Don't forget, Thanksgiving break is this week Wednesday the 21st through Friday the 23rd! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoys their break! Also, there will be no school for students on Monday the 26th due to Parent Teacher conferences!
Everyone should have received a letter yesterday regarding parent/teacher conferences. If you did not get yours or you are not able to attend your scheduled conference time please contact me at the school (870) 898-3711 or by email at kpoole@ashdownschools.org to make other conference arrangements!
We spent yesterday and today doing lots of fun and educational Thanksgiving activities in class. Be sure and ask your child about the pumpkin pie that we WON in a contest today in the first grade hallway!
Allen Booth brought a special leaf this morning to show us that he found at his home! What was unique about this leaf was that it was HUGE! It was literally as big as his head!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
A SoApY Friday!
I am sure by today your children have probably told you about the science experiment we did this past Friday, but in case they haven't please ask them about it! First, we predicted and wrote about what we thought would happen if we put a bar of soap in the microwave. Next, we put our bar of Ivory soap on a piece of wax paper in the microwave for 2 minutes! The soap expands, and the longer we left it in there the bigger it got! Next, we crumbled the big pile of soap up into a bowl and added a little bit of warm water! This created kind of a doughy texture, then the kids used cookie cutters to make their own personal bars of soap that they will be bringing home today! We had a great time and here are some pictures to prove it!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Week of Nov. 12-16
This week we are working on spelling words that have three letter blends spl-, squ-, & scr- at the beginning of the word. For example: scram, splint, and squid.
Last Thursday we took a walk around our campus to collect 15 leaves for our leaf color bar graph we were making! Here are some pictures from that afternoon!
Don't forget, Thanksgiving Break next Tuesday Nov. 21-Friday Nov. 23! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
-Miss Poole
Last Thursday we took a walk around our campus to collect 15 leaves for our leaf color bar graph we were making! Here are some pictures from that afternoon!
Don't forget, Thanksgiving Break next Tuesday Nov. 21-Friday Nov. 23! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
-Miss Poole
Monday, October 22, 2012
Picture Time!!
Here are some pictures of things we have been doing at school over the past month! Enjoy!
We had a blast at the Homecoming Pep Rally! Also, Here are some pictures of our students with their pumpkins!
We had a blast at the Homecoming Pep Rally! Also, Here are some pictures of our students with their pumpkins!
Field Trip to the Perot tomorrow!
Tomorrow we are taking a field trip to the Perot theatre in Texarkana to watch "The Ugly Duckling" black light show! We are all looking forward to having a great time!
This week we are working on spelling words that have the consonant clusters -nk and -nd at the end. For example: blink, drink, dunk, grand, band, sand. We are working very hard this week on finishing up assessments in Reading and Math as report cards will go out on Thursday!
Tonight we will have Family Night Library from 4:30-6:30. While at the library you will get the opportunity to see your child check out an AR book, read, and even take an AR test!
Thank you to all who brought pumpkins for the pumpkin decorating contest and Congratulations to Hailey Terry from our room for winning first place from the first grade division!
Remember to keep collecting and sending in those box tops to help raise money for our school!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
-Miss Poole
This week we are working on spelling words that have the consonant clusters -nk and -nd at the end. For example: blink, drink, dunk, grand, band, sand. We are working very hard this week on finishing up assessments in Reading and Math as report cards will go out on Thursday!
Tonight we will have Family Night Library from 4:30-6:30. While at the library you will get the opportunity to see your child check out an AR book, read, and even take an AR test!
Thank you to all who brought pumpkins for the pumpkin decorating contest and Congratulations to Hailey Terry from our room for winning first place from the first grade division!
Remember to keep collecting and sending in those box tops to help raise money for our school!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
-Miss Poole
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Grandparent's Day This Friday!
I hope that everyone enjoyed their day off yesterday! Please don't forget that this Friday is Grandparent's Day from 8:30 to 9:30! The students began working today on a special surprise to show their grandparents Friday morning! We will also be doing some writing about our grandparents and making things for them! The students are so excited about this special time and hope that their grandparents get to be here!
This week we are working on L family blends! For example: plane, slide, block, globe, and clock all have the l blend that we will be working with! In Math will be working on addition and "counting on" strategies.
Thursday 9/6 - Volleyball game here vs. Magnolia at 4:30 & a Jr. High football game here at 7:00.
Friday 9/7 - Sr. High Football @ Hope at 7:30.
Have a great week!
This week we are working on L family blends! For example: plane, slide, block, globe, and clock all have the l blend that we will be working with! In Math will be working on addition and "counting on" strategies.
Thursday 9/6 - Volleyball game here vs. Magnolia at 4:30 & a Jr. High football game here at 7:00.
Friday 9/7 - Sr. High Football @ Hope at 7:30.
Have a great week!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
A Successful First Week!
Every morning we take attendance on the promethean board. When the kids come in they move their apple to either sack lunch or tray lunch to let me know they are here and what they are eating! This has seemed to be quick, easy, allows for maximum instruction time, and the kids enjoy it! Here is what it looks like..
Here are some pictures of the kids working in our centers!
We also sorted our shoes and classified them into different groups!
I thought it was funny that the girls lined their groups up and the boys just tossed theirs in a big pile!
Remember we are still collecting box tops to help raise money for our school! If you did not get a pouch to put your box tops in while at open house please send a note letting me know you need one !
It looks like this..
Students will start working to be chosen as Star Student this week! This week the student I choose to be Star Student will be based on R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Please talk to your child about what it means to be respectful and ways they could show respect to others at school and everywhere they go!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Summer Fun and School Supplies!
My name is Ms. Poole and I am so excited to be teaching first grade at Margaret Daniels Primary this year! I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer break. If your child has access to the internet at home or can go to the community library there are a ton of FUN educational websites for students to use to practice their Reading and Math skills. A few good sites to try are:
Meet the Teacher Day is on Tuesday August 14th from 1:30-7:00 and I hope to see everyone there! I am looking forward to a wonderful year! Here is a copy of the supply list for 1st graders for this school year!
1 - Elmer's Glue (8 oz.)
1 - pair 5" FISKAR scissors
24 - # 2 pencils (all yellow) Ticonderoga preferred (these do not break
easily when sharpened)
3 - Boxes of Crayons (16 or 24)
3 - Boxes of Crayons (16 or 24)
4 - Solid color plastic pocket folders with brads
2 - Box tissue
2 - Box tissue
1 - Coloring book (for rainy days)
6 - Expo dry erase markers
6 - Expo dry erase markers
2 - Spiral notebooks
1 - Box baby wipes
BOYS: 1 - bottle hand sanitizer (not soap)
BOYS: 1 - Box gallon size zip lock bags
GIRLS: 1 - Canister Clorox wipes
BOYS: 1 - Box gallon size zip lock bags
GIRLS: 1 - Canister Clorox wipes
GIRLS: 1 - Box quart size zip lock bags
1 - Backpack (No rolling backpacks)
*Ear buds purchased in office
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