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

Your child will come home with two book orders today.  Please feel free to browse and purchase the books of your choice on the flyer or complete it online.  Look at the information below to order online!  Thanks for your support!

Due on February 28, 2014!

The online code to order online is FFQHD or click on the link above.

I was out sick today, but hope the students had a great day.

Spelling Test
Our spelling test will be on Thursday instead of Friday.

Valentine Party
We will have our Valentine Party this Friday from 12 -1.  All parents are welcome to come.  I want to thank Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Hidalgo, and Mrs. Anderson for heading up this party.  I am sure it will be a fun time for the kids.  Don’t forget your children’s Valentine cards to exchange with their classmates.  We will be making our bags tomorrow or Thursday.

February 17, 2014
School Holiday on Monday!

In math I learned about multiplication by skip counting.

Question of the Day: If one person has 2 hands then how many hands would 12 people have?

Today in math we began understanding tables.  For example, if 1 floor of a building had 5 rooms, then how many rooms would 5 floors have?

I have put a spelling practice link on the right side of the blog under Spelling Practice.  This link is by grade level and has activities for all spelling words that we cover.  I will introduce this to the kids in class and allow them to use it at school.  We go over a word a day.  I encourage you to let your child play a game on this site to help them enforce their learning each night.

Champs
Maddox – Great Effort!

Trent – Great Reader and Morning Meeting Champ!

Dear Parents,

I have sent home a Student Publishing form to be completed by you.  It is not mandatory to buy the class book.  If you don’t want it I understand, but would you still check the box and send it back that says “I do not wish to purchase my child’s book”.  Please sign it and return it by the 12th.  I will need all sheets back whether you choose to order or not.

Thanks,

Mrs. Barlow

Hello Parents,

I made a mistake on a name on the letter that went home today.  I will revise this and send it back home tomorrow.  I am sorry for any inconvenience.  I also wanted to let you know that the students will be creating their own Valentine sack in the classroom to use for the party.  The room moms have the information on who would like to help with parties.  They will be contacting you soon to send items and give you information about the party.  The room moms for this party are Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Hidalgo, and Mrs. Anderson.  Please let me know if you need their contact information.  Thanks for your help and support.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Barlow

I   learned  sorting in math.

We are sorting data in class during our math time.  We are playing a game “Guess My Rule”.  Each child watched as we grouped children and they had to decide what attributes we used to sort them.

We are researching about various animals in reading and will be using this information to write a research paper in writing.  We worked on KWL charts today.

We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. today.  We watched a video on brainpopjr.

We are also learning about pronouns.  We will be using these to create a Pocket of Pronouns on Thursday.

We have math homework to review reading and writing time to the half hour.  We reviewed this in class and watched a great youtube video to remind us of what we learned about time in first grade.  This is a great review and will earn your child a ticket for completing it and turning it in tomorrow.  Thanks for your support!

We will have a Spelling Test next Friday on January 17, 2014 on the words in their planner this week!

Please read each night and reread a couple of pages to help practice fluency.

In math we are working on place value!

I have sent home a feather for you and your child to decorate together.  We will have a turkey in the hall that needs his feathers.  If you would like to help him just decorate one of his feathers with items from home!  This could be a fun project to do while spending time with your child.  We hope you enjoy!