Notes for Parents:

• Thanks again for such a wonderful year.  You are raising some pretty amazing little humans and I am honored to have been a small part of their journey.  Our last quote this year was, “Endings are not always a bad thing, it just means something new can begin.” I will smile remembering all the gifts your children have given me this year.  They have inspired me, encouraged me, and loved me well. Again, thank you for sharing them with me. And thank you once again to all who volunteered in our class this year in one way or another.  We appreciated your time and all the things you helped to send in so we could have such fun and successful special days. Have a safe and happy summer! -Victoria

• I will unsubscribe you from the blog so you no longer receive emails. The pictures will still be available here for a month or so if there are any you want to download.

Celebrations:

Talent Show – It was so fun to have our talent show in person again this year! We sure do have some talented kiddos at Georgetown.  The kids loved the teachers’ skit at the end! 

5th Grade Clap Out: We cheered on the fifth graders as they walked out of our school one last time before heading to middle school next year!

2nd Grade Tour: We were able to team up with a second-grade classroom to learn more about 2nd grade. The first graders were able to tour the room and ask questions to learn what second grade is all about!

THEME DAYS:

Lemonade Day – As a class, we made some lemonade together… it was so tasty! We reviewed our “how-to” writing skills and wrote about how to make lemonade. For reading, we worked on our retelling skills about a lemonade story. After trying both lemonade and pink lemonade, we worked on our graphing skills to see which kind was liked best by the class! For word study, the kiddos tried to make as many new words as they could using the words ‘cold lemonade’.

Sports Day – To start off sports day we created our very own realistic fiction story by rolling a dice. We rolled the dice to choose our athlete, setting, and problem. In math, we worked on partners of 10 by coloring jerseys, and we even played some basketball with cheese puffs. Each cup they made a cheese puff into had a number under it, so they had to add all three numbers together. 

Beach Day – We completed a summer bucket list and talked about what we are looking forward to most this summer! 

Last Day Fun!!

First Grade Awards

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• Monday, June 6 – Music 
  • 🍋 Lemonade Day – wear pink or yellow
• Tuesday, June 7  – no special due to Talent Show
  • ⚽️ Sports Day – wear a sports shirt/jersey or Eagle Gear
  • 🎶 Talent Show (10:00-11:00)
• Wednesday, June 8 – Music, Last day of school (Early Release)
  • 🏝 Beach Day – wear beach-themed clothes, NO bathing suits

Notes for Parents:

• Items coming home today- Yellow writing portfolio, Gym Shoes, Star Reports, Gym Fitness Tests, and Reading Notebooks.  You may keep all these at home now! 
• On Monday, your child will be bringing home their summer learning binder.  This is a great resource for you to use to keep your child’s skills fresh and continue the great growth s/he has made this year.  This packet covers reading, math, word study, and even some writing. There is a suggested daily schedule for you to follow if you are interested.  I encourage you to find a rhythm and schedule for your family this summer and build in some “school/learning time” each day.  They could spend 30 minutes doing binder work/reading and 30 minutes doing tech time with our apps. (log-in access is on the back of the binder).
• Below, you will also find many great resources and fun reading programs to keep your child excited and engaged with reading.
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Celebrations:

Outstanding Movie Day: Our class loved reading Charlotte’s Web this spring so we were excited to see the movie to celebrate our whole school filling our Outstanding Box!

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Endings are not always a bad thing, it just means something new can begin.” Today we had a special award for those that kept all their teeth this year- Lily and Landon received this award.  

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – This week we created memory books- writing about our favorite specials, our favorite class memory, and our favorite books.  We listed some of the friends we have made and got their autographs. We also put together our writing portfolio (coming home today in the yellow folder) which we hope you will enjoy.  This has published pieces of our work from each unit.  Be sure to celebrate your little author!!! They have come so far! 

Math – We worked on some place value review in math this week. This is a big skill in second grade and it was one of the trickiest skills our first graders had to learn in math this year. Keeping up with some place value work this summer will be very beneficial for your child! Even something as simple as writing and/or saying a two-digit number and asking them how many tens and ones it has will go a long way.

