Mrs. Woolley

Week of January 23- January 27

FAST classes start this week!

Please send a note in your child’s folder on the days they are attending FAST.

Heroes Essay

Don’t forget to work on your 2012 PTA Heroes Essay and find or draw a picture of your hero.  Please turn them in as soon as you are done along with the completed entry form which was sent home or can be found on the Tritt website.  This assignment will be part of the February Homework Calendar.  All entries are due on Thursday, February 9^th. 

Anti-Bullying Week

This week is Anti-Bullying Week, and all poster entries are due Monday (this was optional).  Wednesday is “Hats Off to Kindness” and students can wear a hat to school.  If your child ordered an Anti-Bullying t-shirt they should wear it on Friday.

Friday

Friday is the 100^th Day of First Grade!  We will be doing 100 day activities all day to celebrate, and students should wear their Green tie-dye t-shirts.  We will also have Out to Lunch Bunch that day, so it won’t be a good day to come for lunch.  Friday the 5^th Grade is selling Chick-fil-a biscuits for breakfast, so make sure to preorder by Wednesday if your child would like one. 

Parent Surveys

Please fill out and return the school surveys that went home last week.

Math Night

Come out to dinner at Zaxbys and Math Night at Walmart on Tuesday, January 31^st from 5:00-8:00! 

Family Dance

Mark your calendar for the Tritt Dance on Friday, February 10^th from 6:00-7:00 or 7:00-8:00 in the Gym.  The theme is Caribbean Cruise and Varsity will be selling dinner.

Field Trip Lunch

Your child will bring home a green lunch order form this week.  Please review this with your child and return the completed form to me. 

Report Card Signature Cards

If you have not returned the signature card, please do so.  I need this for the next quarter report card too. 

This Week in Room 504…

Reading- Exploring nonfiction, comparing fiction and nonfiction, and discussing why we read nonfiction.

Writing- Creating our own versions of Snowmen at Night stories and a 100^th day writing activity

Math- Continuing our  unit on fractions, equal parts of a whole.  Focusing on half, thirds, and fourths.  Also identifying fractions of a set of objects

Content- I’m sure you’ve heard… Our class mascot is busy traveling the world.  We are learning to locate, name, and identify the 7 continents and oceans through letters from David.  When your child brings home a world map in their weekly work, please review the names and where they are located at home.

January 17- January 20th

 

Papa John’s Pizza Night

Skip cooking on Tuesday and order a pizza for your family.  Don’t forget to tell Papa John’s you go to Tritt!

Talent Show

Come on out to the Tritt Talent Show on Thursday at the Pope Theater!  It starts at 6:30 and it’s free admission.

Anti-Bullying Week

January 23-27^th is Anti-Bullying Week at Tritt.  Students are encouraged to participate in a poster contest.  All posters must have the theme “PAWS-ITIVELY NO BULLYING!” and are due Tuesday, January 23^rd.  Information about the poster contest went home last week, and two students from each grade will be selected as winners. 

Honoring Our Heroes

This week in your child’s folder you will find information about our PTA’s Honoring Our Heroes Essay Contest 2012.  I am asking every student in our class to participate in this contest as a valuable writing opportunity. This assignment will be part of our February Homework Calendar; however I want the students to have the chance to get started in January.  Please read the information carefully and help your child choose a personal hero to write about.  They can turn in their essay with the entry form as soon as it’s completed, and all students who participate will earn money in our class rewards system!  All essays are due February 9^th.

FAST Classes

No FAST classes this week; they begin on January 23^rd.

Tritt Math Night

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 31^st, for Tritt’s math night at Walmart.  Also come out to Zaxbys for dinner that night and get a free kid’s meal with the purchase of an adult entrée.

This Week in Room 504…

Reading- We will begin to explore nonfiction text and compare their features to those of fictional text.

Writing- We will be creating a nonfiction winter story.

Math- Beginning to explore fractions: looking at equal and unequal parts, whole, ½, 1/3, and 1/4.

Content- Health unit on our muscles and the different ways they move our bodies.

Word Work- Consonant blends: pl, sl, bl, fl  and completing our study of compound words.

 

This Week…

Monday- no school

Tuesday- Pizza Night, AR- Fertig, Math- Waddilove

Wednesday- Collaboration Day- (1-2) Regitz and Fertig

Thursday- AR- Johnson, Media Center, Tritt’s Talent Show-6:30 at Pope

Week of December 19th- December 22nd

 

Holiday Party

Our class party will be on Wednesday from 1:00-2:00.  Thank you to our volunteers who are coming at 12:30 to set up and decorate.  Encourage your child to wear a festive holiday outfit for our party!

