Thursday, February 27, 2014

A moment none of us will forget. Chris Fogt let each one of the students touch his Olympic Bronze Medal today.
Thank you!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Feb 24-28

 

Parents,

 

This week is Red Ribbon week. Below is a list of activities happening at school, and actions for your children to do throughout the week.

 

RED RIBBON WEEK REMINDERS

Monday - "Team up against drugs!"

Wear your favorite team shirt or jersey.

Action:  Talk to your parents about drugs

 

Tuesday -"Drugs are ridiculous; turn your back on them!"

Wear your shirt backwards.

Action:  Talk to your friends about ways to say no to drugs

 

Wednesday-"Sock it to drugs!"

Wear some crazy socks.

Action:  Talk to your teachers about being drug free

 

Thursday - "Don't let drugs find you!"

Hide your identity with a funky hat.

Action:  Talk to Grandmas, Grandpas, sisters, brothers, or other family members about more ways to say “NO!” to drugs.

 

Friday - “We are Red-y to take a stand against drugs!"

Wear as much red as possible.

Action:  Commit now to live a drug-free life!

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

There is an online program called My Math you can use to help your child at home. You can go to the website Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.  and type the student’s username & password that you can find in the sheet I sent home in Nov. 8, 2013. The My Math online program includes all the lessons that the students are going to learn in the first grade. Now, we are learning Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction. If you have any question, please let me know. Thank you for your support.       

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 5 place value (2 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-13, Lesson 14 reading & writing

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. For one book, write a summary. Use the words, “In the beginning”, “First”, “Then”, “After that”, “In the end”.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction

Chinese- Lesson 15 her eyes are very big

Science & Social Study-teeth & benefits of physical activity  

Writing- Informative Writing

Language Arts- Syllables,

Reading- Different Genres, Dr. Seuss

Phonics- Sounds oo, “ed” endings

Spelling Words: book, cook, good, food, soon, called, asked, needed, washed, looked

 


Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Feb. 18-21

 

Parents,

A huge thanks to Trisha Godfrey for our Valentine’s Day party!! And thank you for all those who stopped by to help!

 

We enjoyed hearing many of the students tell stories to the class this week. It was obvious the students worked hard.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

We had a fun Valentine’s Day party on Friday afternoon.  The Children learned how to say “I love you”, “Chocolate”, and “Candy” in Chinese.  Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help out with this activity.

 

Please continue to encourage and help your child review the Chinese lessons at home. Every day spend 5 to 10 minutes doing the review. It helps the students to recognize Chinese characters and builds up their reading skill.    

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 5 place value (3 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-13

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. For one book, write a summary. Use the words, “In the beginning”, “First”, “Then”, “After that”, “In the end”.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction

Chinese- Lesson 14 What is he wearing today?

Science & Social Study-American Symbols  

Writing- Persuasive Letters Assessment, Intro to informative writing

Language Arts- Writing the most important event of a story.

Reading- Purpose of Text (P.I.E. purpose, inform, entertain)

Phonics- th/sh

Spelling Words: than, then, them, with, bath, both, wish, dish, fish, cash


 

Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Feb 10-14

 

Parents,

 

What a week! Thank you for your time and dedication to help your child succeed in school. Both Mrs. Liston and I enjoyed meeting with each of you. Everyday I am amazed at the hard work and love your children show. Thank you!

 

This Friday is Valentine’s Day. We will be making a bag in class to hold the valentines the students receive. Attached is a list of names for each class.  

 

*Storytelling Festival Information

Our class will tell stories on Wednesday, Feb. 12th.

The Alpine Elementary Storytelling Festival will be held this month.  Our school will be sending 2 students on to the Alpine School District Storytelling Festival (1 student K - 3rd and 1 student 4th -6th). Our classroom will present stories on Wednesday during their English class. Each story should be no more than 10 minutes long, and does not have to be memorized. However, all stories should be polished and well prepared.  For more information, see http://timpfest.org/stories/how-to-perform-a-story for details.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

Thank you to all of the parents who came to the parent-teacher conference this week. The children were very excited to show off their Chinese language skills during the meetings.

 

Thank you for all of your support with the Chinese program.

 

Homework

Math- Place Value (3 sheets)

Chinese- Review 1-12, Writing and Reading Lesson 13

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. For one book, write a summary.

**For extra math practice, visit the website math-drills.com. They offer hundreds of sheets of extra math facts practice.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 5 place value (598 what does the 5 stand for? The 9? Etc.)

Chinese- Lesson 14, What is he wearing today?

Science & Social Study- Presidents’ Day

Writing- writing

Language Arts- Telling stories

Reading- Purpose of Text (P.I.E. purpose, inform, entertain)

Phonics- aw, au, ew

Spelling Words: because, draw, saw, lawn, fault, few, grew, drew, new, knew

  

Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade