Thanks Albert Lea Fire Station and Public Library!  We enjoyed visiting you!

Albert Lea Fire Fighters Brought Us T-Shirts!

Last Friday, May 6 the Albert Lea Fire Fighters visited us and passed out t-shirts to students that participated in the home safety questionnaire with their families.  I am proud to say we had 100% participation in this activity and everyone received a shirt!

Hospital Field Trip - May 16

We will be visiting the Albert Lea Medical Center for a class field trip next Monday, May 16.  Please be sure to sign the permission slip that will be going home this week to ensure your child's ability to attend.  They do a very nice job at ALMC in relating to first graders about what takes place at the hospital.

Spelling Words - Week of May 9 - 13

1.  tube
2.  cube
3.  cute
4.  use
5.  rule
6.  huge
7.  page
8.  fudge
9.  angry
10. sorry

No Spelling This Week

Here is the new list of spelling words.  However, we are not having a test this week.  Our next spelling test on this list of words will be on May 6.

1.  age
2.  page
3.  cage
4.  badge
5.  budge
6.  fudge
7.  old
8.  most
9.  floor
10. piece

Estrella's Bunnies Came to Visit Us!

Estrella and her family brought eight tiny bunnies for all of us to enjoy!  Thanks Estrella!

Spelling Words for Week of April 11-15

Okay--my apologies--I have been forgetting to add the spelling words to my blog every week. Here is this week's list:

1. find
2. kind
3. mind
4. mild
5. child
6. wild
7. day
8. play
9. sure
10. son

Please Check Out My Favorite Links On My Blog!

Thanks to Miss Bennett for teaching me how to add computer activities on my blog! Be sure to check out my favorite classroom computer games. These will serve as a great review this summer as well.

Snack/Milk Break

Our participation with the snack cart for this trimester is down. Several students are not signed up. Please be sure to send a healthy snack with your child to school if they are no longer signed up for the snack cart.

Conferences at the End of the Year

If you would like a conference at any point for the rest of this schoolyear, please be sure to get in touch with me. However, there are not any formally scheduled conferences for the remainder of the year. We can get together and discuss your child's progress at any time.

Spelling Words for March 14-18

1. my
2. fly
3. by
4. why
5. sky
6. try
7. out
8. now
9. any
10. eight

Snowpants and Boots Please!

Please be sure to send snowpants and boots every day with your child.  We are dealing with cold somedays, and puddles and mud other days.  I know of families that are sending an extra pair of socks with their child, just to keep in their backpack if socks end up getting too wet during recess.  The sunny days are in sight, but we're not there yet. Thanks!

Spelling Words for Feb 28 - Mar. 4

1.  ice
2.  nice
3.  rice
4.  race
5.  face
6.  space
7.  like
8.  nine
9.  why
10.  most

Spelling Words - Week of Feb. 22-25

1.  nine
2.  line
3.  like
4.  bike
5.  bite
6.  while
7.  funny
8.  hurry
9.  warm
10. water

Spelling Words-Week of Feb. 14-18

1.  jelly
2.  belly
3.  bunny
4.  funny
5.  furry
6.  hurry
7.  take
8.  came
9.  world
10. over

Valentines Day Party

Our Valentines Party will be held on Monday, February 14.  Each student in my class is asked to create a valentine box or bag at home and bring it to school sometime before Feb. 14.  I recently sent home a class list of names if your child would like to bring valentines to school.  Please contact me if you need a new list. 

Spelling-Spelling-Spelling

I was given  great advice from a parent.  With all of the papers that come home from school, it is easy to not be sure which is our spelling list for each week.  I will be publishing them on my blog every week for your reference.  I will also indicate a date for the test on the initial beginning of the week list.  The words for this week are as follows:

1. came
2. game
3. gate
4. late
5. lake
6. take
7. feet
8. me
9. know
10. also

Conferences--thanks everyone!

I was glad to meet with all of you at the recent parent/teacher conferences.  Just a reminder,  this is the last scheduled conference this year, but we can meet anytime to discuss your child's progress at school!  I think perhaps the biggest challenge overall seems to be the papers not getting from school to home, or home to school.  We are now starting and ending our day with our take home folders on our desk, and hope that helps to remedy the problem for so many.  It becomes an added challenge when our specialist time takes us up to pretty much the end of the day, and we are busy putting all of our winter gear on.  Please let me know how all of this is going for your child.