Big Week in First Grade

Curriculum:
Language Arts: Expository Texts and Pet Research; Writing Letters; Using Adjectives
Math: Comparing Whole Numbers
Science: Soil
Social Studies: Holiday Traditions

December 12th: Field Trip to Zachary Scott Theatre and Zilker Park
We will be leaving School for the play at 9:30 sharp. Parents may meet us at the park at 12:30 for lunch. We will need a parent from each room that is meeting us at the park to bring our lunches to the park, if possible. Please let your child's teacher know if you are available.

December 13th: Awards Assembly - 1:45 P.M.

December 14th: Holiday Celebrations Rotations:
We will be travelling throughout the world celebrating holiday traditions. First Graders will each needs a handled bag (example would be from Sprouts or Whole Foods market) to put their leaning experiences in from each stop that they make that day. Each classroom needs approximately 20. Please let your child's homeroom teacher know if you would be able to donate some of these bags.

December 20th: Holiday Celebration
We will be watching the Polar Express and making goody bags this party afternoon. More information will be coming home on Monday, December 10th. We are looking for a copy of the Polar Express on DVD to watch for our afternoon celebration. Please let us know if you can share. Contact your child's teacher if you can share a copy of the movie with us.

February 5th: Science Fair
Science fair information will be coming home soon. If your child is interested in competing in the Science Fair, sometimes it is necessary to start over the break. We will be happy to provide registration information to any first graders who would like to participate.

Thank you, as always for your help and support of the first grade classes. We are truly thankful for the time and donations that you make for the good of our kiddoes. Have a great day!

Special Announcements for Our Holiday Season

Good Afternoon Tiger Parents!

We wanted to update you on upcoming events for the next few weeks:

Calendar Items:
December 6th: Hopewell Concert for students at 9:45 in the cafeteria

December 12th: Field Trip to Zachary Scott Theatre and Zilker Park 
We will be leaving School for the play at 9:30 sharp. Parents may meet us at the park at 12:30 for lunch. We will need a parent from each room that is meeting us at the park to bring our lunches to the park, if possible. Please let your child's teacher know if you are available.

December 13th: Awards Assembly - 1:45 P.M.

December 14th: Holiday Celebrations Rotations: 
We will be travelling throughout the world celebrating holiday traditions. First Graders will each needs a handled bag (example would be from Sprouts or Whole Foods market) to  put their leaning experiences in from each stop that they make that day. Each classroom needs approximately 20. Please let your child's homeroom teacher know if you would be able to donate some of these bags.

December 20th: Holiday Celebration
We will be watching the Polar Express and making goody bags this party afternoon. More information will be coming home on Monday, December 10th. We are looking for a copy of the Polar Express on DVD to watch for our afternoon celebration. Please let us know if you can share. Contact your child's teacher if you can share a copy of the movie with us.

February 5th: Science Fair
Science fair information will be coming home soon. If your child is interested in competing in the Science Fair, sometimes it is necessary to start over the break. We will be happy to provide registration information to any first graders who would like to participate.

Thank you, as always for your help and support of the first grade classes. We are truly thankful for the time and donations that you make for the good of our kiddoes. Have a great day!

December 3rd through 7th

Happy December! We hope that all our tiger families are having a happy and safe holiday season!

Curriculum:

Reading and Writing: Class Research and Expository Text
Planning, Drafting and Revising Letters and Narrative Texts using adjectives

Math: Problem Solving;Time and Duraction of Time (How long does it take to brush your teeth? About what time do you go to bed?)

Science:Soil

Social Studies and Leadership: Customs and Traditions

Calendar:
Dec. 5             Early Release 12:45
December 4-7 Book Fair
Dec. 6             CommUnity Fest
Dec. 6             Hopewell Choir Performance
Dec. 12           Field Trip To Zachary Scott Theatre
Dec. 13           First Grade First Semester Awards Assembly
Dec. 14           Winter Celebrations Rotations


Reminders:

• CommUnity Fest and the Book Fair will be next week with CommUnity Fest on December 6th. Be sure to come by and share some of the traditions of our Teravista Families!
• The next three Fridays will be the TVE Holiday Shop - Students may bring small amounts of money to purchase small gifts for their family. This Holiday store, similar to the TVE Jungle last year, will occur at lunch and students may bring money on these dates - November 30th, Dec. 7th and Dec. 14th.
• TAG nominations will be due Friday 12/7. Parent nomination packets will be available in the office.

November 26th 2012

We hope everyone had a safe and happy long weekend and family time this weekend. As we see kids growing everyday we are thankful for their presence in our classroom and the effort they make striving toward their goals. Thank you, Teravista First Grade Families, for sharing in these goals with us and allowing us to grow as leaders and learners in First Grade! We are especially thankful for all of our families and students!

Curriculum:

Reading and Writing: Class Research and Expository Text
Planning, Drafting and Revising Letters and Narrative Texts using adjectives

Math: Problem Solving; Patterns - Concrete and Number Patterns

Science:Introduction to Natural Resources (Soil, Water, and Air)

Social Studies and Leadership: Customs and Traditions

Reminders:

• CommUnity Fest and the Book Fair will be next week with CommUnity Fest on Decemebr 6th. Be sure to come by and share some of the traditions of our Teravista Families!
• The next three Fridays will be the TVE Holiday Shop - Students may bring small amounts of money to purchase small gifts for their family. This Holiday store, similar to the TVE Jungle last year, will occur at lunch and students may bring money on these dates - November 30th, Dec. 7th and Dec. 14th.
• TAG nominations will be due Friday 12/7. Parent nomination packets will be available in the office.

