Circle of Hearts

Each student picked a name of another student in our class and wrote 1 nice thing about the student. I found this activity as a nationwide memorial for those who lost their lives on Friday December 14, 2012. It was a way for us as a class to show respect to one another and hear a kind word.We did not discuss the events of 12/14/12 but I thought this was a beneficial activity for us to do as a class and show our unity with each other and our nation.

Holiday Websites

I promised the class I would post this website on the blog so they could check on the reindeer from home. We watched the reindeer a couple of days ago and I let them know at 9am, 4pm and 7pm they can see Santa fed the reindeer. They were all very excited. There is also a nice list that scrolls across the screen with children's names, so far Mrs. Morett found everyone in the class's name on the list with a little magic reading.  Reindeer

Another website that I love during this time of year is the Portable North Pole. On this website, you (parents/guardians) can set up a email video that Santa will send to your child/children. You can personalize the email and then Santa prepares the video and sends it to your email address.

Hope you all enjoy the websites, if you know of any other websites the class may enjoy let me know and I will post them on our class blog.

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
       1. hand
       2. back
       3. has
       4. van
       5. sat
       6. black
       7. that
       8. sang
       9. land
      10. ask
      11. have
      12. thank
      13. matter
      14. last
      15. fast
      16. catch

Sentence Dictation:
      The man has to catch the black cat fast.

Week of 12/3-12/7

Reading- In small groups we are reading Todd's Box out of our Harcourt book and working on our sight words. In listening groups we are listening to A New and Improved Santa.

Math- We are working on subtraction and drawing pictures to solve word problems. In small groups we are working on adding and subtracting 10 to any given number. We are working on your student mentally adding or subtracting 10 and understanding the value of 10.

Science- This week we are doing a hands on activity called Will it Grow, to learn about living and nonliving things. We have currently placed different objects in water to see if any of them will grow. We are observing our materials every day to see if anything sprouts up.

Spelling-For the next two weeks we will be reviewing the short /a/ sound. We will have more words this week because it is a review week.
This weeks spelling words are:
      1. van
      2. and
      3. an
      4. has
      5. after
      6. am
      7. flat
      8. than
      9. hand
    10. add
    11. cat
    12. man
    13. at
    14. can
    15. ran
    16. fast
    17. last

Sentence Dictation:
          A man has a cat that ran fast.

$1 Jean Day and Jersey Day

Tomorrow is $1 Jean Day for technology. To go along with jean day we will also be having jersey day. Support your favorite teams!

Spelling Words

Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone's break was great.

This weeks spelling words are:

         1. pet
         2. fed
         3. let
         4. get
         5. red
*
         6. they
         7. the
         8. then
         9. them
        10. was
**
        11. Nutcracker
        12. ballet

Sentence Dictation:
        Was the pet fed?

Report Cards

Report cards went home today, they are in your students homework folders. Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns.

Please remember there is no school Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

Upcoming events in November

Permission Slips for the Nutcracker on the Rocks went home today. It will cost $3 per person. Students will be able to dress up boys can wear dress pants or slacks, dress shirts and ties and girls can wear dress pants and blouses or dresses. Please return the permission slips and money ASAP.

Thanksgiving Lunch Thursday November 15th, our lunch will be 10:30-11:30 am. If you have not purchased tickets yet you can still do so Thursday in the office.
Adults- $5
Children- $3


The Canned food drive for the Store House ends this week! So far we have collected two cans if you are able to donate please bring in your cans.

$1 Jean Day- November 26th, please remember jean days are the first and last Monday of the month.

November 21-23- Thanksgiving Break

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
        1. not
        2. on
        3. dog
        4. got
        5. the
*
        6. was
        7. what
        8. them
        9. then
      10. they
**
      11. Thanksgiving
      12. turkey
      13. thankful

Sentence Dictation:
       Was it the dog on the mat or the cat?

Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day on this day we thank and honor those who have served in the military.

 

What is a Veteran?

Veterans are people who have served in the military (U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard) in times of war or peace.

