Hi everyone,
We are really looking forward to our field trip this Thursday. Thank you for everyone who signed up to be a chaperone. (It's not to late if you would like to go!) Please let us know if your child needs a sack lunch from the cafeteria, and don't forget to send your child with a water bottle and good shoes.
Our sight words this week are:
Is
it
box
full
the
red
The book we will be reading this week is "When This Box Is Full". It is a book about growth and change so we will be talking about growth cycles of all different things. We are also starting a unit on cowboys, so if anyone has any cool cowboy stuff they would like to send in, we would welcome it.
If you have any of our past books at home, please send them back: "Annie, Bea and Chi Chi Delores" , "One Red Rooster", or "My Five Senses".
Just a reminder, I will be out of town Oct 3-8. If you need anything Mrs. Hamilton will be in the classroom and we have a couple of really nice subs all lined up.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Hamblin

Sept 22-26

Hi everyone,
We had such a fun time last week. Hope your children told you all about the counting/color books that we read.
We are starting a new unit on our five senses. You will be seeing the book "My Five Senses" coming home Wednesday. Please look for it and send it back on Thursday. Also, if any of you still have our past books "One Red Rooster" or "Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Delores" please send them back as we will need them for next year. Thanks!
Our new sight words for this week are:
five mouth smell
eyes taste
see hands
ears feel
hear nose

Book orders are due on the 23rd, so if you would like to order anything please have your orders and money in by tomorrow.
We are looking forward to our field trip to Greer on October 2nd and could use anyone and everyone who could help. Please don't forget to send permission slips back with your children.

I will be going out of town October 3-8th, just to give you a heads up, so you can prepare your children if you need to. Mrs. Hamilton will still be here though.

Thanks again for all you do and for all the support you give your children.
Mrs. Hamblin

Sept 15-19

Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a really nice weekend and had a chance to make it to the fair to see some of the artwork our class did in the Primary School Display. We did apple stamp patterns. The kids had a blast doing them.
Our reading book for this week is a counting book called "One Red Rooster", so our sight words are:
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
We had a fun week last week learning about the seasons and really enjoyed Dr. Hamblin's visit. He taught us all about how to properly respect our flag and what we should do when we see it go by, like in a parade. Ask your children about it. We also wrote a letter to Mr. Bingham asking him to buy our school a new flag, as the one we are flying out front looks like it is ready to be retired.
I am so proud of the kid's ability and respect they have for the flag when we say the Pledge of Allegience. You have wonderful children.
Thanks to Ms. Burkhard for helping in our classroom this week!!!
Mrs. Hamblin

Week 5

Hi everyone,
So we are starting a new week, but keeping the old sight words. We just didn't get a handle on them last week, so we will work on them again:
she
can
the
big
dog
find
Some students were saying "big" for "dog", and I don't think anyone recognized find. That is just fine. Nothing wrong with trying it till we get it!
We are starting a new reading series. This week I will be sending home a real book which will have your studet's number on it. These books need to come back, as I will use them again next year. The book that will come home this week is called "Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores".
We are working hard on the alphabet this week. We will also be learning about the different seasons and the flag. On Wednesday we are going to have a special visitor to our class who has been in the Army and will discuss the importance of respecting our flag. Please ask your children all about it.
Have a great week!

4th Week of School

Wow, we are already into our 4th week of school. Can you believe it? Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Summer really seems to be over now doesn't it?!
Our sight words this week are:
she
can
the
big
dog
find
These are the words I want them to be able to read and write without hesitation.
We are still working on our Apples unit. A big thank you to all of you who have contributed apples to us. We are still going to make applesauce this friday, mmmmmm..... Should be so good.
We are using vocabulary words that describe apples this week:
shiny
crispy
crunchy
variety
It is okay if your child can't read or write these words, they should just be able to tell you what they mean.
Ask your children about them, and if they don't remember, just remind them. The bigger their vocabulary, the better they read.
Thanks again for all you do. I tell the kids all the time, they are the best class ever!!!
Mrs. Hamblin