1IMPORTANT INFORMATION
School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Early out is on Fridays. We get out at 1:40! Bring your folder daily to school! HALLOWEEN PARADE INFORMATION: The parade officially starts at 9:00! We do not usually make it out of the school until about 9:30. Reminder: No masks or weapons! Please see the Ridgecrest Roar for the parade route! I FIRST GRADE HALLOWEEN PARTY SIGN UP: HALLOWEEN PARTY is from 1:00-2:00! Come and join us if you can! Remember to sign in at the office! FIRST GRADE HALLOWEEN PARTY SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949A8AD2DA1FC1-ridgecrest1 Attendance Contest! We are having a school-wide attendance contest! Mrs. Winfree has already shared information about the contest in an email to parents and guardians, but here are the details once again: Teachers will keep track of daily attendance, taking attendance at 8:45 (students who come late will have their status changed from absent to tardy). Each time we fill a Mr. Potato head, we earn a reward. Once we earn 3 Mr. Potato heads, we earn a party of some sort (we have to decide as a class). Reminder: If your student misses less than EIGHT (8) days, they will be entered into a raffle to win a BIKE! FRIDAYS are always tiger pride days! Wear your tiger pride shirt, your fun run shirt or a blue or orange shirt. Students who wear tiger pride gear on Fridays get a special treat from the office! Sign up to volunteer in Ms. Terry’s room: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Tuesday, November 5th 6-8:30 in the Ridgecrest gym. This is a fun night where you and your family can come enjoy a movie night at the school. We will be sending out more details as we get closer. VETERAN’S DAY ASSEMBLY: This year the annual Veteran’s Day assembly will be on November 11th, 2019 at 9:15-10:00 am. LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Baked Potato, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Tuesday: Egg Roll, Chicken Alfredo, Mini Corn Dogs or Chef Salad Wednesday:, Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Mummy Dogs, Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Rippers, Bean and Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Soft Grain Pretzel, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Tuesday: Chicken Noodle Soup, Mini Corn Dogs or Chef Salad WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: We are starting a new unit this week! Our story is called “A Big Fish for Max.” The story is an animal fantasy story. Our comprehension skills that we will be working on are recognizing the sequence of the story and predicting and setting a purpose for reading. We will be focusing on thinking about what families do together. Our phonics focus will be the vowel sound in ball: a, al as well as the consonant digraphs sh and th. We will be writing friendly letters and learning more about common nouns. CHINESE: Students are starting Unit 3 of Mandarin Matrix. Students will read a new stories called "Amusement Park," and "Haircut." Students will practice key phrases including "Where is....?," "Who wants to sit here?," "He/she is sitting," "He/she isn't sitting," etc. Students will be able to read and write the characters "不 (no/not), 坐 (sit), 在 (at/in), 里 (inside)," and we will continue to reinforce the characters for numbers 1-10, as well as the characters for big (大), little (小), on top of (上), and underneath (下). MATH: We finished unit 4 last week and are starting unit 1! Students will be learning more about addition and subtraction within story problems. We changed the order that we were working through our curriculum to better fit the needs of the students! Please continue to practice math fluency at home and ask your child to practice talking to you about math in Chinese! HOMEWORK: We will have Chinese reading fluency, math, spelling practice, Chinese character writing practice, and reading for 10 minutes. Please let us know if you have any questions!
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