Riggs H.W. Reminder and Upcoming Events

RIGGS HOMEWORK REMINDER:
Each night for Riggs homework, the students should complete each of the items as listed on the Riggs H.W. checklist in their planners.  It looks like this:

Riggs H.W.: Words_______ Any checked words One sentence each for words _______

If any item in the checklist is crossed out, they do not need to complete it.

Completed Riggs homework includes:

1. new/assigned words written three times each
2. any checked words written three times each (below the new words)
3. one sentence for each of the new words
1. Please read the previous post on this blog about sentence completion if you need clarity on sentence requirements.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Solar System and Poetry Presentation--You’re Invited!
You’re invited to come into the classroom this Thursday, February 14th at 3:00PM to watch the students perform.  This will be the presentation that we gave on our field trip to retirement centers last Friday.  Please come and enjoy the show!

REMINDER: Valentine’s Day/Oregon’s Birthday
Valentine's Day is coming up, and might be on the minds of Cascade students!  If you have not done Valentine's Day with CHPCS, or if you would like a refresher, please observe the guidelines below:

• Valentines should be handmade.  Start on them now!  They can be straight up Valentines, or bookmarks, origami, little books, cartoons, jokes, etc.  
• Students do NOT have to bring Valentines in.
• If students DO bring Valentines in, they need to bring one for every student in the class (we will make a class list in the upcoming days).
• PLEASE NO CANDY!  If you would like to include a little something, consider fruit snacks, pencils, trail mix, etc.
• We do NOT have a Valentine's Day party.  We will instead have a little fun observing Oregon's birthday, which also happens to be on February 14.  
• We will make "mailboxes" in class.  
• Valentine's Day is typically only "observed" by the primary classes; you should have your older students check with their teachers.

March Field Trip
The February field trip was a great success!  Here are the details for the March field trip.  We will need six chaperons for this field trip. Sign up here if you’d like to volunteer: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4FAEAA2FA02-first

WHO: CHPCS First Grade
WHAT: Field Trip Friday
WHERE: A.C. Gilbert Discovery Village in Salem, Oregon
WHEN: March 8th, 2013
WHY: As a part of the Core Knowledge Sequence, students will learn an introduction to electricity -

• Static electricity

• Basic parts of simple electric circuits (for example, batteries, wire, bulb or buzzer, switch)

• Conductive and nonconductive materials

• Safety rules for electricity (for example, never put your finger, or anything metallic,in an electrical outlet; never touch a switch or electrical appliance when your hands are wet or when you’re in the bathtub; never put your finger in a lamp socket; etc.) They will also learn about the solar system, the human body, basic concepts of matter, and living things in their habitats. The A.C. Gilbert Discovery Village has many scientific things to explore!

HOW: Bus (confirmed!)


Thank you for reading!

Please write: “HOPE!” in your student’s planner so that I can see it.  I will give your student two tickets as a reward.

-Mrs. Varis