Reading –  This week we wrapped up our final unit of reading, Readers Get to Know Characters! We practiced thinking about what is happening in the story, imagining what characters might say by looking at the pictures, and rereading to smooth out our reading voices.

Word Study – We finished up some vowel sorts this week and put all our word study skills from this year to the test to help us read some fun Scholastic News articles!

Upcoming Dates and Reminders:

All library books/baggie books were due this week. If you haven’t done so, please return them all ASAP.

• • Monday,  May 30 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
  • Tuesday, May 31 – Music
  • Wednesday, June 1 – Gym and Class Popsicle Playdate
  • Thursday, June 2 – Art
  • Friday, June 3 – STEAM, Ice Cream Celebration 

• Wednesday, June 1, 6:30-7:30 at GES Mrs. Cooley’s First Grade Celebration
  • Join us on the K/1 Playground for popsicles and a time to play with your friends, set up summer playdates, take pictures, and just enjoy being together.  Come when you can, stay as long as you like.  The whole family is welcome.

Later Dates:

• Monday, June 6 – Lemonade Day
• Tuesday, June 7 – Sports Day, Talent Show
• Wednesday, June 8 – Beach Day, last day of school (early release)

Notes for Parents:

• Please look for more information on our special theme days (listed above) on the paper that was sent home today! If you would like to help donate items for these days, please view the sign-up HERE. Thank you in advance for your help!

Celebrations-

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying. We’ll have one last chance for your child to join our clubs next week. 

This week the quote was- “Count your rainbows not your thunderstorms.” 

Celebrating Hannah!

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – We wrapped up our last unit by publishing our series books.  We created a series book box and made about the author pages for our series. Please take some time to sit down and listen to your first grader read his or her stories and compliment them on their ideas, handwriting, punctuation, and details.

Math – This week we took our unit 8 math test on two-digit addition. I am so proud of the growth our first-grade mathematicians have made this year!

Reading –  This week we continued learning about the characters in our books. We learned about character feelings and how to identify character feelings by looking at facial expressions and body language. To take it a step further, we practiced matching our own voices and gestures to these feelings as we read out loud.

Word Study – We spent this week reviewing vowels. We reviewed the long and short sounds for each vowel and then completed some sorting activities with vowel sounds.

Upcoming Dates/Reminders

• • Monday,  May 23 – Steam
  • Tuesday, May 24 – Art
  • Wednesday, May 25 – Gym, ALL LIBRARY BOOKS AND BAGGIE BOOKS DUE
  • Thursday, May 26 – Art
  • Friday, May 27 – NO SCHOOL
  • Monday, May 30 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)

Later Dates:

• Wednesday, June 1, 6:30-7:30 at GES Mrs. Cooley’s First Grade Celebration
  • Join us on the K/1 Playground for popsicles and a time to play with your friends, set up summer playdates, take pictures, and just enjoy being together.  Come when you can, stay as long as you like.  The whole family is welcome.
• Wednesday, June 8 – last day of school (early release)

Notes for Parents:

• If you have not yet, please send in a cereal box with the top flaps cut off for your child’s character series writing (with his/her name on it). It should be large enough to fit a piece of paper. 

Celebrations:

John Ball Zoo – We had a fantastic time at the zoo.  We are so thankful for everyone’s help and flexibility.  It was so great to see the kids enjoy themselves so much and do a great job representing GES.  Link to Zoo Photos

Mystery Reader – Our last Mystery Reader was Sawyer’s dad, Mr. Daniel.  He read us a book from his childhood, Andrew Henry’s Meadow. Thanks so much to all those who have come in and shared a love of reading with us this year!

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Life is like ice cream, enjoy it before it melts.”

Happy Birthday, Bryson!

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – Students wrapped up their realistic fiction series for our From Scenes to Series unit of study! This week we focused on using correct punctuation and using illustrations to tell important details. We learned that writers can use illustrations to give clues about the setting, bring characters to life, tell secrets to the reader, and add extra realistic details. 

