Weekend Wishes and a Thank You!!

Well, we've officially made it through the first full week of first grade at E.A. this year! YAY!! I'm sure you're busy bees are all tuckered out... I know I am!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I'm looking forward to seeing all of my bees buzzing in on Monday morning!

I wanted to take a minute to say thank you. Thank you V.I.P.'s!! I have noticed that most of the V.I.P. s that I've seen so far have been moms from 1st grade! You really have no idea how much we all appreciate the work you do! Whether it's your first year teaching, or your twentieth, it's always great to have an extra set of willing, helping hands. So... THANK YOU!!!

Day 5 in the Hive...

Today was another productive day for us in first grade! We had an exciting first today... it was our first time in computer lab!! The kids did a GREAT job walking over to the high school~ ask your child how many marbles we earned in our jar! (We're working toward earning a reward party for our good busy bee behavior! Today in the computer lab Mrs. Sawyer taught us about all the parts of a computer and we even got to see the inside of one that she was working on! We were all "abuzz," that's for sure!

Over the Hump!

We have made it over the hump! Today was a good day in first grade! We kept on reviewing our alphabet and the sounds of the letters. We're gearing up for "f," "g," "h," and "i" tomorrow. In math we reviewed our ordinal numbers to 3. We were on a "number" hunt in the classroom! We also had our first Social Studies lesson. See if your first grader can tell you what topics you learn about in Social Studies time. Today we learned about different groups we are all in! During out devotion time we talked about how God wants us to forgive 70 x 7 times... and guess what? That's A LOT!! We read a book called, "Don't Call Me Names" See if your child can remember how Nell acted towards the two boys who were being bullies. It was a full day, and we even made it outside during a break in the rain to soak up some rays! Yay for sunshine!!

Day 3 as a Busy Bee...

We had another good day today. It's always great to start to settle into the routines! Today in Math we talked about the terms "same," "less/fewer," and "more." For a quick check with your child, grab a handful of pennies. You can pick a number out of the pile (say 5 for example.) Have your child show you the same number of pennies, fewer pennies, and more pennies. You can also review counting by 10s to 100. Summer is a lot of fun, and sometimes it takes us awhile to remember things we already know! Today was also our first time using our new white boards! A big thank you to Mr. Brandon Smith for cutting them for us! Now we each have our own board to use in our laps! The kids were SO excited! Speaking of our white boards, today during our devotion time we drew something that we were afraid of. Next, we read 1st John 4:18 and talked about how God's perfect love helps to cast out fear. Finally, after declaring to our boards that we had God's perfect love, we erased our fears! On a personal note... I'm so very thankful to work in a private school where we have the opportunity to share about God's love with the children. What a blessing!!

Fish Fry

Oh, I almost forgot to remind you... don't forget about the Fish Fry tonight at 6:30! Come get some great food and enjoy some even better company!