Weekly greetings! As always, last week flew by and we are moving into the third week of January already! This week there will be two special activities for the students. On Wednesday, Mary Timm from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Tetlin Refuge, will return to work on pictures with the students for the junior duck stamp competition. Also on Friday the Tetlin Environmental Technician, Theresa Christiansen, will visit and talk with the class about ice safety. Other activities of interest will be a new Science unit starting on Monday for the afternoon students on soils and composting now that the red worms for the project have arrived alive.
With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this Monday, we began studying the important role he played in our countries history. The class also picked a three word phase to create an inspiring poster to display in out room to encourage each other, just as Martin Luther King Jr. was able to inspire others with his words. Furthermore, a favorite weekly time for the class is Art each Friday. The students have been exploring aspects of watercolor painting. They really enjoy sharing their creative ideas with each other. I hope their colorful creations made it home on Friday for you all to see. A few photos to follow are from last week's Art session.
Please continue to look for homework every Monday through Thursday night. The first grade will have a spelling list weekly that they need to study each night. Also, I am sending home simple readers for them to read to someone at home each night. The Kindergarten have had numerous paper books sent home from the themes covered in the reading curriculum and they should be reading them to someone at home also. This will help them with the sight words that have been covered and simple words to sound out.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have, and you are always welcome to sit in on our weekly PLC [Professional Learning Committee] meetings on Friday to discuss best practices and methods in teaching to improve student learning.
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