Math –  We started unit 8 this week which is an introduction to double-digit addition. We would like our kiddos to have exposure to some of the methods they can use because this will be a big focus in second grade! A method we learned was the making a ten strategy with the use of drawings, and they were also introduced to the new group above method for vertical problems. There was a brief introduction to show all totals where you first add the ones, then the tend, and then adding to find the sum of the tens and ones. This is a very short and tricky unit for first graders, and we will already be taking our test next week.  You will see Quick Quiz 1 coming home today and I sent home a review page (8-5) if you would like to take some time and practice some of these strategies with your child before our test on Tuesday. Here is a poster with all the strategies as well! Our focus has been the purple strategy. 

Reading –  This week we focused on how we can get to know characters in our books. We learned how we can learn more about characters by looking at the front and back of the book and by looking for pictures and dialogue. 

Word Study – We spent this week playing many different review games to practice capitalization rules!

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Upcoming Dates:

• Monday,  May 16 – Art
• Tuesday, May 17 -STEAM
  • John Ball Zoo field trip (See note above)
• Wednesday, May 18 – Music, Last Baggie Book Swap, Last Library Check Out
• Thursday, May 19 – Gym
• Friday, May 20 – Art 
  • Cereal box due

Later Dates:

• May 27 & May 30 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day weekend)
•  June 1 at 6:30 Cooley Class Celebration on the k/1 playground, more details to come.

Notes for Parents:

• In Class Volunteer- I am still looking for a volunteer on Wednesday, May 18, to read with students and change out their books. I’m flexible on the time it could be at the start of the day (for about 45 minutes) 8:45-9:30 or after lunch 12:45-1:30. Send me an email if you are interested.
• Please remember to email me by today if you will be attending the trip as a guest and if you would like to take your child home with you or have them ride the bus back to school with us. Thanks!
• If you have not yet, please send in a cereal box with the top flaps cut off for your child’s character series writing (with his/her name on it). It should be large enough to fit a piece of paper.
• LAST CALL- Scholastic Book Orders Class Order Due Date: 5/18/2022
  Connect to Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/QQJNN
  Use our one-time class activation code when you register: Class Code: QQJNN
  Flyers- https://clubs.scholastic.com/grade1

Celebrations:

Mystery Reader – We enjoyed having Mila’s mom in this week. Only one more Mystery Reader left!

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Ruby, Bryson, and Lily joined the shoe-tying club this week.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – For this unit, our final project will be creating a series boxed set. We would greatly appreciate the donation of cereal boxes for this project by the end of next week! (see note and instructions above.) In writing this week we added some new tools to our writing toolboxes! We learned how to “show not tell” by adding tiny realistic details. Later in the week, we learned all about repetition and the importance of patterns in writing. Next week we will wrap up our realistic fiction writing unit and students will start to publish their very own boxed book series!

Math –  In math we learned how to order objects from shortest to longest as well as longest to shortest. We also learned that we can measure using objects like paper clips to see how long something is. We talked about how it’s important to use the same size object otherwise our measurements will be inaccurate. For example, we can’t use large and small paper clips, we would need to use either all small or all large. We completed our third quick quiz of the unit as well as the unit 7 test. The kiddos did an excellent job with these skills!

Reading –  This week we continued learning about Nonfiction Text Features. We found Diagrams, Captions, Bolded Words, Labels, and Glossaries in our Nonfiction books. We learned that these text features help us understand the topic deeper and help us navigate our nonfiction books. 

Word Study – In addition to adding lots of snap words (sight words) to our word wall this week, we also focused on capitalization. We reviewed when to start words with a capital letter (dates, names, places, I, start of sentence, etc.). We also took a close look at our stories we’ve been writing to make sure we used correct capitalization. 

Upcoming Dates:

• • Monday,  May 9 – Gym
  • Tuesday, May 10 – Art
  • Wednesday, May 11- STEAM, Library, Please send in Baggie Books
  • Thursday, May 12 – Music
  • Friday, May 13 – Gym

Later Dates:

• Tuesday, May 17 – John Ball Zoo Field Trip
• May 27 & May 30 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day weekend)

Notes for Parents:

• I hope you all have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and you enjoy the sweet gift your child made for you! 
• Please send in a cereal box with the top flaps cut off for your child’s character series writing (with his/her name on it). It should be large enough to fit a piece of paper.
  

