Polar Express 09



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Merry Christmas!

Can you believe our school year is already half over?! It has been wonderful and I have loved every minute with your children. They are the best!!!

This week we will be studying all the great Christmas Stories, and learning other fun facts about Christmas.
Since we did so well on our spelling test last week we will not be having one this week. Good job guys!
Our special person will be Trevor. Thanks to Anthoney, he did a great job last week!

Thank you for the tremendous support for our soldier. I’m sure you all made his Christmas special.

Wednesday we will be going to the Polar Express at the High School. Kids are encouraged to wear their pj’s. There is no cost, so if you haven’t sent a permission slip yet, please just write me a note so I will know it is okay to take your child off campus. You are welcome to come and meet us there if you would like.

Friday afternoon we will have our party, I’m sure the kids will be READY by then, and then we will send them home to you for the Christmas Season.

Thanks again for all you do. You are such great parents!
Mrs. Hamblin

Oh, and by the way, here is a wish list for the new year: You children could use new
crayons, glue sticks and bottles, spiral notebooks and hand sanitizer. You can't believe how fast we go through things! Thanks!

December 7-11

Our room is really starting to look like Christmas. We have been doing lots of fun activities to get ready for the Big Day, and we will continue to do so this week. We are starting a new book this week by Dr. Seuss called “The Foot Book”. This book has a lot of rhymes which are so vital to the reading process.
We didn’t do very well on our spelling test last week so our spelling words will be the same:
Come
For
Me
Here
Are

Our special person this week will be Anthoney, we can’t wait to hear from you! We enjoyed hearing from Adriana last week.

We need to get a Christmas box off to our soldier so please send in any donations (candy, non-perishable food items and toiletry items) so we can send it off by the 11th. He would sure appreciate anything you can share.


Thanks again for all you do!
Mrs. Hambin

November 30-December 4

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. It is hard to believe that the Christmas season is already here and we are almost halfway through the school year!
This week we will be reading the story “On Top of Spaghetti”, which is a book written about the song, so expect to hear a lot of singing this week. Our spelling words will be:
Come
For
Me
Here
Are

Our special person this week will be Adriana, we can’t wait to hear from you!

This month will be filled with lots of Christmas activities with our big activity being the Polar Express on the 16th. I sent home permission slips last week, so please get those sent back in. If you need a new one please let me know.

We need to get a Christmas box off to our soldier so please send in any donations (candy, non-perishable food items and toiletry items) so we can send it off by the 11th. He would sure appreciate anything you can share.

Thanks again for all you do!

Thanksgiving Feast



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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I hope you all have a wonderful week with your families and friends.

This week we are looking forward to our feast. All of our reading and activities will be centered around Thanksgiving. Monday we will be making butter and home made bread and our posse stew. We will also be talking about Thanksgiving colors, and we will learn how to write, Indian style!

On Tuesday we will put together our fruit salad and then head to the feast.

This is always one of my favorite times of year. The kids seem to really love it, and I hope those of you who join us do to.

I will take lots of pictures to post on our blog for all to see.
Thanks again for all your donations that helped make this possible.
Mrs. Hamblin

Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving Feast

Dear Parents,
We would like to prepare our own Thanksgiving dinner at school on Tuesday, November 24.
I have found that it is easier to ask for donations and do all the shopping myself so we get the proper items and amount, and so I don’t have to make a trip to Safeway at the last minute to pick up a necessary item. If you would like to donate to our feast, please have your child bring $2.00 by Friday, November 20th. If you are unable to donate that is fine, all children will participate in the festivities.

The menu for our feast is: Posse Stew, homemade bread, homemade butter, fruit salad, pumpkin pie pudding and milk. We will be eating at lunchtime so your child will not need a lunch that day but they may bring one if they do not like the menu.
The children will be making costumes to wear that day. Talk with your child, to see if they would like to be a Pilgrim or an Indian.

Also, I could use some parent volunteers for Monday and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday afternoon. If you would like to help prepare the dinner and/or clean up, please sign below.
Thank-you!

November 9-13

This week we will be reading a book called “Listen to the Desert”. It gives us a good chance to talk about our state and the deserts that are here.

