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

Your child has a very important note in their folder about the Christmas Party.

Please check their folder and the calendar attached with the note.

Thanks for your support!

We made our Santa list today.  We will begin our letter to Santa tomorrow.

Spelling test will be this Friday.

do, if, said, their, which, they, at, this, were, there, the, to, is, not, what, we

Please remind your student how important it is to be diligent worker and complete their work.  We are really working on working during work time, so that we can play during our play time.  It is so important to have good work habits!  I know we all will work hard to complete our jobs and practice what it is to be a diligent worker!

We will have an early release tomorrow at 11:00.  We will return to school on November 26th.  Please read books from home during the break.  Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!

Ladybug Blog Post!

I have 3 trees in my yard.  2 were cut down.  How many are left in my yard?

Reminder!!

The Primary School is having a Food Drive.  It started Monday and will end this Friday.  If you can please have your child bring can goods for a good cause!  The winning grade level will get extra recess time!  We love that!  Thanks!

No Pep Rally on Friday!

There is a Christmas parade November 29th at 6:00 p,m. and the Christmas tree lighting will follow.

Early Release next Tuesday, November 20, 2012 for the Thanksgiving Holiday!  We will dismiss at 11:00 a.m. in the Primary School!  Please have your child read over the break!  They are making great improvement!  Practice will help them maintain their progress when they return after our break!  Thanks for your help!

We planned our Thankful story on our turkey feathers today!

I can’t wait to read about who my students are thankful for and why!

We are continuing graphing this week.  We will have our assessment on Wednesday.

Our spelling test will be the Friday after we get back from our Thanksgiving break!

Please, Please continue listening to your child read each night!  Practice makes perfect!

Your child has several opportunities to take  water breaks during the day when they are at independent work times, but if your child would like to bring a water bottle to school for use during the day it is fine.  If they do please have them bring one that is room temperature.  The cold ones will leak on their desks and papers. Please send water only!  Thanks!

We learned about two U.S. symbols today.  We learned about The Statue of Liberty and the American Flag.  We will continue learning more this week and the next and then write about our favorite one.

Graph test will be this Friday with mixed review.  We will be assessed on addition, subtraction, reading a graph and answering questions using the graph.  The hardest questions seems to be…  How many fewer than______? and How many more than ________?  We are learning that we need to subtract when answering this question.

Benchmark testing is almost complete.  Continue reading their familiar books.  I am seeing growth with all our readers!  Rereading good books or books from home are great ways to continue our reading practice!  Thanks for your support!

We voted today!  Grace won for president!  She was a diligent worker and was honest and helpful! We came in this morning and voted in the voting booth.  We then tallied up the votes and created a picture graph!  Then we answered questions using our graph.

We will combine our votes with all of the other 1st grade classes to see who won!

We also wrote “If we were the President of the United States…”  We will be publishing them all week to our friends and on the computer to share with you!

Please click on each picture to hear the students president pages.  We will add new students pages daily!

Make your own free digital scrapbooking design

We also saw an Opera today!  The students went to our own White Oak Auditorium to see an opera The Ugly Duckling!  We then read the book and discussed the likenesses and differences of the performance and the book.  The moral of the story was the same in both…  be kind to people even if they are different.  Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Lacy for sponsoring this awesome event!

Nature Center HELP!

We have a Nature Center right out our door!  It is located behind the playground and near the pavilion.  It is a great way to bring in Science concepts.  We want to continue to build an outdoor classroom for our kids to continue to learn about nature and science.  Tomorrow we have an opportunity for you to help us raise money to add needed materials to our Nature Center!

Where:  Smashburger in Longview

When:  November 6, 2012 from 3:00pm to 10:00pm

What:  Smashburger will give us 15% of the proceeds made to help add materials to our Nature Center!

Please have dinner there and help our Nature Center and your child’s learning experience!

We will have our spelling test this Friday.

an, can, there, we, your

We will vote tomorrow on two characters from books we listened to on youtube.

Grace For President and Duck For President

We discussed what character traits each one had and the students will vote on a ballot tomorrow.  We will tally the votes and create a picture graph to see who won!

I am giving benchmark tests this week in guided reading.  Your child will be bringing home a familiar book to read.  Please have them read it for fluency and expression and sign their log as usual.  They may be bringing home a book they have read before.

It was great to see all of the students in their maroon!! Awesome Roughneck School Spirit!!!