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Communication

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:21:11 +0100

Hello Families,

Hopefully you have found a way of communicating with our classroom that works for you and your family! We will be doing our best to keep this website along with our Dojo and Facebook page. Ms. Parker's 1st Grade Friends updated so that you can see all of the amazing things that your kiddos are doing all day! If you need to get a hold of me feel free to email jparker@casdk12.net or Dojo message me, my response time is much quicker with these two methods of communication. Keep in touch!

Book Orders

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:41:30 +0100

October book orders will be due on Thursday, October 29th. There are some great titles for a decent price. Get your book shopping on!

Online orders can be made using the code MHMJQ.

Happy shopping!

Thank you!!

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:29:27 +0100

Thank you families for making it to the "Relatives Read" day. What an exciting day for our 1st graders! They will be talking about it for months!

Halloween

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:56:26 +0100

Calling all Volunteers!!

Our Halloween Party is creeping right up on us. We are looking for volunteers to send in donations of snacks and party games. I will send home specific snack items to send in as will as specific materials for a game (Thank you Pinterest). We are also looking for volunteers to join us during our Ghostly Gala.

Please sign up if you are willing to volunteer.

Relatives Read

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:30:06 +0100

Such an exciting day for our 1st graders, we are so happy that you will be able to join us for our “picnic read”. Hopefully (fingers crossed) it will be a beautiful day and we can enjoy reading and snacking on our quilts outside! If that is not that case, we will make it work in our classroom and the surrounding area!

Parents please try to be in the building by 2:20 on Thursday (the 22nd). At 2:30 I ask that everyone makes their way down to our classroom (green hall room #17) together. Hopefully everyone’s guest will arrive at the same time, so as to spare any first grade friends of hurt feelings. I can not wait to see all of the smiles on my surprised friends when their special guest rolls in to read with them!! We are making memories!!!

Please remember to bring:

· Your blanket/quilt

· Snack for your fabulous first grader and yourself

· A stack of your favorite books to read at home

**First graders will also have their classroom favorites as well as their poem books on hand for your reading pleasure!

See you soon,

Ms. Parker

Busy Week!!

Mon, 18 May 2015 13:27:33 +0100

We have a busy week ahead of us. We will be headed to the AuSable Institute on Wednesday, May 20th and we will be having our picnic and field day on Friday, May 22nd!

See you all soon!!

Farm Field Trip

Fri, 01 May 2015 13:58:57 +0100

Our first field trip is sneaking up fast! We will be headed out to Char's Farm (the home roost to our eggs...soon to be chicks!). We will be visiting the mother hens and father roosters. We will also be seeing where our babies will be going once they leave our brooder.

The trip will be on Wednesday, May 8th.

We will be leaving the school at 8:45 and we plan to return about noon.

**This is during our ACES day, so we will be exercising in the field at the farm along with GES from 10:00-10:30.

Please bring or order a sack lunch for this trip. And remember no sandals or dress shoes, tennis shoes only. :-)

Earth Day!

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:41:05 +0100

Join into our Earth Day Celebration!!

Earth Day Art!!

First Graders will be creating something new out of a used item. They will be “reusing” junk to create a new object. Some of the creations that I have seen in the past are bird feeders out of old 2 liter bottles, a piggy bank made out of a water bottle, and a dog food scoop made from an old juice bottle. This is a time to use your imagination and be an inventor while protecting the Earth at the same time. Have fun and get “reusing”! Projects will be due by Monday, April 27th.

Learning Trips!!

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:49:27 +0100

Date

Ms. Parker’s **Tentative** Class Trips

May

Char’s Farm (our chick’s home roost)

8:45-12:00

$5 per student

May 20

AuSable Institute

9:00-2:00

$5 per student

Students will need a sack lunch

May 27

Raven Hill Discovery Center

8:45-2:30

$17.00 per student

Students will need a sack lunch

June

Hartwick Pines

9:30-2:00

$3.00 per student

Students will need a sack lunch

June

Goodale’s Bakery

TBD

No Cost

June

Trust Fall Records and Coffee Shop ~ Poetry Jam

TBD

No cost

June

Fish Hatchery /Park

TBD

Students will need a sack lunch

$ Due by May 20

Total Cost: $30.00

This is a list of potential field trips and costs for the end of the year! Due to budget constraints, the school is unable to pay for end of the year field trips this year. I realize that this is a high cost for trips; however, they will be well worth it! The cost includes admission and bussing. If you are unable to send the entire amount, please send as much as you can. No one will miss out on trips, but we need your help or it comes out of my pocket. If you are willing and able, donations for field trip or “scholarships” would be greatly appreciated. Please return this form along with your feedback so that I can get a better idea of what will work for the majority of you and your child! I will then plan the field trips accordingly based on your feedback. We are looking forward to making some lasting memories together before the summer!

Music Concert

Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:43:13 +0100

Calling all Parents and Families!

Our Music Concert is slated for 2:00 tomorrow (March 10).

Hope to see you all there!