Mrs. Babb

100th Day of School

Since tomorrow is the 100th day of school, first graders are wearing their tie-dye t-shirts.  So don't forget to have your child wear his/her purple t-shirt!  We will also wear them on the day of our field trip, which will be February 9th.

January 23rd News

January 23^rd News

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, despite the rainy weather!  Here’s a look at what we will be doing this week.

In reading/language arts we will continue to work on differences between fiction and nonfiction.  In reading groups, we are working on such skills as order of events, making inferences, nonfiction text features, identifying setting, author’s purpose, etc.  Sight words for next week are as follows:  our, where, man, too, any, day, same and right.  In phonics, we are working on consonant blends pr, tr, dr, and br.  Students will be learning about verbs and writing about actions that animals are capable of doing.

In math, we will continue to work with fractions. subtraction, adding three numbers, story problems, and place value.

In content, we will be learning about the basic needs of animals.

Please make sure your child is ready to take an AR test from a book read from home at least once a week.  Also, everyone could use some work on basic addition/subtraction facts, so please work on those at home.  They have to know facts up to 18 this nine weeks!

Have a great week!

Survey

Cobb County School District is committed to providing quality education for all students.  Each school in the district has developed a school strategic plan to identify specific goals and activities that will address the unique needs of its students. 
 
Feedback from staff, parents and community members is important to the school strategic planning process. Your participation in School Improvement Survey will provide feedback about the quality of educational services and programs in our schools.
 
Your responses to the survey are anonymous. Results will be provided to the principals later in the school year and will be used, along with other information, to identify priorities for the school.
 
We invite you to take a few minutes, respond to the survey which can be found at this link:
 
http://www.cobbk12.org/sisurvey 
 
The survey will be available until February 10, 2012,  and should take about 15 - 20 minutes to complete.  Your opinions are vital to the future of our schools and through participation in this survey you become active in helping your child’s school principal identify critical issues to be addressed. 
 
If you have any questions concerning the survey, please contact the principal at your child’s school. 
 
Respectfully,
 
 
 
Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D.
Superintendent

 

January 17th News

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a nice holiday weekend.  Can you believe that we are halfway through January?

In reading this week, we will be focusing on distinguishing fiction from nonfiction.  As always, we will be working on many other skills in guided reading groups.  Sight words for next week are as follows:  through, back, much words, good, new,  and write.  Our phonics sort for this week deals with consonant blends cr, cl, fr, gl, and gr.

In math, we will continue to learn about fractions.  We are also working on making fair trades with money, graphing, and addition and subtraction.

In content, we will continue to learn about muscles and begin studying the basic needs of animals.

Children will be writing about the foods and shelter of different animals.

Don't forget to send in the title of the book that your child will be taking an AR test on!  We have parent helpers on Wednesday.

I hope you all have a fabulous week!

THANK YOU!!!

Parents,

I want to make sure that you all know how much I appreciate all of the recent wedding/Christmas gifts.  Sometimes thank you notes don't make it home.  I just found one under something in the classroom:)  You all have been so supportive of me this year and I love each and every one of your children so much! 

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful winter break with you families!  I can hardly believe that half of the school year is over!  Your children have grown in so many ways since the beginning of the year!  Let’s start the New Year off in a fabulous way and make reading a big priority!  Some children came back from break a little rusty with their reading skills:)

We have lots to cover this week. 

In reading, we are focusing on comparing fiction and nonfiction text, but in reading groups we cover many other skills.  Sight words for this week are as follows:  get, called, know, just most, me, and to.  Remember, if your child can read all or most of the words, work on spelling at home with them.  Our phonics sort this week deals with consonant blends pl, sl, bl and fl.

In math we are focusing on fractions, but will be reviewing addition, subtraction, graphing, counting money, etc.

In content we are focusing on health, which for this nine weeks will be contrasting the functions of muscle groups.

Children are writing about winter pictures they created.

Hope your week is going well!

Heroes Essay Contest

The Honoring Our Heroes Essay Contest is underway! Entry forms will also be available on both the Tritt
and the Tritt PTA website. Students interested in entering should submit a one page essay about their hero with a picture for the contest by
Thursday, February 9, in the media center. Entries should be typed or handwritten on one single sheet of 8½ x 11 paper (double-sided is
fine) and submitted with a picture of the hero (with the student if possible -drawings are acceptable). Please label the picture with the
student’s name. Entry forms must be submitted with entry. Weekly drawings will begin soon for a chance to appear on the morning
announcements! Classes with 100% participation will receive a popsicle party! If your class has 100% participation, please let us know -
attach a note to your class entries or email me.

Three winners will be selected from Tritt (one from each grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-5). The Eastern Cobb County Council PTA will host the "Honoring Our Heroes" reception in March. An invitation with location and details will be mailed out to the winners. If you have any questions, please contact Brooke Stokes at (678) 641-2516, or stokesbe@comcast.net .

Snowflake Maker

The children did this activity with our media specialist on Friday, and loved it.  Here are directions so they can do it at home.

Directions for getting on the Snowflake Maker at home

1. Go to the Tritt Homepage: http://www.cobbk12.org/tritt/

2. Look for the Parent Resources section on the left hand side and click on 'Cobb Virtual Library.'

3. Choose Elementary.

4. The username is 'cobb' and the password is 'bird'

5. Click on 'PebbleGo' under the 'Sites for Primary Grades' section.

6. Choose 'PebbleGo Earth and Space.'

7. Click on 'Games.'

8. Click on 'Snowflake Maker.'

9. Have fun!

December 19th News

 

 

Only four more days of school until we are out for the holidays!  Please, please, make sure you continue to read with your child over the break!

We have lots to accomplish this week!  Our class party is on Tuesday, and our school wide pajama day and holiday sing will be on Thursday.

We will be doing lots of assessing this week for report cards.   Report cards go home on January 13^th. 

Next week in math, we will be working mostly with money and addition/subtraction facts.  We will also be graphing.

In reading, the focus will be on main idea and details.  Our sight words for this week are as follows:  use, may, because, long, about, very and after.  Our phonics sort deals with consonant blends sc, sn, and sw.

In content, we will be studying magnets. 

I hope everyone has the best holiday season ever. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

December 12th News

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We have a busy week in store.  Please make sure you have your children at school on time next week.  We have checkpoint testing in math and language arts on Monday and Tuesday, and we will begin right after announcements. 

In math this week, we will be working on story problems, counting money, graphing and addition/subtraction.  We will be doing testing Monday and Tuesday.

In reading, students will be retelling the beginning, middle, and ending of stories, as well as telling the main idea.  Sight words for next week are as follows:  made, over, how, down, only, way, and find.  Our phonics sort focuses on consonant blends, sp, sk, and sm. ( I had the same thing on the blog for last week, but actually, we worked on beginning consonants s, t, and st.) 

In content, we will be working on landforms in social studies, and magnets in science. 

In writing, we are focusing on proper nouns, contractions, and adding details to stories.

Have a great week!