Mrs. Eichberger's First Grade News
March 17, 2005
It is easy to love Spring. Throughout the ages, humans have taken a natural delight in participating in Spring's approach and joyously welcoming her arrival. Spring is the season of birth. It is the season when life and inspiration arise once again from the darkness of hibernation into the light of the sun and earth-reality. It is the time to exclaim over the wonder of children...children of every species of life. It is the time to exclaim over childhood itself and new beginnings. It is the time to honor the inspiration that engenders creativity. For inspiration, like breathing, needs faith, before the beginnings of creativity can happen, and creativity is the essence of life becoming itself, in every form, again and again and again.

We will be dressing up and participating in special activities for our last week of school before spring break.

Monday, March 21 Welcome Spring Day

  • Dress up in bright spring colors!

Tuesday, March 22 Animal Day

  • Dress up like your favorite animal or bring a favorite stuffed animal to school.

Wednesday, March 23 Garden Day

  • We’ll be planting seeds for our springtime garden.

Thursday, March 24 Pancakes and Pajama Day

  • Please wear your pajamas. We’ll be making pancakes in the morning! If anyone would like to donate some maple syrup, please send it in with your child.

Friday, March 25

  • NO School — Good Friday- First Day of Spring Vacation. School Resumes on Monday, April 4
 Math
  • Quarters were examined carefully as well as counting by 25’s.

Language

The students have been assessed on sight word capacity. These results will be in the upcoming report card in April. This week’s story was "There’s an Alligator under my Bed" by Mercer Mayer. Each student drew and wrote about alligators. We also categorized objects and people and places, as written with compound words.

Substitute Teacher — March 17 and 18. I will be having a minor surgical procedure. Mr. Jon Grommons will be our teacher on those days.

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