Our spelling words will be:
look went
it
no
said
It might seem that we keep repeating spelling words, but that is okay. The more they see these words the better in the long run.
Our Special Person this week will be Aura. We are excited to hear from her.
We are getting ready to send our soldier a Thanksgiving package. He would love treats!

Don’t forget that there is no school this Wednesday because of Veterans Day. Monday and Tuesday we will be learning about what a Veteran is and why we should be respectful to these great men and women. Also, don’t forget to go to the Veteran’s Day Parade on Main Street Wednesday. We will be making something special just for the parade.

Oh these kids...They were so cute! What a fun Halloween party we had. Special Thanks go to Alena's mom, Stratton's mom and Reese's mom for their planning and fun party. The kids were all happy and seemed to have a GREAT time. A thank-you to all of you who sent treats! You are all wonderful, supportive parents and I appreciate all you do. This week we are reading a book about the city. Our spelling words will be: in the city it so Pretty easy, so I'm hoping everyone gets 100%! Our rhyme this week will be: "Sing, sing, what shall I sing? The cat's run away with the pudding string. Do, do What shall I do? The cat's run away with the pudding, too!" Learning nursery rhymes really helps in the reading process so please read and recite them often. We will also be learning all about Thanksgiving and doing lots of projects related to the Pilgrims and our great country. Hope you all had a fun Halloween. Mrs. Hamblin

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October 26-30

We had the most wonderful time on our fieldtrip to Willis Farms! Once again, Thanks to all of you parents who helped, I couldn't have done it without you! This week will be our Halloween Party. This Friday is Early Release and we will be having our party then. Children are welcome to dress up, but please no masks or gory makeup. I can't wait to see all the costumes! We are reading the story "Bugs!" this week and will be making spiders and creepy, crawly bugs. Our spelling words are: bugs big where fat it Our spelling test will be on Thursday because of our party on Friday. Please continue helping your child study their words. Also continue to read, read, read. Reading nursery rhymes is especially helpful in helping your child on their road to reading so get a big book of Mother Goose and enjoy these with your child. We study one rhyme a week so we have learned quite a few of them. Ask your child which ones they know. You might be surprised! Thanks again, you are wonderful parents and I appreciate all you do. Mrs. Hamblin

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October 19-23

Dear Parents,
I can't believe I forgot my camera the day of the field trip!!!!! How could I do that! It was a beautiful, fun day and we were completely worn out by the time we got back!
This week we will be looking forward to our field trip to Willis Farms on Wednesday. If you still need to send in permission slips or money for that please do so by Monday or I will have to assume that your child is not going to join us. Maybe this time I won't forget my camera! If you are planning on joining us please plan on driving your own car over as we are only taking 2 buses for 6 classes, it is going to be crowded!
We will be reading the book "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" again this week and our spelling words remain the same:
grew
seed
and
put
in
Homework also remains the same, reading and spelling words.
Jadea will be our special person this week and we can't wait to hear from her. Thanks to Cassie who did a GREAT job last week as special person. She has a great Care Bear collection!
Okay, thanks again for all you do. I love your children, they are pretty cute!

October12-16

Dear Parents,
We have a very busy week ahead. Monday will be filled with all sorts of Columbus Day activities, Tuesday and Wednesday will be Early Release Days, Thursday is our Field Trip to Greer, and Friday is the deadline for permission slips and money for our Field Trip to Willis Farms in Snowflake.
We will be reading a book called "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" and our spelling words will be:
seed
grew
and
put
in
Since we will have such a busy week, with a lot of activities taking us out of the classroom we will be reading this book for 2 weeks and keep our spelling words or the same amount of time.
Thanks to Liz for being our Special Person last week, you did a great job! It's Cassie's turn this week so we will have fun learning all about you!
I am getting ready to send our soldier another box if anyone wants to send him anything. I'm sure he would love it.
Thanks again for all your support, you are all wonderful parents!
Mrs. Hamblin