 

We have many parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends in our class that are serving or have served in the military. I would like to thank each and everyone of them for the sacrifices they have made, Happy Veterans Day! 

 

This week we will be learning about Veterans Day and why it is important to us today. 

Thursday Folder Info

There is a link on the top of the page to Thursday Folders. Please make sure you read each Thursday Folder it has important information.
Thank you

Important Upcoming Dates

Thanksgiving Dinner-November 15th our class will have lunch at 10:30-11:30 on this day. Family members may purchase Thanksgiving Dinner tickets through November 9. $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for siblings.
Cookie Dough- Cookie Dough orders are due on November 8th, if you have sold cookie dough please get your orders in by this day.

No School- November 21-23

Happy Election Day!

Happy Election Day, we have been learning about voting, elections and Presidents. We had a mock election today in our class, ask your student about the process and what we did to prepare for voting. It has been an exciting week so far with all the election news and being able to learn so much about the election process. We will continue to learn about selecting our country's leader for the remainder of the week. If your student would like to review what we have learned or they would like to show you at home you can visit Election Day is Here.

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
     1. his
     2. dig
     3. pat
     4. sun
     5. put
*
     6. is
     7. what
     8. would
     9. they
    10. was
**
    11. vote
    12. election
    13. President

Sentence Dictation:
      What would they dig and put in the sun?


     

Jean Day Monday

Don't forget tomorrow is $1 jean day for technology. I have put a link to Thursday Folders and the school calendar on the top of this page. If there is any other information you would like me to link to the blog let me know and I will work on getting on the page.

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:

       1. pup
       2. bus
       3. but
       4. tub
       5. I
*
      6. your
      7. was
      8. you
      9. would
    10. could
**
    11. pumpkin
    12. scarecrow

Dictation Sentence:

      I would but your pup was on the bus.

Jean Day Tomorrow

Don't forget tomorrow October 29th is jean day for $1. Wear jeans and donate $1 to help with technology for NVA. The next jean day after tomorrow will be November 5th.

Spelling Words

I would like to thank my parent volunteers that helped with our Discovery testing this afternoon, Thank you!! The students did amazing!!

This weeks spelling words are:
    1. up
    2. us
    3. run
    4. fun
    5. to
*
    6. yes
    7. am
    8. pin
    9. in
  10. win
**
  11. group
  12. minus

Dictation Sentence:
    It will be fun for us to run up the hill.

Scholastic Book Club

Parents looking to buy new books for your students? You can now buy books online from Scholastic book club. Paper catalogs will hopefully be in and distributed next week but you can always browse and order online. This link is to scholastic and our class code. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE Books for our class and you also get a $5 FREE Book Pick Coupon to use on your next online order!
https://orders.scholastic.com/L6LZ2

Field Trip Tomorrow

Please remember we have a field trip tomorrow,
students need to be wearing comfortable shoes and need a sack lunch.

Thank you

Spelling Words

Welcome back, I hope everyone enjoyed their Fall Break!

This weeks spelling words are:
       1. as
       2. had
       3. sit
       4. six
       5. ran
   *
       6. can
       7. sad
       8. it
       9. is
     10. if
  **
      11. farm
      12. alarm

      Dictation Sentence:
            The man had six sad cats.


Please remind your child that our spelling words need to be lower case and that six needs to be spelled out. This week we will also be working on word families. -at, -an, -and, -ad.

Happy Columbus Day!!

In fourteen hundred ninety two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

This week we will be learning about Christopher Columbus and why he is an important part of our history. We will not have spelling words this week and homework will consist of reading. I was looking over the reading logs and left them at home. If your child has a reading log in their folder it was not turned in on Friday. I will get the reading logs returned tomorrow and also spelling tests from last week.

We will also be discussing my favorite time of year, Balloon Fiesta!!

Starting tomorrow after the morning announcements your student will begin to learn and recite the NVA mission statement "I will improve myself and my academic success!"

Please get permission slips and money for the field trip in ASAP.

Thank you for your continued support I appreciate all of you!

Field Trip/ Harvest Fest

I would like to thank you all for making parent teacher conferences a success, we had 100% participation.

