Week of September 19

Hello first grade family and friends!  I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather after Friday's downpour!

This week we are preparing daily for our first reading test, which will be on Thursday, September 22.  If you complete the Reading Homework Journal Assignment with your child it will help them greatly in getting ready for their test!  The homework this week acts as a review/study guide.  

I am sending home math homework tonight.  Please have your child complete it on their own.  Check their work.  Then help them to correct any mistakes that they made.  They should turn it in tomorrow.

Spelling words this week:  did, pat, tan, hand, all, tall, will, an, can, by
Bonus Words: friend, Sunday (Sunday is worth 2 points-- one for correct spelling and one for a capital S)--  Test on Friday, September 23

Specials schedule this week:
Monday- Computer
Tuesday- PE
Wednesday- Art
Thursday- Music
Friday- Library

Tomorrow is an early dismissal day.  Students will be dismissed at 2:00.  Please plan accordingly.  Tomorrow is also hat day.  If your child brings in $1 they may wear a hat all day.  The money goes toward our Character Education Program.

Thank you to Mariana and Tanaja who brought in snacks to share with the class this week.  It's nice to have such generous friends.  I use the extra snacks for when students forget to bring one.

Congratulations to Zachary and Dean who moved up to the next level in our Math Mad Minutes Club!  Keep practicing those math facts at home!  You'll be amazed how much just a little bit of practice will help your child to memorize and retain those facts!  As of now we are mainly working on addition but we will move on to subtraction soon.

We are wrapping up our Bee Unit.  Your child should be able to tell you the main body parts of a bee, how they help people, how they make honey, and the stages of their life cycle.  We are taking part in a honey taste test today, which is usually everyone's favorite part of our bee unit!  Sweeeeeeeet!!!!

We will begin discussing the tall tale of Johnny Appleseed tomorrow.  Next week we will do an apple taste test.  If you are interested in donating apples for our taste test, please let me know by sending in a note with your child or sending me an email by Friday.  tricia.bleich@wssd115.org  I will then compile a list of the people willing to help and assign each person a certain type of apple to purchase.  Please do not go out and buy apples on your own without finding out what kind we need.  I like to have a wide variety and by assigning one kind to each volunteer it helps us from getting 23 of the same kind!  Thank you so much for considering this!

Hugs and High Fives!  :)