Welcome!

Please do not hesitate to contact me! :)
angie.wittwer@mead354.org
509-465-7830

AM Specialist (all on Friday): PM Specialist:
Music: 10:30-10:55 P.E.: 1:10-1:35 (Fri)
Library: 9:20-9:50 Music: 2:00-2:25 (Fri)
P.E.: 11:20-11:45 Library: 2:50-3:10 (Mon)

Homework:
Part A) Every night students should read their take home book and practice their sight words. Take home books are exchanged only on Mondays and Thursdays.
**If your child is ready for a new book, a sticky note needs to be attached saying "new book."

Part B) Homework Page goes home on Monday and is returned on Friday in their homework folder. Each night students should:
1) Write their name in their best handwriting.
2) Write their daily sentence sounding out their words
3) Complete the math challenge, it follows along with our math program so every student should be able to do this.

Library Books are due on Thursdays so students can check out on Fridays.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

First Day!

Wow!  What an amazing first day we had!  We started out with reading "The Kissing Hand," a wonderful story about Chester the raccoon getting ready to start his first day of school.  After students gave and received a kissing hand of their own, they said goodbye to the parent or grandparent who brought them to school today.  Then we did a very special Kissing Hand activity, where we traced our hand very carefully and put a heart in the center to represent the love we feel for our parents.

After all the Chester activities, we went to our calendar rug, read the message of the day and did calendar.  We played a name game called Higglety Pigglety.  Then we learned our rules for going outside to recess and our ABC lineup order.  Then finally, we got to go outside for recess!  We took a first day picture that will go in the memory book!

When we came inside from recess, we had our very first math lesson.  Today's lesson was about finding things that are exactly the same or not exactly the same.  Our lesson was really fun because it involved socks and students had to find a partner with their exact same sock.  Some of them were pretty tricky!  Our final activity was Free Choice, where students picked the one thing they would like to play with during this time.  Ask your child what they chose for Free Choice time!    

All students did a FANTASTIC job today!  Give your kiddo kudos and a high five because they gave me their best effort, did a great job listening, and learning all about our routines and procedures!  I am so proud of each and every student!  I am honored and so happy I get to be your child's teacher!  What a great start to the year!

Thank you so much parents and grandparents for coming in and helping our first day start off the right way!  Please return the white and yellow pages tomorrow! :)

Happy Trails!
Angie