Calling Popcorn Moms/Dads!

Greetings dear families! I just wanted to send a message asking for about 2/3 parent helpers for popcorn tomorrow! If you are interested please reply πŸ™‚ Thank you in advance for you help as usual!

 

In addition, I wanted to send a message about how proud I am of our class! we took our reading NWEA test today and we ROCKED IT! ALL students grew in their scores and skills and I am so proud!!! Tomorrow we will take the math section so make sure your darlings eat a great breakfast and get a good nights sleep!

 

Spellingcity.com

Please visit our spelling page to view your child’s spellingcity.com username and password so they can visit the site a few times a week! This is a fun and effective way to practice spelling family words! New lists are on and ready to go! Have fun!

Merry Christmas and THANK YOU!

 

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Dear Families of room 106,

I just wanted to send out a message of love and gratitude to all my darlings as I sit here and drink coffee from my “Best Teacher Ever” mug!!! Thank you all so very much for SPOILING me with the most amazing children a teacher could ever dream of teaching and for the beautiful Christmas gifts. I love each and every one and think you spoiled me too much πŸ™‚

Wishing you the most WONDERFUL, peaceful, restful, and healthy holiday and Happiest New Year!

Merry Christmas,

Love Maggie, Jeff, Benjamin and Antonia

Happy Snow Day!

Dear Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful snow day! Because of today we are a little behind with science and other activities, however just reminding the First Graders that we WILL be having our spelling test tomorrow πŸ™‚ I hope you all had a restful day!

Ps. The Holiday Party Sign Up Genius is ready to view for next week and I hope to see you next week on Friday at 1:30pm!

 

Week of 12-11-2017

 

 

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Greetings room 106! I am writing to you from home and I miss the class so much! I am feeling better every day and will be returning to school tomorrow yay! I was surprised to find I had the flu because I was NOT vomiting! My symptoms were an upset stomach, a high fever, loss of appetite and nausea and a NASTY cold and painful cough! When I went to the doctor they checked me for the flu and it was confirmed. So, if your child appears to have a bad cough/cold and a fever these next few months it’s definitely worth a trip to the doctors office!Β  I’ll be sure to let you know if and when students are feeling odd at school. Let’s hope this does not happen πŸ™‚

This week in school here is what you need to know:

*Tuesday: 1st graders will take the overdue spelling test for the -ch words we studied last week! Sorry for the delay, but you have extra time to practice tonight!

*Wednesday: there is a Buffalo Wild Wings Event this Wednesday night (20% of proceeds come back to DuVall!)Β  See the link below to view the flyer!

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*The Annual DuVall sing a long will take place onΒ Dec. 22, fromΒ 2:30 – 3:30Β in the gym.Β  Parents are invited to attend and enjoy some holiday songs!

*Our classroom will be having a little Christmas party before the sing along on the 22nd of December! I will be setting up a sign up Genius and a special note just for this occasion this week! Thank you for your patience and in advance for coming to celebrate with us!

Academic Updates for the week:

Math: Students will finish Unit 6 on Teen Numbers 11-19 in KDG/1st and 1st graders will continue Unit 3 with a focus this week on story problems and base ten numbers

Science: Finish Force and Motion Unit with fun stations on Friday! (We’d love to have a few parents come in to help run a station if you’d like to come and have fun with us!)

Social Studies: Continue Needs and Wants Unit K/1

Writing: This week we cont. gathering information about “Snow” to write an informational piece! In addition, we continue our letters to Santa Claus! We could really use some parent publishers to help us if anyone is interested please let me know! We write every day in the afternoon!

Language Arts: This week we will begin reading the “Snowman at Night” book and next week the “Snowmen at Christmas” books. Students will compare the two books to see how they are similar and different!

Fun Project: This week we will continue reading about snow and having fun with a story called “Sneezy the Snowman”! The students will read, discuss and write about why Sneezy keeps melting! They will also make their own melted sneezy the snowman with shaving cream and glue!

Spelling: First graders will take the spelling test on Tuesday and work towards the next lesson as well. Thank you very much for your patience as I have been sick and out! If this ever happens, just keep studying the same list until we take it πŸ™‚ I’ll send home the new list of words, suggested activities and flash cards tomorrow!

