it's good luck if you find one. We also had fun drawing Santa on a surfboard. It's summer in Australia right now! Next week we will travel to Germany, France and England. Don't worry we'll be back in time for dismissal ;)!

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

     I can't stress enough the importance of having your child read each night. The more that they practice, the easier it will get for them and more independent they will be. This time of year can be super crazy. However, there is nothing like ending the day with a good book in bed! 

     We wrote letters to Santa today. Warren is going to mail them for us at his special Santa mailbox outside of his house.  

MATH

     We took our Unit Four Assessment yesterday.  Everyone did so well we took today off and had fun with Lego Robotics. Ask your child what build s/he worked on.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

* Family Movie Night - TONIGHT at 6:00 p.m. in gym.

* Pajama Day - Thursday, Dec. 20th - last day before break.

DON'T FORGET

     We go outside each day...usually twice. Please make sure your child has snow pants, jacket, boots, hat and mittens. We may not have much snow but it is very cold. Students also need shoe/sneakers to wear inside. Feel free to leave a pair in your child's locker. Boots are too hot to wear all day.