Calendar:

Dec 4th - Student Leadership Council Meeting

December 4^th-7^th Book Fair
December 7th - TAG Nominations due to Mrs. Smith

December 5^th Early Release

December 6^th CommUnity Fest and Book Fair open Late

December 12 - First Grade Field Trip to Zach Scott Theatre
December 14 - Winter Customs and Traditions Day Rotations
December 20 ^-  Winter Party

Wow! What a busy weekend with the Dirt Party and Tree Dedication! Today's Veteran's Presentation was amazing! Students were respectful and truly appreciative of our Veteran's.


This week:

• Field Trip permission slips and fees are needed asap. We need to have an accurate lunch count for the cafeteria and also to be able to make payment to the Zach Scott Theatre. We are excited about this learning opportunity.
• Thanksgiving Lunch in the Cafeteria at Lunchtime for grades 1, 3, and 5

Curriculum:

Reading and Writing: Expository Texts - Main Idea, Supporting Details (Facts)
Planning, Drafting and Revising Procedural Texts (What do you know how to do and taking it through the writing process adding nouns and verbs)

Math: Problem Solving; Counting on by One, Two, Three, and Zero; Fluency in Math Facts
Coins and continued facts

Science: Motion: Pull/Push and Patterns of Movement

Social Studies and Leadership: Veterans (Presidential)

November 15th - TAG Parent Information Night 6:30
November 24th - Mrs. Maggart's Birthday

November 21^st-

23^rd Thanksgiving Break

Dec 4th - Student Leadership Council Meeting

December 4^th

-7^th Book Fair
7th - Lara Heine's Birthday

December 5^th Early Release

December 6^th CommUnity Fest and Book Fair open Late

December 12 - First Grade Field Trip
December 20^th Winter Party

November 5th

Happy Fall! We hope everyone enjoyed their extra hour this weekend.

Thanks to all the parents who have volunteered to help with the First Grade Harvest Day! Also thanks to our Watch Dog dads for pitching in to help with some pretty fun and helpful tasks. We are so thankful for all of our parent partners who help us each week.


This week:

• Report cards will come home along with a matrix of what each score category means.
• Field Trip permission slips and fees are needed asap. We need to have an accurate lunch count for the cafeteria and also to be able to make payment to the Zach Scott Theatre. We are excited about this learning opportunity.
• Picture  retakes are this week. If you have photos and would like retakes, please allow students to return the pictures and they can have a retake done this week. Also if your child was absent on picture day, or new to the school, then they will need to take retakes that day, even if not needing to order a package.

Curriculum:

Reading and Writing: Expository Texts - Main Idea, Supporting Details (Facts)
Planning, Drafting and Revising Expository Texts using facts, strong and specific nouns and verbs

Math: Problem Solving; Counting on by One, Two, Three, and Zero; Fluency in Math Facts

Science: Magnetism; Force and Motion

Social Studies and Leadership: Elections, Presidential and Elected Leaders

CalendarNovember 6^th Report cards go home
November 6 - Student Leadership Council Meeting
November 6th - REFLECTIONS ENTRIES DUE
VOTING POLLS AT SCHOOL EXPECT DELAYS IN TRAVEL - IN DROP OFF AND PICK UP

November 8^th Picture Retakes

November 10th (Saturday) Leadership Council Dirt Party and Tree Dedication for Officer Padron

November 12^th Veteran’s Day Assembly 8:15

November 15th - TAG Parent Information Night 6:30

November 21^st-

23^rd Thanksgiving Break

Dec 4th - Student Leadership Council Meeting

December 4^th

-7^th Book Fair

December 5^th Early Release

December 6^th CommUnity Fest and Book Fair open Late

December 12 - First Grade Field Trip
December 20^th Winter Party

This Week In First Grade:

We hope that everyone had a great time exploring and hearing about our pumpkin explorations this Friday! The kids had a great time and learned a lot. This last Friday was the last day of the nine weeks grading period so be expecting to see report cards soon.

Please remember to turn in Field Trip money if you have not already. The cost is seven dollars and we need to have lunch choices (cafeteria or bringing lunch) into the cafteria this week.

As temperatures change, please remember jackets for the kiddoes that are labeled with their names. This will help keep children warm and healthy. Please even if it is not too cold in the morning, send one just in case. Sometimes temperatures chanhe fast. Remember to send students with extra changes of clothes in case of accidents.

With Halloween this week, please remember snacks that are healthy. Students need to make sure they are not having highs and lows when they are consuming snacks :)
Thanks to all the parents that contributed to our harvest day and continue to contribute to our classes and student learning - we appreciate you!!!!

Curriculum:
Language Arts: Informational Text
Math: Counting On; Problem Solving using counting on
Science: Magnetism
Social Studies/Leadership: Goal Tracking; American Symbols; Leaders in America (Eleanor Roosevelt or other presidential leader - it is almost election day!)

Don't forget the time change - November 4th~

Calendar

October 30^th

and 31^st Vision and Hearing Screening

November 3^rd Seven Habits Family Training

November 6^th Report cards go home

November 8^th Picture Retakes

November 12^th Veteran’s Day Assembly 8:15

November 21^st-

23^rd Thanksgiving Break

December 4^th

-7^th Book Fair

December 5^th Early Release

December 6^th CommUnity Fest and Book Fair open Late

December 20^th Winter Party