Newsletter 12-18-15

Mueller Moments

1st Grade * Bauer Elementary * Mrs. Holly Mueller * hmueller@hpseagles.net

December 18, 2015

Wow! Can you believe it is already time for winter break, and 2015 is coming to a close? We had such a wonderful week. Even with all of the excitement and craziness in the air, this group of children is such a pleasure to be with each day. Kudos to all of you for raising the incredible human beings!

• Holiday Party: I would like to extend a big thank you to Jessica Noble for organizing a wonderful party for our class, as well as to the many parents that volunteered their time to help at the party, and made and/or donated treats and supplies. Hopefully those of you there were able to attend enjoyed the time with your child. I posted a few pictures on our blog.
• Mrs. Gleason and I would also like to thank you for all for the lovely gifts and notes this week, and for the scarves we received from the class. Thank you for loving us!

• Coming up:
• Star Student: Chester Karasinski
• Wednesday, January 6 - PE Day
• February 8-9 - Winter Break, No school

• Reading: We wrapped up unit 3 where we studies characters. We will begin a unit on informational writing in January. Your child brought home 5 WEB books today. This is to allow for extra practice over break. Please remember to having your child read, and read to your child, as often as possible in the next two weeks. You child is also bringing home their January Book-It calendar. 

• Writing: We wrapped up our unit on opinion writing today with reading our letters to 2nd grade students in Miss B’s class. We will begin our unit on “How to” letters next.

• Math: We began unit 4 in math which focuses on place value concepts. This week we worked on teen numbers being made of one ten and some more. If you are looking for an easy game to player break, try this one (your child should be familiar with it): the person who is “it” picks a number between 1-100 (or 1-20, 1-50, etc.). The other person or people have to try to guess the number. The person who is “it” then says GREATER or LESS, and guesses continue to be made until finding the number. It is great for number sense, and easy to do in the car or on the go! 
• Please also have your child practice on xtramath.com over break. I sent home another sheet with passwords to everyone in their folders today. This is important practice! Each time your child completes a session, it is logged and I am able to see it. Students have an incentive for logging in often over break!

• Data Notebooks: Due to the craziness that can sometimes occur during breaks (maybe it is just my house?), we did note send data notebooks home today. 

• We could still use some band-aids and slider ziplock bags if you are able to donate any. Thank you to those of you that donated tissues and pencils already. And as I mentioned last week, crayons for your child would be a great stocking stuffer! 

Have a wonderful holiday and enjoy the time with your children!

Merry Christmas!

~ Holly R. Mueller