 

I hope this newsletter finds you all well! I will add or modify anything as the week progresses, just in case their are any important dates I have not written about!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross πŸ™‚

Friday! Popcorn Sales!

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POPCORN SALES THIS FRIDAY!!!

Dear kdg/1st grade families,

Attention Mrs. Ross’s Class WooHoo!!!!!!!! This Friday the 8th will be our first one! Please respond or see Mrs. Ross is you would like to help us pop and deliver the popcorn. We need a small group of parents. I thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross and Class!

Reminders…

This week on Friday, November 3rd 2017 we have a half day and dismissal will be at 11:45 am! No need to send in a lunch πŸ™‚ Your child will also be bringing home a reminder on Friday of our field trip Monday to the museum! In addition, there will also be a reminder of your appointment for conferences in November. Please take a look and let me know if there are any conflicts πŸ™‚

Tonight, your child is bringing home their “NOVEMBER PBIS CALENDAR”! We had a GREAT month in October with our manners, and will continue to work on getting along with others! Thank you to all parents in advance for looking at manners each night and initialing the column once a week! If you have forgotten to do this in October, please begin initialing Sunday nights next month!

Thank you to all parents who shared Halloween pics from our party yesterday! I’ll upload them asap for you to see.

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Ross and Class πŸ™‚

Week of 10-30-2017!

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Dear Families,

This post is to refresh your memories and invite all families to join us on October 31st, 2017 from 2:00 pm until 3:30 pm in room 106 for our Halloween party! I wanted to THANK YOU again for all your donations on the “sign up Genius” to help organize the party. Any dry goods donated for the party can be sent to us in room 106 on Monday before or after school if you wish.

Here are some details you’ll need to remember for the big day tomorrow:

*Please send your child’s costume to school in a marked bag (with their first and last names on it) to change after lunch!

*Lunch will run as normally scheduled so make sure you pack a good lunch and send it in their backpacks as usual. If they are buying lunch they’ll make a choice as always. No need to send in an afternoon snack because we plan to eat some junk lol!

*All students must dress for the weather so if your child is wearing a princess dress for example make sure to have leggings or a coat for over it πŸ™‚ Although I’d hate to cramp a princesses style if you’d rather her put on on over her clothes? πŸ™‚

*Mr. Attee has asked for all students to leave weapons, hand held accessories and masks of any kind at home! If your child is going to be a superhero or a ninja though for example I am really good at face painting and this is how we could get around the “mask” rule πŸ™‚

*If your child would like to share candy with their friends on this day, we will do a “trick or treating” during the day. If your child would like to participate, PLEASE stay away from candy with nuts. We have a hazelnut allergy. THANK YOU for your help. In addition, these candies will be in paper bags, so please make sure that they are individually wrapped products like a sucker, package of skittles, small snack sized pretzels, gummy bears etc.

*Please make sure to send in their backpacks and folders like any other day! This will help them put treats away and any important notes that come home from the office.

*If there are a couple moms/dads that would like to help decorate our room for the party. My thought is to transform the room while the students are walking in the parade and cover the tables and get supplies ready for the kids at the tables. If you are interested in helping decorate please hit reply and I can have you work as a decorating team!

Again, I would like to thank you in advance for your generosity, support and raising the most WONDERFUL boys and girls I get to teach every day. Life in room 106 is the best!

If there are any questions regarding the party or costumes please do not hesitate to ask or come and see me after school! Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing all moms, dads, grandpas and grandmas, nonas and papas, sisters and brothers on the big day!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross πŸ™‚

HALLOWEEN DANCE/ CLASS PARTY CORRECTION DATE!

 

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Hello all! Please join us Friday night for the DuVall school dance! I am SO excited to see all of our darlings there dressed up!

I also wanted to take this time to correct a typing error I made about the classroom party date! Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention!!!! It is actually on Halloween 10-31-2017! I apologize if that caused any confusion, my fingers and brain were having a disagreement! So, I hope to see you there on Tuesday for both the parade AND the party! Friday evening I hope to see you at school for the dance!

Sincerely,

Silly old Mrs. Ross πŸ™‚