Hi there, Stupendous SECOND GRADERS and Super Second Grade Parents!
Wow, it's hard to believe the year is over! Kids - you're all second graders now and I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!! Each one of you worked incredibly hard this year and learned so much. Great job!
Our week at Camp Learned-A-Lot was amazing! From the Read In, to games, to getting soaked on the playground to centers and a slideshow, we all had a great time! Thank you parents, for all your help during Camp Learned-A-Lot.
Kids - I LOVED being your teacher this year! Each day you amazed me with how much you learned. I loved watching you make amazing strides. You are so smart! You are all really ready for second grade! Come see me any time next year! Parents - Thank you for all you support this year! You're all so wonderful.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the WONDERFUL end of the year gifts! I am so touched by your thoughtfulness. Thank you for the generous gift cards. I love everything! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Have an amazing summer and I'll see you next year!
Mrs. Johnston
May 23, 2012
May 21, 2012
Weekly Update, May 21 - 23
Hello Super Smart Pre-Second Graders and Super Pre-Second Grade Parents!
WOW! It's the last week of school! Can you believe it? Kids, get ready...this week is going to be amazing!
CAMP LEARNED - A - LOT
Camp Learned - A - Lot is FINALLY here! Each pre-second grader worked so hard to earn this special privilege! We're off to a super start!
Today was the first day of camp and it was great! We settled into our tents to get ready for a fun day of reading! The kids loved being in their pajamas today. Thank you to our guest readers today: Mrs. Collins, Mr. Heinemann, Mrs. Wernett, Mrs. Heitmann (my mom!) and Mrs. Kornfeld. The kids LOVED this! I just love to see the kids so happy and excited about reading!
TUESDAY
Tomorrow is game day at camp! We will play Simon Says, Heads Up/7 Up, complete a class scavenger hunt, complete brain teasers, play bingo and play lots of board games. After music we will have a special treat! From 2:00 - 2:55 the first grade classes will play a variety of water games. It will be a blast!
WEDNESDAY
Our last day of the year will be filled with talking about first grade memories and making new ones! We will have memory sharing circle in the morning and then do centers. Each child will go to 4 centers!
1. Create A School - Kids will work together to draw, construct and build their own school!
2. Camp Learned - A - Lot - Kids will complete a writing and art packet all about school memories and they will write about their hopes for summer and second grade.
3. Father's Day Surprise - Shhh! Kids, you'll complete something special for your dad for Father's Day in June. Can you keep it a secret until then?
4. Traveling Through The School Year - The kids will describe different adventures from the school year using pictures only.
We will eat our lunch together outside at the blue tables on Wednesday at 11:20. Parents are welcome! After lunch, we will celebrate summer birthdays at 12:00 (Happy Birthday Kaelan, Payson, Mrs. Johnston, Chad, Chloe) After the picnic we will watch our first grade slide show and then send the 6th graders off to Cross with the 6th grade tunnel.
This has been an incredible year in first grade! Kids - I LOVED being your teacher and watching you learn! You are SO smart! You are going to be AWESOME in second grade! Parents and family members - THANK YOU for all your help this year! Your time, support, encouragement and supply donations helped make our class so special.
Have a great week and stay tuned for a special year end blog posting on Wednesday!
Have a great time at camp!
Mrs. Johnston
WOW! It's the last week of school! Can you believe it? Kids, get ready...this week is going to be amazing!
CAMP LEARNED - A - LOT
Camp Learned - A - Lot is FINALLY here! Each pre-second grader worked so hard to earn this special privilege! We're off to a super start!
Today was the first day of camp and it was great! We settled into our tents to get ready for a fun day of reading! The kids loved being in their pajamas today. Thank you to our guest readers today: Mrs. Collins, Mr. Heinemann, Mrs. Wernett, Mrs. Heitmann (my mom!) and Mrs. Kornfeld. The kids LOVED this! I just love to see the kids so happy and excited about reading!
TUESDAY
Tomorrow is game day at camp! We will play Simon Says, Heads Up/7 Up, complete a class scavenger hunt, complete brain teasers, play bingo and play lots of board games. After music we will have a special treat! From 2:00 - 2:55 the first grade classes will play a variety of water games. It will be a blast!
WEDNESDAY
Our last day of the year will be filled with talking about first grade memories and making new ones! We will have memory sharing circle in the morning and then do centers. Each child will go to 4 centers!
1. Create A School - Kids will work together to draw, construct and build their own school!
2. Camp Learned - A - Lot - Kids will complete a writing and art packet all about school memories and they will write about their hopes for summer and second grade.
3. Father's Day Surprise - Shhh! Kids, you'll complete something special for your dad for Father's Day in June. Can you keep it a secret until then?
4. Traveling Through The School Year - The kids will describe different adventures from the school year using pictures only.
We will eat our lunch together outside at the blue tables on Wednesday at 11:20. Parents are welcome! After lunch, we will celebrate summer birthdays at 12:00 (Happy Birthday Kaelan, Payson, Mrs. Johnston, Chad, Chloe) After the picnic we will watch our first grade slide show and then send the 6th graders off to Cross with the 6th grade tunnel.
