HOOT 13

Thank you for attending parent-teacher conferences this week. It has been a privilege to be teaching your child and being much supported by you all.


Way to go, Khloe! Reading To the Top to mom at parent-teacher conference.


Clover reading her paragraph about her favorite movie, Mamma Mia at her parent conference.


Yay for more reading! We are embarking on Dinosaurs at Dusk in the Magic Tree House series. Kudos to our super strong readers!


Thank you, Kristin for your support with a reading focus group! The children love it!


Finger-knitting and measuring hand in hand




February calendar pages bursting with love




Upcoming Events:
Feb 13 -- Pizza money due in labeled pouch/envelope
Feb 14 (2:30) -- Valentine's Ice Cream Party. All welcome!
                As requested by parents, NO candy Valentines please. There will be plenty of sugar in the                    ice cream!
                Any Valentine trimmings (fabric, paper, lace, doilies, etc.) you send, we will use them in
                the creation of our Valentine boxes.
                Please consider including a Valentine for Miss Wally and Grandma Susan. They                                    pour their heart and soul into caring for the children every day.



Thursday, February 15 (3:30-4:30) -- Tutoring
Thursday, Feb 22 -- pizza day

Students of the month
Congratulations to Isaiah Hall and Tiana Pete for being such amazing kiddos in February!
Stay tuned please! The celebration will be rescheduled as we are no longer in session on Fridays.

Thursday, March 1 (8:30-12:00) -- TISA's annual Read-a-thon. Read-a-thon documents went home during parent-teacher conferences. If you need to refer to the info, I posted it on the blog.



Math skills:
Automatic addition and subtraction within 10. (Please use flash cards.)
Counting on from any number within 120.
Comparing numbers.
Measuring and ordering objects by length.
Finding 10 more and 10 less of a 2 digit number.

Math vocabulary we are working with (for home use flash cards, as I suggested at the conference):
add, subtract, plus, minus, count up, count back, hop, number line, number grid, number sentence, number model, tool, How many? solve, problem, choose, best answer, start, end up, less, more, write, answer, rule, complete, tally, chart, total, part, change, bar graph, diagram, match, circle, explain, tall, short, long, measure,

Reading / writing skills:
Sight words are very important for fluent reading. Many children in class are great at decoding and are ready for sight word mastery. Here are a couple resources for flash cards:
 https://www.education.com/resources/first+grade+sight+words/


https://www.rcboe.org/cms/lib/GA01903614/Centricity/Domain/8646/sight%20words%201.PNG

A few children are ready for more advanced readers such as the Little Bear series, Mouse and Mole series, or  Frog and Toad series. Please encourage their effort at home. New reading logs are coming home next week.

Homework:
Please return the last homework packet without the spelling portion. This will give your child a chance to have more practice before the spelling quiz next Thursday.
The new homework packet will be going home on Thursday as well. It will include a new reading log and a personal word wall page for home use with spelling/writing.

Finally, thank you for your support with the pain I have experienced over the loss of my father. You and your children are my second family. You all are a great help in keeping my spirits up.

Snowdrops on my dad's grave


An evening panorama of my home town, Miskolc, in January

ANNUAL TISA READ-A-THON MARCH 1!

ANNUAL TISA READ-A-THON 2018

We are excited to announce that TISA is celebrating reading

and raising money for class field trips with a school-wide Read-A-Thon

on MARCH 1, the day before Dr. Seuss’s birthday!

First graders are raising money for their end-of-year field trip to Ghost Ranch!
 We are hoping that every student will raise $25 at our Read-a-Thon

so that we can achieve our goal. Please help your child find sponsors (family, friends,

businesses)  to donate money for every book she or he reads at the Read-a-Thon!

The Read-a-Thon will take place on THURSDAY, MARCH 1st from about  9am to noon.

Students in first grade will begin their Read-A-Thon day at 8:30 with healthy breakfast treats brought from home followed by reading until 12 noon. Parents, siblings, and other family members or friends are welcome to join students to read during this time.

It will be a pajama day!  PJs, pillows, small blankets, stuffed animals, and healthy snacks/drinks
to share will be welcome!  Children can bring in a bunch of their favorite books from home to read.
Please label books that are extra special with your child’s name.  Books will also be available
in the classroom.

Please check off your choice:

 My child will be reading with _________________(person/s) from _______to _______ (time).
 My child will need a volunteer to read with from _________ to _________(time).

Name / Business	How much will you donate per book Or chapters read:

Please fill it out and bring this form back by Wednesday, February 28. Read-a-thon money is due Thursday, March 29.

Thank you for supporting TISA kiddos!

HOOT 12

• Istation is the reading and math app that we use at school. Istation information is coming home on Thursday with the homework packet. It will allow your child to work on Istation READING AND MATH at home. It will also help you become familiar with the program so you can better support your child's reading and math skills. Please let me know if you run into any glitches installing it on your device (desktop, laptop, Chromebook, or tablet). I would love to get some feedback from you about it.
• TISA's Spelling Bee will be held Monday, January 22nd. Exact time TBA. Congratulations to our winners: Gracen Royce Jackson and Sergio Santiago Cardenas! Please refer to the practice sheet for first grade words. You might also want to watch a couple clips on Youtube to get a sense for the logistics. 
• Pizza money is due on Tuesday
• Pizza day is this Thursday
• Student of the Month- Friday, January 26th (2:30 in common room). Congratulations to Annabella Carson and Winterfox Yepa-Lujan. They have both worked super hard in January on their reading skills. 
• Next Friday (Jan 26) there IS school.
• Parent Teacher conferences are Friday, February 8th. Please look for an email from SignUpGenius to pick a time online.
• Basketball Court in the works!  We have almost met our goal for donorschoose.org to fund our basketball court. To pitch in, please go to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/hoops-for-hope/3007270/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=teacher_3222566&rf=facebook-dc-2018-01-project-teacher_3222566&challengeid=20670585#_=_

MLK Day

Hoot 11

Happy new year to everyone! I hope you all have had an enjoyable time with family and friends. School starts tomorrow, on Monday (Jan. 8). I am excited to see first graders grow their skills in 2018! We will be honing our reading skills working with long vowel sounds and "r" controlled syllables. In math we will be working with addition, subtraction, place value and money. And it will be fun to make snow slime (though it's not quite like the real thing), gingerbread dough, and ice art!

Upcoming Events:

• Friday January 12th and Friday January 26: TISA is in session from 8am to 4pm. Please make sure your child is in school on these Fridays.
• I am looking for volunteers to run a small group reading center. Fridays would be ideal. 30 minutes to an hour sessions would work sometime between 8:30-11:30 or 12:30-3:30.
• New year's wish list: 2018 calendars, old calendars (for collaging), water, tennis balls (for chair legs), help hang a few pieces of hardware (screw in 4 curtain rods)

• Feb 8  (Thursday): parent-teacher conferences and report cards

• Feb 14: Valentine's Ice Cream Sundae Party!
• Prepare for Snowy Days: Just in case we get some snow…Our school follows the Taos Municipal Schools decisions regarding school closures and delays.  Please listen to KTAO radio at 101.9 on the FM dial for school closure and delay announcements.
• Dress your Child for Winter Weather: Please send an extra hat, gloves/mittens and a pair of slippers to stash in your child's cubby for winter weather (all the way through April)!  If it is snowy or wet, please send your child in a winter jacket, snow pants and boots. Outdoor recesses are a lot more fun when the children are dressed appropriately for the weather! 
• Student of the month and pizza days to be announced soon. 
• Scholastic book order flyers will be coming home this week.

Reading is more fun with Buddies!

Harwood Museum Landscape Session in December