Mrs. Yoder's First Grade News
Jan. 25, 2019
Mark Your Calendar
Sunday, January 27th- Dine to Donate at Panera, 4-8 p.m.
Monday, January 28th - January Book Orders due
Thursday, January 31st- Study Trip to Indiana State Museum
Thursday, January 31st- Family STEAM Night, 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday, February 14th - Friendship Parties, 2:15-3:00
Monday, February 19th- NO SCHOOL in honor of President's Day
Dine to Donate for January
World Read Aloud Day is Friday, Feb. 1st.
Why World Read Aloud Day?
We think everyone in the world should get to read and write.
Every year, on World Read Aloud Day, people all around the globe read aloud together and share stories to advocate for literacy as a human right that belongs to all people.
Check out the World Read Aloud website here: http://www.litworld.org/wrad/
Would you like to be a Guest Reader for our classroom? Email me and let me know the time slot that works best by Monday, Jan. 28th, and I will send out a schedule. The time slots will be 15 minute intervals. If there is a time you must have, let me know that too and I will see if I can work it out.
***You must have a current background check on file in order to come to share a book with our class.
Time slots to choose from:
9:30-10:45
2-3:15
Family STEAM Night
Lunch Menu
Global Studies
*** Important information regarding Chinese Snack Tasting is included in this newsletter and your response is needed if you decide to opt-out.***
In the recent two weeks 1st to 4th grade students have been learning how to say some animals in Chinese. 2nd-4th grade students are doing a great job using the verbs “like” and “have” to form sentences like “I have cats”, “You don’t have dogs”, “I like horses”, and “You don’t like snake”. They also learned how to ask questions like “Do you like horses?” and “Don’t you like rabbits?” in Chinese. I am so impressed with how quickly they learn! 1st grade students had lots of fun learning about the 12 Chinese zodiac animals and coloring Happy New Year 2019, the Year of Pig.
During the week of February 11, 2019, students will be tasting a Chinese snack during their Global Studies class. Please see picture below for the nutrition information. If you do NOT wish your child to taste the snack, please fill out the Opt-Out form by following the link below and submit your response by February 1st, 2019. We will also send out paper permission slips home for certain students with allergy concerns. Thank you for your attention!
Ritchey Woods
Parents,
This week your child got the chance to learn more about Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve without having to leave their school! Fishers Parks & Recreation’s Chief Naturalist, Danesa Stolz visited class during our Nature First program. This one-hour outreach program teaches children about our environment through a combination of curriculum based activities paired with hands-on exploration. We invite you to join the conversation through this ask me about email. This email will assist you in learning about today’s topic. By reviewing with your student, you’re also helping them retain information for their in-class assignments. We hope this is a helpful tool that allows your family to connect over nature-related topics!
Ask me about….
Ask me who made maple syrup first.
- Native Americans were making maple syrup, maple candy and maple sugar long before the first European Settlers arrived.
Ask me about sap.
- Sap is in all trees and it is mostly water with a little bit of sugar.
- The sap of maple trees is used to make maple syrup (and Sugar Maple trees are the best maple tree for syrup because they have the most sugar).
- To turn sap into syrup we need to remove some water. We can remove water by freezing sap and turning the water into a solid. We can also remove the sap by boiling it and turning the water into a gas.
Ask me about the things I tasted and if I liked what I tasted.
Ask me about what I wrote in my nature journal.
Thanks for allowing your children to explore one of the most unique facilities in Fishers! For more information about Fishers Parks & Recreation, visit www.Fishers.in.us/Parks or follow us on Facebook @RWNP1983 or on Twitter at @RitcheyWoods. You can email Danesa Stolz at any time at stolzd@fishers.in.us or call her at 317-595-3458.
Friendship Party
The Friendship Parties this year will be held on Thursday, February 14th from 2:15 to 3:00 p.m. Information from room parents will be sent home regarding volunteers.
Students will be participating in a Valentine Exchange with their classmates. We have 22 students in our classroom. Please note that students may NOT distribute Valentines that include food, candy, or balloons.
Yearbooks
Dear TCE Families,
Thorpe Creek is participating in The Great Kindness Challenge the week of January 28th to February 1st. The Great Kindness Challenge is a positive and encouraging initiative that is taking place in 103 other countries and over 19,000 schools. As part of the challenge each student will be encouraged to complete 50 acts of kindness in the week.
Another part of The Great Kindness Challenge includes raising funds to help support/build a clinic in a small community in Liberia. We would love for students to bring in change to support this cause! Thank you in advance for your support of the Kind Coins Campaign!
We will celebrate all the acts of kindness that are happening around Thorpe Creek with spirit days. They are:
Monday, January 28th
Crazy about Kindness- Wear your crazy socks day
Tuesday, January 29th
Hats off for kindness- Wear a hat day
Wednesday, January 30th
Team up for Kindness- Wear a sports jersey or favorite team color.
Thursday, January 31st
Cozy up for Kindness- Wear your P.J.'s
Friday, February 1st
Kindness Matters at TCE- Wear your TCE spirit wear
A few snapshots from our week...
Due Jan. 28th
Related Arts Schedule for Next Week & the week following Thanksgiving Break
Monday - Global Studies
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday -Art
Thursday - PE
Friday - Global Studies
Upcoming Curriculum
Reading - Learning through non-fiction text
Writing - Documenting what we have learned
Math - Measurement/Geometry
TCE Lunch Menu for 2018-2019
Mrs. Heather Yoder
Email: hyoder@hse.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.hse.k12.in.us/TCE/home.aspx
Location: 14642 East 126th Street, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: (317) 594-4310 (2235)
Twitter: @yoder29