How to Make S'MORES!

The students worked so hard this week learning how to give directions.  They wrote the final copies of their directions for making S'mores this morning.  When they finished their writing, we heated their S'more and they ate it.  Some of them ate it so fast that I couldn't get a picture of them!  I think they had a great time.  I hope you enjoy the photos. 

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Welcome Back!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!  We hit the ground running this morning and the children have done a beautiful job getting back into the swing of things. 

We only have four more weeks before the winter holidays, but we have a lot to accomplish in that time.  Please help me by encouraging your child to continue to do his or her best in everything we do. 

Here is a copy of the newsletter that will come home today with the homework packet. 


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Mrs. Bauer’s Newsletter

Joseph Martin Elementary                          1^st Grade                               November 26, 2012

Additional homework:

This week and next week we will be doing writing activities where we practice giving directions.  This week, your child will have to write detailed directions for making S’mores.  At the end of the week, we will make and eat S’mores in the classroom. 

Please help me by reading directions with your child this week.  These could be directions in a recipe, the directions for how to play a board game, the directions on the back of a bottle of shampoo, or any other set of directions.  We read them every day and I need the children to see that directions are everywhere and it is important that they are written clearly and in the correct order. 

Please read at home with your child every night and make sure he or she brings the library book to school each day.    

Please go to http://bauerjme.blogspot.com often to see what we are doing in class. 

HOMEWORK

Study spelling words each night. 

Study sight words each night.

Language skills practice

Math practice

Decodable books

Spelling Words

Sir         Dirt       Bird      Burn    Fur        Her

Quit      When   Work   Grew

Challenge Words:  Important

Problem             Different            Around

(These words can be tricky because –ir,     -er, and –ur all make the same sound in these words.  Please make sure your child practices these at home this week.)

*The sight word cards came home with the students already.  The new words for this week are:  Find, Follow, Found, Four, Full, These, Way, Were

You can always email me bbauer@liberty.k12.ga.us with any questions, comments, or concerns.

November 12, 2012

I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday.  I spent a great weekend with my family and now I am preparing for all of our   pre-Thanksgiving activities this week. 

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I am so thankful for you and your children.  I have the most extraordinary class and I know that is because they have such wonderful parents.  Your children brighten my days.  Thank you for sharing them with me this year.

Here are some of the things we will be doing this week:

• We will complete Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• We will learn about biographies.
• We will begin a math unit on shapes and fractions.
• We will do some Thanksgiving activities.
• We will learn about Ben Franklin.
• We will continue to explore sound in science. 

I am posting the Homework Newsletter for this week at the bottom of this post.  I will still send it home with the homework packet tomorrow.

The disguised turkeys turned out so well!  Take a look at what an awesome job the students did.

Tiger Turkey and Zombie Turkey






Princess Turkey and Snowman Turkey






Peacock Turkey, Basketball Player Turkey, and Two Camouflage Turkeys






Chef Turkey and St. Bernard Turkey






Santa Claus Turkey and Sonic Turkey






Bunny Rabbit Turkey and Ninja Turkey






Mrs. Bauer’s Newsletter
Joseph Martin Elementary                          1^st Grade                               November 13, 2012




Additional homework:
As we finish reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, please assist your child in designing a wrapper for one of the candies we read about in the book.  You can choose from:
-The Everlasting Gobstopper
-Square Candies That Look Round
-Three Course Dinner Gum
-Rainbow Drops
-Luminous Lollies
-Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt
-Color Changing Caramels
-Candy Balloons
Make it as colorful and eye-catching as possible.  It can be drawn by hand or printed.  It can be on a small piece of paper or on a poster board.   
Your child should write at least one sentence to tell why he or she chose that particular candy.
Please read at home with your child every night and make sure he or she brings the library book to school each day.    
HOMEWORK
Study spelling words each night. 
Study sight words each night.
Language skills practice
Math practice
Decodable books


Spelling Words
Quit      Quick   Quiz     Whiz    Which
When   Arm      Card     Who     There
(There are no challenge words because it is a short week.)


*The sight words were sent home last week.  The new words for this week are:  about, books, by, family, grew, read, word, writing


You can always email me bbauer@liberty.k12.ga.us with any questions, comments, or concerns.
Please go to http://bauerjme.blogspot.com often to see what we are doing in class.