Welcome Back!!

Welcome to 2017!! It’s going to be a fabulous year!!
I was so excited to see all my precious kiddos on Wednesday! They are all so amazing and THANK YOU all for being such amazing parents! You are their first teacher and together WE GOT THIS! Our first few days back have been an energizing experience to say the least! With the two extra snow days and Christmas break, I think we were all ready to get back. We will spend the rest of the week getting reacquainted with our routines and procedures. I will mark in their behavior chart this week, but I will be using it more as a tool to correct behavior. Beginning next week, I will be sending home behavior notes for any student on warning or below.  I will also send notes for any student who ends the week on outstanding. Please keep an eye out for these notes, they need to be signed and returned.
Now that January is finally here its time to refocus and LEARN, LEARN, LEARN! We are going to keep pushing the students and expectations will be higher as the students work towards the end of the year.  However, before we get back into the full swing of things, we have quite a few assessments that will require completion. mClass will finally be open for us to begin on January 14. This is a long process, so I am hoping to get it out of the way such that we can get back into first grade curriculum.  Once the assessments are complete, I will be sending out a sign up genius for parent/teacher conferences. This would be a time to meet for any areas of concern that you or I may have.

Monday folders were sent out yesterday to clear out their mailboxes. Please make sure these are cleared out the next day and sign the sheet stating that the worksheets were reviewed. You may start to notice some worksheets with a red and green dot coming home soon. The red dot states that they got the answer wrong. The green dot means that the answer was corrected after reteaching. If you have any questions about this please feel free to email me.

I had three students turn in their 100 books chain!!! I am so excited. These were sent out in the beginning of the year, so I am hoping to get some more coming in. Please make sure to have your student read to you everyday! It is so important for them and it will make a HUGE difference with their reading comprehension.

Items needed for the classroom:

Please strongly consider helping your students succeed in class by providing these desperately needed supplies.  Every item provided goes directly towards the success of your child.

- Copy paper

- Colored paper

- Construction paper

- glue sticks

* Thank you so much for turning in your notebooks, crayons, and glue for the new year. Those of you who were not able to turn these in, I made sure your student had a fresh new box of crayons and notebook.

Important Dates

Jan 13 - Report Cards go home

Jan 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No School

Jan 20 - 2nd Quarter Awards 10:30AM

Mrs. Atkisson

December 12-16

Hello Fist Grade Parents!

I bet your child is ready for Christmas vacation! We have been working so hard and reviewing all of our curriculum up to this point of the year. I told the class that when we come back in January we are going to begin second grade boot camp! I can't believe how much all of my students have grown academically. It truly has been a joy to see. We are now writing paragraphs with details, adding in our head, reading and answering questions at all different levels! We are almost at the half way mark and we still have a ways to go.

We are also gearing up for all of our fun Christmas activities. As a reminder, here are the dates:

 December 15 we will have Grinch Day. Students may come to school dressed in green or even characters from the book. We will spend the day working on things that are all Grinch!  This flyer was sent home today.

December 16th we will have our holiday party. My wonderful room mothers (Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Joyner) have some amazing things planned for our sweet first graders. It will be much like our Halloween party so if I can get some parents to come in and help with stations I will really appreciate it. The sign up genius was sent about five days ago.  I  also just sent another email to make sure all the parents received it and you can sign up for items that are needed. The party will be from 11:00 to 1:00. Hope to see you there!

December 19th we will have our polar express day. Kids may come to school dressed in pajamas and we will have a pancake breakfast and drink some hot chocolate. We will be watching the movie and then following up with some activities.

Important Dates

Dec 16 - Holiday Celebration 11 PM

Dec 20 - End of 2nd Quarter & Early Release @ 11:45AM

Dec 21 - Jan 8 - Winter Break

Remember to make sure that your child is completing their spelling homework in the spelling notebook. I collect it every Friday along with their weekly homework. At the beginning of the quarter,  I  made the decision to take up the homework as a grade that would be added to our overall spelling grade.  However, I am getting several student who are not completing their spelling homework or only doing one day. We cover spelling in the classroom but it also helps your student out if they practice their spelling at home. Please make sure that your student is working on spelling throughout the week.
I will also need your student to bring in  a box of  24 crayons,  a new single subject notebook, and some glue sticks for the second half of the year. They will be taking their Reading Notebook home at the end of the quarter and we will be combining all of our old crayons.