Book Exchange

Don’t forget to send in your tagged, wrapped book for the classmate your child drew for our book swap on Wednesday.

Pajama Day

It's a school-wide pajama day on Thursday, December 22nd.  Students should still wear sneakers with their PJ's for recess.  We will enjoy our last day in 2011 together by watching The Polar Express and eating popcorn!

Talent Show

Mark your calendars for the Tritt Talent Show on Thursday, January 19^th.

Homework

I had our class do the Holiday 3D shape homework assignment early.  We are all busy and many are beginning to celebrate their holiday this week.  For homework, your child should try to read 20 minutes nightly and practice math facts. 

This Week in Room 504...

Reading and Writing-Write to tell the main idea, details, characters and setting of a nonfiction text read aloud by the teacher.

Math-Holiday word problems, subtraction games, and represent a 2-digit number greater than 50 (tens and ones, greater/less than comparisons, tallies, coins, words).

Content-Finish our Thomas Jefferson unit.

Reminders:

Monday- Math- Regitz

Tuesday- AR- Armstrong, Reader-Johnson, Math- Johnson, Bring book for book exchange

Wednesday- Holiday Party, Math- Coe

Thursday- PJ Day, AR- Hartt, Media Center, Holiday Sing

Week of December 5th- December 9th

 

Chick-fil-a Spirit Night

Come out to Chick-fil-a on Monday night between 5:00-8:00 to have dinner and kids get FREE ice cream with sprinkles from Tritt teachers! 

Tritt Talent Show

Check the Thursday Memo for information if your child is interested in being part of the talent show.

This Week in Room 504…

Reading— We’ll continue working on identifying the main idea and important details of holiday books.  We will also continue making text-to-text connections as we read books about the various holidays.

Writing—Write personal narratives with a beginning, middle, and end, then revising and editing our stories to add details.  We will be focusing on adding “sparkle words” (adjectives) to make our stories more interesting. 

Math—Continuing our unit on geometry as identify, sort, and  make 3-D figures with Playdough. (cylinder, sphere, rectangular prism, cone, cube)

Content—landforms (plain, valley, desert, coast, mountain, plateau)

Word Study—Blends s, t, and st.  Handwriting- f, q, x, and z. 

Our Week at a Glance:

Monday-

• Math- Waddilove

Tuesday-

• Math- Johnson
• AR- Brady
• Reader- Bette

Wednesday-

• Math- Hartt

Thursday-

• AR- Kan
• Media Center

Friday-

• Publisher- Holl

Week of November 28th- December 2nd

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Scholastic Book Orders

Make sure to get your holiday book orders in by this Friday, December 2nd. 

Message About Lost and Found

The Lost and Found is growing by leaps and bounds, and we need your help to clear it out. The Lost and Found rack and table are located next to the front office by the bus doors. Items not claimed by December 22 will be pulled off the racks and later donated to a local charity. Please remember to put your child’s name in their clothing so we can return it to you.

Holiday Stockings

If you chose to fill a stocking for Tritt’s Salvation Army project, please send it back to school by Friday, December 2^nd.  Thank you for your generosity!

From the Media Center

We now have a subscription to an online book service. TrueFlix is the only online resource that leverages the award-winning True Books content to help students hone literacy skills, build knowledge of subject-area content, and cultivate 21st Century skills through the inquiry process.  You can access TrueFlix by going to http://trueflix.scholastic.com (at home the username is tritt and the password is trueflix). You can also access it by going to the Media Center Blog at http://tritt.typepad.com/media_center/ or through Destiny. Then do a title search for TrueFlix.

This Week in Room 504…

Reading-Making text-to-text connections through comparing and contrasting two different books

Writing-Learn about verbs and identify action words, using them in complete sentences.  We will also be reviewing complete sentences.  Please work on this at home… All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.

Math-Working with positional words and beginning our unit on geometry- 2d and 3D shapes

Content-Our unit on the American explorers Lewis and Clark and their Native American guide, Sacajawea, where the students will rotate to all first grade teachers for lessons on these great American heroes. 

