Important Dates...

February 13th, Monday, Reading Night      

February 14th, Tuesday, Valentines! Be sure you bring your Valentine cards to share. We will also have Valentine centers Tuesday afternoon!

February 17th, Friday,   are due!

February 17th, Friday, Spring Pictures!!

February 20th, Monday, Presidents Day!        Student and  teacher holiday!

Mrs. Bass asked me to pass the message on to please be sure to wear your socks with your tennis shoes on PE days (Tuesday and Thursday) this week! Jump Rope for Heart is this week!
For the last 4 month's their has been a class picked, from each grade level, to receive a trophy for having the most stickers. Our class has won it all 4 months!!!!  Way to GO little Froggy's!!!!!

The new challenge for every child  in 1st grade to earn 200 stickers from February 1st through March 1st. If they do their name will go in the "hat" for a drawing to win tickets to the Hawks game. Good Luck!!!

 
What is going on in the class...

The children are working very hard and I am excited about their progress! They are becoming little authors.         Be sure to ask them about their writing projects on: Groundhogs, Harriet Tubman, and Bubble Gum!

In math
they are working on the addition and subtraction facts with a sum up to 18. We continue to review and work on telling time to the hour and half hour along with working with money up to $1.00.

We have finished our unit study on American hero Harriet Tubman and are now exploring George Washington Carver. The children continue to be amazed at the differences in then and now! 

It is fun to watch them light up daily!

Lastly, the Treasure Box is getting pretty low if anyone would like to send in goodies it would greatly be appreciated! Thanks!

Have a Great Week... Mrs. White

    WOW!!!!

Be sure to ask your child about the 100th Day of School!!! It was a Busy Day packed with lots of FUN and Learning! The children started the day off with making a portrait of themselves at age 100. Then they wrote about what it was going to be like when they were 100. They were adorable! The portrait and story will be part of the collection  in their notebooks at the end of the year.

 Here are a few other activities for the day to ask your child about: 

• getting together with our buddy class

• making our 100th day snack

• coloring and counting  100 different shapes, graphing them, along with adding and subtracting the shapes

• writing ... "If I had $100.00 I would..."

• story Mom

FYI... I will be out on Tuesday, as Garrison Mill's First Grade team representative, for a county wide conference.

       Media Center Tuesday not Wednesday!!!

Hope to see you at the dance tonight!   Mrs. White

Dear Parents,

I just wanted to let you know that, as a gala auction item, Ms. Gabriel and I are offering a "Bowling Party for 6."

Two hours of fun bowling with snacks at Brunswick Zone in Roswell.   Date and time to be worked out between teachers and parents.

The Gala Auction will be held February 4, 2012 at Olde Towne Athletic Club from 7 to 11 PM. Tickets are on sale at http://gmefoundation.org - $35 and $45 at the door or you can Download 2012GALATicketformto purchase tickets in advance. Visit the website for a sample of items to bid on. All proceeds go back to GMEF.

The proceeds will be used to improve our school by providing funding for programs such as technology, educational curriculum and facility improvements. The GMEF will accumulate and distribute resources beyond those provided by Cobb County or the PTA, in order to further enhance, foster and enrich the educational experiences of all students at Garrison Mill.

Thank you for your support!

Update:

We will be going to the Media Center the next two weeks on Tuesday! Don't forget to bring your books!


January ...  Can you believe we have been back for 2 weeks and the month is almost gone? This Friday, is the 100th day of School too! The year is going by so fast!

Dates to Remember:

• Jan. 24th Paradise Grille and South of the Border Spirit Night 5-8 pm
• Jan. 26th 100th Snack Contribution Due
• Jan. 27th 100th Day of School, RFL Baseball Cap Day, and the School Dance at 6:30 (I hope to see you all there.)
• Jan. 30th All 1st Grade Students Heroes Essay Due!
• Jan. 31st I will be out for an Inservice for 1st Grade (Mrs. Druhot will be subbing for me!)
• Feb. 2nd Ground Hog Day!
• Feb. 4th GM Gala
• Feb. 9th or 10th HTHT ... Shadows!

Reading: READ! READ! READ! I love seeing everyone reading up a storm! We will have fun celebrating at the end of the 9 weeks!!!

Math: Keep up the good work with your Math Facts. More flash cards will be coming home soon too!

First IN Math: We have had the trophy for 3 months in a row!!!! Wow! Please don't slow up! I just checked everyone's progress and I would really like to see everyone finish skill set 1! Let's make this our Goal!

Time: We are working on telling time to the hour and half hour.

Phonics: We have slowed down on the Saxon Lessons. The goal is to apply the different rules in our writing and weekly spelling test!

Science: Our unit is on Light! This works perfect with Ground Hog Day coming up in February too. We will also be having a HTHT on Shadows in a couple of weeks.

Social Studies: Harriet Tubman is our next Historical Figure. We will start this week!

Writing: Editing our work will be a high priority. We will also be writing for information. The children will be researching different animals for their informational piece. They Love It!!!

     Hope to see you all Friday at the Dance!

Mrs. White

Dates...

December 5th Reading Night 6-8pm

December 8th International Night 6:30 (I hope to see you there!)

December 14th Cloud 9 Contest Ends

December 15th Chick-Fil-A Toys for Tots Night

December 16th HTHT 8:00-9:30      

December 21st Our Class Holiday Party 12:20-1:20

December 22nd Last Day before the Winter Holidays Begin

December 22nd End of 2nd 9 weeks

WAY TO GO!!!!!

The class won the First In Math trophy for the month of November! The children said they wanted to get it again in December.

 November Reading Logs are due!

The children are also doing a great job with their Book In A Bag! I am very excited about their progress.

Riddle Bags are due on Monday. We will do a two or three a day until each child has read their riddle. The children have tons of fun trying to guess what's in the bag.

  Dec. 5th Copy Parent: Kelli Rivera

        Dec. 6th Computer Parent: Kelli Rivera

                                                            Dec. 9th Reading Parent: Beth Wiederhold

                               Dec. 12th Copy Parent: Shelley Fisher

                                                        Dec. 13th Computer Parent: Nancy Pierre

                                    Dec. 16th Reading Parent Ashley: Reid

                                                Dec. 19th Copy Parent: None Happy Holidays!!

                                        Dec. 20th Computer Parent: Shelly Fisher

 The next few weeks we will be exploring the following...

Language Arts: Synonyms, ABC Order, Dictionary Skills, Words with Multiple Meanings, Continue working on personal narratives, editing sentences

Math: Continue addition and subtraction with sums to 12, Making fair change with coins to 50 cent and dollar bills ($1, $5, $10, $20), geometry, Exemplars (problem solving)

Science: Sound Unit

Social Studies: Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea and their journey

Health: Food Groups

Phonics: "y" as a vowel and "er"





Pictures for the Yearbook, Thursday, Nov. 10th

Parents, There will be club photos taken for the school's yearbook on the morning of Thursday, November 10th for any student who has participated in any after school club. This may include: Chorus, Art club, Young Rembrandts, Odyssey of the Mind, Drama Club, Chess Club, Golf Club, Spanish Club, Cheer Dance, Club Scientific, Cub Scouts, Student Council, Wee Deliver, News Crew, Safety Patrol, etc. Please be sure to make your child aware of this activity which is strictly voluntary.