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.