Australian Stanleys

Our Australian "exchange Stanleys" have arrived! Your family's Stanley will come home today. Please be sure to read the accompanying letters (one from me, one from Stanley's friend in Australia) and to keep track of Stanley's activity on his or her log. These Stanleys are due back to school on Friday, November 2nd.

Science & Imagination

It is absolutely amazing to think of things that humans are able to accomplish with science and imagination. This video is a little heavy on the "Red Bull" product placement, but Felix Baumgartner's supersonic leap is an amazing and inspiring feat.

Felix jumped from an altitude of 128,100 feet. At this height, the temperature outside of the capsule was as low as a staggering -70 degrees F. His maximum free fall speed was 833 mph, officially becoming to the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. The free fall lasted 4 minutes and 20 seconds before he deployed his parachute to land safely on the ground near Roswell, New Mexico.

I wonder what our future scientists, engineers, and leaders, right here in first grade, will accomplish that will leave us all speechless in the future....

This Week's HW

Hi Families!

So sorry- our spelling homework did not make it into this week's homework packet. Here is a copy for tonight, I will copy and send home the sheet tomorrow. If you click on the image it should be big enough to be usable.

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!

Keep practicing those numbers, kids!

Our first Scholastic order!

Our first Scholastic order forms will be coming home in this week's Thursday folder. I hope you'll take the time to check out the selection and prices available- there are usually lots of great deals! Ordering online is very easy and will help us earn points for our class so that we are able to purchase books for our class library and our brand new listening center.

Fun Alphabet Song!

Homework starts today!

Our first homework assignment is coming home today. Please remember to check your student's W.O.W. binder each Monday for the weekly homework, it can be found in the homework section. Written homework, usually spelling, should be completed on the lined paper provided in the Homework section, leave the work here when it is finished. If the work is not a written activity, just initial next to the assignment on the Homework sheet to show that it was completed.

After I check that the work has been completed, I will move the work to the "Completed Work" section at the back of the binder. Once it's there, you can remove it and keep it at home.I will also place graded classwork, tests, and activities in this section to come home.

Please let me know if you have any questions!