This has been an incredible year in first grade! Kids - I LOVED being your teacher and watching you learn! You are SO smart! You are going to be AWESOME in second grade! Parents and family members - THANK YOU for all your help this year! Your time, support, encouragement and supply donations helped make our class so special.
Have a great week and stay tuned for a special year end blog posting on Wednesday!
Have a great time at camp!
Mrs. Johnston
May 14, 2012
Weekly Update, May 14 - 18
Hello Smart Pre-Second Graders and Super Pre-Second Grade Parents!
Happy Mother's Day! I hope all the moms had a wonderful day. I hope you enjoyed your flowers. The kids had so much fun making them for you.
Wow! It's hard to believe this is the last full week of first grade! I am so proud of all the kids have accomplished this year! There's just one more week until Camp Learned A Lot! Kids - keep working hard and following our rules so we can have Camp Learned A Lot! It's so much fun!
Parents - there are still many opportunities to help with Camp Learned - A - Lot! The children will mail letters to you from “camp.” Please send in a self addressed (addressed to the parent), stamped envelope in by this Friday so those can be ready to mail on Monday.
Homework Information
* This is the last chance for the PRE-SECOND GRADE SPELLING CHALLENGE!!! There's just one test left to get an A+ or an A++! You are all great spellers and I know you can do it!
BLASTING OFF TO 2nd GRADE!!!
We will finish off our planet study this week by learning about the outer planets. The kids studied Jupiter, the first of the outer planets, today. We will study the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune until Thursday. On Friday, we will review the planets and the kids will complete their planet book.
In writing we are finishing our planet-a-day space book. These are coming out great and I can't wait to see the finished product! We are also working on class books. The goal is to have enough for each child to take three home at the end of the year; we are almost to our goal! These class books are just wonderful and it is so neat to see the progress that the kids have made throughout the year. We will also complete our final writing assessment for the year for the report card.
The last Rainbow Words of the year are due tomorrow! This week in making words we are reviewing a variety of different word families, contractions and abbreviations. Kids - study hard for Friday's test! I know you can do it!
The kids enjoyed their space centers! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to Planets and they made their own representation of the Sun, Earth and the moon. These are really neat and show how the Earth orbits the sub.
2. Science - The kids made their very own space shuttles! They used oranges for the base of the shuttle and then they used a variety of different treats for their space shuttles. These look great!
3. Writing - The kids wrote a letter to their future second grade teacher to introduce themselves. I will save these for the teachers and, once classes are assigned for next year, give the letters to the teachers.
4. Math - The kids made a diagram to show the different phases of the moon. After they finished, they used pattern blocks to create a map of our Solar System.
5. Reading - The kids had free choice reading day. They love this!
In math we are working on finishing the assessments for the report card. We will also continue to practice regrouping and borrowing so the kids are familiar with it when they get to second grade.
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
Happy Mother's Day! I hope all the moms had a wonderful day. I hope you enjoyed your flowers. The kids had so much fun making them for you.
Wow! It's hard to believe this is the last full week of first grade! I am so proud of all the kids have accomplished this year! There's just one more week until Camp Learned A Lot! Kids - keep working hard and following our rules so we can have Camp Learned A Lot! It's so much fun!
Parents - there are still many opportunities to help with Camp Learned - A - Lot! The children will mail letters to you from “camp.” Please send in a self addressed (addressed to the parent), stamped envelope in by this Friday so those can be ready to mail on Monday.
Homework Information
* This is the last chance for the PRE-SECOND GRADE SPELLING CHALLENGE!!! There's just one test left to get an A+ or an A++! You are all great spellers and I know you can do it!
BLASTING OFF TO 2nd GRADE!!!
We will finish off our planet study this week by learning about the outer planets. The kids studied Jupiter, the first of the outer planets, today. We will study the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune until Thursday. On Friday, we will review the planets and the kids will complete their planet book.
In writing we are finishing our planet-a-day space book. These are coming out great and I can't wait to see the finished product! We are also working on class books. The goal is to have enough for each child to take three home at the end of the year; we are almost to our goal! These class books are just wonderful and it is so neat to see the progress that the kids have made throughout the year. We will also complete our final writing assessment for the year for the report card.
The last Rainbow Words of the year are due tomorrow! This week in making words we are reviewing a variety of different word families, contractions and abbreviations. Kids - study hard for Friday's test! I know you can do it!
The kids enjoyed their space centers! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to Planets and they made their own representation of the Sun, Earth and the moon. These are really neat and show how the Earth orbits the sub.
2. Science - The kids made their very own space shuttles! They used oranges for the base of the shuttle and then they used a variety of different treats for their space shuttles. These look great!
3. Writing - The kids wrote a letter to their future second grade teacher to introduce themselves. I will save these for the teachers and, once classes are assigned for next year, give the letters to the teachers.
4. Math - The kids made a diagram to show the different phases of the moon. After they finished, they used pattern blocks to create a map of our Solar System.
5. Reading - The kids had free choice reading day. They love this!
In math we are working on finishing the assessments for the report card. We will also continue to practice regrouping and borrowing so the kids are familiar with it when they get to second grade.
