Mrs. Cushman's Cool Cats

End of the Year

Hello Parents!

The year is coming to an end and way to fast! Just wanted to let you know of a few exciting upcoming events soon and for the last week of school!

·       Wednesday, May 14^th is Field Day. Please wear you class shirt.

·       On Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th, we will have a

Camp

Out

and doing several activities to go along with this theme. Your child may bring a towel and animal.

·       On May 19^th we will be doing Mexico Centers.

·       On May 20th, we will be having our class awards. Please join us at 12:30-1:00.

·       On Wednesday 21st, we will be enjoying a Game day! Please send in any favorite puzzles and games.

·       On Thursday May 22 st, we will be having our end of the year party at 12:00 and movie/ popcorn in the morning! We are celebrating with ice cream sundaes and lots of first grade memories. We would love for you to join us!  Hope to see you there!

This has been a fantastic year and a great class! Thank you so much for all your support. I would especially like to thank my wonderful room moms and all the parents who helped this year.

                   Have a wonderful summer!

                  JoAnn Cushman J

         

News For May

New For May

Hi everyone,

We have many fun things planned to finish off a wonderful school year.

Take a look and mark your calendar!!

May 5^th            Mexican Rotation and 80^th Anniversary Celebration

May 6^th                First grade trip to the zoo

May 9^th            All Books need to be returned to the

Media

Center

May 12            AR Picnic

May 14^th         Field Day

May 15-16^th     Mrs. Cushman’s class campout

May 20^th         Class awards in our classroom

May 22^nd          End of the year party

March News

This month, we will be focusing on preparing for the CRCT. Please be sure that your child is taking the practice tests on the computer. Practice, Practice, Practice! Also, in March, we will be learning all about plants, money, animals, and starting an author's study.

A few dates to remember are:

March 4th- Early Release

March 17th- Leprechuan traps are due...more details to come!

March 20th- Report cards going home

March 27th: International Night Activities 6-8pm, Silent Auction to raise money for technology. Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs. O’Connor, and I will be auctioned off and will be doing some cooking at my house. Please bid on a chance for up to 6 children.

March 29^th- Movie on the Mount. NEW DATE

February News

Hi Everyone, I can't believe we are getting ready to Celebrate Valentine's Day. We are also working so hard on making our class book titled One Night When It Snowed..... If you haven't returned the form and payment please do so right away.In addition, we are diving into our new math unit on MONEY. Please remember to take a on-line CRCT test. We recently added more tests. Here are some important dates:

Feb. 6th- Early Release

Feb. 7th- Picture Day!

Feb. 14th- Valentine boxes due! More details to come...

Feb. 18th- no school

Feb. 19- teacher workday/ no school

Feb. 22nd- Six Flags reading logs due!

Feb. 26th- Technology Night- Hope to see you there!

Keyboarding Website

Hi. Here is a great website for keyboarding. It will recinforce what they are learning in the computer lab.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/level1.shtml

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a great holiday. Thank you for the generous class gift and all the goodies!!!!.

This month we will be studying addition and subtraction facts to 20, fractions, time, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and informational writing. Wow!

I hope everyone has noticed that our special schedule has changed due to the addition of a computer lab teacher, Ms. Newhouse. Thank you Foundation!! The students will begin learning keyboarding skills as she reinforces our Georgia Performance Standards.

Conference week will be Jan. 22-28. I look forward to meeting with you.

Important Dates

Jan. 21. MLK

Holiday

Jan 22-28. Early release for Conference week.

December

We have lots of fun celebrations and activities planned for December! I am so excited to let you know that everyone has made the AR wall! They have really worked so hard! Read, Read, Read!!!!

December 3rd- AR Picnic!

December 6th- World of Coke -  don't forget, wear your first grade class shirt.

December 14th- We will be creating gingerbread houses! Please come join us! 9:30 -10:30

December 17th- Canada Rotation- we will be visiting other first grade classrooms to learn many new things about Canada.

December 20th- Winter Celebration! More details to come! Please let me know if you would like to share a family tradition or activity.

December 21st- Sing-a-long for all the Mountain View students! Wear your favorite PJ's!

This month, we will be learning all about magnets, Canada, homophones, patriotic symbols, verbs, addition and subtraction facts to 12, greater than and less than, and positional words.

We have lots of fun celebrations and activities planned for December! I am so excited to let you know that everyone has made the AR wall! They have really worked so hard! Read, Read, Read!!!!

December 3rd- AR Picnic!

December 6th- World of Coke -  don't forget, wear your first grade class shirt.

December 14th- We will be creating gingerbread houses! Please come join us! 9:30 -10:30

December 17th- Canada Rotation- we will be visiting other first grade classrooms to learn many new things about Canada.

December 20th- Winter Celebration! More details to come! Please let me know if you would like to share a family tradition or activity.

December 21st- Sing-a-long for all the Mountain View students! Wear your favorite PJ's!

This month, we will be learning all about magnets, Canada, homophones, patriotic symbols, verbs, addition and subtraction facts to 12, greater than and less than, and positional words.

This Week's Homework

First Grade skills  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm

On-line CRCT tests   https://www.georgiaoas.org/servlet/a2l

Great On-Line Books

Hi. check out this folder for some on-line books.

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?folder=1175360

Novermber Is Here!!

Math:  In math we are working with 2 and 3-D Geometric Figures, Addition and subtraction Facts to 12, and word problems.

Br-r-r-r!  We are really noticing the cooler weather at recess time.  Please remember to send students with outerwear that is appropriate for the temperature.  Please mark all outerwear labels with your student’s name!

We are in need of some extra snacks and items for the Cushman Store. If you care to donate, I would greatly appreciate it. J

    Miscellaneous Kudos: A special thanks to the parents who:

• Helped with our Fall Centers
• Sent in items for our school store
• Helped volunteering in the classroom
• Sent in items for the Snack Bank      

                                                  Dates To Remember: 

Nov. 14th - Thanksgiving Play and Thanksgiving Lunches

Nov. 16th- In house field trip on nutrition

Science:   What fun we are having learning all about the weather. Our weather reporters have done a fabulous job! The upcoming unit is on sound, pitch, volume, and vibration.

We have been learning about signs of fall and enjoying the beauty of the season. Her are the themes we are learning about:

Writing:   We are continuing to develop consistency with capitalization, punctuation, correct spelling of core words and complete sentence formation in our narrative writing.  Our work also includes using the writing process. Pre-writing, Writing, Revising, Editing, and Publishing.