This Week:

Monday- Math- Hartt

Tuesday-

• AR-Brady
• Mystery Reader
• Math- Chernau

Wednesday-

• Math- Coe

Thursday-

• AR- Hartt

Friday-

• Reader’s Theater- Brady
• Publisher- Fertig
• Book Club orders Due

Week of November 14th- Novewmber 18th

 

One week until Thanksgiving break!

Thanksgiving Play

First Grade will perform their Thanksgiving Play on Thursday at 8:15.  Arrive early to get a good seat. Our class will be on the right on the large set of risers when you are looking at the stage.  You are invited to a breakfast in our classroom immediately following the play.  A letter will be sent home on Monday indicating an item for your family to bring in to share at our feast.  Please either send in items with your child or drop them off in our classroom before getting your seat on Thursday.

Don’t forget that all students should wear dark pants/skirts and white tops (except the popcorn) on both Wednesday for the dress rehearsal and Thursday for the Play. 

Holiday Stockings

Today I will send home stockings from the Salvation Army.  This is an optional project where students may choose a boy or girl ages 0-12  and fill a stocking with items that they need (toiletries, socks, etc.) or want (small games, book, etc.) for the holidays.  This is a great way to teach your child about giving this season as they choose items that they like to give away to another child.  All stockings are due Friday, December 2^nd. 

Out to Lunch Bunch

Our class has earned an Out to Lunch Bunch for good behavior in the Cafeteria.  They will get to go outside and play after they finish eating on Monday, so please plan to come on another day to eat with your child.

From the Office

As the cold front rolls in and the wind continues to grow stronger, please remind your students to wear hats, coats, appropriate clothing whenever they are headed outside.   Also they need to wear tennis shoes on PE days - No boots please!  PLEASE ask your students to check Lost & Found.  All unclaimed items will be donated to charity after December 22. 

Pizza Night

Plan a night off from cooking this Tuesday for Papa John’s Pizza night.

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic magazines will come home this week.  If you would like to buy books, please order by Wednesday, November 30^th.  Books will be in by the holiday break if you would like them for gifts.  If you want them to be a surprise for your child let me know, and I will hold them in the classroom for you to pick up at a convenient time. 

This Week in Room 504…

We will be very crafty this week as we create Native American vests and headbands and make turkeys to decorate our classroom!

Reading- We will be making text-to-text and text-to-self connections as we compare and contrast Thanksgiving books.  We will also continue to identify the main idea and beginning, middle, and end.

Math- assess counting coins and bills, working on graphing skills, and pose questions to graph.  We will also use Graph Club in the Computer Lab and graph our coins.

Word Work- review digraphs th, wh, sh, and ch    Handwriting- M,m, H,h, B, b, and F,f

Content- The students have been experimenting with magnets in the Science Lab.  We will review magnet concepts in our classroom: what magnets attract and repel, the poles of magnets, and what a magnetic force will pull through. 

This Week-

Monday-

• Science Lab
• Math- Mrs. Coe

Tuesday-

• AR- Mrs. Armstrong
• Math- Mrs. Holl
• Parent Reader- Hartt
• Papa John’s Pizza Night

Wednesday-

• Dress Rehearsal for K and 2^nd
• ^{Math- Eberly}

Thursday-

• 8:15 Thanksgiving Play, reception following

Friday-

• Bully Performance

Week of November 7- November 11

Yearbook Orders

All yearbook orders are due by Friday, November 11^th.

Thanksgiving Play

You are all invited to our Thanksgiving Play on Thursday, November 17^th, at 8:15am.  The Play will be followed by breakfast in our classroom ending at 9:15.  We begin practice this week in the mornings so it is important that your child is on time to school.  On Wednesday you will receive an informational letter about what students should wear next week.

Sound Project

Remember the sound project is due Friday, November 11th.  Please make sure your child have completed the information sheet on their project as well.  They should bring in the instrument and sheet FRIDAY!

AR TEST

We are one our second week of AR test.  Pleas eremember your child should be reading the books at home at least two times.  It is VERY beneficial if you have your child read the book to you one of the times and ask them questions about the story.  Teh students are VERY excited about AR, but it is heart breaking when they don't score well and are not able to receive a sticker.

What are we LEARNING in 504?????

Reading-  Reading text and identifying the main idea as well as beginning, middle, end

Writing- Working on the Six Traits skill of ORGANIZATION…  We are reading various text and identifying and discussing the organizational style.  We will be practicing using beginning, middle, end to write a sequel to a story.

Math- Continue counting coins and bills up to $20.00 and reviewing number sense and place value with games and brain teasers. 

