Dear First Grade Families,
Thank you for helping to get our school year off to such a wonderful start! I have been enjoying my time with your children thus far, and am so very glad that we have the rest of the year to spend together.
Grandparents Day is Friday, October 8. This is a very special day at Bethany!. There will be a program in the gym. This is a half-day of school for all students, with 12:30 dismissal. Please look for more information about the program time and dismissal for the day. The office will be communicating these things within the next couple of days.
There will be no school on Monday, October 11, due to a teacher in-service day.
Our first spelling list was sent home on Thursday, September 30. You will see a new spelling list every Thursday. The lists do not have to be returned to school. Please keep them at home to help your child practice spelling the words on the list. Spelling tests will be on Wednesdays.
Bible memory books will be due on Friday, October 15. The verse is Genesis 28:15 - "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land.”
Please be sure to send your child's Bible memory book to school on Friday, October 15. I will send a new verse on Tuesday, October 19.
Picture Day will be on Wednesday, October 20. Please look for picture forms to come home in the white envelopes sometime soon!
We are celebrating two birthdays in our classroom this month!
Levi - October 20
Gracie - October 30
Happy birthday, Friends!!
Our classroom is full of excited learners this year! We have been reading Colors Glowing, our first story reader of the year. The students are having a good time reading about the Miller and Lopez families, and we have had a few good laughs together at some of the silly situations that the characters find themselves in! Reading homework begins this month. You should have received your child's reading tracking calendar in his/her homework folder on October 1. Your child's goal is to read (aloud to a grown-up) for 150 minutes this month.
We are working on many interesting things in math class this year, and I would like to ask for your help. I would like each child to spend some time at home practicing math flashcards for addition and subtraction. These can be bought (they are available at Wal-Mart, as well as many other stores) or made with index cards or poster board. Children should practice addition and subtraction facts up to 20. This will help your child as concepts become more difficult in math class, as well as when we begin administering timed tests. We will begin using our Kickin' It math minutes program soon and the students are very excited to begin earning belts for knowing math facts!
A Look Ahead:
~There is no school on Tuesday, November 2. This is Election Day and our school is a polling location for East Nottingham Township.
~The First Quarter will end on Thursday, November 4. Report Cards will be sent home via RenWeb on Friday, November 12.
~Conferences will be held on the afternoons of Tuesday, November 23, and Wednesday, November 24. Please look for a Sign-Up Genius email to sign up for a conference time. These are also half-days of school, with a 12:30 dismissal. Please be sure to send a hearty snack for your child on all half-days of school. We will not have lunch on half days.
~School will be closed Thursday, November 25-Monday, November 29 for Thanksgiving Break. We resume school on Tuesday, November 30.
Thanks!
Again, thank you for your help and support thus far, and I look forward to continuing to work with each of you as our school year progresses!
In Him,
Jackie McClure
