Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

December 18th, 2014

Today, during our Reading Buddy time. We built towers using spaghetti noodles, tape, and string. We had to hold a big marshmallow on the top, who ever built the tallest tower won.

Secret Santas

Peyton C. has Aeralynn
Lydia has Emersyn
Dakota has Peyton S.
Logan has Maddox
Terek has Brayden
Brooklyn has Peyton C.
Maddox has Jorgen
Chase has Dakota
Brynn has Brooklyn
Peyton S has Logan
Emersyn has Savannah
Savannah has Brynn
Brayden has Chase
Jorgen has Tate
Aeralynn has Terek
Tate has Lydia

Remember the gift has to be in the $5-$10 range, any questions please let me know.

Secret Santa and Christmas Party

Hi all!

          As Mrs. Neys said in the newsletter, we will be doing a gift exchange during our classroom party. We drew names today and the name your child drew will be stapled to this paper. The gift should be in the $5-$10 range. If you have any questions please let me know.

          We will be having a Christmas party on December 19^th. I am asking for two students to supply treats and one student to supply drinks. Please e-mail me at laura.j.kapaun@sendit.nodak.edu to volunteer or text or call me at 701-840-1083. Please let me know by December 12th. Thank you! If you have any questions, please be sure to let me know.

          Laura Kapaun

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who showed up for Parent-Teacher Conferences. We had a great turn-out and it was nice to meet you all.

This past week, we had a North Dakota birthday celebration. We went around to different stations and learned about what it was like 125 years ago in North Dakota. We have a busy couple of weeks coming up:

Nov. 7-11: No School
Nov. 12: Bookmobile
Nov. 17: Miss HS 2015 will be coming to visit us about Bullying
Nov. 20: Picture Retakes
Nov. 27-28: No School--Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 4: Christmas Program @ 7 pm in Buchanan

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the celebration.

World Series

Today we made our predictions for Game 6 of the World Series. We had an overwhelming vote for the Giants.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Hello,

            It is that time of year again, Parent-Teacher conferences. This year they are scheduled for November 4^th from 3:30-7:00 pm and November 5^th from 3:30-6:00 pm. I will be scheduling a 15 minute conference time for each student. The time slots are on the bottom of this paper. Please choose a first, second, and third choice and return this sheet to school as soon as possible. Priority will be given to the sheets returned first. If this sheet is not returned by October 24^th, 2014, I will schedule you for an open spot. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in scheduling your conference time.

Tuesday November 4^th:                                   Wednesday November 5^th:

3:30-3:45:                                                        3:30-3:45:

3:45-4:00:                                                        3:45-4:00:

4:00-4:15:                                                        4:00-4:15:

4:15-4:30:                                                        4:15-4:30:

4:30-4:45:                                                        4:30-4:45:

4:45-5:00:                                                        4:45-5:00:

5:00-5:15:                                                        5:00-5:15:

5:15-5:30:                                                        5:15-5:30:

5:30-5:45:                                                        5:30-5:45:

5:45-6:00:                                                        5:45-6:00:

6:00-6:15:

6:15-6:30:

6:30-6:45:

6:45-7:00:

Halloween Party

Hello all,

          We will be having a classroom Halloween party; it will be on October 31^st before the parade and songs. The students get a lot of candy and sweets on Halloween so crackers, cheese, and meat slices go over very well at parties. Cereal mixes, chips, and other non-sweet items are also a hit. Cookies and cupcakes are good treats because they are easy to send home if they do not get finished.

          I am asking for two students to supply treats and one student to supply drinks. Please e-mail me at laura.j.kapaun@sendit.nodak.edu to volunteer or text or call me at 701-840-1083. Please let me know by October 24^th. Thank you! If you have any questions, please be sure to let me know.

October Treat

A special thanks to Brayden's grandpa for the gourds, we really appreciate them!

First Grade is 'SPOOK' TACULAR.

Hi all!

I hope everyone has been having a beautiful October so far. This week I am going to be sending home October book orders along with a free $5 book order when you spend $10. I hope that everyone is able to take advantage of this great deal. There are many different types of books available for your child. Halloween is coming up soon and this week I will be sending home a letter asking for your help in providing snacks and drinks for our party. We will be having a parade on October 31st at 2:45 in the gym for the parents.

This week we will be finishing up our chapter on subtraction and our first unit in our Reading textbook. In the next chapter of Math, we are to be talking about addition strategies up to 20. We will be having a unit test for reading next week. Remember, we don't have school next Thursday and Friday, the 16th and 17th.

If you have any questions, please be sure to let me know. Have a great week!

Reading Buddies

Here are some pictures of us with our Reading Buddies!

First Grade Update!

Hello all,

It's been a few weeks since I've posted an update but we've been very busy in our classroom. We are in full swing with Reading and Math.

In Reading, we have been working on sequence of events, plot, characters, and author's choice of words. If you can work on that while reading with your child that would be awesome. Daily 5 has been going awesome, we are up to 10 minutes of stamina on Read to Self and Read to Someone. This week we are going to incoporate Word Work and use the iPads that we have in our classroom. We have been working on subtraction in Math. Last week, we got to subtract using M & M's.

We finished up our unit in Social Studies on family, the kids really enjoy having their family pictures in the classroom. Our unit in Science was on plants and we finished that on Friday and will start learning about keeping our bodies healthy.

I love seeing how much the kids have read for the month of September, I will be sending a note home to send back the calendars and I will be sending the October calendar home this week. I am asking that you keep the calendar in your child's folder. In the next couple of weeks, the October book order will be sent home, which is a great way for students to find books they like.

The 5th and 6th graders are our Reading Buddies, they come down on Tuesday and Thursdays from 10-10:30. The kids are really enjoying it. In Art, we created self-portraits and will do it again at the end of the year to see how much we have changed throughout the year.

Sorry for the long post, but as always if you need anything, please contact me!

Third Week Update

Hello all!

We have been busy working in our classroom. We have worked on addition number sentences in Math; we can add up to nine. Ask your child to write you some number sentences for practice.

In Reading, we have been working on our first unit, we are working on phonics, spelling, high frequency words, and reading our first story.

We are working really hard on implementing Daily 5/Cafe into our classroom. So far, we have learned about Read to Self and Read to Someone. In Social Studies, we are working on family and rules. If you have a family picture you'd like to send in that would be great, you will get it back. We are also learning about plants and how they grow in Science. Next week, we are going to be planting an amaryllis bulb.

I will be sending home the high-frequency words for the rest of the year; please practice these with your child, have them spell it and say it in a sentence. I am having a wonderful time with your children, they are a great group! If you have any questions please let me know.