Word Work- Learning about the H-Brother Superheroes- Digraphs wh and th, sh, ch.  We will be hunting in books and brainstorming words with the various diagraphs.  Handwrting letters- E,e, L,l, K,k, Y.y, and J,j.

Content- Learn about the food pyramid as we discuss and practice healthy eating choices.

Week of October 31st- November 4th

 

Happy Halloween!  Thank you all for meeting with me last week and supporting the Tritt Book Fair!

Hat Day

Monday is Hat Day at Tritt if kids bring a $1.00 for Relay for Life.  No masks, but any kind of cap, hat, headdress, beanie, etc.  Let’s have fun on Halloween!

Costume Kickball

Come check out a team of Tritt teachers dressed in costumes take on the Tritt parents in a kickball game this Tuesday.  Admission is $1.00 and the game starts at 2:30 on the field.  You can either bring your child to the game or sign them up for ASP and send them with money.  There will be concessions and drinks for sale, and all proceeds go to Relay for Life.  See you there!

Square One Art

Deadline for orders is Tuesday, November 1^st.

Sound In-School Field Trip

On Thursday the first grade will see a sound performance in the Media Center, and the students will hear and play instruments with different pitch and volume.  Students wear their green tie-dye t-shirts!

Give “Peas” a Chance

On Thursday morning we will kick off our health unit on healthy eating with an assembly.

Yearbooks

Don’t forget to pre-order your yearbook for this year.  It’s easy to get it out of the way now and not worry about it later!

AR Starts This Week

On our Monday Media Center visit I will be showing the students how to select AR books if they are interested in taking tests.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays they will be able to take AR tests if they are ready.  Please send in the book or a note with the book’s title and author if your child has prepared for an AR test.  We will continue this program through the end of the year, so if you are available to help on Tuesday or Thursday mornings from 7:20-7:55.

November Homework

You will notice that there is a Sound Project in this month’s homework.  Next week you will receive detailed information on the project. 

This Week in Room 504…

Reading-Continue identifying main idea and beginning, middle, and end in fiction texts.  We will focus on recognizing the middle as the place where the character’s problem is introduced. 

Writing-Write our own fiction stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

Math-Continue counting collections of coins.

Word Work-Digraphs, beginning with ch and sh.  Handwriting- a, g, u, i

Content-Finish our unit on sound with an assessment at the end of the week.

Monday

• Hat Day for $1.00
• Halloween centers, 1:00-2:00 (volunteers come at 12:30 to set up)

Tuesday

• AR
• Parent Reader
• Square One Art deadline
  • Costume Kickball game, 2:30 on field

 

Wednesday

• Media Center

 

Thursday

• AR
  • Give “Peas” a Chance
  • Sound Performance in Media Center (wear GREEN t-shirts)
  • Bring your favorite toy (no electronics and must fit inside their bookbag)

 

Friday

• 5^th Grade selling Chick-fil-a biscuits for $3.  Pre-order by Wednesday using order forms available through email or download a form the Tritt website
• Reader’s Theater- Mrs. Regitz

Week of October 24th - 28th

 

This week is parent/teacher conferences and early release.  Dismissal will be at 12:20 all week.  Please be sure to send a note in your child’s folder if their dismissal routine will change.

Book Fair

Don’t forget to visit the Book Fair when you are at Tritt for conferences this week.  Your student brought home a list of books they viewed on Friday that they are interested in.  You can support our Media Center by purchasing books for your family!

The Book Fair will be open from Monday through Thursday.  Students can purchase books before morning announcements from 7:20-7:55am, or you can visit Monday and Tuesday from 12:30-6:00pm and Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30-4:00pm. 

Red Ribbon Week

Tritt’s theme this year is PAWSitively Drug Free!  Here’s what’s going on this week at Tritt:

Monday, October 24 — Kids and Drugs Don’t Mix: Students wear mismatched clothes.
Tuesday, October 25 — Team up Against Drugs! Students wear favorite sports attire.
Wednesday, October 26 — Red Ribbon Day; Students wear red, sign the pledge and receive a wristband.
Thursday, October 27 — Turn your back on drugs; Students wear clothes backwards.
Friday, October 28 — Say “Boo” to Drugs; Students wear orange, black and white.

In addition to all of this we have a PAWSitively Drug Free poster competition. The competition will run from Monday, October 17^th to Tuesday, October 25^th. All entries must be put in the Red Ribbon Week box which will be in the Tritt Lobby. The winners will be announced on Friday morning. The overall winner will have their poster displayed on a billboard in Cobb County. If you need any extra entry forms, please email redribbonweek@trittpta.org.

