Week One Complete!

Hi Everyone!

Have you signed up for the Remind text messaging service?  If not, please take a moment to download the Remind app (look for the white text bubble on a blue background) from the app store and join my class.  After you download the Remind app, you can join my class by texting @grade1dr to 81010.

We made it through our first two days!  Expect your little ones to be tired…they have been taking in a lot of information.  Your children are all so sweet and I am enjoying getting to know their personalities. We are going to build a strong community and have great fun this year in Room 3.

Please be sure that you are returning your forms to me (thank you to those of you who have already turned these in). The forms I am collecting include:

• ·         Blue "How Is My Child Getting Home?" Form
• ·         Yellow "Emergency Dismissal" Form
• ·         Pinebrook Handbook Acknowledgement Survey -- This is an online form you should complete and submit via the Pinebrook website.
• ·         Yellow "Student Rights and Responsibilities" Form
• ·         Green "Technology Use" Form 
• ·         Bright colored student information card
• ·         My Great Kid Form
• ·         Class Directory Form

Next week, I will begin to introduce some of our academic routines, such as morning work and morning meeting.  However, in a school environment -- and particularly with younger children -- the most important things I can do in the first few weeks are to establish explicit and reliable routines and procedures, establish specific behavior expectations, and build a solid foundation for relationships in our room. Those things will remain a priority for the next two weeks.

A couple of reminders:

·         Please check for your child’s blue daily communication folder each day. It should travel back and forth daily with your child.

·         Please send in a small healthy snack (one, no more than two items) with your child each day, as well as a spill/leak proof water bottle. Please help your child to know whether his/her lunch box contains a full lunch or just a snack. Some children have been bringing snacks in a lunch box, but they are meant to buy lunch in the cafeteria. This has been a little confusing for some of our little ones.

Please reach out at any time with questions, comments or concerns.  

I know that I am excited to unwind and relax a little from this busy week! I hope you all are getting out to enjoy the beautiful weather with a little relief from the heat!

I hope you all enjoy the weekend. I will look forward to seeing my new first graders back for a full week of school on Monday! 

Tentative Specials Schedule

Monday: Library and P.E.
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Music and P.E.
Thursday: Computer Lab, Guidance (A Week) SEARCH (B Week)
Friday: Music and P.E.

Thursday and Friday will be an A Week
Starting on Monday, August 28th will be a B Week
Students will not have their second special on Thursday, Friday, and Monday (first three days of school) so we can start dismissal/pack-up earlier to prepare for the end of the day. Starting on Tuesday, August 29th, students will be on their regular schedule.

Welcome to First Grade!

Hello First Grade!

I hope you all enjoyed Open House today! I am thrilled that I was able to meet many of my enthusiastic first grade students! I can't wait to learn more about all of you on our first day, Thursday, August 24th. :)

Parents:
Please make sure your child has a completed blue How is My Child Going Home form on the first day (if it is already completed and in my classroom...yay!)

First Day packets should also be returned with your child on Thursday.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Thank you!

Miss Drumheller

Changes!

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous end to summer! As I transition this year to first grade, I wanted to remind everyone to unsubscribe from my blog if you have not done so, so you do not receive further notifications of my blog posts. I am excited for my former fourth graders to become awesome fifth graders/leaders of the school! :)

SIGN-UP for STEAM-tacular CAMP!!!

Surprise Visit!

Look who came to visit Room 41...it's Pete the Puma!!!

Week of March 13-17

Happy Friday!

I wanted to provide you all an update of current happenings in our classroom for the upcoming week. Please take the time to review.

Important Reminders:

• Last week of Williamsburg payments is March 20-24th. If your child is attending the field trip, all permission forms and payments must be DUE on Friday, March 24th. Also, chaperone payments are due on Friday, March 24th, as well.
• SOL Night Thursday, March 16th 6:00 p.m. This will be an informative meeting for parents to learn about the new SOL assessment for students this year. 
• March 23rd will be the Triple Play at John Champe High School...come support the Thiessen Tigers!
• At the end of March, students will be receiving information regarding their Colonial Fair project. This is a requirement for all fourth grade students and will be due at the end of April. 
• March 31st is Career Day! If you or someone you know would be interested in coming in to share your career talent, please contact ASAP.

Shared Reading:

Students will be reading and comprehending a Banana Bread Recipe

Math:

Monday-Review Decimals

Tuesday-Probability

Wednesday-Probability

Thursday-Probability

Friday- Probability Review

Science:

Monday-Historical Contributions to Electricity Review

Tuesday-Electricity and Magnetism Test

Wednesday- Animal Adaptations (Structural)

Thursday- Animal Adaptations (Behavioral)

Friday- Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

VA Studies:

Monday- Civil War

Tuesday- Civil War

Wednesday-Civil War

Thursday- Civil War

Friday- Civil War Review ( Test will be on Monday, March 20th)

Reading:

Students are continuing reading and researching history pertaining to the Revolutionary War

Writing:

Students are constructing opinion speeches 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! 

Think we'll have any snow days next week?