Tuesday, September 21, 2010

September 21, 2010

Dear Parents,

What a crazy way to start our week! I hope you all are safe and protected from the fire. This week is busy with a lot of fun things happening at school.

Fun Run/Jog-a-Thon
Please make sure your child has returned their permission slip by Thursday. If we have not received it by then, your child will not be able to participate.

The fund raiser envelopes are due back on Friday. Please send those in by then!

The jog-a-thon runs from 9:30-11:00. If you would like to help at with this activity, please let me know!

Apple Week
This week is Apple Week. So far we have received apple jacks for our apple tasting. If you have any other apple treats to share, that would be great. The apple tasting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22. Thanks for your help with this fun activity.

Book Orders
I am sending home more book orders this week. I have made them available online again. If you order online, I am able to make a few more catalogs available for you to choose from.

Here's the online ordering information.
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GKHY9

For October, there are many fun Halloween books. The grow-a-reader collection is also full of fun books for your first graders who are learning to read. The just right page is full of great choices!

They are due on FRIDAY, September 24.

Wednesday's Parent Meeting
We were supposed to have a parent meeting on Wednesday. After talking with Mrs. Yost, we have decided to postpone it until next week because of missing school yesterday. This will give us a little more time to prepare. Thank you for you understanding in this!

Emergency Contacts
Mrs. Yost has thanked us for our work in letting each other know about the school closure on Monday. In the future to make it easier, we are looking for 3 parents for each class to help us out with making phone calls to the other parents in the classroom. If you are interested in being an Emergency Contact Parent, please let me know! I appreciate your help with this.


Please let me know if you have questions or concerns this week! I appreciate all you do!
Miss Merritt

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Esther said...

I can be an Emergency Contact Parent. I know you were unable to get a hold of me on Monday. So I can help if the phones work:)
Esther Bickham

September 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM

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Writing Prompt

This weekly writing prompt is to give you some ideas of things you can write about at home. To make this time more meaningful, maybe have a writing night once a week and have a writing journal that your child can use at home. Have them answer the prompt (it doesn't have to be polished and perfect--our goal is to just write). Modeling along with your child can motivate them to write more! I find that it usually works best with the kids to give them a time limit (like 10-15 minutes). That way they are writing for a duration and if they go longer, that is fine. But--usually when we have to stop at a time limit--there are a few of them that really want to keep going. Share the writing after as you have your child read it to you. It is not a required assignment, but if you'd like to turn it in you may send in the writing with the homework and I'd love to read it. Maybe I can put up a few selections on the blog each week as we see some excellent pieces! Thanks for helping make your children better writers!

Prompt #2
Opinion Writing
Tell about your favorite treat. It needs an introduction sentence (ie There are many different kinds of treats.), an opinion (ie My favorite treat is a chocolate chip cookie.), at least 3 reasons supporting why (ie Chocolate chip cookies are nice and sweet. When they come out of the oven, they warm my stomach up. Chocolate chip cookies go good with a glass of milk.), then they need a closing sentence (ie Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite treat.)


Prompt Week #1
Narrative Story (needs a beginning, middle, and an end)
Write a story about the wind. It can be a real life story that happened to you or a story that you make up. Make sure to include a beginning, middle, and an end.


May Poems

Seed, Sprout, Flower

A seed is planted:
First a sprout,
then stem,
and leaves,
and buds
come out.
Buds grow bigger,
smelling sweet,
bees and birds come
'round to eat.
Bees and birds
help flowers spread
their new seeds on
the garden bed...
A seed is planted.
~Helen H. Moore

Friends
Tall friends, short friends,
Skinny and wide;
Red haired, black haired,
Side by side.

Old friends, young friends,
And in-betweens;
Moms and Grandpas,
Tots and teens.

From Washington
To Delaware
Friends are found
Most anywhere.
~Janet C. Miller

About Miss Merritt

I am originally from Blackfoot, Idaho. I love small towns! I attended BYU-Idaho for my undergraduate studies and received my Masters degree through Southern Utah University. I recently passed my National Boards and am glad to say I am a National Board Certified Teacher. I love learning and enjoy helping others love it too! This will be my 8th year teaching 1st grade.

I love reading! When I was younger, I used to work in libraries and I have developed a great love of childrens books. I love books by Barbara Park, Eric Carle, and Audrey Wood. I have currently been reading classics like Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

I love the outdoors as well. I love camping and hiking, but I also love traveling and seeing new places. I am a big fan of the beach and I love swimming! I have been to Thailand a few times (my mom is from there!) and I love to see the world. Every year I have a goal to go on a vacation somewhere new.