Weekly Update: 2/10-2/14

100th DAY OF SCHOOL: Our 100th day of school will be on Friday, February 14th. Students are invited to dress like they are 100 years old! (EASY tip: put a little cornstarch in your hair for instant gray hair!) Other ideas:
 

FRIDAY FOLDERS: We are in dire need of Friday Folder volunteers! This year, we have had several slots open. Friday Folder helpers are people that come in any time on Friday to fill each child's mailbox with student work and information from the office. Then, they stuff each child's folder with the papers so they can be sent home at the end of the day. It takes roughly 20-30 minutes and you are able to come at whatever time is most convenient for you. I would appreciate any help you may be able to provide so I can spend my prep hour on Friday planning for the week ahead! If you are able to sign up for a slot, please click HERE!

DODGE: We will be going to Dodge on Wednesday, February 5th from 11:45-1:30 p.m. We will be exploring the woods to search for animal tracks as a way to kick-off our upcoming animal research writing project!

CONFERENCES BEGIN THIS WEEK! Conference signups are now LIVE! Click this link to sign up!

SPELLING: Here are our spelling words for next week! *indicates extra credit

• ask
• asked
• plan
• planned
• help
• helped
• jog
• jogged
• call
• called
• **again
• **soon

KINDNESS DAY: This year Somerset is continuing our Kindness Day and service learning approach to Valentine’s Day. Rather than focusing on store bought cards and candy we will take the opportunity to involve the students more authentically. Sometime during the day, children will be involved in service learning opportunity through the non-profit Doing Good Together. 

We are looking forward to benefiting several local organizations including: Washburn Center for Children, Southview Acres Health Care Center, Neighborhood House, and My Very Own Bed. 

In order for this event to be a success we need donations of items for the stations, as well as volunteers to help run stations the day of the event. Please click on the link below to help us out! 

Celebrating student friendships, practicing empathy and building a stronger school community are all goals we can work toward with these activities which are also supported by our whole school Somerset STAR Behavior practices. Thank you for your continued support as we work toward these important goals.

We ask that you do not send any Valentine cards or candy to school with your child. We will accept any unaddressed valentines for donations to Neighbors, Inc., which serves families in northern Dakota County.

We are very excited about the opportunities for our students and trust that it will be a fun and meaningful day of celebrating our wonderful Somerset Star Students!

Here is a link for signing up to volunteer!

MYSTERY READERS: We have had SO much fun with our Mystery Readers this year! There are still PLENTY of slots open, so spread the word! We love to have parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins...all of our classroom family's special friends for a visit! Please click THIS LINK to sign up!

LAST WEEK:

(Ask your child these questions about school!)

• MATH: 
• Can you draw a parallelogram?
• What are parallel lines?

• READING:
• Can you read these following -es words?
• fix
• fixes
• class
• classes
• wish
• wishes
• kiss
• kisses
• bus
• buses

• SCIENCE:
• What have you engineered with Legos?

A PEEK AT THIS WEEK:

(Looking ahead...)

• MATH: 
• I can explore 3D shapes. 
• I can tell if two shapes are congruent. 

• READING:
• I can read and write words with the -ed ending.
• I can read "Bossy R" words with /or/ and /ar/
• I can retell a story using "Beginning, Middle, and End"

• WRITING:
• I can add verbs to my writing.

• SCIENCE:
• I can be a lego ENGINEER!

UPCOMING DATES:

• 2/13: Conferences 
• 2/14: Jump Rope for Heart
• 2/14: Kindness Day/100th Day of School
• 2/17: President's Day- NO SCHOOL
• 2/27: Spring Picture Day
• 3/1: Read Across America Month begins! 📕

FUN in First Grade! (Photos)