Ms. Sims' First GradeDearborn Public Schools

Oct 18th Week of October 21st – 25th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1. There are still spots open on our “Sign Up Genius” for the Halloween Party:

1. There is a ½ day on Friday, November 1st.
2. We don’t have school on Tuesday, November 5th, due to election day.
3. Operation Gratitude Halloween Give-Back Campaign Underway Candy for a Cause

Teaching children the value of giving back by donating Halloween candy in support of Operation Gratitude is a win-win for kids and parents . This Halloween, local trick-or-treaters will join kids across the country when they donate their extra Halloween candy to Operation Gratitude at DuVall Elementary. The sweet treats will be included along with handwritten thank you letters in Care Packages sent to U.S. Service Members deployed overseas, and hand delivered to Veterans and First Responders serving in their local communities. Americans spend an estimated $2.5 billion dollars on a whopping 600 million pounds of Halloween candy each year. In 2018, more than 440,000 pounds of candy was donated to Operation Gratitude and distributed to America’s heroes in signature Operation Gratitude Care Packages and local deliveries around the country. “Operation Gratitude’s mission is to thank all who serve, forging strong bonds between grateful Americans and the Heroes who serve and protect them,” according to Kevin Schmiegel, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret.) and CEO of Operation Gratitude. “The Halloween Candy Give-Back Program provides every American child the opportunity to learn about service, sacrifice and generosity.”

**We will be collecting candy in the office November 1st-4th. **

1. A note from the national PTA:  The flyer is here:

SPELLING:  We will be working on the short “all” words.  Our words are: fall, small, tall, mall, call, wall, ball, hall.  Our extra words are: black, have.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  We are still practicing the parts of a story, (character, setting, problem, solution) and how to take those parts and turn them into a retelling of the book.  We are also learning about parts of speech, nouns, and the types of nouns: common and proper nouns.

MATH:  We are still working on Module 1.  We are learning how to subtract now. Students should have all lessons 1-29 completed in their homework book. 

SCIENCE:   We are learning about light and sound.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We are focusing on our science lessons.

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

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Oct 16th Halloween Party!

Please checkout our “Sign Up Genius” party link and sign up to for our Halloween Party:

Oct 11th Week of October 14th-18th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1. There is a late start on Wednesday, October 16th.
2. There is a ½ day on Friday, November 1st.
3. We don’t have school on Tuesday, November 5th, due to election day.

SPELLING:  We will be working on the short “ar” words.  Our words are: far, arm, farm, card, yard, start, art, jar.  Our extra words are: are, was.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  We are learning the parts of a story, (character, setting, problem, solution) and how to take those parts and turn them into a retelling of the book.  We are also learning about parts of speech, Nouns, and the types of nouns: common and proper nouns.

MATH:  We will have a mid-module test on Wednesday this week.  The students will complete a math review sheet on Monday that they will bring home to use for practice.  I expect we will take the test on Wednesday. The test will be on all of the work we have done so far. Students should have all lessons 1-24 completed in their homework book as review for the test. 

SCIENCE:   We will learn about light and sound.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be finishing our lesson on the important to have rules and how to be good citizens.

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

Oct 4th Week of October 7th – 11th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1.  We have a ½ day on Friday, October 11th.
2.  There is a late start on Wednesday, October 16th.
3. There is a ½ day on Friday, November 1st.
4. We don’t have school on Tuesday, November 5th, due to election day.

SPELLING:  We will be working on the short “e” sound.  Our words are: bed, red, fed, sled, ten, men, den, then.  Our extra words are: went, be.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  I will continue to work with reading groups.  Students should be getting a minimum of 1 new book a week.

MATH:  We are working on Module 1 in the math book.  We plan on completing all lessons 1-25 by the end of next week.  Please complete the same lessons in your “Succeed” book at home, pages 3-106 (there are explanations of the lessons and blank pages in the book!).

SCIENCE:   We will focus on learning about our 5 senses.  We will also start learning about light and sound.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be finishing our lesson on the important to have rules and how to be good citizens.

