First Grade Forest
Ms. Briggs' Class
Poppy Fundraiser Information
- PLEASE have your students fill out the top of the fundraising form. Student writes their name, your name, and grade level (This is for Poppy so we know who the order goes back to after we fill it), the top line should say that money goes to support Claxton OR get specific and say The Leader In Me/New Playground.
- Note that the date for COLLECTING forms has changed. Students will need to send forms AND money in on Friday, May 13th. ALL payment is due at that time. Checks need to be made to Claxton PTO (not Claxton, not Asheville City Schools)
- Popcorn will be delivered to school on Thursday, May 19th and will be sent home with students. (it will be pre sorted and labeled thanks to Poppy--literally just send home)
- Students with large orders will need to pick them up on Friday Morning OR at pick up on Friday afternoon. Someone from Poppy will handle those larger orders
End of the year Testing- Last 2 days!
We will be assessing End Of the Year (EOY) reading levels Thursday 5/11 and Friday 5/12.
Please send your child with a good breakfast and confident energy.
SNACKS
We have enough snacks to last us about a week more. We will accept donations of any snacks to last us the 4 remaining weeks. Thank you so much : )
Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 19th: Claxton End of the Year Pot Luck and Drum Circle. More details in the Thursday Folders and to come next week.
Friday, May 20th: Field Trip to Beaver Lake for a picnic, nature walk and a bee lesson.
May 20- 25 Claxton Book Fair more details to come
Wednesday, May 25th: Math EOG for 3rd -5th grade
Thursday, May 26th: Reading EOG for 3rd- 5th grade
Monday, May 30th: No School- Holiday
Wednesday, June 1st: Science EOG 5th grade
Friday, June 3rd: Field Day
Monday, June 6th: Claxton Variety Show Act I 9:00-11:00
Show Act II 12:30-2:30
K- registration
Tuesday, June 7th- Kindergarten Graduation 9-11
Awards Assembly 1-2:30
Wednesday, June 8th- Last Day of School- 5th grade graduation 9-11
Quick overview of what are we learning
Fundations: Unit 12. Home work is for week 3 of Unit 12
Writing: Narrative Writing (stories) and working on our EOY writing sample.
Daily 5: Finish Mclass on Friday and we will begin our Animal Research Projects.
Math: This week we finished up with greater than and less than. We will also start learning about time such as reading every hour and half hour on a clock. We are working our way through the End of the Year Math Assessments.
Social Studies: Economy unit. This week we focused on choosing goods and wants, products and services. We will finish Friday. Talk to your kid about how you decide the best way to spend your money.