Mrs. Barlow’s Class Please view our daily blog for information on student learning and upcoming events. 

EARLY RELEASE

Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 11:00!

Friday, May 25, 2012 at 11:00!

The students wrote about things they learned about in first grade and made a Memory Book.  Please check their folder to keep their memories in a safe place for the future.

Please look for report cards when you see your child on Friday after school!

The students are bringing home important papers!  Please check their planner and backpack!  Thanks!

Revised!

Your child will be getting important papers tomorrow in their folder.  They will get their report card on Friday and these papers are normally in there, but we will be sending them home tomorrow instead.  We want to give you a chance to look over these papers and be prepared for summer activities and registration procedures and dates for next year.  

Thanks for letting me teach your precious children!  I have enjoyed each and everyone of them.  Each of them has touched my heart and made me grow as a teacher.  I have loved seeing them bloom as great first graders!

Lunch menu change for this week:

Tuesday = chicken rings and mashed potatoes

Thursday = ham and cheese wrap

We will be bringing home a reading and writing practice book for extra practice this summer.

Early release will be at 11:00 on Thursday and Friday this week.

Please just bring yourself to school on Friday.  Don’t worry about a backpack.  Parents please look for your child’s report card and important notes on Friday when they get with you after school. I will have them put their last few items in a zip-loc bag.  The report card will have many important papers about summer information and registration for next year.

These kids were here everyday on time and ready to work!  Great accomplishment!

Friday Champs!

Car Pick Up Champs – Mitchell and Kaitlyn

Good Friend – Emma

Great Reader – Hayden

Wonderful Problem Solver – Colton

Diligent – Elijah

Click on the picture to view our Class Glogster!  Read some of the things we thought were important about 1st Grade!

We have a wonderful Summer Reading Program that will be going on at our own White Oak Community Library!  Please see previous post for information.

A good start to knowing their level is to ask the librarian for A.R. leveled books 1.0 to 1.9.  These are first grade levels, but many of the students are reading above that.  You may want to ask for books from a range of 1.0 to 2.5.

Let them go on an adventure with a book this summer!

We have been using a web-based program called XtraMath to increase speed and accuracy in arithmetic. Your child is invited to continue using XtraMath over the summer break to maintain and improve their skills for next year. If you don’t have Internet at home I can suggest alternative activities which are also effective.

Flashcards!  Working with at home manipulatives like dry beans or pennies to build adding a subtracting practice!  Drawing a picture and  creating a math story problem to go with it!