October 5-9

Dear Parents,
I have failed to thank all of you lately for all of your kind and thoughtful donations for our soldier, Bryan. You are all so kind and generous and I know he is very grateful for you all.
We had a fun Homecoming week and learned all about Adam who was our Special Person. We are looking forward to learning all about our Liz this week.
We will be reading a book called “The Chick and the Duckling”, a good story about two friends. Please continue reading with your children nightly. We are really beginning to read now and I can tell which students have had lots of help at home. Thanks for that!
Everyone did very well on our Spelling Test last week. Our spelling words this week will be:
Am
Came
He
Me
Said
Please practice nightly so we will be ready for a test on Friday.
Next week will bring two Early Release Days on the 13th and 14th, this is to assist those teachers who need more time for Parent Teacher Conferences, and time for filling out report cards. We have finished our Conferences so no need to worry about that. Please make arrangements for your children on these days, as we are the only school with Early Release I believe. On the 15th our class and Mrs. Oldham’s class will go on a field trip to Greer Lakes, look for a permission slip later this week.
Thank you for all of your help.
Mrs. Hamblin

Sept 21-25

Dear Parents,
Don't forget that Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. I sent home schedules last week, so if you didn't see one, please be sure and call me so I can tell you your time, or we can work a time out that is good for you. I look forward to seeing each of you and visiting about your children.
This week we will be reading "My Five Senses", a book all about smell, taste, hearing, seeing, and touch. Spelling Test scores weren't as good as I had hoped so we are going to keep our same words this week. If your child missed 2 words or less on Friday's test then they won't have to take the test again this Friday. The words are:
one
two
three
four
five
Please help your child study these words and continue reading each night, it really does help.
Early release days this week are Wednesday and Friday.
Thank you to all of you who have contributed to our Care Package for our soldier. I have a feeling he is going to be VERY spoiled. I know he really appreciates it!
See you this week!
Mrs. Hamblin

Sept 14-18

Dear Parents,
We had a great week last week learning about our Flag and its importance. We also got to know a little bit about our soldier that we have adopted. He is serving in Iraq right now and has about 4 months until he gets to come home. He is a really nice guy and would love anything we send him including toiletries and candy or non-perishable food items. (He told me that when they get packages they all share with each other). I have a basket set up in our room for any donations you would like to make. I will be sending him a package about once a month so feel free to contribute any time! We will also be writing to him once a week and I think anyone is welcome to write him a note.
This week we will be reading a story called "One Red Rooster". It is a counting book and I think your kids will really like it. I will be sending these books home again with them on Wednesday, so please make sure they get sent back on Thursday. Our spelling words consequently will be:
one
two
three
four
five
Next week spelling words will be six-ten. Homework again will be reading and studying spelling words.
We look forward to hearing from Ganon this week as our Special Person. Thanks to Chansler for sharing last week. We learned a lot about him and his family.
Next week will be our Parent Teacher Conferences so look for a note coming home letting you know when yours has been scheduled. If you can't make your scheduled time just let me know and I will be happy to change it.
Thanks again for all your help. I love it when you just drop by to help. It really makes a huge difference!
Mrs. Hamblin

Our Soldier

We were able to adopt a Soldier through an organization called Soldier's Angels for our class. We made Thank You cards for him today and these are pictures of us making those cards. These cards are so great! I wish you could see them...our soldier is going to LOVE them!
We are going to be sending our soldier several care packages this year, so if anyone would like to contribute any items I will have a basket in our room to put items in. I have written him and asked for ideas on what he needs/likes, etc so I will let you know further.
Thanks again for all you do. Your kids are AMAZING and I love them very much
Mrs. Hamblin

9/11

Dear Parents,
Tomorrow we will be commemorating September 11th. We have been learning about the flag all week and talking about appropriate ways to stand during the pledge of allegiance.

We will be talking about what happened on that day and why it is important for all of us to be good Americans.

Adam's dad will be coming in tomorrow to talk to the kids about his thoughts on the flag and patriotism. Adam's dad served in Iraq and we are thankful to him for his willingness to come in and share with us.

