PUPPET SHOW

Book Puppets are due on Monday, April 2. If your child hasn't started yet they should be working on their pupppet over the weekend. Patterns were sent home at the beginning of the month. The children will need to practice acting out a part from their book. We will video tape our class puppet shows.

TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

The spelling words this week could be challenging. Here's a website to help review words the children will be tested over. In math the children are learning to tell time. Here is fun game site they may play as a practice lesson

SPELLING:
http://www.spellingcity.com/

MATH:
http://www.primarygames.com/time/question4.htm

SPRING PICTURES

It's time to SMILE.....Spring Pictures will be taken on Friday, March 30. Information was sent home today. Please select the background for your child's picture. You will receive a packet of pictures and may purchase what you like. A class picture will also be taken! You must pre-order the class picture, so be sure to send in the necessary paperwork on Friday.

SPRING BREAK FUN

SpRiNg Break is here! I'm so looking forward to a trip to San Antonio, Texas. Coach Seirer and I have never been to this fun city. We will ride the river boat, go up to the top of the Tower of Americas, visit the Alamo and San Antonio Zoo, shop and lay out at the pool on the rooftop of our hotel! We are staying right on the riverwalk so walking each morning will be a treat. Wishing all my little bumbles a restful and fun week. My treat to you.....NO HOMEWORK!

BANK VISIT

The First Graders are visiting the Farmers and Merchants State Bank on Friday. We will leave school around 1:15 p.m. and arrive back by 2:45. A reminder that if your child forgot to bring a bank for "Bring a Bank Show and Tell" last week they may do so on Friday.

TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

Websites for some fun with St. Patrick's Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-YGKN7k_o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEUNvPFBRg&feature=related
http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/clover/play.htm?f
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/st-patricks-day/games/game_shamrock_streamer.html
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/differencestpat.htm
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/lepcoins.html

A LEPRECHAUN TRAP

How would you catch a Leprechaun? There are so many ways......maybe you'll be LUCKY and your trap will work. Build a trap and bring to class to share!

TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

We've been reading a story about Arthur and his sister D.W. this week.

Here is a link to a game where you will need to help deliver ice cream by using map skills.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/gogeorgego/gogeorgego.html

Listen to the story "Arthur's Reading Race".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDxmxMyDx4

Play a word game:
http://www.dolchword.net/dolch-first-grade-memory-game-3.html

Practice spelling words:
http://www.dolchword.net/dolch-first-grade-spelling-game.html

MATH:
http://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm

AN EVENT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!

Lose yourself in a fairy tale come true when the Salina Symphony presents music from "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," "Mulan," "Tarzan" and more. Adults and children alike are invited to enjoy a unique experience in which timeless animated images are synchronized with music to transport them to their favorite Disney musical moment.
http://www.salinasymphony.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzVDiMuhyNg&feature=related

DISNEY CARNIVAL BASKET

"If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing started with a dream and a mouse." Walt Disney

The school carnival will be held on Saturday, May 5. Classes will once again collect items for baskets to be auctioned. The First Grade theme is DISNEY! I'm so excited because the first week in May I'm taking my daughter to Disneyland in California. We're never to old to go and see Mickey and Minnie! Walmart is featuring many new Disney items. There are so many cool and neat Mickey, Minnie and the Disney character items out there to be purchased. Please keep this in mind when shopping. Pick up a few items each shopping trip to send in for our basket collection. I am collecting items now until the end of April. Ready, Set.....Let's GO shopping!

AMELIA - STUDENT OF THE WEEK



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OH, THE PLACES WE WOULD GO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krDBdTinG8

"TODAY IS YOUR DAY.
YOU'RE OFF TO GREAT PLACES!
YOU'RE OFF AND AWAY!"
From: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

OH, THE PLACES WE WOULD GO……
Amelia – to my Grandma’s in Georgia
Jada W. – to California and ride horses
Rieley – to Ohio to see Jada Harding
Tanner – to Topeka to see my grandma and grandpa
Jada C. – Hawaii
Noah – to Oklahoma to visit Joshua
Jaylen – SeaWorld
Kyra – to my grandpa’s in New York
Erin – to see my cousins in Wyoming
Connor –to the zoo
Grant – to my aunt’s in Oklahoma
Charles – to New Mexico to see my Nana
Mrs. Seirer – Disneyland

READ YOUR HEART OUT

The First Graders read their hearts out this month! The children read 334 books! I'm so proud of them. I hope they will continue to help their minds to grow by reading a book every day! Reading Book Log Sheets are due for the month of February. Please remind your child to record the minutes they read each day on the March Log Sheets that will be sent home. Thank you for helping your child be "Hooked On Books".

BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK

The First Graders participated in an IDL program today titled, "Dr. Seuss". We read the story of Bartholomew and the Ooblek and then made some Oobleck! By special request here is the recipe we used:
2 Tablespoons cornstarch, 1 Tablespoon water and 1 drop green food coloring. Careful not to add to much water. The mixture should be thick and sticky. Your child is very excited to make up some Oobleck at home.....have fun!
This is a link to a the Oobleck song that a teacher created:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFGI423pvM&feature=youtu.be
Dancing Oobleck:
http://www.housingaforest.com/dancing-oobleck/