Welcome to Miss Myers' 

web page!

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Important Dates

Holiday- January 18, 2010

No School- January 21, 2010

January 22, 2010

Happy Happenings

We have been staying pretty healthy! Scrubby Bear from the American Red Cross would be so proud of us!  He showed us how to keep our hands germ free. Mrs. Debbye Krueger, the county dental hygienist came to Shive to do an interesting "hands-on" lesson for our first graders.  We detected the germs hiding on our teeth with a special light of our very own! Hopefully, Mrs. Krueger and Mrs. Wanda Myers, Shive's nurse would be too! We have several "germie" activities coming up to continue our awareness.

Our own Mrs. Brenda Shepherd made us our very own bookworm to keep our place when we read.  We've learned he is a great reading listener.

 Thanks very much, Mrs. Shepherd!

We have been enjoying visiting the computer lab to read on  Raz-Kids.com. We hope you have checked it out at home!

We have 7 children from our class signed up to go to Book Buddies with their parents this week. If you couldn't come this time, no worries- keep the future dates:                                February 10th., March 10th. and April 14th.

...to join in... all family members are welcome.  Each child can have a family/ adult friend to be a buddy.  It would be wonderful if we all could participate.  It sounds like such fun!

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What We're Learning   

Reading: Here We Go! / Let's Be Friends /Surprises

Math: Numbers 1 - 30, Number words         through twenty, Counting by 2's to 20, 

5's to 50 and 10's to 100, Ordinals, Greatest, Least and Between Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, we are working on Plain/Solid shapes and continue to pattern in all of these areas

Social Studies: Celebrations of  

cultures and holidays, Communities,

Character Education 

Science: Plants and Weather

Writing:  Capital and lowercase letters, Punctuation, Spacing and writing true Small Moment stories ... We have working with partners to help us to become better authors! Writing buddies encourage us to do our best and not get stumped. We are revising so that our readers will understand our stories better- readable or unreadable

Spelling List:

him, into, time, look, has

Review List: her, like, make, some, would     high frequency words (keep practicing-         our goal is 100 words)

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                Reading Logs       

Your child has been bringing home a reading log.  The reading log will come home every day.  Your child should read for ten minutes in the evening.  He / She may choose to bring a book from school or read one from home.  Parents need to document in the reading log, the date and title of the book, then sign and return each morning.  

Some of the students have enjoyed their books so much that they have shared a written response with me.  I love that families are going the extra mile!  It creates love of learning literature.  I would encourage the rest of the families to join in the project.  It has become like a little book club.  The children share their book by writing a bit about it.  They have been exciting others to read the next book.  It has been so fun to see the enthusiasm! 

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Homework: 

Homework folders will be sent home on Fridays.  You will have the weekend and the following week to complete the assignments.  Return your child's folder with the completed assignments on Friday mornings.

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Enhancements:

Monday: P.E. 2:10 - 2:40

                                Tuesday:        Guidance - once monthly                                                                                      2:00 - 2:30

Thursday: Art 2:10 - 2:40

Friday: Music 2:10 - 2:40

Library: Check-out - as needed;                                                                    Wednesday 2:00 - 2:30                                                                         instruction

Computer:        projects, reading and 

                                                            math instruction

Lunch: 11:05 - 11:35

                                Recess:        12:15 - 12:45

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Our class currently has earned 12 bees. At 10 bees, we celebrated with game time chosen by the children. So we will enjoy "family night" type games.   (some oldies but goodies and some newer and hip)

(Positive Behavior Support)

School Wide Rules

I am Safe *Keep hands, feet and other objects to yourself. *Ask an adult before leaving any place. *Walk while in the school building.

I am Respectful *Be responsible for your words, your actions, and your property. *Follow all directions. *Treat others the way you want to be treated.

I am a Learner *Be a good listener. *Do your job. *Make good choices.

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Inclement Weather Information

704-216-0220 is the Inclement Weather School Closing Phone Hotline. Do not call the school regarding school closings! Please call this hotline or listen to your local news channel for information.

CODE A: 2-hour delay for students

CODE B, C, or D: Closed for students

*If an early dismissal occurs, your child will be sent home by the way indicated on the Early Dismissal Form on file from the beginning of this school year.