Shine Like a Star!
Mrs. Grimmett's Class News
NEW SCHOOL CALENDAR
Important Dates
September
29 - Fundraiser Ends
October
1 - College Spirit Day! Wear your college t-shirts!
8 - PTO Meeting
12 - NO SCHOOL
15 - Open House
21 - FULL DAY OF SCHOOL
23-30 - Red Ribbon/Bully Prevention Week
24 - Watch D.O.G.S. launch party (note coming home soon)
25 - Hats On Day (note coming home soon - donate to participate)
30 - Great Day of Reading
November
2 - College Spirit Day! Wear your college t-shirts!
4 - Picture Retakes
10 - PTO Meeting
I will try to make dates available for 2 months. If there are any changes, I will update them as well.
Specials
Writing
This past week we learned how to use prewriting to record ideas that we can then put in order and help us to create better stories.
This week we will be looking at capitalizing the first word of a sentence and putting punctuation at the end of sentences. We will also discuss that a complete sentence has a who (subject) and a what (verb).
Reading
Last week we discussed problem and solution within a story.
This week we will be looking at author's purpose. We will discuss writing to describe, entertain, explain, persuade, and inform.
As we practice each of our routines, I will also be pulling students for beginning of year testing. Once I have finished testing all of our students, we will be able to set up our small groups!
Science
This a long unit that will continue for a few weeks.
Cloud in a Bottle
Cloud in a Bottle
Cloud in a Bottle
Viewing Clouds
Viewing Clouds
Will it Blow?
Will it Blow?
Air Takes Up Space
Air Takes Up Space
Math
Last week webegan our unit on addition and subtraction. We are not just memorizing facts, but learning the actual concept and how to determine when to add or subtract. This unit will last several weeks.
Social Studies
This week we will be looking at the characteristics of good citizens. We will look at Benjamin Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt to show an example of good citizens from the past.
We are working on a class constitution with Mrs. Cheney (Advanced Academic Specialist) during her push in time. Thanks to awesome parents, we will be getting large paper that looks similar to the paper the Constitution is written on so that we can put our class constitution on it! I will post a picture with the final result when it is finished.
Notes and Reminders
Please check and sign your child's communication folder each and every day.
School starts at 8:00, tardy slips are now being given at 8:01.
School ends at 3:25
All car riders need to remember their car rider color and number for dismissal. If you still need a car rider tag, please stop by the office to be issued one.
First Grade is able to have visitors for lunch on Wednesdays!
Please practice lunch numbers and car rider numbers with your child.
Don't get tripped up at school! Practice tying those shoe laces! Safety first! :)
Mrs. Grimmett
Email: mgrimmett@alvinisd.net
Website: http://www.alvinisd.net/Domain/987
Location: 2225 Kingsley Drive, Pearland, TX, United States
Phone: 281-245-3090