Hello first grade families!  I hope you all enjoyed your labor day weekend.  

Here are some important reminders:

*Please check your child's take home folder EVERY NIGHT.  Papers that may be left at home should be on the left side and papers that need to be completed and returned to school should be on the right side.  I give explicit instructions on which side to put the papers on but sometimes kids get their left and right mixed up, even with labels and multiple reminders.  So if you see a paper on the left that looks like it might have been homework-- it might have been put on the wrong side by mistake.  Give your child the benefit of the doubt and ask them.  I tell them every day what needs to be brought back and what their homework is, so they should know.  If you question their judgment, just email me and ask.  The safest bet would be to have them do the work and turn it in!  
*Reading Logs should have been completed with at least 4 reading entries yesterday (since they are due on Mondays and this past Monday we did not have school, they were due on Tuesday)
*Reading Homework Journal signatures (yellow notebook in your child's backpack) are due tomorrow (these are always due on Thursdays)
*Spelling Test on Friday, September 9-- The spelling list came home last Friday.  The words are: am, at, has, as, sat, mat, ham, Sam, the, are.  Bonus words: school, first

Congratulations to Dean whose name was picked from the August star students, and was recognized as one of our Star Students of the Month!  Each time your child earns a star student award they get entered into the monthly drawing.  They win a prize and their picture gets posted on a bulletin board outside the cafeteria.  Way to go Dean!!  

Thank you to Samuel and LaShane who brought in extra snacks to share with the class this week!  You are so kind!

Sunday, September 11 is Patriot's Day.  Please have your child wear red, white, and blue to school on Friday, September 9.  

September's Character Education Word of the Month is: Respect
Ask your child what they learned about what it means to be respectful at school and at home.  

We started learning about Bees today!  Beeeeeee on the look out for some bee experts coming home to you every day for the next week and a half!  

I will be testing over Kindergarten sight words tomorrow and Friday.  Your child should have mastered these words in Kindergarten.  I sent home sight word flashcards the first week of school for them to cut out and practice at home.  We have also been practicing them every morning.  If your child has a good mastery of these words, please move on to practicing the Units 1 & 2 sight words that came home yesterday.  

If you see a T in the top right hand corner of a paper, it means that we did the work together.  I started doing that with my small groups today.  

Have a wonderful Wednesday!  
Hugs and High Fives!