Reindeer Week...

What another great and busy week in 1st Grade!  The students researched reindeer all week!  We read books, we went to the Computer Lab and looked at a Blend Space about reindeer, and made reindeer recipe for Christmas Eve night!  Can't wait for you to see the books they made!  This will be a reading grade because students used the text given to them and charts around the room for spelling and writing sentences!  I gave them reindeer photos to put in books!  They chose what to use!  this was an "in class" project grade.

Hour of code was the "nation's talk" this week. Students learned about what coding means and worked in partners to create a code and act out being robots and performing the codes!  Lots of fun!

Lastly,  you are so blessed...we remembered students in Greenville Hospital and made cards to send to them along with a book from our Guidance Teacher, Mrs. Robertson.  This was her idea and a great one for a project! Be thankful for these wonderful kids of yours!! :)

Thanks for all you do to support our learning!  You are greatly appreciated!

December has arrived in full swing...

We have had another busy week in 1st Grade as we are swinging into the holidays!  We found a great fireplace with Christmas music on UTube so we sit in front of the fireplace and work like we are at home!  We finally reached 200 so we made a "Thank Heaven" poster with a sample of some of our angels above.  One highlight was Mrs.Shah's birthday this week as we prepare to say goodbye.  It has been a complete pleasure to have her intern with me.  She finishes up this Friday and we wish her all the best.  We have been working with 10s and leftovers in math so we spent a lot of time sorting objects into groups of tens and playing 10s and 1s games!  Ask your child what they learned!

Coming up...We encourage reading nightly and a form about Holiday Reading is coming home for those 2 weeks of vacation in December.  Students who complete some holiday reading will get a free ticket to 6 Flags in the Spring...  You are seeing more coming home regarding reading and responding to text for homework.  Sit down nightly and ensure your child comprehends and can read what is required.

If you haven't received any emails from the class, please email me at annette.hyder@spartanburg2.k12.sc.us
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Thanks for volunteering to send items for our "special December days" .