Mrs. Mueller's 1st Grade

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Field Trip Pictures - Part 1

Many thanks to Mr. Baer for capturing some great moments on our field trip! Enjoy!

Friday, May 27, 2016

We have had a team of students involved in a very special program this year - Links. Autumn, Luc, Ainsley and Levi have worked with our Autism Teacher Consultant, Kate Randall, to learn more about autism, how to support Ava G. and others with autism, and so much more. These leaders have stepped up in our classroom and around our school. Thank you, Links!

Newsletter 5-27-16

Mueller Moments

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

May 27, 2016

How was this our last full week of school??!! 4 day week next week, and 4 1/2 the following. I truly am enjoying every moment we have left together. We continue to learn and grow and build memories together every day.

Just a few quick notes heading into the weeks ahead:

Coming up:

Tuesday, May 31 - ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!!!
Tuesday, June 7 - Field Day - 9:50-11:20. Please be sure to wear gym shoes or athletic sandals, and don’t forget sunscreen! If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mr. Oly - joly@hpseagles.net
Friday, June 10 - Last Day of School. Students released at 1:00pm.

Beach Towels: Thank you for sending in a beach towel with your child. We enjoyed listening to stories outside a couple of days this week. If you didn’t send one in yet, please send one in next week. Students brought home their towels today. Please check to see if it needs to be washed. If it doesn’t, just leave it in their backpack, if it does, please be sure to send a clean towel in on Tuesday. Thank you!
Sidewalk Chalk: We could use some sidewalk chalk for an activity the last week of school. If you would like to send in any to our classroom next week, we would appreciate it.
A Special Thank You:

Dear Bauer Staff and Families,

We would like to extend a heartfelt *THANK YOU!!!* to all of you for the overwhelming generosity you have shown to our family following the loss of our home due to a fire. The clothing, blankets, toys, diapers, gift cards, money, and most importantly PRAYERS have been incredible blessings to us during this time. What an amazing community we are a part of. From our hearts, THANK YOU.

Love,

The Roof-Gragjevi Family -- Ben, Ellie, Liliana, Kaleb, Kiera, and Gavin

For your children,

~ Holly R. Mueller

Sunday, May 15, 2016

3D snack mix

Thank you for all of the donations last week to make our 3D snack mix. Students enjoyed learning about 3D shapes in a fun way, and had a chance to sort and graph their shapes.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Newsletter 5-6-16

Mueller Moments

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

May 6, 2016

May has arrived! Monday morning we returned to a very exciting discovery in our classroom. Our butterflies had emerged! We have enjoyed observing and studying them this week. We were able to let them fly free today. It was so fun to watch their life cycle before our eyes! Check the blog for photos. We could not have had a more perfect day to do this!

Another highlight was our pizza party on Thursday. We are very grateful for the kindness of Porch Steps for our lunch!

Coming up:

Star Student - Braedon Roose
Tuesday, May 10 - Library - Return library books!
Wednesday, May 11 - PE Day
Thursday, May 19 - 1st Grade Field Trip

Reading: We continued our exploration of characters this week. We thought about a characters feelings and why they are feeling that way, and noticed parts in our stories when characters change their feelings. We finished reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins this week. This is a classic tale you may have read when you were a child. If your child has not seen the movie yet, that may be fun to watch on a rainy day. (And talk with your child while doing so about ways the movie and the book are alike or different.)
Writing: This week we selected one of our informational writing pieces to fix up. We worked on editing our stories, making sure they included a table of contents, introduction, conclusion, text features, a big idea, and supporting details. We will be celebrating our stories on Monday, and will write our final assessment piece next week.
Math: This week we worked on telling time to the half hour. Please ask your child to check the clock at home when you notice it is on the hour or half hour. Continued practice is appreciated. We also studied 2D shapes and attributes of those shapes: circle, triangle, square and rectangle. We then moved into fractions as we explored halves and fourths. Next week we will explore 3D shapes. Thank you to all of you that signed up to donate snacks for our snack mix next week. If you can send them in by Monday it would be appreciated.
Science: We continued our life cycles study this week. Observing our caterpillars transform into chrysalides, and then butterflies, was definitely a highlight. We also explored some other animal life cycles, including frogs, penguins, bats and snakes. We learned about traits and how animals have traits and are similar to their parents. We discussed our own traits and how they are similar to our parents.
Field Trip: Our field trip will take place on May 19. A big thank you to the following adults that will be joining us on our trip: Jason Baer, Sue Gunnink, Beth VanWieren, Walt Kniowski, Catalina Munoz, Wendy Ninan, Julia Bange, Jessica Noble, Janice Ponstein, Emma Ragar, Erika Roof, Kristina VanKampen, Melissa Wayne, Carie Wojtas, and Justin Roose. Chaperones you may drive separately or on the bus with us (as space permits). This is such a fun field trip. We cannot wait to go!