Hello!

Most of the children that studied their spelling words (and copied them at home) did really well on their first spelling test :)

Here are the words for this week:

1. bed
2. led
3. met
4. get
5. pen
6. ten
7. yes
8. then
9. Tuesday
10. blue

Our spelling test will be held each Friday during a normal 5-day week.

Be sure and take a minute to look around the campus with your child and read the new Playground, Bathroom, Cafeteria and Classroom rules!! We are reinforcing the "Be Caring and Safe, Be Respectful and Be Responsible" rules by handing out Character Cards to any child that demonstrates the rules during the school day. ANY teacher can give a child a Character Card during the school day. At the end of the week, one child from each class will be drawn, and the following Monday, that child will hear his/her name read on the morning announcements and they will receive a prize!!

I'm looking forward to another great week!! Mrs. C

Parents:

Welcome to our first full week of First Grade!

I have had some questions about the Library/computer permission slip that went home today. The permission slip is for our records at the school. It is not intended for you to have to access the internet at your home. The library/computer teacher needs to obtain your written permission for your child to access the computer during their one-hour class on Monday's, and also if you give your permission for your child to check books out of our school library. The books are to be returned the following Monday. Any books that are lost or damaged must be replaced before the end of the school year.

I still have a few students that have not turned in their blue class questionnaire. I would like to get this back by the end of this week.

Your child should have brought home his/her first homework assignment today. There was the back side of the math page which should be completed tonight and returned to school tomorrow. Additionally, the children were given their first list of 10 spelling words to study, and copy during the week. They will be tested on the words this coming Friday.

I sent home a REVISED September snack calendar today. It has the correct student's names and days that they are responsible for bringing in a snack.

Thank you to all the parents who had an overwhelming response to our request for school supplies! We are off to a great start to the school year.

Please help your child be successful in school by ensuring that he/she brings their backpack and homework folder and nightly homework to class each and every day.

Thanks for your help! Mrs. Childress

Beginning of School 2010-2011

Welcome parents and students of my first grade for the 2010-2011 school year!

I am very excited to meet everybody this Thursday! I can't believe the summer has already ended.

You should have received a school supply list. I will be sending another one home this Thursday, along with a 2-sided form for parents to complete in it's entirety and return to me as soon as possible. I have also included a snack calendar for the month of August and September. There have been a couple of changes since the snack calendar was posted, but for now, we'll keep it as it is.

Here is our "specials" schedule for the year:

Computer/Library is on Monday's from 12:15 - 1:15 PM

PE is on Tuesday's from 10:00 - 10:25 AM, and again on Friday's from 11:30 - 11:55 AM. Your child will need tennis shoes on PE days.

The art schedule is on Thursday's from 9:45 - 10:25 AM.

I will be including my email address, school telephone number and other important information for you to read and become familiar with during the first few days of school.

I look forward to a great school year :) Mrs. Childress