Just thought you would like to know.
Study those Spelling words! and, like, can, is, the
Mrs. Hamblin

Sept 8-11

Dear Parents,
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. It was nice and long, hope everyone is well rested and ready to get back to work.
We are starting a new curriculum this week, it is a First Grade curriculum but we will go at our own pace and make sure we “get it” before we move on. Our story this week will be Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores. This is a fun book about school and the alphabet. Our students will be taking these books home on Wednesday for homework, but these books need to come back to school with them on Thursday.
Our spelling words this week may look familiar, but I feel like we need to keep working on them:
Can
Is
And
The
Like
Please help your student study these each night and continue reading with them nightly.
We look forward to hearing from Chansler this week as our Special Person. It has been so fun hearing from each of these kids and learning all about them.
Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Hamblin

August 30-Sept 4

Dear Parents,
We have had the best time learning all about apples this last week. Thanks to Alena's mom who came in and read with our class. Also, thanks to Stratton's mom who came and helped with our Centers last Friday. She helped the students fingerpaint Self Portriats of themselves. We have quite the artists in our class! I will post those pictures outside our classroom so you can drop by and see them. They are pretty cute! We also made applesauce during our Centers. It was SO good! Thanks for all of you who donated apples to help with that.

We loved learning about our special people this week Reese and Anikah. They did a great job. We will be hearing from Jeremiah this week and look forward learning about him.

This week we will continue learning about apples, study the letter "g", review the letters "a" and "m", and practice writing our names perfectly. On Friday we will end our apple unit by watching the movie "Johnny Appleseed".

Our spelling words this week will be:
she
can
big
dog
and

Almost everyone got 100% on our spelling test last week! Thank you for all your help at home, it shows. Continue reading and studying spelling words for homework. Also work with your child on the different sounds of "g".

Thanks!
Mrs. Hamblin

Emergent reader printable booklets

I found a site with several printable booklets with kindergarten/first grade site words you might find helpful when looking for books for your child to read to you.
Click here and it should take you right to it.

Hope this helps!

August 24-28

Dear Parents,
APPLES! We are studying all about apples this week. Today we talked about the seasons of an apple tree. Tomorrow we are going to talk about how our 5 senses relate to apples, and Friday we will be making applesauce. If any of you would like to send in an apple or two to contribute that would be great!
We loved hearing from Alena last week as our special person, and this week we get a double dose. Anikah and Reese are our special people. Can't wait to hear all about you two!
Our Spelling words this week are:
I
a
my
see
run
We took a spelling test today and I could really tell which students have studied at home. Please continue to help your child with their words each night. Also continue reading 20-30 minutes a night as homework. If you see one of our spelling words in your readings have your child read it to you. Also, have your child read simple readers each night, 5-10 minutes tops.
I am loving spending time with your children and getting to know them. They are wonderful!
Mrs. Hamblin

Thank You!

Thank you for your wonderful support of Parent's Night. You are all such great parents, and so willing to help...you will never know how much I admire you!
Thanks to those of you who have been so generous, helping out with supplies. This morning I had a mother bring in about 8 big bags full of school supplies for the whole class! It is a good feeling to be able to be associated with all of you!!!

Parent's Night

Dear Parents,
Just a correction. In the previous blog I said there would be babysitting provided at the Parent's Night. This is not true. This is a parent's only meeting where we would like you to come without children, just this once.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Thanks!
Mrs. Hamblin

August 17, 2009


Dear Parents,
Because of the new budget cuts we are short funds for supplies like paper. Last year I would run off reading books for my students to read for homework but unfortunately this year I will not be able to do that. At this point most of the students need help in reviewing their letter names, and the sounds that they make, for example, show them an m and ask them what sound it makes. If your child already knows these well, challenge them to read a book, about 1/3 of our class is able to do that. Give them time (5-10 seconds) to sound out the words they don’t know, and then help them if they can’t get it.

Reading to your child for 20-30 minutes a night is the best thing you can do for your child’s academics so please spend time reading fun stories. We read 3-4 during our school day and the kids love it.

Also, at this time the students need help writing their names. Please have them practice each night.

Starting this week we will give spelling tests. Our spelling words this week will be:
The
It
You
Of
He
Please help your student’s practice writing and memorizing these spelling words. We will take a pre-test on Thursday and our official test next Monday, usually our tests will take place on Fridays but I will be out of town this Friday and we will have a substitute.

