Henry/Renna/Wood

Scholastic book order forms went home today.  If you are interested in purchasing some books, there are now 2 ways to pay.  You can submit your order form and payment (cash or a check made payable to Varner) or pay online.  To pay online,  follow these steps:

1) Go online to http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp

2) Log in using the following information:

Class User Name: HenryRennaWood

Password: Books

3) Browse the books and place an order online using your credit card. Your credit card payment will go directly to Scholastic’s secure server. There is no need to send money to school.

4) After the entire class’s order is submitted on the due date, your order will be delivered to our classroom for your child to take home. 

There is an additional catalog available for online purchasing.  This catalog is called Click and it contains technology items such as computer and nintendo games and books on DVD and CD.  There are popular computer programs, such as Kid Pix.  Some popular book titles on DVD or CD include Corduroy, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Curious George.   Please let us know if you would like a paper copy and we will send one home for you.

Orders are due Friday, March 7th.

 

Unclaimed clothing

We have a large amount of unclaimed clothing in our classroom.  Please take a moment to see if you recognize any missing items.  Let us know if something belongs to your child, and we will make sure they bring it home.  Items that are still lingering on Friday, March 14th will be donated to charity.

    
   
         

 

Animal Research Project

The students are very excited about our new project!  The project ties together the first grade standards of informational writing, Canada, and animals.  Each child selected an arctic animal on which to become an expert.  Information on the project and which animal your child chose went home on Friday.   

Your child can begin researching their animal at home.  The students have learned how to use an excellent resource, Cobb Virtual Library.   

Access information was included in the yellow packet that went home and you can download it below.  Please let us know if you do not have internet access and need some assistance with locating information.  The completed graphic organizers are due on Thursday, February 21st.

Click to download the guidelines and graphic organizer.

Download animal_research_graphic_organizer.doc

Download cobb_virtual_library_passwords_instructions_handout.doc

Download arctic_animal_research_project_guidelines.doc


Here is a great website we found to find kid-friendly arctic animal information: http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/animals.htm

Shadows

We have been learning about light and shadows in science.  The weather finally cooperated so we could trace our shadows outside!  Check out a few of the pictures from our fun activity!  You can click on the images to enlarge them.  We are going to check out shadow outlines tomorrow at a different time of day to see if we notice any changes. 

Math Game

Spending Spree

Newsletter 2/11

Click to download our newsletter for February 11th.  Download february_11.doc

There was a mistake in our newsletter.  Students must read for 6 hours, not 600 minutes, to qualify for the free pass to Six Flags.  Please turn in the forms by Friday. 

Math Games

Fraction Flags

Manny's Rumba

Tumbleweed's Math Maze

Addition Facts

Here is a website where your child can practice addition and/or subtraction facts.  Math concepts tend to build so it is important to have a strong foundation of basic concepts such as math facts.  We have covered facts to 12 in class and we will be working with facts to 18 this quarter. 

Harcourt Math Facts Game

Books and more!

Click to download our newsletter for January 22nd.  Download january_22.doc

Scholastic book order forms went home this week.  If you are interested in purchasing some books, there are now 2 ways to pay.  You can submit your order form and payment (cash or a check made payable to Varner) or pay online.  To pay online,  follow these steps:

1) Go online to http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp

2) Log in using the following information:

Class User Name: HenryRennaWood

Password: Books

3) Browse the books and place an order online using your credit card. Your credit card payment will go directly to Scholastic’s secure server. There is no need to send money to school.

4) After the entire class’s order is submitted on the due date, your order will be delivered to our classroom for your child to take home.

Orders for the February catalog are due by February 5th, so we can be sure all those Valentine's Day books arrive in time. 

 

Newsletter 1/14 and Password

Click to download our newsletter from Monday, January 14th.  Download january_11.doc

We played a fun game called Password to review geometry concepts.  You can play by downloading the Password game made in PowerPoint.  You and your child would take turns being the person who gives clues and the person who tries to guess the mystery shape.  Each PowerPoint slide has a new shape or geometry term to guess.  If you are guessing the mystery shape, you would stand with your back to the computer screen so you cannot see the shape.  Your child would face you and the computer screen.  Your child would give you oral clues (example: it is a plane shape, it has 4 sides, it has 4 corners, etc.) until you guess the correct shape. 
            Click to download Password for plane (2D) and solid (3D) shapes: Download password_game_for_2d_and_3d_shapes_vocabulary.ppt