WIld FRIDAY!

WOW! What a day...as one of our kiddos said at 3:20, "Boy, this day sure went fast!". I agree! We were jam-packed full of learning and testing and creating and even COOKING! Our story this week was "Little Red Hen Gets Help". We worked hard at comparing and contrasting this story from other versions of this similar tale. We also talked about how important it is to sequence things in order. Ask your child to summarize our story. Just like the characters in the book, we tried our hand at cooking and made a mess! It sure was fun, though! Have your child tell you all about their edible creation. Ask them to compare our cooking experience with the characters in the story "Little Red Hen Gets Help". Your child is also bringing home character puppets from our story for retell homework. Have your first grader use their puppets to retell the story of Little Red Hen Gets Help. If you would sign their baggie and return it to school with them on Monday, they will earn an extra treat! You will notice that your child's spelling test did not make it home this afternoon. I am so sorry! I had meetings during my plan time and did not get them graded in time to send home. They will go home next week. If you would like to know how your child did, just email me and I will let you know! Please be sure to practice sight words with your child. We are getting into a groove of testing kids and many of our students are moving through the lists. Their success strongly depends on the extra support they receive at home, so a big thank you in advance for helping them grow as readers! You will also find another field trip permission slip coming home in tonight's mail. Our Sunflower first graders were generously given a trip to the Kansas City Pumpkin Patch here in Gardner on October 31. Permission slips went home today telling all about it. The kids are free, if you would like to join us the cost is $5 for adults. Let me know if you are interested in meeting us out there. I have some coupons that I would love to share with anyone who is interested! Here are a few upcoming events you will want to mark on your calendar: 1. Thursday Oct. 11--Field trip to KC Zoo 2. Friday Oct. 12--Early Release at 1pm 3. October 15-19--No School, Parent Teacher Conferences! 4. Wednesday October 31--Pumpkin Patch Field Trip & Fall Party at 2:30pm