Shining Light

This week, our Shining Light was Cheyanne.  She was chosen because of all the polite words that Cheyanne used this week.  She always remembered to say please, thank you and your welcome.  I am so proud of you, Cheyanne!

Fire Safety

On Wednesday, Firefighter Shane from the Detroit Fire Department came to talk to our village about fire safety.  The children talked about different things that can be hot, making a map with their families about where to go in case of a fire in their house and choosing a family meeting place to go outside of your home if you need to leave in case of a fire.

The children also practiced Stop, Drop and Roll if their clothes catch on fire.

Firefighter Shane explained to the children that sometimes firefighters can look a little scary when they have their full uniform on.  Mrs. Woolsey help demonstrate by putting on all the different parts of the uniform.  She started with the boots and pants...

then she put on the coat...

then the oxygen tank...

then the face mask...

and finally the helmet...

Show us your best firefighter pose, Firefighter Woolsey!

The children also talked about staying low to the ground if a room is filled with smoke.  Firefighter Shane taught us how to crawl under the smoke so that we could breathe cleaner air.  Then we all got to crawl under the fake smoke that Firefighter Shane brought!

Here are Reigna and An'Niyia as they entered the smoke:

Here are Kyndal and Keisa getting ready to crawl:

Emmanuel and Kyle showed they could crawl really low and fast!

Thank you Firefighter Shane for visiting and teaching us about fire safety!

No School on Friday, October 8, 2010

I wanted to remind each family that there will be NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th.  The teachers will be having a professional development day.  School will resume next Monday, October 11.

One more reminder that the first milestone is due tomorrow.  Please help your child fill out the resource work sheet and bring it to school tomorrow.  Thank you!

Apple Orchard Field Trip

An information sheet was sent home today regarding our first field trip of the year!  We will be visiting Blake's Apple Orchard on October 22.  Each class will be taking 4 adults with us.  If you are interested in joining us for an exciting fall day of apples, hay rides and fun, please let me know.  The first 4 families that ask will be the ones who join us!  Thank you in advance!

Shining Light

This week's Shining Light was Emmanuel!  He was chosen because of his excellent manners and consistent good choices.  Way to go Emmanuel!

Our First Exhibition Milestone!

Our first milestone is due next Thursday, October 7th.  This milestone is the resource worksheet the children will use to complete their interest project.  The sheet was included in your child's exhibition packet.  Please help your child fill this out.  I encourage your child to look at books, magazine/newspaper articles and websites to find their 10 new facts.  A great way to find information is to help your child create a few questions and call the place your child selected.  Interviews are a great resource!

Please remember that your child does not need to know what their 10 new facts are by Thursday, October 7th.  They only need to know where they will find these facts.  Good luck and let me know if there is anyway I can help you!

Shining Light

I am so proud to announce that last week, or Shining Light was Kyndal!  She was chosen because she is always a 1st grade leader!

I am so proud of you!  Keep up the great work!