Miss you!

Meet Troy!

Have a WONDERFUL Winter Break!  Get plenty of rest and have fun with your families!  I can't wait to see you all when we come back in January!
Love- Mrs. Cortez and Troy

Go Texan Day!

Many students dressed up for Go Texan Day on Thursday.  I love seeing all the cowboys and cowgirls who are ready for the fair!

In other news, progress reports should be signed at the bottom and returned in the red Take Home folder.

We are working hard and learning a lot in first grade!

Open House and Scholastic

Open House is TOMORROW, Tuesday, September 18th  from 6:00-7:30!  Please join us!

Scholastic book orders will be sent home twice a month.  They will go home on Mondays and the orders will be turned in on Friday.  If you choose to order online, you will need our class code: GTWW2
 Thank you to Natalie's family for donating Clorox Wipes and pencils!Thank you to Lorraine's family for donating playing cards for math rotations!

We are working hard!

This week in Math, we are working on comparing and ordering numbers.  These students are using cube towers to compare three numbers!

In science, we are working on classifying items by shape, size, and color.  These scientists are observing and recording their classifications in their Science Notebook!

Check back soon to see what we are up to in the classroom!

Classroom Wish List Donator

Our classroom was blessed with lots of items from our wish list from Gia and her family!  We received 2 playground balls, clothes pins, craft sticks, pencils, and stickers! Thank you so much!!

 

 

We are still in need of items:

Clorox Wipes

Paper Towels

Books for the Classroom Library

 

If your family is able to help our class by purchasing these items, we could greatly appreciate it!

Our first week was AWESOME!

We had a wonderful first week of school!  We reviewed words from Kinder, reviewed numbers 0-20, developed our Social Contract, and learned LOTS of procedures.  The students are so sweet, bright, and helpful.  It looks like we are going to have a great year!  Here are a few things I wanted to be sure you are aware of:

HOMEWORK

            Homework will be given on a monthly calendar with a Reading Log on the back.  This page should stay in the red Take Home Folder.  Each night when the student completes the homework, a parent should initial in the box.  Students should also read 20 minutes per night, and this can be recorded on the Reading Log.  I will check to see if homework is completed on Fridays.  If your family has plans on a weeknight and your student is unable to complete his/her homework, please try to complete it another day during the week.  As long as all homework is completed by Friday, the student will receive a sticker for the week. 

SOCIAL CONTRACT

            During the first week of school we developed and continually reviewed our Social Contract (our set of class rules).  As a class we decided how students wanted to treat each other, how I should be treated, and how we should handle conflict.  We decided we should:  use kind words, be safe, be respectful, do the right thing (integrity), listen, follow directions, no bullying, keep our hands, feet, and objects to ourselves, be in a good mood, etc.  If students do not follow the Social Contract, they will have to change their color to blue, yellow, or red.  Each time they change their color, they will have to spend 5 additional minutes walking to reflect at recess.  If students are leaders and examples to the class, they will move their clip to purple and receive a sticker for the day.  Please initial on the behavior page each day in the red Take Home Folder!

WISH LIST- ADDITIONAL ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE CLASSROOM

            Thank you so much for providing the school supplies requested on the list by the district!  Throughout the year, a few additional items are needed to make our class a clean, happy, successful place.  If your family is able to help supply any of these additional “wish list” items for the classroom, please send them with your student to school.  Items needed are:

                   Pencils (we can NEVER have enough pencils- they disappear!)

                   Clorox disinfecting wipes

                   Clothes pins

                   Wooden craft sticks

                   Paper towels

                   Picture books for our Classroom Library

                   Paper Bags

                   Playground Balls (Kickball, Soccerball, Football)

                   Stickers