October 1-5

I was so excited to see all the cookie dough orders come in today!  Thank you for your support.  Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

This is a short week.  There is no school Thursday and Friday due to teacher in service.  We will be learning more about our new state common core standards.  I am excited at how this will enhance my teaching. 

I am sending home a BINGO homework sheet.  The spelling words will be continued into next week because of the short week, so your child will have extra time to practice.  Please make sure your child is returning their bookring every day.  We use these daily for our silent reading time and those without them do not have anything to read.

If you have not checked Family Access to see your child's progress this year, please take time to do so.  If you do not have Internet access, let me know so I can send home a copy of their progress report. 

By the end of First quarter your child should be able to:

• read 13 words per minute
• know 42 sight words
• count objects 120
• write numbers to 30
• compare and order numbers to 30
• find parts of ten
• all letters written correctly
• use of capitals, punctuation and spacing when writing sentences

First grade teachers are wanting several owl pellets for our students to explore.  If you have any owls nesting nearby and you would be willing to collect them, our students would love the experience of finding bones.  We will be having a live owl visit this month!   I am also looking for any parents who have connections to a class supply of pumpkins, my connection has fallen through this year.  Please let me know if you can help in either of these areas.

I am still uncertain of what our first grade team is doing for Halloween.  I will let you know as soon as possible so that you can plan costumes accordingly. I will be contacting parents who signed up at Open House to help plan and organize the party once I have confirmation of what we are doing as a grade level.

October kicks off our Book It program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  To qualify, students must read 15 minutes 5 times a week.  Log the days they read on the calendar provided.  I do not require you to track minutes, just mark the days your child reads.  Return the calendar at the end of the month to receive a FREE personal pan pizza coupon.  This promotion goes from October through March.  Those that participate each month will be invited to a class Pizza Party in April.  I will provide a reading calendar each month.