Hello from Mrs. Winters

Week 7

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful trip to the Chattahoochee Nature Center on Thursday.  We all learned so much and the day could not have been any prettier.  Thank you so much to Vara Jones and Mara Perkins for volunteering.  The students and I were so grateful to have you both there.

I also want to thank the mystery readers for coming in to the classroom and sharing such great stories.  The children look forward to your visits and love listening to the books you share.

Thank you all for the wonderful lunch on Friday.  It was very thoughtful and appreciated. You are all wonderful to work with.

Here is a brief run down of what we have been doing and what is coming up this week:

In phonics we were learning about the short e sound.  We will be working on the sh blend this week.

In reading we are reading stories and completing writing activities based on the skills we are learning.  We are writing 4-5 sentences several times a week.  We are really concentrating on capitalization and punctuation marks.

A science project will be coming home on Monday.  I will explain the activity tomorrow and a hand out will come home to explain this assignment.

In social studies we will be learning more about deserts.  We have been working on landforms, but we will go into detail about deserts.

Thank you for sending in emergency snacks.  I am providing snacks to most of the class everyday and that is the reason why we are going through them so quickly.

Thank you all for your suport.  Your children are wonderful and a joy to work with.

Sincerely,

Bonnie Winters

Hello from Mrs. Winters

Week 5

Dear Parents,

I cannot believe we are a week into September.  The children loved meeting Henry and seeing Mrs. Peake on Wednesday.  They had a wonderful time at the park.
I hope all of you are receiving emails at this time.  If you are not getting updates please notify me.

In math we are leaning about the equal sign.  We are balancing numbers and practicing this with manipulatives.  We will continue this through the week.  We will also explain our answers through pictures or using complete sentences. 

In reading we are working on sequence of events.  We are also retelling stories in the correct order.
We are also reading with a partner for extra practice.

We are writing about our hardworking families but are still missing a few family photos.  If you have not sent a family picture in please do so this week.  We will be displaying this activity on our bulletin board.

In social studies we will begin learning about landforms.  We will learn about rivers, oceans, mountains, deserts, etc.

I am looking forwarding to a wonderful week.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mrs. Winters

THANK YOU!

Hello Team Peake!


I hope each of you are well! I want to thank you (students and families past and present) for the well wishes you have given our family for the recent arrival of our sweet baby boy Henry Hawkins Peake...we are absolutely in love with our precious miracle and thankful for each moment we get to spend with him! What a HUGE privilege it is to be a parent.


I want to thank you also for signing up to volunteer in our classroom! Like I tell the children, "Teamwork makes the Dream Work!" Dawn Dwyer and Kathryn Brown have done a fantastic job in creating our class' Shutterfly website. Please visit this site https://mrspeakesfirstgrade.shutterfly.com/ to continue to be involved in your child's learning at school!


Please remember that our class will be celebrating the beginning of the school year and our new class family at Nancy Creek Park at 4:00 on September 3rd. I hope to see you and the children there! I sure do miss my sweet group of first graders and parents! I look forward to catching up with you all!

All the best,

Mrs. Peake