These are fresh new photos of the 2012 Sand Sculptures, miraculously made for inclusion by the national media for tomorrow evening's Fox News Channel GOP Presidential Debate to be held right here at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center (we live just up the street, so it was easy to come on over and get these wonderful pics). In a few of them, you see Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s likeness; in a couple of the photos of the Presidential hopefuls, seated in front of their likenesses, are the actual sculptors themselves! One sand sculpture depicts a "welcome to Myrtle Beach" variety. How educational too:)

Week 19 At the Academy of Hope! FervorosoFirst is exploding with engagement, action, adventure and...lots of hard working, as usual! But a great thing it is. WorkStations are inclusive of Reading, Writing, Making Words, Math Explore, Legos, TableTop Explore, Numbers Explore, Construction, Clipboard and WordWorks Stations, with ten total rotations occurring daily. There are three rotations in the morning and seven in the aternoon. How very busy we are!! If your child is coming home tired, he/she has definitely earned it:) Next week we'll see parents on Tuesday in the late morning, early, mid and late afternoon and early evening for Parent/Teacher Conferences to discuss your child's strengths and progress in grade one at AOH. We'll cover topics relating to what your child needs to be ready for second grade next academic school year as well. Because we are observing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Holiday, there is no school Monday. Next Wednesday will be the first day of the school week. We will not have a new spelling vocabulary list due to this, but rather concentrate on reviewing those ever-so-much-harder vocabulary, as well as word families for five Dolch Word Lists for Grade One. Math will begin to focus more heavily on subtraction and review of time to the quarter hour, as well as more algebraic and geometric applications. This nine weeks we are focusing on Social Studies, as last nine weeks we explored Science concepts. Thanks for submitting your Snack list sign-ups as well as your times needed for conferencing. If you haven't submitted a sign-up as of yet, please check your child's Homework Folder for updates on scheduling for Conferences times, as every family has an assigned time for Tuesday; student names have been filled in for specific Snack Dates. Some dates are still open for those who want to contribute. Many thanks for your continued support and assistance. You help us make your child's day a little sunnier! Blessed weekend:)

Apples4theteacher Newsletter Subscription

Apples4theteacher Newsletter Subscription

Please check out this link for all Core Curriculum activities, games, and more!

First Grade Language Arts Skills - Online Stories

First Grade Language Arts Skills - Online Stories

Please click on the link for stories to interact with and read online! Happy reading:)

We implemented Work Stations over the last couple weeks and they are surely keeping the children engaged. Below you will see just one of the seven we have available, the Math Measure Work Station. What a grand presentation Monday night celebrating Christmas Around the World. First Grade represented Italy, performing "Dominick, the Italian Donkey". What fun! Happy Holidays!! Get some much-needed rest, relaxation and laugh lots!! Surround yourself with loved ones and celebrate the Season!

Welcome to ccbates.org

Welcome to ccbates.org

WOW!!! Time is marching on! Here are some more Students of the Week for weeks past up through last week. We opened up first grade classrooms to create one humongous team-teaching scenario, and the students love it. Teachers love it too:) Reading, writing, vocabulary, math and science are including more complex terminology, concepts and increased demand for higher-order thinking skills. Students are required to not only use application skills, but also analyzing, evaluating and creating, based on what has been learned. We are practicing "Dominick, the Italian Donkey" to perform at the Christmas Celebration on Monday, December 19 in the evening at The Academy of Hope, and we are making Christmas decorations for the classroom and to bring home as part of our "Christmas Around the World" theme for the school.