Welcome Back

Welcome Back Super Heroes!

I was excited to see so many current and former Super Heroes at Meet the Teacher night Thursday.  The bulletin boards are stapled.  The new pencils are sharpened.  The crayons are in their buckets.  Everything is ready for the first day of school...are you?  

The first few weeks of school we will work on establishing routines that will be carried throughout the rest of the school year.  

Below is the Weekly Update for the first week of school.

What are we learning this week?  

Reading Story:  Chrysanthemum

Skill:  Summarizing

Strategy: Theme

Language:  Letters versus words

Phonics:  Letter sounds

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence

Social Studies:  Citizenship

                     Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September  2                 No School             

 Labor Day           

*Tuesday, September 3                 Art         

Mrs. Jinright will be out on maternity leave beginning the first week of school.  Her substitute will be Mrs. Stronach.

*Wednesday, September 4             Guidance

*Thursday, September 5               Music

*Friday, September 6                  P.E. 

Please remember to wear sneakers and appropriate clothes for P.E.

Sight Word Circle Test/Spelling Test on the Sight Words listed below.

          

Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and spelled.  There will be a test on Friday, 09/06.

big      come      a      and      away      blue     can

  Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled.

First Grade      bus      welcome      lunch      school
recess            friends  rules         Art         Music
Computer Lab   draw     P.E.          Library     write   directions