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   We are so excited for our Polar Express and Pajama Day on Monday, December 19^th. We are going sit in the hallway and listen to Mrs. Ratliff, our Media Specialist, read The Polar Express to the entire first grade.  Please make sure your child has a pair of tennis shoes available in his/her backpack in case they are needed for specials or recess. 

We will conclude our morning with a special hot chocolate treat along with our snack.

Cameron West Day Friday

This is just a reminder that Cameron West will be in our building tomorrow morning.  We want to encourage all students to wear red.  If parents are here during that time (10:00), we encourage you to wear red as well.  Students purchased red shirts at the beginning of the school year.  If they can't find that particular one, just have them wear red, white, or blue.

Lt Cameron West

Last year, we adopted Lt. Cameron West's platoon and began to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan. Shortly after, Lt. Cameron West was wounded and had to come home; however, Frey continued to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan until the end of the school year. On Friday, 12/16/11 Lt. Cameron West will be visiting our school to thank all of the students. We are holding a "Coins for Cameron" drive on this Tuesday and Wednesday. We are planning to present Lt. Cameron West with a check for the Wounded War Foundation on Friday, 12/16th. At 10:00 AM, our students will line the hallways for our "Hero's Welcome Walk of Honor". The students will stand in the hallways, holding the American Flag, as Lt. Cameron takes the "Walk of Honor" at Frey. He will walk down each hallway so that each student will be able to see him and thank him for his service to our Country. Our staff
and students are asked to wear their Lt. Cameron shirt from last year, the Patriotic Frey Shirt, or red, white, and blue on this day. The presentation of the check will be broadcasted from the Media Center to the classrooms and Lt. Cameron will take a moment to speak to the students from this broadcast.

 

This won't be the first time Lt. Cameron West has walked the halls of Frey. He took his first "Walk of Honor" as a 5th grader in May of 1997, when he graduated from Frey Elementary School. Lt. Cameron West is very special to us because he was a former Frey student. It is an honor to have him come and visit us and we are so proud of this Marine.  In addition, each student that sends in a donation on this Tuesday and Wednesday will receive a link to add to our Rachel's Challenge Chain of Kindness.

 

Thank you so much for your support!

Just a reminder...

 There will be no school for students or teachers on Friday, December 23rd. Teachers will return to school on Monday, January 9th and students will return to school on Tuesday, January 10th. 

 Supplies

Dear Parents,
When devising our school supply list for the current year, we tried to be very cautious in asking for supplies.   Each school year all grade levels combine a few supplies to one central storage area.  With the rapid change in weather, we are finding ourselves in need of a few community school supplies.  It would be greatly appreciated if each family could send in some Kleenex, Clorox Wipes, Ziploc Sandwich and Snack size bags.

 Classroom News

Language Arts:
- sentence structure and introduction to word parts (nouns, verbs)
- capitalization and punctuation
- blends (ex. frog, stop), digraphs (ex. th, ch, wh, sh), and endings (s, ed, ing)
- dictionary skills
- predicting, characters, setting, and main idea of stories (When your child reads to you or you read to your child, be sure to discuss the characters, setting, events/details in sequence in the book. Encourage your child to retell the book with few, if any, prompts)
- handwriting: printing legibly with correct spacing between words and forming letters correctly
- writing process:
1.) developing beginning, middle, and ending of a story with details throughout and a clear focus of the story  
2.) revising and editing a draft

Math:
- addition and subtraction facts to 12
- word problems to 12
- key math vocabulary words such as altogether, combining sets, sum, total, plus, both, in all, are left/were left, fewer, difference, take away, remaining, how many more
- place value to 99
- math journals
- several different ways to represent numbers to 100
- counting coins to .50 and bills to $20
- geometric shapes
- positional words

Science:
- sound (high/low, loud/soft, emergency sounds)
- light (sources of light, shadows)

Social Studies:
- contributions of Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea
- contributions of Thomas Jefferson

Health: nutritious food and the food pyramid

General Information:
- Rachel’s Challenge/Save It Forward Food Drive
   So far we have had a wonderful response to our food collection for needy families here in Cobb County.   We will continue to collect boxed and canned food until the 100^th day of school (Jan. 27^th), so please keep those donations coming! For each donation a student brings in, they receive a link to add to our Rachel’s Challenge Chain for their act of kindness. Thank you for your generosity!
Update: Our class has collected 77 cans!!! Although we've almost reached our goal, let's continue to collect until January 27th!  We will start a new collection graph.

-December 16th: Book due for our class book exchange
-December 20th: Our Holiday Breakfast in our class at 8am. Please join us for the breakfast and stay to do a fun activity with your child!
- December 23-January 9:  Winter Break~ Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
- January 10:  Return to School
- January 13:  Report Cards Go Home