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Celebrations:

Star Students – Hayden, Bryson, and Mila enjoyed lunch with Mrs. Cooley this week.

Mystery Reader – This week Sophia’s mom read us Dangerous! Thanks for coming in!

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Throw kindness around like confetti.” 

OUR LEARNING:

Writing –  This week students created their very own character that they will use for their realistic fiction series! They used a character web to describe what the character looks like, where he/she lives, and what kind of trouble he/she could run into! Students began writing book one of their series. I was blown away by their creativity! For this unit, our final project will be creating a series boxed set. We would greatly appreciate the donation of cereal boxes for this project over the next two weeks!

Math –  We learned all about equal shares this week! The kids learned how to divide shapes into halves and fourths. We also played around with shapes and realized that we can create new shapes by putting different shapes together. The kiddos were also introduced to 3D shapes which included sphere, cylinder, cone, cube, and rectangular prism.

Reading –  This week we started a new unit talking all about Text Features we find in NonFiction books. Things like the table of contents, fun facts, and maps are different kinds of Text Features. We focused this week on Titles and Table of Contents. 

Word Study – This week we learned from our bloopers when we read.  We focused on the mistakes we make when we read.  We tried a few tricks to help us remember tricky words like Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants to spell BECAUSE and Father And Mother, I Love You to spell FAMILY.

Safari Day- We had fun creating an animal writing about how we are wild about first grade! We enjoyed a goldfish treat and we started practicing our measuring by using rulers to measure animals.

Upcoming Dates and Reminders

• Monday,  May 2 – Gym 
• Tuesday, May 3 – Art
• Wednesday, May 4 – STEAM, Library, Return Books, and Baggie Books
• Thursday, May 5 – Music
• Friday, May 6 – Early Release (Recess Day, no special)
  • Our theme will be Safari Day (it’s a surprise).  Your child is welcome to dress up like an explorer and we will be bringing in squishimals/stuffed animals for our Outstanding Reward.

Later Dates:

• Tuesday, May 17 – John Ball Zoo Field Trip
• May 27 & May 30 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day weekend)

Notes for Parents:

I did not get any scholastic book orders for April. I will send one last one due mid-May for anyone who wants to stock up for summer.

Celebrations:

Star Students – This week, Nora, Sawyer, Daniel, Hudson, and Cammy were able to enjoy lunch with Mrs. Cooley on Friday.

Mystery Reader – We had two Mystery Readers this week.   Lily’s brother, Marco was able to join and came in uniform before he ships out for Japan.  We also enjoyed having Henry’s mom, Mrs. Stadt read with us.

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.”   We also celebrated a lost tooth from Liam. Henry joined the shoe-tying club this week.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing –  This week was the kick-off to our last writing unit!! We are working on realistic fiction stories.  We spent the week brainstorming our characters, settings, and a problem. Our class worked together to create a shared writing story as an example of what this genre will look like. We made a story about Hunter and Saddy, two friends who solve mysteries in the hotel they live in! 

Math –  This week we focused on time in our day and the tasks we carry out at specific times. We also learned how to tell and write time in half-hours which you saw on the first quick quiz that came home! The remainder of the week was dedicated to shapes and their attributes. We focused on squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. Over the weekend, you can quiz them to see if they remember what the attributes are for these specific shapes!

Reading –  We focused this week on figuring out life lessons that we can learn from our characters and our stories. We learned how we can save those lessons for times in our life when we might need them! We finished the week on how we can compare and contrast our books. 

Word Study – This week, we learned about “Bossy R.” Bossy R changes the vowel’s sound when it’s next to it. We learned how to read and write words with ar, er, ir, or, and ur. 

Social Studies- We wrapped up our Maps and Globes Unit with a quick assessment to show what we know and also worked to master our home addresses.

