Friday March 25th

Bring A Toy To School Day tomorrow!

We have earned a special day for our great listening during special classes.

Your child may bring a toy to school tomorrow - Friday March 25th.   I will not be here but Mr Reimers will be subbing.  It is supposed to be “Dress Like A Book Character Day” but I prefer that we skip this since I will not be here.

All toys must be labeled with your child’s name. 

 They will be able to bring out to play during choice time and possibly recess depending on the weather.  

Please do not send toys with electronic components (battery operated or noisy), multiple pieces, something valuable or breakable. 

Thank you.

Mrs Confer

Any questions please text or email.

773-968-9657

aconfer@stjoebears.com

Week 26 - March 14- 18

March 14-18

Coming up

Positivity Project - Love of Learning

3-14. - No School - Teacher Professional Development

3-16 Late Start

3-17 St Patrick's Day - Wear Green

3-18 National Let’s Laugh Day is March 19. We will share jokes on Friday.

Please practice a joke for you child to share.

3-23 1st Grade Pajama Party program!  

4/1 Spring Break Starts

Program Details

On March 23 please have your child wear pajamas to school and bring a stuffed animal.  We  will be performing for students during the school day. That evening please arrive at St. Joe High School by 5:15.  Bring the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors.  This is a very enjoyable program.  The children have been working very hard to prepare a great show for you! 

Academic Updates

We will:

• Focus on the “or” sounds in words like: born, thorn, torn, etc.

• Continue our geometry unit

• Begin to study fractions 

• Focus on the love of learning

• Continue to work on +/- fact fluency

• Compare and contrast

• increase our writing stamina

Week 25 - March 7-11

March 7-11

We had a blast with Seuss week!   This week we will continue to focus on books as we work our way through the whole school March is Reading Month book brackets that our awesome media team has put together.  Books always win! 

Report cards will be coming home this week.  Once you’ve had a chance to look them over please let me know if you have any questions or if you’d like to meet to discuss your child’s progress. 

Academic Updates

We will:

• Focus on the “er, ir, and ur” sounds in words like: bird, word, mother, purr, stir, etc.

• Begin a geometry unit

• Continue learning about light and sound (at home look for examples of transparent, translucent, and opaque objects!)

• Learn about the idea of social intelligence

• Continue to work on +/- fact fluency

• Compare and contrast

• More writing and editing

Coming up

Positivity Project : Social Intellegence

3-8 Author Visit

3-19 National Let’s Laugh Day-start working on your jokes:)

3-23 1st Grade Pajama Party program!  

Mark your calendars! On March 23 all Lincoln Firsties will take the stage! The three first grade classrooms will be performing a musical revue called Pajama Party.  Children will be asked to wear their pajamas, slippers, and robes on this day.  Children will perform for the school during the day.  In the evening, there will be a performance for the families in the auditorium at St. Joseph High School. 

**Each child has a speaking part.  Please check for these in Friday folders and practice daily!

Things to practice at home

Read!

Lexia!

Moby Math! 

Sight word flashcards

Addition/Subtraction flashcards facts 0-10

Week 24 - Feb 28 - March 4

Feb 28-March 4

Academic Updates

We will:

• Focus on the “ar” sound in words like: charm, warm, alarm, bark, star

• Do several assessments in order to have very recent data for report cards

• More writing and editing

• Review addition and subtraction strategies

Performance!

Mark your calendars! On March 23 all Lincoln Firsties will take the stage! The three first grade classrooms will be performing a musical revue called Pajama Party.  Children will be asked to wear their pajamas, slippers, and robes on this day.  Children will perform for the school during the day.  In the evening, there will be a performance for the families in the auditorium at St. Joseph High School. More details, including times, to follow.

**Each child has a speaking part.  Please check for these in Friday folders and practice daily!

Dr Seuss Week

We are kicking off a rather long poetry unit with some Dr. Seuss favorites this week.  We will Celebrate his birthday on March 2nd.

Let’s Get Moving!

We had a local author visit and read with us! Breckyn Bussey is a senior at St. Joe High School and she has written a book called, “Let’s Get Moving!”  The children really enjoyed the book and getting to know a real author!  They asked me to include the link here in hopes you might purchase the book for them.  Miss Breckyn is Miss Reimer’s cadet teacher and is right across the hall every afternoon.  She would be happy to autograph books for the class. 

Week 23 Feb 22-25

February 22-25

Academic Updates

We will:

• Meet Bossy R, beginning our study of r-controlled vowels

• Work on writing A LOT this week

• Use adjectives to describe

• Celebrate Twos Day (2-22-22 on Tuesday)

• Distinguish between transparent, translucent, and opaque objects

Masks

I’m sure there are many varied opinions regarding the removal of the masking requirement in St. Joe Schools. Please talk with your child about your expectations for masking. If you expect your Firstie to be masked, please make that clear to him or her.  I will no longer be policing this. I will talk with the children about respecting each other’s decisions.  Please reinforce this at home so that we can all get along and not have on-going debates in the classroom on the topic.