Mrs. Dittmar's First Grade Class

by Eva Dittmar

Mrs. Dittmar's Class

Did you hear the news?

Here is our incubator where we hatched our eggs. Ask your child:

-Why are there X's and O's on the eggshells?

-How many times do the eggs need to be turned each day?

-How do the eggs get turned on the weekends?

-How many days does it take for a chick to hatch?

-Why will we keep the newly hatched chick in the incubator for several hours after it hatches?

We made our own hatching chick artwork to display in the hallway. Each day we change the count-down number so the whole school will know when our babies are here!

Feel free to contact me with any questions!

edittmar@central104.org

Reminder...

Each day your child should be bringing back to school the following items:

homework
take-home-folder
phonics reader book
student planner (we write assignments in this daily!)
hard-back reading text book

Each week your child should be bringing back to school the following items:

white Friday folder
behavior chart signed by parent
spelling words written twice (usually due Mondays)
reading slip signed (due by Thursday this week)

Spelling Words

Last list of the school year...

1. boys

2. mouse

3. noise

4. sound

5. town

6. toy

7. father

8. horse

9. people

10. should

11. woman

It is a great idea to review past lists and vocabulary words. All past words will be counted on future tests when used in sentence dictation.

Ask about these poems:

Back to School by Helen H. Moore
The Inchworm's Trip by Sandra Liatsos
Two Sad by William Cole
Skeleton Parade by Jack Prelutsky
On Halloween by Aileen Fisher
Turkey, Turkey by Anonymous
First Snow by Marie Louise Allen
A Chubby Little Snowman by Anonymous
January by Maurice Sendak
Snowball by Shel Silverstein
Bugs! by David Greenberg
Never Mind, March by Anonymous
Rainy Day by William Wise
Unpredictable April by Helen H. Moore
Baby Chick by Aileen Fisher

Classroom totals to date:

Number of stories read aloud: 334

Number of poems memorized and recited as a class: 15

Number of teeth lost: 33

Number of times phonics readers have earned bonus points: 668!!!!

Number of times minute math scores have improved: 261

Number of Accelerated Reader tests passed: 171

Number of times students earned free books by passing AR tests: 47

Our class earned enough "Tiger Tickets" for good behavior in October that we got to keep Stripes the tiger in our classroom for a month! We love her and enjoyed reading with her each day.

We had a FANTASTIC time on our pumpkin patch field trip to Breautigam's Farm! We had perfect weather, awesome chaperones, and very happy kiddos! Check our day below...