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                                                                                    February 8, 2010                                     

Dear  Parents,
               Testing is beginning this month in preparation for March report cards.
Kids will be tested on letter sounds and  phonemic awarenes-rhyming, blending,
and segmenting. We will give reading tests to determine the reading levels of
all students. In math we will test them on identifying numbers through 31,
counting, shapes, patterns, addition to 5, and terms like equal, greater than,
and less than.

             Valentine's Day is approaching. Your child needs to bring a
shoe box (or something about that size)  to school tomorrow if they
have not yet done so. . I have lots of doo dads for us to have fun
decorating the boxes to use as a mailbox for receiving valentines.  We
will decorate on Tuesday, Feb. 9th with our 3rd grade buddies.
            Our party will be this Thursday, Feb. 11th.  We will play games
at 12:30 and pass out the valentines. At 1:10, while kids are  at
specialist, we will set up for the party. At  2:00 they return and we will
let them eat, open and enjoy their valentines and take pictures. We
go to see the 1st graders perform "Three Piggy Opera" at 2:35.
           Your child needs to bring a valentine to give to each member of
the class. The names of the receiving person should be on each
valentine and the sender's name is usually put on the back. Please
stack them in alphabetical order and put a rubber band around the
stack. In class, we will make a literacy activity out of the passing out
process.  Having them write the names themselves is good writing
practice. Have them use an upper case letter for the first letter of the
name, then all of the rest in lower case.  They can do it! The list of
names is on the website, just look at the snack schedule in the 
documents tab.

             Thank you Connor and family for the Rr snacks! Kaity is our
STAR Student. She has 4 sisters and her folks. She likes to go to
grandma's. She likes Treasure Tree, soccer, and playing with her cat,
Olive, and her sister, Lily. She would like to ice skate.
         Kaleb is our next STAR Student starting this week- Feb 8th.
Georgia is set for Ss snacks this week-Feb. 8th and Madison is on the
list for Tt snacks the week after vacation.  After Madison's turn we will
have a new list. Thanks to everyone for your faithfulness in sending
snacks this year. It really gives the kids an emotional and physical
boost in the afternoon of each long day.
            Thanks to Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Felt, and Mrs. Mitchell for
helping with Hands on Art! The kids did some awesome drawings
using linear perspective. Thanks to Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Robinson for
helping with the sewing project

 
          Thanks to our faithful volunteers-Soli's mom, Gavin's mom,
Jackson's mom (and Abbey),  Lucas' mom, and Kailee's mom .Thanks to
Dawn Felt for our memory books. Thanks to Diane Vaccaro for helping
with sight words and Galaxy's mom for helping with snacks. Thanks to
Kristy D., Mrs. Garnsey, and Mrs. Pavlowski for listening to kids read.
        HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lucas
Pat Harrison
318-1074
http://peninsula.swiftclassroom.com     
harrisonp@peninsula.wednet.edu