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I cannot figure out how it got to be Thanksgiving week so fast! Of course, we are studying about the Pilgrims, Indians and the first Thanksgiving. We are reading lots of stories about them, and lots of fun Thanksgiving stories,too. We are thinking and talking about the people and things in our lives that we have to be thankful for this year.

This week, we won’t have any new spelling words. Next week, there will be 8 words, all of them words we have had before. However, we (the first grade teachers) have noticed that a lot of our students are not spelling them correctly in their everyday writing.

Here’s hoping all of you have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

Our field trip to the Rutledge-Wilson Farm was terrific! Everyone had a great time and the weather cooperated, too.

We have another new student in our class. Her name is Sara M. Now we have 18 kids in all with 11 boys and 7 girls.

Our Thanksgiving break is getting closer and closer. Please note we will be out of school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of that week. After that, we will start winter holiday stories and activities.

By the way, our Fall Party went beautifully! Thanks to everyone who sent goodies and cash to help cover the cost so the kids could enjoy themselves. Thanks so much to the moms that came to be our hostesses!

This is going to be a very busy week for us! We have Red Ribbon Week events and activities — I just found that out on Friday, Oct. 23rd! We have our Fall Party on Wednesday, Oct. 28th at 3:00 – 3:30. There are parent-teacher conferences going on, and we only have 4 days of school. Whew!!!

Please remember that I try my best to stick to the 15 minutes allotted for each conference, but you may have to wait a bit for your visit. If you find that you cannot make it to our scheduled appointment, please contact me to set up another one. It is important that we have time to talk about your child’s growth, strengths and weaknesses together. I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Hello again!  I hope some of you are checking this at home just to see what it’s like! I am looking forward to visiting with you about your child at the parent/teacher conferences next week. There are still some of you that I haven’t met, so I am anxious to put faces with your names.

Next week, we will only have 4 spelling words, so don’t be worried that some were left off of the newsletter. There are a lot of things happening next week, so we just decided on 4  for the last week of October.

We’re also excited about our field trip to the Rutledge-Wilson farm on November 5th. Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather!

October 12, 2009

Hello Parents of Mrs. Harden’s All-Stars!

I am trying to get my blog up and running to provide  an added means of comunication. It will include  information about what we’re learning and working on here at school, what’s going on and when, and to ask for your help with special things.

This week, we’re are learning about Christopher Columbus, and are making a mini-book about him to bring home. Ask your child what he/she knows about Columbus sometime in the next few days. 

The spelling words for this week are:

come  came  have  here  like  little

We work on them every day here at school, but it helps a lot if you can practice with your child at home, too.

Try to check the blog at least once a week if you can.