Silly BANDZ Day

In an effort to reduce the cost of camp, the fifth graders will be selling Silly BANDZ.

Your child will be able to purchase Silly BANDZ on: Tuesday, October 19 - Thursday, October 28 for only 50 cents. 


Students are only allowed to wear the bracelets on "Silly BANDZ Day," which is Thursday, October 28.

Purchasing:

Dates:  Tuesday, October 19 - Thursday, October 28

Cost:  50 cents a peice

Location:  Office Hallway

Time:  7:50a.m. - 8:20a.m.

Happy Birthday Noah!

This weekend, our very own Noah will be turning 6!  On Friday, Noah's parents surprised him with a class birthday celebration.  Here is Noah wearing our class birthday vest:

Noah and his proud parents!

Thank you Noah for sharing your special day with all our friends!

Noah was also chosen as this week's Shining Light!  He was selected because of his enthusiasm in everything he does, as well as his ability to motivate his classmates to try their best! 

Congratulations and happy birthday, Noah!

New AMPT schedule starts next week

Our new AMPT schedule from October 18 - Decemeber 3:

Monday - Music
Tuesday - Physical Education
Wednesday - Technology
Thursday - Music
Friday - Physical Education

Please remember to send your child in with gym shoes on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Those who do not have appropriate shoes to change into will be asked to sit out of most activities for safety reasons.

Also, we are very excited to be going to our first music class with Ms. Ritter!  Our class invited her to meet us earlier in the year since we wouldn't be seeing her until next week.  We taught her one of our favorite songs, "Going On a Bear Hunt!"  Check back for more updates about upcoming music concerts!

A few reminders

Please remember that the field trip money is due on Friday, October 15th.  The cost is $8.00 per student, as well as for chaperones.  I would like to thank all the parents who volunteered their time to accompany us next week!  The first 4 family members to ask were Morgan's dad, Keisa's mom, Kyle's mom and Romeo's grandmother.  I look forward to having the other interested families join us on the next field trip.  As the money must be turned in to Blake's, I will not be able to receive money past this Friday.

Also, milestone #2 is due next Thursday, October 21st.  This milestone is the 10 new facts that your child learned about the special place they selected.  A worksheet was included in your child's exhibition packet.  Please remember that the facts must be written in the child's handwriting and be in complete sentences.  Those who complete their second milestone will be able to join us on the field trip.  Unfortunately, those students who do not complete and turn in their second milestone on October 21st will not be able to join us next Friday at Blake's.  If there is any way that I can assist you and your family in completing this in the next week, please let me know.

Finally, our schedule will change next week, beginning on Monday, October 18th.  As our first social studies unit comes to an end this week, we are excited to begin science with Ms. Mirjah.  Also, our AMPT schedule will be changing as well.  That schedule will be posted soon.

As some families with older students know, MEAP testing began this past Tuesday.  While this state test is not taken by our students, it does alter the AMPT schedule for the next two weeks.  Our current AMPT is first thing in the morning, from 9-9:55am.  Please make every attempt to bring your child to school on time each morning as we are trying to accomplish our morning meeting in its entirety before we leave. I apologize for the disruption of the 1st graders normal routine.  I have not noticed any problems thus far, and would like to compliment the children on their positive attitude towards this new schedule. 

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.  Thanks!

Apple Orchard

So far we have two volunteers who are joining us on our trip to Blake's Apple Orchard.  Thank you to both Keisa and Kyle's moms!  Please let me know if you would like to come.  I am still looking for two more chaperones to go apple picking on Friday, October 22.  Thank you in advance!

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!