First grade families, we hope that you had a wonderful weekend. We are looking forward to our last week of the second quarter. We are so proud of our scholar’s growth these past months and will be celebrating with a Frog and Toad Quarter Party on Thursday.
Monday
is a full day of school. Tuesday-Thursday
are half days, release time of 12 PM.
Please
make sure to read the Echo and any emails from the school for important
information.
GENERAL
ACADEMICS:
Spalding - Students will
learn 8 new words on Monday and Tuesday, review the 16 words on Wednesday, and
take the spelling test on Thursday. (*Note- Google Classroom will be
arranged so that the distance learners will be able to take the spelling test
on Thursday as well.)
Math -
Cumulative review
History - Early
Civilizations unit review on Monday and the test will be on Tuesday.
Literature - Frog
and Toad All Year
PROJECT
WEEK:
Please be
on the lookout for further communication coming out later this week.
IN
- CLASSROOM FROG AND TOAD CELEBRATION:
First grade
will be having an in-classroom Frog and Toad Celebration this Thursday,
December 17th. Students will get to decorate an "Ugly Swimsuit" for
Toad as well as a couple of other coloring and puzzle activities.
Distance learners can join our classroom for the art activities and are asked to bring a special snack to eat while we watch our Frog and Toad movies. This will be via zoom at 10:00 on Thursday. The craft activities will be under the Thursday, December 17th topic. The zoom link will be posted on the Google Classroom stream page.
SECOND
SEMESTER DISTANCE LEARNING:
For those
families opting for distance learning during the second semester, please look
for some critical information coming out this upcoming Monday. Mr. Philabaum will still continue to be in
touch with you all via email next week, but this introductory communication
from the director of the distance learning program will be very helpful in
preparing us all for the next steps ahead.
UPCOMING
DATES:
Daily,
Monday-Friday-Morning Assembly on Facebook Live 7:40 AM
December
2-11-PSO Snowstorm
December
5-13- Barnes and Noble Book Fair
December
15-17-Half day dismissal- 12 PM
December
17-Spirit Day-All school assembly via Zoom, 8:30 AM
December
18-January 4, 2021-No school: Winter Break
December
25-Last Day to Order Spirit Wear
