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Picture Retakes TOMORROW!

Hi parents! Quick reminder that tomorrow is our PICTURE RETAKE day! If you would like to have your child's pictures re-taken, or if your child was absent on Picture Day please remember that they will have an opportunity to have them taken again tomorrow. Also, be sure to ask your child about their "baby bean". We had an awesome science discussion on living vs. non-living things and began the first step in a bean-growing experiment. Be sure to watch the video below with your child and have them explain to you what is happening with different beans in the video. As we dive in to our lifecycle unit, we are going to be uncovering all sorts of cool truths. You should be proud of your little scientist, they worked hard today! Have a great night!

We started a bean experiment today--CHECK THIS OUT!

Cookie Dough Pick-Up and Taco Dinner

Happy Tuesday, families! Just a quick reminder that TONIGHT is our FREE taco dinner and cookie dough pick-up. If you have no already come by to pick up your cookie dough, it is waiting for you in the gym. Grab some free dinner when you're here, too! Also, your child brought home a baggie tonight to begin their seed collection. They have been asked to go on a seed hunt and collect any kinds of seeds they can find. Please help them to remember to put their names on the baggies and return them to school by Thursday October 24. Also, have your child tell you about our newest computer math game-Monster Crossing. To help us sharpen our skills on word problems, we have found a great game. I have attached the link to the game on our website under "Math Games". Look for "Monster Crossing" and have your child teach you how to play! Have a great night! Stay warm and cozy...it looks like rain!

We learned about NOUNS today! See how many nouns your child can find at home!

We're BACK!!! Quarter 2, HERE WE COME!

Happy Monday everybody!!! We are back in action! First of all, thank you so much to everyone for taking time out of your busy lives to come to conferences last week and learn about all of the wonderful things your child is doing in first grade! I loved having the opportunity to visit with each one of you about your amazing children. We got right back into the swing of things today. I enjoyed hearing about all of your fall break adventures in their journals this morning. Sounds like everyone had a good or adventurous time! A few injuries, stings, vacations, staycations and playdates made for some great share-outs today. We kicked off second quarter in math today with learning some tricks for story problems. Today we learned about some "brain alarm" words to help us know what to do when we are reading story problems. Check with your child to see if they can remember what the words are in a story problem to help us to we are going to PT+ to find the answer. Also, we learned about the strategy of drawing pictures in story problems because the "PROOF IS IN THE PICTURE!". Thank you to everyone who brought us apples for Apple Week this week! If you did not send an apple in today, no worries! Feel free to send one in tomorrow. We had so much generosity that I think we have plenty for everyone! Thank you so much. Don't forget that next week is Pumpkin Week and we need each child to have their own pumpkin. I noticed that they marked them 1/2 off at Walmart this weekend, if you still need one! Thank you in advance. Don't forget that tomorrow is our annual Taco Dinner and Cookie Dough Pick-Up! We will be serving a FREE taco dinner from 5-7 for families, so come on over! Also, if you sold Cookie Dough (and LOTS of you did since we were the top-selling class) it will be available to pickup tomorrow as well! Did you get our letter about our Basket for our annual Basket Auction? We have a Family Golf-themed basket cooking, so if you can donate any items big or small to our collection it would be awesome! All the proceeds from this awesome event go directly back into the classrooms. Let me know if you have any questions. Finally, next week is our Fall Party already! Where did October go? Yikes! Please mark your calendars that next Thursday October 31 from 12-1:30 will be our "Fall Festival". This will be a first grade opportunity to showcase what we've learned about plant lifecycles and experiment with some different activities. Parents are invited to help run different stations and hang out with us! THEN, at 2:30 we will be having our traditional Fall PARTY! This is where we will eat our treats, play games and make crafts before we head out for the evening festivities. As always, parents are welcome to attend one or all of the day's events. Let me know if you have any questions or if I can plan on you to come by and help us out! Here is a schedule of our Specials for the week: Monday= B Tuesday= C Wednesday= D Thursday= A Friday= B Have a wonderful night! Don't forget to send your child in a jacket tomorrow...it was pretty chilly at recess this morning. See you soon!

One Version of Our Story This Week... The Little Red Hen PBS Kids.rm

Today's Field Trip...ENJOY!

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Metamorphosis From Caterpillar To Butterfly

Practically Perfect Day!

Hi everybody! We made it back from our first field trip and WHAT an adventure it was! We had a wonderful time at Pendleton Farms in Lawrence, today. We made it through a surprise thunder storm, hunted for butterfly eggs, searched for caterpillars, chased butterflies, picked pumpkins, played in a corn bath, learned fancy science words like "metamorphis" and "proboscis" and even fed tomatoes to chickens! WHEW! Your child is coming home with their self-selected pumpkin. They are probably worn out, dirty and (hopefully) very happy and excited to tell you about our day. Be sure to ask them about the rain storm and camping on the bus, the butterfly pavillion, corn bath and ask them about tagging live butterflies and setting them free. Thank you SO much for all of the moms who were able to come with us today. It was a fun-filled day together and a WONDERFUL way to jump-start our next unit on lifecycles! I took so many pictures that I wore out my camera battery...I will run to the store this afternoon and get more so that I can upload a new slideshow for you to enjoy. Our kids were amazing (especially with waiting out the rain storm). It should be an interesting dinner conversation as your child shares their favorite parts of today with you this evening. Check back soon for the latest pictures from our adventures at Pendleton Farms!

Sesame Street - Words that rhyme with "ball"

Field Trip TOMORROW!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Don't forget that tomorrow is our much-awaited field trip to Pendleton Farms in Lawrence. Your child needs to wear their NEW light blue Sunflower t-shirt, comfy shoes and they need to bring a disposable sack lunch with an unbreakable drink. We will be learning about butterflies, going into a butterfly garden and traveling through a pumpkin patch. This field trip will gear us up for our upcoming science unit on LIFECYCLES. If you volunteered to come with us, your child should have brought you a reminder note. We will be leaving at 9am, so if you wish to follow us you need to arrive at Sunflower by 8:50. We will return to school around 1 or 1:30, just in time for Specials. Has your child told your about our new friend, Katie? We are so happy to have Katie back at Sunflower and joining our class family. The kids have been wonderful to her! Welcome, Katie! Has your child been talking about shapes this week? We are learning and reviewing our knowledge of 2D shapes this week. Ask your child to tell you about a trapezoid. They should also be able to tell you the fancy name for an oval AND a diamond. Challenge them by asking if they can tell you how many sides and angles each shape has. We have spent a lot of time talking about defining attributes, so check their learning and retention! It is almost impossible to believe that next week marks the end of first quarter! If you have not already done so, please return your conference preference slip asap. I am trying to get all of my families scheduled and am missing about 5 responses. It is so important to me to get the opportunity to briefly meet with you and catch you up to speed on the wonderful things your child is doing, so let me know when a convienent time is for you to meet. If you are in the market for some cheap entertainment, our Sunflower 4th graders are preforming their musical tonight at Wheatridge Middle School. The show is usually about 20 minutes and it is always very entertaining. Swing by to watch our Sunflower kids in action, if you are looking for something to do this evening. Show starts at 7pm. Has your child been practicing their /all/ words? This is a tougher spelling pattern and extra practice will help them find greater success. Are you reading your RED folder books daily? Be sure to read each night with your first grader for 5-10 minutes. When your child is ready to read their story, please return it to school in their RED foler. Our goal is to read 25 just-right books by March. Let's get a jump on it now! As always, let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything I can do for you. I will be sure and post some pictures of tomorrow's field trip. It is sure to be a great time!