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• Monday,  April 25 – Music
• Tuesday, April 26 – Gym (Mrs. Cooley gone, Mrs. Jagger to sub)
  • • Hudsonville Art Show ends
• Wednesday, April 27 – Art, LIBRARY, send in BAGGIE BOOKS
  • • Zoo permission slip due
• Thursday, April 28 – Steam
• Friday, April 29 – Music
• • Saturday, April 30 – Sweetheart Swirl 

Later Dates:

• Friday, May 6 – Early Release
• Tuesday, May 17 – John Ball Zoo Field Trip

Notes for Parents:

• A yellow permission slip for our John Ball Zoo field trip came home in your child’s folder today. Please complete the permission slip and return it to school by Wednesday, April 27. A big thank you to all the parents/family members who volunteered to chaperone. Due to the overwhelming number of volunteers, not everyone was able to be selected. However, we are so excited that ALL parents who want to attend can come along as guests to walk alongside your child and participate in his/her group. Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it on May 17!

• Scholastic Book Order Due

  • • Connect to Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/QQJNN
    • Shop the flyers with your child: https://clubs.scholastic.com/grade1
    • Class Code: QQJNN
    • Submit your online order. Secure checkout – – – pay with card

    Class Order Due Date: Apr 29, 2022

Celebrations:

Earth Day – We had a great time celebrating Earth Day! The kiddos shared ideas on how they can show the Earth love which tied in with a fun craft. We used shaving cream and food coloring to make an Earth design on paper… it was messy, but fun! We then got to enjoy some dirt cups for a snack while we watched the original Lorax. Thank you for sending in supplies to help with this day!

Star Students – Ethan, Kaiya, Kat, Kenzie,, and Sohpia enjoyed lunch with Mrs. Cooley this week.

Mystery Reader – Ally loved having her mom and dad in to read to us! Mr. Van Andel read There’s No Place Like Space.

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax.  We celebrated lost teeth from Kat and Cammy.  Nora joined the shoe-tying club this week.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing –  This week was the end of opinion writing.  The kids had the opportunity to create their own persuasive letters.  We saw many great ideas ranging from “We should get to bring pets to school, We should get more recess, I should get a dog/bunny, to we should get to pick our own seats.” The students came up with many great reasons and showed how convincing they can really be. 

Math –  This week we took the Unit 6 test all about comparing data. You should have seen this come earlier this week or today. We also started our next unit which covers time, shapes and equal shares, and measurement. The two lessons we did this week focused on time and how we progress from the morning to afternoon to night. We learned about digital vs. analog clocks and how to tell when it is an “o’clock” time on both. 

Reading – This week we focused on paying attention to the characters in our books to see how their feelings change, how they talk, and what they like. We learned how authors leave clues to help us understand what a character is feeling or how they say something. 

Word Study – We started a new unit all about BLOOPERS! Bloopers are common mistakes that writers (and even adults) make. We are learning to be extra-careful writers by thinking about the spelling patterns we already know when we spell words. We also started learning about Bossy R and the sounds that r-controlled vowels make (ar, er, or). 

Social Studies- We created a flipbook called based on the book, Me on the Map.  Students talked about their planet, continent, country, state, city, and their home.  We ended the week practicing our address.  We’ll be quizzing students and when they can write their complete addresses they’ll be able to share their houses on Google Maps.

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

• • Monday,  April 18 – STEAM
  • Tuesday, April 19 – Music
    • Georgetown Elementary Art Show Reception (details below)
  • Wednesday, April 20 – Gym, LIBRARY, Change Baggie Books
  • Thursday, April 21 -Art
  • Friday, April 22 – STEAM
    • Earth Day Celebration

Upcoming Dates:

• Saturday, April 30 – Sweetheart Swirl 
• Tuesday, May 17 – John Ball Zoo Field Trip

Notes for Parents:

• It’s time to celebrate our creative school community once again! The Art Department is excited to host an in-person art show featuring artwork from Kindergarten students all the way up to High School artists. Drop in during Georgetown’s Reception Night, or any weekday between April 18th through the 26th. More details below.
  • Georgetown Elementary Reception – Tuesday, April 19th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm
  • Hudsonville PS District Student Art Show
    Hudsonville City Hall – 3275 Central Blvd.
    Open Weekdays from April 18th – April 26th; 8:00am – 5:00pm\

• Sweetheart Swirl will be held on April 30 from 6:30-8:30! Mark it on your calendars! This is for Georgetown girl students only and their special guest of choice. See this flyer to check out all of the details! Use this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/7Ufa59YZWLFD8AZY7  Please make checks payable to Georgetown PTC.
• Today there is a note coming home about our school field trip. We will be going to John Ball Zoo on May 17.  Students/Chaperones will need to bring a sack lunch from home.  We are greatly appreciative of our GES PTC, they will be covering the costs for all students and chaperones. Please look for the note and return it by next Wednesday, if you are interested in chaperoning. All chaperones will need to drive themselves and meet us at the zoo.