We have a field trip coming up on October 17th, we will be going to Wagner's Farm in Corrales. I handed out permission slips at conferences, if  I did not give you one please let me know and I will send one home with your child.  If you would like to chaperone please let me know we need 6 parent chaperones for this field trip. Remember in order to chaperone field trips or volunteer at school you do need to have a background check. Any background checks that have been done within the last 2 years will be accepted and need to be brought in to the office.

Harvest Fest is fast approaching, we will have a snow cone booth to help raise money for our classroom. We are still in need of any volunteers that could help run the booth, if you are able to help  please let me know.

Thank you all for everything you do!

Lets Move

We have been talking about food groups, eating healthy and exercise. This is a great link from Michele Obama talking about gardens, physical activity and eating healthy.


http://www.letsmove.gov/

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
1.  can
2.  pan
3.  man
4.  cat
5.  sat
*
6.  an
7.  at
8.  chat
9.  bat
10. and
**
11. plants
12. about

Dictation Sentence:
       The man and the cat chat about plants.


Parents this week on the dictation sentence I have used the two challenge words. I told students that if they are not comfortable with the challenge words they can just write The man and the cat chat. I would like for everyone to try the challenge words but I do not want the students to feel overwhelmed.

Progress Reports

Progress reports went home on Friday. I hope you all had a chance to look at them and if you have any questions please see me. If they can wait until our scheduled conference time that would be great. I will send home notices for conferences tomorrow.


Please do not forget about Jean Day tomorrow. It is only a $1 and to help raise money for technology.

Yay!!

All the Entertainment Books have been turned in or sold!! Thank you all for making my first Entertainment Book fundraiser a success!

Spelling Test tomorrow, please make sure to study.

Harvest Fest is soon approaching, as of right now our booth is Spider Darts, if you have any other suggestions please let me know. I will also need volunteers to work our booth, I will have a sign up sheet at parent teacher conferences.

Entertainment Books

If you have not brought your money for Entertainment Books or returned your book please do so ASAP, we need these back by Friday September 28th if possible.

Thank you,
Mrs. Morett

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
1.  in
2.  is
3.  it
4.  big
5.  did
*
6.  at
7.  are
8.  have
9.  that
10. pig
**
11. chick
12. think

Dictation Sentence:
The big pig is in the pen.


Don't forget that the spelling words are not at the beginning of a sentence or names, please practice writing lower case letters for each word.

$1 Jean Day and Campus Clean Up Day

Happy Fall!! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Spelling tests will go home tomorrow, I was not able to finish grading them before the end of the day Friday. Tomorrow is $1 jean day, this will help raise money for technology. Tomorrow will also be a campus clean up day, we will be assigned an area of the school to pick up litter. Your child has been learning about school pride and making sure our campus is safe and clean. If you have any questions please email me or stop by the classroom.

Word Finds

Tonight for homework your child has a word find. If they have any problems with it please let me know. It is ok if they do not finish it, we can work on it in class if we need to. Don't forget about the spelling test tomorrow, they will need to write the sentence found on their word preview so please practice that with them tonight. Everyone have a wonderful night.

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
1. all
2. are
3. as
4. have
5. that
*
6. chat
7. ball
8. bag
9. clap
10. cat
**
11. grand
12. stand

Dictation sentence:
      I have a fat cat in my bag.

This week we will have bonus words that the students can try. They will also be asked to write the sentence on their test. We are practicing sentence writing and it is very important that they have the first letter capitalized and punctuation at the end.
      

Thank you everyone for a successful open house. It was great to see all of you. I hope I answered all your questions. If you have any questions for me please do not hesitate to ask. Don't forget about entertainment books, if you are not able to sell it please bring it back ASAP. If you need more books let me know. Everyone have a safe and wonderful weekend.

1st Grade, 1st Blog

Welcome everyone to Mrs. Morett's blog, the Morett Message. I am very excited to incorporate a blog as a communication tool to keep up with families. I will update my blog weekly with new spelling and math words. I will also update daily with homework assignments and upcoming events. Please check back often.