TEAM W

Monday, September 26, 2011

- Fall themed stickers
- Community themed stickers

- Fire Safety stickers

- adhesive Velcro squares

This week we are learning...

The Good, the Clean, and the Healthy (IB) - Healthy Minds & Healthy Relationships

Math - comparing and ordering numbers (1 - 30)

Reader's Workshop - readers are reminded of things when they read (making connections), readers act out the story with their voice (reading with enthusiasm)

Writer's Workshop - writers use tools to help them with their work (alphabet chart to help spell words), good writers talk about their writing with a partner

Short Vowel I

Spelling Words - have, on, we, no, day

Challenge Words - spray, say, tray, today, yesterday

Friday is a teacher workday! No school for students!

Center Volunteers - we begin around 9:15 and usually finish by 10:30.

Only 33 more days until the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes! Please go to http://www.jdrf.org/ and donate to Team W. We are $20 closer to our goal of $100 . We need your help... :-)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

HELP HEAL HAITI 2.0

Joyner teachers visited Haiti this summer and have committed to helping one specific orphanage. This new orphanage has close to 70 children, but no bedding or mattresses. In addition, there are no buildings to house these children, and they have extremely limited supplies. We would like the Joyner family to partner with these children and 1st grade to provide first aid kits.

The items needed are:

sterile gauze pads of different sizes
Band-Aids in several sizes
elastic bandages
splints
antiseptic wipes
antibiotic ointment
hydrogen peroxide
hydrocortisone cream (1%)
acetaminophen or ibuprofen
tweezers
sharp scissors
safety pins
disposable instant cold packs
calamine lotion
alcohol wipes or ethyl alcohol
thermometer with covers
plastic non-latex gloves
flashlight & extra batteries
blankets
mouthpiece for administering CPR

"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody."

- Chinese Proverb

We will be collecting items through the end of November.

Dear First Grade Families,

As part of our IB Unit, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, we will be learning about our community and what we can do to make it better.

On Saturday, October 29^th, there will be a walk to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes. First grade is taking action to help our community with this organization. Each first grade teacher will be a captain, and we will have a friendly competition to see which class can raise the most money for this important cause. The winning class will receive a party from Ms. Herman!

There are many ways you, as families, can contribute. We would love for you to join us in walking together on the 29^th at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek. Check-in time is 9:00 and the walk begins at 10:30 (rain or shine – look for the Joyner sign!). If you are able to join in the walk, please register online by following the directions below.

If you are not able to walk and would like to make a contribution, any donations would be greatly appreciated. You may register/donate by following these directions:

· Go to walk.jdrf.org

· Find donate to a walker

· Fill in your teacher’s first and last name (First Name: team Last Name: W)

· Team Name: Joyner 1^st Grade

· Once on that page, click on your teacher’s name to take you to the site

· Click on Donate to This Walker AND/OR Join This Team

· Here you can see how close we are to coming to reaching our goal!

As an alternative way of donating, you may also send a check in to school with your child made out to JDRF. We will be collecting money through the month of October.

Lastly, if this is an organization very close to your heart, you may become captain and reach your own goal of $100.

Thank you in advance for helping children in the community who battle with this disease each day. Together, we can help raise money for research to hopefully find a cure one day.

All the best,

First Grade Team

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

September Scholastic Book Club orders are due by September 23! Please submit all orders online.

Please make sure you fill out both sides of the permission slip for the Charlotte's Web field trip. Thanks so much to everyone that has completed the form and made the payment online!

FRIENDLY REMINDER: You must register with WCPSS and be approved before you are allowed to volunteer for centers.

The students are doing so well in Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop. They are all doing a really great job taking the information from mini lessons and applying it to their own work. We are so proud of the class!

Stamp a Story

Writer's Workshop

Reader's Workshop

Today was the first day of centers! A huge thanks to our wonderful volunteers...

Sunday, September 18, 2011

A huge thanks to all of the parents that came to Open House! If you weren't able to make it, please carefully read through all of the information that was sent home on Friday.

Thanks to all of the families that sent in wish list items last week!

- ~~Large throw pillows for reading area~~
- Fall themed stickers
- Community themed stickers

- ~~Bags of individual wrapped candy for estimation jar~~

This week we are learning...

The Good, the Clean, and the Healthy (IB) - dental health
Math - graphing and answering questions about graphs

Reader's Workshop - how to read your just right book (cover, title, pictures, words), how to read your choice book (tell yourself the story through pictures)
Short Vowel E

Spelling Words - look, see, me, am, in
Challenge Words - book, cook, hook, shook, crook

Helpful Tip: Make flashcards for spelling words each week and review all of the words regularly.

Have you signed up to volunteer for centers? We need 2 parents to volunteer every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The sign-up calendars are ready for September and October.