He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!

I CANNOT believe that it is the last few days of the school year.  In just a few short days, your child will be a second grader!!  Thank you so much for all the encouragement you gave your child to be successful this year!

Thank you so much for your donations during Penny Wars!  We were the winners of the most positive points!!  We were the ONLY class with positive points.  You have been a blessing to Tirzah and Mr. Rice!!

We will monitor the weather for our field trip to Muscatatuck on May 19.  If the weather deams unfit, I will notify you in the morning via SeeSaw. Please check the app!

We will be riding in cars to Muscatatuck.  If you are driving, you should have already turned in your info to the school office.  If your child needs a booster seat, please send it with him/her (unless you are a driver.)

For our field trip, your child will need a sack lunch and drink, and comfortable shoes for walking/hiking. Please do not send your child in Crocs or sandals.

I will send home a "folder" with extra papers and books for your child.  He/She may complete them throughout the summer.  I do not want/need them back, but it is simply a way to keep your child's skills sharp throughout the summer. 

Please make sure to send your child's backpack through the end of the year.  Each day I will be sending home things from their desk, their locker, etc. Make sure to empty it each night, as well.

Some dates to put on your calendar are:

• May 19-Field trip to Muscatatuck
• May 21-Last day activities

Kendra is our "Star of the Week." Her pictures will be posted on our board and she will have an opportunity to share some things about herself.

We will collect offerings on Mondays. Our offering for May will go to Tirzah Krey, a missionary serving in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region.

Our school has lots of Fund raising opportunities! The office sells Scrip, which are gift cards to retailers to use like cash.  You get the amount that you pay for, but the school gets a percentage back on the sale. BoxTops (you can enter your receipt online and earn money for the school) and Amazon Smile are also ways for ILS to earn money. Thanks for all the support!

I collect poptabs, which are taken to Riley Children's Hospital. They are converted to help families who stay at the Ronald McDonald House.

In His service,

Mrs. Bell

We will learn about the start of the Church and Paul's ministry.

We have learned so much! We have learned about: capitals, endmarks, sentence structure, homonyms, synonyms, homophones, antonyms, plural nouns (regualr and irregular), subject/predicate, Noun/verb agreement, conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs, compound words, contractions, affixes, articles, prepositions, and much more!!

We wrote at least 5 sentences about our memories of first grade.

We completed our reading book!

Make sure your take opportunities to read all summer.  I saw the "BookIt" program was up and running.  And the Jackson Public Library gave us bookmarks with the QR code to register for the summer reading program, too.

HOMEWORK (for the night of):

• Monday-Read ""
  
• Tuesday- Read "" 
• Wednesday- Read ""
• Thursday-Read "" 
  
• Friday-Read ""

We have learned so much. We have learned fact families, addition, subtraction, double digit addition, column addition, double digit subtraction, time to the minute, money, 2-D and 3-D shapes, fractions, skip counting (which translates into multiplication), counting to 1,000, tally marks, place value, months, days of the week, graphing, and so much more.

Practicing math flashcards (addition/subtraction) proves to be very helpful to your child! You can make your own or purchase some.

HOMEWORK:  

We have learned about our country (its beginnings, heroes, leaders, etc.), our world (continents, oceans), directions, map reading, rules, laws, our community, needs/wants, spending/saving, earth's resources, reduce/reuse/recycle, caring for our resources, native Americans, inventors/inventions, and so much more!!

We are learning about matter and its properties, including mass.