Lastly, we will be hosting a Parent’s Night this Tuesday at 6:30 PM. Babysitting will be provided. We will be sharing information as to how our class works, what is expected for homework, how you can help, and what we can all do to help our school. I look forward to seeing you!

Thanks for all you do, you have fantastic children and I love them.

Mrs. Hamblin

Our First Day!

Our first day was SO fun! We practiced, and practiced, AND practiced how to walk in the halls, act in class, go to recess and lunch, and everything else you can imagine we might do in a day; and we did fantastic.
We practiced making M's, read the stories "You Are Special" and "The Sneeches" which are both about being nice to each other; then we colored pictures. We played hard at recess and had a delicious lunch.
Thank you for being such great parents and for all your support. You have beautiful, kind children and I love them already!
Mrs. Hamblin

Welcome!

So glad to have you as part of Hamblin's Bunch. Check here often for new pictures and to check out the fun stuff we have been doing in our classroom. This is going to be a great year and I look forward to getting to know all of my new students and you too!

Our Last Week!

Wow, can you believe that we finally made it?! We made it through the spelling tests, math, reading and all of our fun art projects.
This week we will be doing lots of different activities.
Monday will be All American Day: We will write an American Poem, put patriotic words in alphabetic order, learn more about different Presidents, learn about famous American sites, and make a patriotic wreath.

Tuesday we will be having a read-a-thon, so send pillows, blankets and fun books from home and then at 10:30 we will be walking to Ramsey Park. Please remember to send in permission slips so your child can go! Also please send a sack lunch, water bottle and slather them in sun screen.

Wednesday we will be making Memory Books of our year together, Making a Penny for Good Luck next year, and then in the afternoon we will be having our water day. Please send extra dry clothes for them to change into afterwards, and slather them in sun screen again!

Thursday we will be cleaning our room and desks, autographing T-shirts (please send in an old white T-Shirt that we can all write on) and having an Olympic Day with bubbles, chalk, hula-hoops and medals.

Friday we will say good-bye and send them home to you. School only lasts for 1 1/2 hours so be ready to welcome them home for the summer early.

Make sure you check out our CUTE pictures below! Make sure you watch to the end because it cycles through a few pictures before you actually see them all. They are SO cute!

It has been a pleasure being with your children this year. Mrs. Hamilton and I have enjoyed every minute with these kids. They are fantastic!
Thank-you for all your support and help!
Mrs. Hamblin and Mrs. Hamilton

April 27-May 1

Hi Everyone,
We had a fun week last week. The high school Strings came and performed for us, and now everyone wants to play the bass when they grow up. We also looked forward to the Carnival which was last Friday night. Hope everyone had a chance to go. It was a great turn out and a lot of fun!
This week we are looking forward to hearing from Jackelin as our special person. We celebrated Austin’s birthday today and we will celebrate Mrs. Hamilton’s birthday on Thursday. Also, it is Early Release again this Friday so don’t forget.
Our Spelling Words this week will be emphasizing the “oo” sound as in Look:
Look
Too
Took
Good
Soon
Food
Shook
School
Study those spelling words and please read with your children every night. They are all ready to move on next year to First Grade. They have come a long way, and we will miss them!

Mrs. Hamblin & Mrs. Hamilton

April 20-24

April 20, 2009

Hi Everyone,
We are winding down our year so quickly. Time just goes too fast doesn’t it? This week we will be reading a book about a little chick who loses his mother called “A Mother for Choco”. This little bird is looking for a family and is surprised to find that a “home” can sometimes be in a non-traditional setting.
Our spelling words are a little easier this week and emphasize the long “y” sound:
My
Cry
By
Try
Fly
Sky
Why
July
Spelling scores went way up this last week. Thank you for helping your children study!
Our Special Person this week is Gary. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Have a nice week.
Mrs. Hamblin & Mrs. Hamilton