Celebrations:

Star Students – Ruby, Hannah, Lily, Liam, and Sam enjoyed being star students this week and got to eat lunch with Mrs. Cooley on Friday.

Mystery Reader – Kenzie got to enjoy having both her mom and dad in this week to read to us! What a treat.

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also gave awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Kid President.  Sophia was the student who showed us what this quote means this week.  Liam and Nora joined the shoe-tying club this week.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing –  We are continuing with opinion writing but taking a new turn- persuasive letter writing. We had an introduction to what persuasive writing is, how to still include our opinion and reasons, and how to conclude with a closing and our signature.  Get ready for lots of letters home convincing you of allowance raises and pets. 

Math –  We began learning how to compare within a story with the help of comparison bars this week. These are very similar to math mountains, but instead of trying to figure out a total or partner we are comparing to see who/what has more or less and how many more or fewer. We will be taking our test for this unit next week.

Here is a video if you are curious about comparison bars and using this strategy to solve addition and subtraction equations.

Reading – This week we began a new unit called “Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons”. We focused this week on how readers can get more out of a story and remember more when they retell parts of the story and predict what will happen next. 

Word Study – We wrapped up our vowel teams unit this week by creating our own “Vowel Towns!” We worked in small groups to create town maps filled with lots of labels, places, and signs with vowel teams. (For example: “Beach Town”). It was so fun to see students think creatively for this project! 

Social Studies- This week we are starting a social studies unit.  We are learning about maps and globes. We will learn about our world, continent, state, and city and begin practicing our address.  Any support you can give with this at home is greatly appreciated.  Students will start practicing their addresses next week.

Upcoming Dates:

• • Monday,  April 11 – return to school, Art
  • Tuesday, April 12 – STEAM
  • Wednesday, April 13 – Music, Library, BAGGIE BOOK SWAP
  • Thursday, April 14 – Gym
  • Friday, April 15 – Art

Later in April:

• Saturday, April 30 – Sweetheart Swirl 

Notes for Parents:

• We hope you all have a wonderful and safe spring break! It will be a nice week for your kiddos to recharge and get ready to take on the last few months of first grade. We have some exciting things happening after break, so be sure to look for updates when we return. 🙂
• Sweetheart Swirl will be held on April 30 from 6:30-8:30! Mark it on your calendars! This is for Georgetown girl students only and their special guest of choice. See this flyer to check out all of the details! Use this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/7Ufa59YZWLFD8AZY7  Please make checks payable to Georgetown PTC.

Star Students – This week, Reagan, Brayden, and Henry enjoyed being are stars and will enjoy lunch with Mrs. Cooley when we get back.

Pizza Day – The kiddos had a blast with our Pizza Ranch Retell! This was a great way for us to wrap up March is Reading Month. The kiddos worked on building their reading comprehension by doing book retells. They learned how to do a retell by identifying the setting, character, problem, and telling what happened first, next, then, and in the end. The kiddos were able to go up to the “book buffet” to gather materials needed to help with this skill. They even got to take a to-go bag home with “leftovers”. This is a retell sandwich and is now in their baggie book bag. You can use it to help them talk about the books they are reading. We then enjoyed pizza for lunch and completed a pizza graphing activity to work on comparing data. Thank you for your help in preparing for this fun-filled day! 

Game Day: We filled the school’s outstanding box again, so the whole school was able to celebrate by playing board games. It was a great way to wrap up the week before heading out for spring break!

Spring Fling: We also enjoyed swapping teachers during the morning before we left for spring vacation.  We did a directed drawing with Mrs. Cooley, Tech games with Mrs. Blauwkamp, Spring Bingo with Ms. Hutchison and movement activities with Mrs. Diniz. It was a great day.

Spring Fling-