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

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Sep 27th Week of September 30th-October 4th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1.  Our field trip is Thursday, October 3rd. Remember to send your child to school with a disposable lunch.

 2. We have a ½ day on Friday, October 11th.

2.  There is a late start on Wednesday, October 16th.

SPELLING:  We will be working on the short “u” sound.  Our words are: tug, mug, bug, hug, bun, sun, run, fun.  Our extra words are: blue, you.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  The reading bags will be going home. Please look for the book bags and practice reading with your child after school every day for a minimum of 15 minutes.

MATH:  We are working on Module 1 in the math book.  We plan on completing all lessons 1-20 by the end of next week.  Please complete the same lessons in your “Succeed” book at home, pages 3-86 (there are explanations of the lessons and blank pages in the book!).

SCIENCE:   We will focus on learning about our 5 senses.  We will also start learning about light and sound.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be focusing on why it is important to have rules and procedures and how to be good citizens.

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

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Sep 20th Peace Day Project

DuVall families,
Our students will be painting rocks with your help in preparation for our Peace Day Project. On Thursday, September 26, we are asking parent or guardian volunteers to contact me to help students with this project.  During this time, students will get a kindness rock from the PTA and write a message of kindness on the rock with the support of the parent/ guardians volunteers.  On October 3, our students will take their kindness rocks to the butterfly garden and place them so that their message of kindness can be viewed by anyone walking by!  Thank you for your help and support.  

Sep 20th Week of September 23rd -27th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1. There is a late start on Wednesday, September 25th.

2.   We have a ½ day on Friday, October 11th.

3.  There is a late start on Wednesday, October 16th.

SPELLING:  We are working on our second spelling list of the year.  We will be working on the short “o” sound. Our words are: hot, pot, dot, lot, top, pop, mop, stop.  Our extra words are: from, into.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  The testing is done enough for me to start reading groups!  We will start this week. Please look for the book bags and practice reading with your child after school every day for a minimum of 15 minutes.

MATH:  We are working on Module 1 in the math book.  We plan on completing all lessons 1-16 by the end of next week.  Please complete the same lessons in your “Succeed” book at home, pages 3-69 (there are explanations of the lessons and blank pages in the book!).

SCIENCE:   We will focus on learning about our 5 senses.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be focusing on why it is important to have rules and procedures. 

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

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Sep 13th Week of September 16th -19th

Hello Parents and Guardians,

NEED TO KNOW:

1.    We have a ½ day on Friday, September 20th.

2.    There is a late start on Wednesday, September 25th.

*** We really need parents to pop popcorn.  The money from the popcorn sales ends up directly in our classroom.  Currently we do not have any parent helpers. PLEASE let me know if you are able to volunteer to pop popcorn and organize the bags to distribute to the classrooms on Friday, October 4th and/or Friday, January 10th.  Thank you!! ***

SPELLING:  We are working on our second spelling list of the year.  We will be working on the short “i” sound. Our words are: lid, rid, hid, kid, wig, dig, pig, big.  Our extra words are: funny, was.

WRITING:  We are learning how to write a complete sentence by writing personal narratives.  We will be doing this type of writing until the end of October.

READING:  Unfortunately, we have been asked to complete some more individual tests on the students by the district.  We will postpone reading groups until the testing is complete.

MATH:  We are working on Module 1 in the math book.  We plan on completing all lessons 1-13 by the end of next week.  Please complete the same lessons in your “Succeed” book at home, pages 3-57 (there are explanations of the lessons and blank pages in the book!).

SCIENCE:   We will focus on learning about our 5 senses.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be focusing classroom rules and procedures. 

We will have another great week!

Ms. Sims

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Sep 4th Lunch Menu Change for Today

The students will have Hamburgers and Spaghetti as choices for lunch today.

Sep 3rd New Lunch Menu this week

Lunch menu for this week will be:

Wednesday: 1st Choice – Cheesy Nachos,

                     2nd Choice – Hummus & Pita Power Pack

Thursday: 1st Choice – Chicken Nuggets,

                 2nd Choice – Cheese Pizza

Friday: 1st Choice – Cheesy Bean Taco

            2nd Choice – Turkey Hot Dog