April 13-17

Hi Everyone,
Did you have a nice Easter weekend? Besides the snow it was nice, wasn’t it. We decided that our kids needed another week on their spelling words, these words are a little bit harder than they are used to.
Our spelling words again for this week are:
Each
Clean
Out
Scream
Please
Mean
Read
Seat
Please help your students study them!
We sent home a note earlier requesting empty baby food jars. We are doing a special art project with these so if any of you have some lying around and would like to donate them to us we would sure appreciate it!
Our special person this week is Garrett! We can’t wait to hear from you Garrett! Look forward to learning more about you.
I will be gone Thursday and Friday. I have to take my daughter back up to college in Idaho for the summer semester (sad day ☹), Mrs. Beal will be our substitute, and of course Mrs. Hamilton will still be here.
We will be learning all about plants this week in Science; how they grow, why we need them, etc.
We only have 5 short weeks of school left! Where has the year gone? We will make every minute count with these kids, they are the best!
Mrs. Hamblin & Mrs. Hamilton

April 6-9

April 6, 2009

Hi Everyone,
We are reading a fun book this week called “George Shrinks”, it is an imaginative book about a little boy who shrinks and has to do all his chores as a really tiny person.
Our spelling words this week are:
Each
Clean
Out
Scream
Please
Mean
Read
Seat
Please help your students study their spelling words!
We sent home a note earlier requesting empty baby food jars. We are doing a special art project with these so if any of you have some lying around and would like to donate them to us we would sure appreciate it!
Don't forget our Easter Holiday this Friday---No School!
Our special person this week is Austin! We can’t wait to hear from you Austin!
We only have 6 short weeks of school left, can you believe it! We will be cherishing every minute we have left with your children!
Mrs. Hamblin & Mrs. Hamilton

March 30- April 3

March 30, 2009

Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a very nice and relaxing Spring Break. I sure missed my kids!
This week we are reading “If the Dinosaurs Came Back” which will be emphasizing the long “e” sound as in “we”. Our spelling words will do the same.
We
Need
Be
Tree
See
Me
And our challenge words are
Teeth
Maybe
I love to see the students’ great spelling scores on Friday, and your help with their study of these words is greatly appreciated.
We sent home a note earlier requesting empty baby food bottles. We are doing a special art project with these, so if any of you have some lying around and would like to donate them to us we would sure appreciate it!
It’s good to be back. We only have 8 short weeks of school left, can you believe it! We will be cherishing every minute we have left with your children!
Mrs. Hamblin & Mrs. Hamilton

March 16-20

March 16, 2009

Hi Everyone,
We had such a great turn out for our music program last Friday. It is nice to see how supportive this community is. The students were sure excited, and I think they did amazing!
This is a big week also. Don’t forget Parent Teacher Conferences for those of you who have them scheduled. I am looking forward to visiting with you about your wonderful children.
Also, don’t forget to wear green for St. Patrick's day; and don't forget about our Early Releases this Wednesday and Friday; and then Spring Break all next week. Hope you all have fun plans!
We are reading “If You Give A Moose A Muffin” this week, one of my personal favorites. Our spelling words this week emphasize the long “o” sound. I will post them later.
I will also post pictures of our program when I download them.
Thanks again for all you do.

Mrs. Hamblin

March 9-13

Hi Everyone,
Last week we started a unit on the Human Body and the students were so interested in knowing how their bodies worked. We learned about our bones, lungs and heart. We will continue our study this week learning all about the skin, germs, and body systems.
We had fun learning about Dr. Seuss and eating our Green Eggs and Ham. It was delicious!
Our story this week was written by Mercer Mayer and is called "There's an Alligator Under My Bed". Spelling words will be emphasizing the long "i" sound:
hide
mine
time
like
five
bike
and our challenge words are:
smile
write
Please help your students study these words each night. The words are getting harder so extra study at night will be a big help for them.
I have scheduled Parent Teacher Conferences starting Tuesday with some of you. Please let me know if you have not received a note concerning this and would like to meet with me.
Don't forget our Music Performance this Friday at 1:30. The children have been working very hard and are excited to perform for you. If you can't make it to the Friday performance, they will be practicing in front of the whole school on Thursday at 9:00 AM.
Thanks for all your support!
Mrs. Hamblin

