Happy November!

Monday= B Tuesday= C Wednesday= D Thursday= A Friday= B

Welcome to November in first grade! Is that possible??? I hope you all had a safe and warm Halloween weekend. I was so happy to have all of my first grade friends at school today after a busy night. We jumped right into a new month getting caught up from the chaos of last week! We introduced sight word list ten and found several homonyms on this week's list. Be sure your child knows what "too" we are learning this week, as well as what "four". This can be tricky!

In math this week, we are introducing the concept of identifying and counting like-groups of coins. Extra work at home will help your child a great deal! We began today by sharpening up our skip-counting skills by practicing by 5's and 10's. The more comfortable the children are in this area, the more successful they will be when counting groups of nickels and dimes.

We completed our November calender today. It should find it's way home in your child's backpack. Have your child tell you about the important dates that they marked.

We continued to create, read and interpret graphs today too. We even used our graph to discover some exciting news about me today! Have your child tell you about our graph entitled "How Many Kids Does Ms. Beverage Have?". Your child can tell you their vote and they should also be able to share the real answer. Surprises all around! :)

Don't forget that a new Power Drill is coming home today. As always, your child has until Thursday to hand it in. We are trying to keep up our pattern of 100% completion for our class. We are the only class so far to have had every member earn their way into Power Half-Hour! Keep it up!

Thank you to everyone who sent in goodies for our basket auction! Our "Snow Day" basket turned out to be a good one! We couldn't have done it without your donations. You are the best!

Thank you also to all of my first graders for the beautiful birthday flower pot they surprised me with last Friday! I absolutely LOVE it. You are so thoughtful to remember me on my birthday. Thank you.

One last reminder, please be sure to send your child in a COAT. Now that the weather is getting colder, they are getting more red-cheeked at recess. If the tempreature is above freezing, we go outside so bundle up!

As always, don't hesitate to email or call if you have any questions! Have a great evening.