1. Mrs. Kurth’s Classroom News November 30 th – December 4 th, 2015

2. Dates to save: December 1 st : Field trip to Children’s Theater December 1 st : Reading Calendars are due December 4 th : End of 1st Trimester December 4 th : In School PBIS celebration from 2:10 – 2:30 December 11 th : Gingerbread Houses 1:30 – 2:00 December 22 nd : In School Read-a-Thon in the morning and Class Christmas Party at 1:20-2:20 December 23rd-January 3rd: Winter Break ***SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION on Monday, January 4th

3. Children’s Theater Field Trip Tuesday, December 1 st Children's Theater Field Trip- Jungle Book Please send a cold lunch and drink with your child – there will be no lunches provided by the cafeteria this year.

4. Gingerbread Houses We appreciate those ice cream buckets and lids. Keep them coming! Please use this link below to see how you can make donations as well as to volunteer on the day of the event! Copy and paste the following link to sign up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3-first2

5. Community Service Project During the months of November and December, our first grade Social Studies curriculum emphasizes communities, families, and their traditions. To create a real-life and meaningful experience, we will be collecting money to purchase toys to donate to a local collection site. Thank you so much for the donations we have already received for our toy collection. You still have some time to send your donation in if you would like to help support our efforts.

6. Snow is on the way! As the weather starts to cool down, it is important to send appropriate outdoor attire for your child. We will be going outside everyday unless it rains or there is a significant wind-chill. Please make sure you label everything that comes to school. Many clothing items will be similar (if not the same). Thank you in advance for helping us sort out our cool weather clothing.

7. Upcoming Academics: This will change each week!

8. Reading: Reading and Spelling: Lesson 8 Main Story: A Musical Day (Realistic Fiction) & Drums (Informational Text) Word Wall Words: her, now, our, she, today, would Comprehension Strategy: Sequence of Events; Analyze/evaluate Phonics: Review short o; clusters with l; phonogram -ock Grammar: Statements Writing: Thank you notes; using good word choice

9. Spelling Review Spelling Words: on, fox, got, hop, pop, not, she, would, *block, *clock Your child will also be asked to write a sentence with some of these words in them in addition to words that follow the short o, clusters with l and phonogram -ock pattern. Be sure to practice words with these patterns so he/she will be prepared for this part of the test.

10. Math Concepts for this week in class: Identifying coins and determining coin values Anticipated Homework: Monday: 3.8 Frames and Arrows Tuesday: 3.9 Find the Rule Wednesday: No Homework Thursday: 3.11 Coin Exchanges Friday: 3.12 Counting Coins

11. Word of the Week Extra: Each week, your child can receive a sticker for their sticker book by writing down our special word/phrase of the week along with a parent signature. They love stickers! Phrase of the week: Jungle Book

12. More Math…. Here is the link if you need to reprint homework pages: http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_3/http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_3/ Things you can practice at home if you are looking for additional ideas: -Telling time to the nearest hour -Counting combinations of pennies and nickels and dimes

13. Family Journals Family Journals are due each Monday. Please use the next empty page to complete your response to your child. I also encourage you to use the letter format to allow your child to see and experience that format.

14. General Homework Expectations Mondays: Spelling words and word wall words will come home (practice these words to be ready for the spelling test on Friday Wednesdays: Wednesday work: students complete the comprehension page as well as practice reading the words on the opposite side. When you feel your child is confident in knowing the words and has completed the comprehension page, please return it to the classroom. It is due by the following Tuesday at the latest. Monday through Friday: Math homework will be sent home each day, except Wednesdays. I expect each page to come back the following day.

15. Volunteering Sign Up With Students http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3- volunteer Sign Up Without Students www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C4FAAAB2DA4FE3- volunteer2

16. Volunteering The media center is also looking for volunteers to help shelve books. In the past, some parents have volunteered in the library right before coming to our room to volunteer. Please contact them beforehand to see if they have an available opening. Thank you for ALL your help! We couldn’t do it without you!!!

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18. Contact Information Angie Kurth 1 st GradeTeacher – rm. 102 763-972-6200 ext.4102, angie.kurth@delanoschools.org angie.kurth@delanoschools.org Classroom Website/Blog: http://www.delano.k12.mn.us/elementary- school/gradesstaff/first-grade/mrs-kurth