March 2-6

March 2, 2009

Dear Parents,
Monday is Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, so we will do everything Seuss. We will read Dr. Seuss Stories, eat Green Eggs and Ham (mmmmmm), make Horton Ears, and lots of other fun, exciting activities.
This week our story is called “EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House”, and our spelling words will be emphasizing the long a sound as in cake. Spelling words are:
Cake
Make
Came
Take
Late
Name
With our challenge words being
Chase and
Place
When you help your students study these words each night I can really tell when they take their spelling test on Friday’s.
Our special person this week will be Jackson.
Thank you for everything you do.
Mrs. Hamblin

Valentines Party

Thanks to all of you wonderful parents who are always so willing to help. Our Valentines Party was so fun and successful. Special thanks to Mrs. McCall, Mrs. Oakes, Mr. Tullous, Ms. McCall, Mr. Sloan, Mrs. Burk and Mrs. Davis. We had a GREAT time!

February 9-13

Dear Parents,
This week we will be reading the story “The Very Hungry Catepillar”. We will be talking a lot about caterpillars and butterflies. Our spelling words this week will be emphasizing the short u sound as in run:
Sun
Up
But
Cup
Bug
Fun
Our special person this week is Miguel.
We are gearing up for Valentines Day, and will have a party Friday afternoon. If you would like to send any wrapped candy in that would be great!
We have been having a blast learning about the ocean and all the cool creatures that live there! This week we will be learning all about Octopus’!
Thanks for all you do!
Mrs. Hamblin

Feb. 2-6

This week we are beginning a unit on the Ocean and we will be learning about it all month. We will be concentrating on whales and dolphins this week.
We will also be gearing up for Valentines Day. I will send home a class list sometime this week so the students can begin working on their Valentines.
Our special person of the week will be Kade.
We will be reading "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", and our spelling words will be emphasizing the short i sound:
it
did
in
sit
big
six
Last week everyone did so well on our spelling test. Good job guys!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Hamblin

January 26-30

We had a great week last week. On Tuesday we watched as Barack Obama was sworn in as our new President and learned all about him.
On Wednesday it was our 100th day of school. First we counted 100 fruit loops.









Then we made Fruit Loop necklaces.









Then we went out with the Kindergartners and watched as they released 100 balloons.


We had a great day!






This week we will be reading a story called "The Flower Garden". Our spelling words all have the short o sound, as in hop.
box
on
pot
mom
not
top
I have been so happy with the results of our spelling tests. The students are starting to understand how to take tests, and their handwriting is greatly improving.
Our special person this week is Rylee.
Don't forget early release this Friday.
Have a great week
Mrs. Hamblin

January 20-23

We are reading The Little Red Hen this week. We will also be watching the Inauguration, celebrating our 100th day of school and be talking a lot about Dinosaurs.
We are continuing our Spelling Test this Friday. I am so pleased with how well all of our students did on our spelling test last Friday. Nice job!
Our new spelling words will be:
Red
Hen
Went
Get
Yes
Ten
And we will be having 2 challenge words: help and then.
Please send something your child can count on Wednesday. We will be counting to 100, so please make sure they have 100 of something (cereal, beans, M&M’s, etc.)
Our special person this week will be Cesar. We look forward to hearing from you Cesar.
Thanks for all you do!
Mrs. Hamblin

January 12-16

This week we will be reading a book about sharing, called “The Doorbell Rang”. This story is about sharing cookies with friends. Please have your child bring something to share with a friend on Tuesday. We don’t want them to bring an item, but rather something non-tangible, like a story, or a joke, or a service.
We will be studying for our first spelling tests this week, so please help your children study their words.
Spelling Words:
Can
An
Had
Bag
Cat
Bad
Our special person this week will be Brodey. Can’t wait to hear from you Brodey.
Thanks for all you do!

January 5-9

Happy New Year Everyone!
Are you all ready to get back into a routine? I guess weather any of us are ready or not it is time :)
Our special person of the week will be Bella. We are looking forward to hearing from her. She is welcome and encouraged to bring anything she would like to share with us.
We will be reading about a "Lady With The Alligator Purse", studying all sorts of math facts and learning about Dinosaurs.
Our new sight words are:
him
her
he
she
has
had
Enjoy the last day of vacation. She you tomorrow!