Miss Wittmann's First Grade Blog

Hello, It was fun to celebrate NDLC last week! Students had fun meeting with their third grade buddies, dressing up, and celebrating our school. There are a few pictures from last week located on the NDLC Charter School Facebook page if you want to check it out! Upcoming Events: January 30th: Progress reports and class pictures will be sent home January 31st: Book Orders are due. Remember you can order online at https://clubs.scholastic.com/ and use our classroom code: QJMYM February 14th: Valentine’s Day, wear red or pink February 16th: Funky Friday February 22nd/23rd: No School February 27th: Family Night: Music and Munchies Reading: We are beginning a new reading unit this week called Readers Have Big Jobs to Do.  This week we will teach students that when readers take charge of their reading, they stop at the first sign of trouble and then try something to solve the problem.  We will focus on trying to use more than one strategy when stuck and asking ourselves,

Happy New Directions Week!  It’s a fun week to celebrate what makes our school a great place to BE!  Make sure to check out the dress up days and I hope that you are able to make it to one or both of our families nights this week. Also, we are in need of newspapers for a STEAM project coming up. If you are able to bring any in, that would be great! Upcoming Events: January 23rd: Art Family Night 5:30-6:30 January 25th: Jump Rope for Heart Family Night: 5:30- 7:00 We took some pictures last week to decorate our unique door. Just thought I would share a few in case you can't make it to family night to see! Reading: This week we will be meeting with our book clubs and getting to know our characters.  We will act out our books and work on changing our voice to match the book. At the end of the week we will celebrate our unit by performing our books for each other. Writing: Wow! We sure do have an opinionated class!  We are working on adding details to ou

Hello! This week we will be decorating our door to fit our theme of the year which is to BE ___. We chose the word 'unique' so our theme and will be decorating to show how our class is unique and how each one of us are unique! Feel free to talk to your child about what makes them unique to give them some ideas for later in the week. Today we also read a few books about Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had on our world. It was nice to shed light on why we have a national holiday named after him! Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in learning more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow! Thursday, January 11th-5:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at N

Hello! After a cold week of indoor recess, it is nice to be back with some normal temperatures! This week is an exciting week with new units starting. Check for new scholastic orders to come out this week. Remember you can always order online if you would like to purchase any books. Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in learning more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow! Thursday, January 11th-5:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set u

Hello!   I hope you had a wonderful winter break! I know that it is such a busy time but I hope that it was a relaxing and enjoyable time for your family. Mystery Readers: Here is the mystery reader schedule ! If you do not see your name and turned in a mystery reader form, please contact me and let me know! Also, if you did not turn it in but would like to select one of the open dates then please let me know! wittmannt@kaukaunasd.org Specials Schedule: I have also created a schedule to show you what specials we have on each day: Specials Schedule January 2nd: Classes Resume January 5th: Collections Due January 19th: ½ Day for Students and Yearbook Orders due January 22nd: No School for Students January 23rd: Art Family Night January 25th: Jump Rope for Heart Family Night Reading: We are beginning to a new fiction reading unit.  We will be getting to know the characters in our books like we get to know our friends.  This week we will focus on sneak peeks a