Dear Parents,

Happy Tuesday!  Whew!  We are working hard in 1^st grade!  Every day, except Wednesdays (because we have Chapel or our Prayer Partner activities) we start our day with a time of prayer, a confession and absolution, and a then we give each other a blessing.  It is such an awesome way to begin our day and I love to spend that time with them….they are quiet and respectful and listen to each other.   Ask your firstie to show how we give each other a blessing!  We also talked today about how we don’t always have to ask God for everything, but we can also thank Him for what we have as well! He gives us SO MUCH and it is important to thank Him for our blessings as well.  

During our daily snack time, we watch short videos or sometimes we tune into a live cam that is in an aquarium….they love it!  In this national aquarium (It's in Baltimore), there a sea turtle who only has three fins (because he was injured).  The firsties love to watch for him!  Ask your firstie what his name is.  We don’t watch the live cam every day, but there have been a few times now, that the kiddos have requested it and it is clear that they enjoy watching.

The magazine sale ends tomorrow!  Don’t forget to turn in your orders! 

We are just trucking along in Math!  Today we worked on “order in adding” and we learned that it doesn’t matter what number comes first when you are adding, because your sum will be the same!  Good stuff!  We are already getting close to the end of our first chapter and there will be a test. 

Today we started doing some rotations (center work) where the firsties read to themselves, they wrote and/or formed short a words, and “wrote the room”.  We are starting to get into the swing of things!

Tomorrow is our first practice spelling test.  Thank you for practicing these words with your firstie! 

Have a good night! See you in the morning!

“Following the Signs”

Miss Gallagher