Tritt Trot

On your marks…..get set…..go! It’s time for the Annual Tritt Trot Fun Run & 5K! Come join the Tritt community Saturday, October 29 for this fun-filled event! Awards for racers and for Tritt Spirit – best tiger face, craziest hair, craziest socks, best Tritt Spirit, best Halloween spirit & craziest hat! Don’t forget to bring a pair of gently used shoes for donation. In order to get a t-shirt before race day, registrations must have been in by Oct. 14. Any registrations after this date will get their shirts after the race. It’s not too late to register! Registrations will be accepted all the way up to the race. Download the registration form on the Tritt website.

Relay for Life Hat Day

On Halloween, Monday October 31^st, students can bring a dollar and wear a hat to school (no masks).  All proceeds go to Relay for Life.

Square One Art

Get your Square One Art orders in…perfect as holiday gifts for friends and relatives!  Orders are due by Tuesday, November 1^st.

Box Tops

Send in your Box Tops by October 28^th for the class competition!

This Week in Room 504…

Reading- Begin identifying the main idea and important details of fictional texts.  This is a good skill to work on at home.  As you read to your child ask them to tell you what the story is mostly about and important details that give information about the main idea.   Focus on telling magor details and not the minor details.

Writing- Completing our stories we took through the writing process and doing some fun creative Halloween writing.

Math- Begin to count collections of coins and review other math skills such as patterns, ordinal numbers, and graphing.

Word Work- Word families with the short i sound, -ip, -ig, and –ill.

Schedule Changes

Due to early dismissal, this week our specials will be from 8:15-8:45 and lunch will be from 10:07-10:27. 

Library Change

This week only, we will be going to the Media Center on Tuesday instead of Thursday

This Week

Monday-  Computer Lab

Tuesday-  Media Center

Thursday-   Guidance

Big Thank You!

• Thank you Lauck Family for 12 sided dice!
• Thank you Fertig Family for labels!
• Thank you Chernau Family for labels!

October 10th- October 15th

Thanks for coming out to the Fun Run on Tuesday. It was great to have you giving us energy and spirit!

Conference Letters

You will receive a conference letter in your child’s folder today, giving a date and time for your parent/teacher conference the week of October 24-28^th. Please send it back to school as soon as possible so I will know whether to hold your spot or reschedule you.

Fun Run Collections

It’s time to collect all of your Fun Run donations. Students have come home with collection envelopes; checks should be made payable to Tritt PTA. For everyone’s convenience, this year’s donations can be paid online. 10% of all pledges received by October 14^th will be provided for use in our classroom. Thanks for working so hard!

PTA Reflections

This program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. This year’s theme is “Diversity means…” and students can choose from six areas: literature, musical composition, photography, visual arts, dance, and film/video production. The deadline for submission is Friday, October 14^th.

If your child decides to participate, they will be excused from the Homework Calendar this week and just do daily reading. Please write this on the homework sheet with the reading log so I know who’s participating.

For more information on rules please visit the Georgia PTA website www.georgiapta.org or contact Laura Weintraub at reflections@trittpta.org.

Screen on the Green

Mark your calendars for October 15^th for a fun family night at Tritt.

Tritt Trot

Pre-registration is due October 14^th if you would like to participate.

Picture Retakes

Tuesday, October 18^th— see the previous Blog entry for more information.

What are we learning in 504? …..the last week of the first nine week grading period.

Reading- Assess students on story characters, setting, and retelling events in order.

Writing- Assessment on writing on a self-selected topic and including related details. Also, working to complete our seasonal writing.

Math- Assessments on addition and subtractions facts to 10 and mixed word problems.

Content-Benjamin Franklin, studying his accomplishments and why he is important to our country.

Monday

· Happy Columbus Day

· Guidance

· Math- Mrs. DeWard

Tuesday

· Math- Mrs. Chernau

· Mystery Reader- Mrs. Chernau

Thursday

· Media Center

Friday

· Reader’s Theater- Mrs. Holl

Saturday

· Screen on the Green

Donations…

· 12 sided dice for math games

· White Shipping Labels- 10 per sheet (I use them for activities in the classroom.)

Thank you to Mrs. Hartt and Mrs. Lee for the donation of soap and paper towels. We go through a lot of soap staying healthy and germ free!