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
May 7, 2012
Weekly Update, May 7 - 11
Hello Smart Pre-Second Graders and Super Pre-Second Grade Parents!
The kids had so much fun with career week last week! Thank you so much to the parents who were able to come in and tell the kids about your jobs.
I was not at school today for a training at our district offices. I will send out an email on Tuesday morning.
The PRE-SECOND GRADE SPELLING CHALLENGE continues! There are only two more spelling tests left! Will you get an A+? Will you get an A++?? You can do it!!!
CAMP LEARNED A LOT!
Camp Learned a lot is a fun and exciting way to end first grade and blast off to second grade! Camp Learned A Lot is a 3 day camp full of games, friends and surprises during the last week of school! The students have been offered the chance to earn a stay at Camp Learned A Lot. In order to earn Camp Learned A Lot, the students must:
* Be awesome pre-second graders at all times
* Follow our class rules (we are respectful, we are responsible, we are safe, we follow the Golden Rule) at all times
* Get an A+ report from Mrs. Seiferth, our guest teacher today and on 5/14
Kids - Camp Learned A Lot is SO MUCH FUN!!! I know that you will all be responsible pre-second graders and earn camp!
BLASTING OFF TO 2nd GRADE!!!
For the next two weeks in science and guided reading we are doing a unit on our Solar System. The kids are very ready for 2nd grade and this is a fun science unit to end the year and blast them off to second grade! Today the kids learned about the Sun and stars. Beginning tomorrow, we will study the planets in their order from the sun. We will study all the planets until we finish next Thursday. The planets we will study this week are the inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
In writing we are working on making a space book! Each child will make a page about each planet with different information. The pictures of the planets are made from tissue paper. The will help the kids make a connection to the way Eric Carle makes his art.
The kids came home with Rainbow Words and they are due tomorrow. This week in making words we are reviewing contractions and learning about abbreviations.
The kids enjoyed their space centers today! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to "I Can Read About Space," and they made their cover for their space books.
2. Science - The kids colored different constellations and made their own telescope. The telescope can actually be used on the constellation paper like a real telescope. Kids, be sure to show your parents how this works!
3. Writing - The kids wrote about blasting off to second grade! They wrote about what it will be like in second grade and what they will do in second grade.
4. Math - The kids made a space book with different patterns and numbers related to space.
5. Reading - The kids worked on reading assessments for the report card.
The kids did a great job working on strategies to help increase speed when adding numbers. We will continue to work on strategies for solving both addition and subtraction problems. We are still working on place value by writing and identifying large numbers. The kids have gotten so good at this! We will review a variety of concepts this week.
We were unable to go to computers this week due to MAP testing.
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
The kids had so much fun with career week last week! Thank you so much to the parents who were able to come in and tell the kids about your jobs.
I was not at school today for a training at our district offices. I will send out an email on Tuesday morning.
The PRE-SECOND GRADE SPELLING CHALLENGE continues! There are only two more spelling tests left! Will you get an A+? Will you get an A++?? You can do it!!!
CAMP LEARNED A LOT!
Camp Learned a lot is a fun and exciting way to end first grade and blast off to second grade! Camp Learned A Lot is a 3 day camp full of games, friends and surprises during the last week of school! The students have been offered the chance to earn a stay at Camp Learned A Lot. In order to earn Camp Learned A Lot, the students must:
* Be awesome pre-second graders at all times
* Follow our class rules (we are respectful, we are responsible, we are safe, we follow the Golden Rule) at all times
* Get an A+ report from Mrs. Seiferth, our guest teacher today and on 5/14
Kids - Camp Learned A Lot is SO MUCH FUN!!! I know that you will all be responsible pre-second graders and earn camp!
BLASTING OFF TO 2nd GRADE!!!
For the next two weeks in science and guided reading we are doing a unit on our Solar System. The kids are very ready for 2nd grade and this is a fun science unit to end the year and blast them off to second grade! Today the kids learned about the Sun and stars. Beginning tomorrow, we will study the planets in their order from the sun. We will study all the planets until we finish next Thursday. The planets we will study this week are the inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
In writing we are working on making a space book! Each child will make a page about each planet with different information. The pictures of the planets are made from tissue paper. The will help the kids make a connection to the way Eric Carle makes his art.
The kids came home with Rainbow Words and they are due tomorrow. This week in making words we are reviewing contractions and learning about abbreviations.
The kids enjoyed their space centers today! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to "I Can Read About Space," and they made their cover for their space books.
2. Science - The kids colored different constellations and made their own telescope. The telescope can actually be used on the constellation paper like a real telescope. Kids, be sure to show your parents how this works!
3. Writing - The kids wrote about blasting off to second grade! They wrote about what it will be like in second grade and what they will do in second grade.
4. Math - The kids made a space book with different patterns and numbers related to space.
5. Reading - The kids worked on reading assessments for the report card.
The kids did a great job working on strategies to help increase speed when adding numbers. We will continue to work on strategies for solving both addition and subtraction problems. We are still working on place value by writing and identifying large numbers. The kids have gotten so good at this! We will review a variety of concepts this week.
We were unable to go to computers this week due to MAP testing.
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
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