October 18, 2017


Witch's Brew Bingo
Monster Mash Math

Even Monsters Need Haircuts Listening Center

  • The annual Redwood Pumpkin Festival is this Saturday, October 21st 11AM-2PM. Pre-Sale ticket forms are due back to Redwood no later than October 19th! Please consider volunteering or simply donating items for the Redwood Pumpkin Festival on October 21st. This is our Fall fundraiser and the success of the event is because of our PTA and volunteers. Please click on the link to see how you can help:Pumpkin Festival 2017
  • WOW (Walk on Wednesday) theme next week is invite a friend - meet our class by Redwood's front doors at 9:00am to walk a few laps with your child. We are also collecting old shoes to be recycled and re-purposed through Planet Aid. Please bring old shoes to be collected until the end of the month! We have a container in our front lobby.
  • Redwood is collecting broken crayons to donate back to schools, hospitals, and art programs in need. If you'd like to help, send in a bag of any crayons you're not using. Every crayon counts!
  • We  have a guest illustrator, Steve Harper, coming to Redwood for an assembly! If you'd like to order autographed copies of his books, send in the order form to school by 11/3. Orders sent by 11/3 will take home the books that day, when Mr. Harper finishes the assembly. (Late orders will be accepted on 11/8 but books will be delivered at a later time.)
  • Today, first grade went through the Fire House that AL Fire Department brought to Redwood. The children worked with the firefighters to identify safe and unsafe things in a home that could cause a fire. We also read Curious George and the Firefighters and Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill.
  • In reading, we are reading stories about how our body moves. We worked on naming adjectives (action words like jump, skip, and swim) and we worked on possessives (words with 's like "Sam's book" or "Jim's house"). Remember, the Wonders Link under the "Fun Websites" tab is a way to re-read and play games that correlate with what we are learning in class. 
  • In math this week, we reviewed using a number line to add numbers up to 20, creating and using an open number line, and using doubles +1 for quick mental math.