April 12, 2019

We had both ends of the Iowa spring weather spectrum this week and the kids were really feeling it by the end of the week. Please make sure that you send your first grader with appropriate attire to play outside at recess. We had many friends freezing this week as it went from 70's to 40's and windy really quick. We did have indoor recess quite a bit this week, but most days, if it's not rainy, we send them out to play!

Keep reading for upcoming events and reminds, and as always, feel free to contact me with any questions at swilaby@crprairie.org.

Important Dates and Reminders

Friday, April 19th - No School (Good Friday)

Thursday, April 25th (11:00-2:00) - Field trip to Indian Creek Nature Center

Indian Creek Nature Center Field Trip

On Thursday, Apri 25th, first grade is going on a field trip to the Indian Creek Nature Center. Students will need to bring a sack lunch. We will also need volunteers for this field trip. Additional information about the field trip and the form for volunteering was sent home on Monday. If you are interested in volunteering, please return the form or email me by Monday, April 15th. We will not accept additional volunteers after April 15th. Thank you!

I have the following volunteers signed up so far (if you sent a form and your name is missing, please email me so I can add you)

Janice Suhl -bus

Erika Henkes - bus

Amber Miller - bus

Candice Murphy - bus

Pat Young - bus

Snow Make-Up Days

The following days are now student days:

May 6th

May 24th

Additional snow make-up days:

June 5th, 6th and 7th

(June 7th - Students will be dismissed at 11:45)

PE Survey

Mr. Rickels is looking for feedback about PE this year. Please take a moment to fill out the following survey to help him improve physical education at Crest.

Sight Words

We have now learned all of the first grade sight words. Students are doing a pretty good job of reading the words, but we could use some extra practice with spelling them. The sight word lists from now on will be a review of some of the trickier first grade words. Please practice reading and writing these sight words each night with your child. Our goal is for students to be able to read the words quickly without having to sound them out and to spell them accurately in their writing. Students can also practice these sight words through fun games and activities at the following website: https://www.spellingcity.com/1stgrade1516/

If you would like a list of what specific words your child should be working on, please email me.

Next Week's Specials

Monday: Art

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: PE

Thursday: Spanish

Friday: NO SCHOOL