While studying about President's Day earlier this month, the kiddos expressed an interest in learning more about coins.  We have been practicing identifying and counting coins during our morning calendar time all year, but we recently added in the following songs and a special poem (recited by the frog room kids below!)


Coins will begin to pop up in our math curriculum very soon.  It would be excellent practice if you could encourage your child to work on identifying, counting, adding, and subtracting coins at home!

Coins in my Hands (video)

Show Me the Money (video)

 
Thank you so much for a fabulous baby shower!  The parent volunteers and kids did a great job putting everything together and I felt so honored and blessed to be surrounded by such love and support.  We had a wonderful afternoon celebrating Baby Eli and I can't wait to bring him home to meet all of you very soon!  Thanks again!


(I took some of these pictures in a program that won't let me rotate them...I apologize in advance for the kink in your neck from turning your head to the left!)
 
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The NG First Grade Team!
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Showing our excitement over reaching the 100th day of first grade!
 
Valentine's Day in the Frog Room was a blast!  Here are some pictures from the "Boys Only" lunch with Mr. Nelson, the "Girls Only" lunch with Mrs. Nelson, and the class Valentine's Day party.


Enjoy!
 
March Conferences are just around the corner!  Because I will be in Ghana on the previously scheduled conference date (Monday, March 4), I will be holding my conferences on an as-needed basis on Monday, February 18 (President's Day.)  New Groningen will be closed on that day, but I will be in my classroom.

I will be contacting the families that I feel I need to schedule conferences with by the beginning of next week; however, please know that I am more than willing to meet with anyone who is interested!  

If you feel that the March report card will not provide enough information and you would like to set up a meeting for Monday, February 18, please submit the form below and I will be in touch via email.

Thanks!

    March Conference Request

 
 
Valentine's Day is coming!  We began "spreading the love" with our in-class, friend-to-friend love notes yesterday.  We will have our class party and valentine card (from home) exchange on Thursday, February 14 from 2:30-3:30 pm.

Please double check to make sure that you have the class list that I sent home to use when addressing valentines -- if you need a new one, let me know!  Your child can bring in his/her valentines as soon as they are ready and I will store them at school until the party.

We do need some parent participation to make our class Valentine's Day party (our last organized party of the school year!) a success.  Our room moms have set up another link to make signing up to donate supplies and/or time quick and easy.  Please visit the link below:


Valentine's Day Sign-Up!