January 10th

Important dates:

• EARLY RELEASE 1/17
• NO SCHOOL 1/20
• FIELD TRIP to McAuliffe-Sherpard Discovery Center 1/23
• First Grade Market "Save the Koalas" is Thursday, February 6th at 8:30 am. All families are welcome to attend.
  This is our 3rd Annual First Grade Market. This year will be donating all the money raised to help the koalas in fire-ravaged Australia. First graders will be working on a variety of handmade creations to sell at the market. Most items will be sold for $1. Any donations are also welcome! We will work on making and creating in class but they are welcome to create at home too! Last year we raised over $2,300 for The Georgie Badiel Foundation. (This foundation provides clean drinking water for those living in Burkina Faso.) They are so excited to make a difference.

Here's just a glimpse of what we've been working on:

• Completed a penguin craft
• Learned the difference between fiction and nonfiction 
• Wrapped up our How-To writing unit
• Learned what fact families are and how numbers relate. 
• Talked about the moon
• Had readers' workshop with the Koalas