Week of October 12th, 2009

October 12, 2009
Dear First Grade Parents,

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the students are dismissed at 1 pm so I can have parent-teacher conferences. Please remember your time by reading the attached notice. If you need to reschedule call the office. On Thursday, October 15th, there will be an Open House at 6 pm.

Please return permission slips and money for the pumpkin patch by Wednesday.
Also please turn in the parent emergency information sheet if you haven’t yet.
This week we will learn /a-e and /ee/ in Success For All reading. We will write a thank you note in writing using the writing process, and the trait of organization. In Math, students will use a number line to count, add and subtract. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling.
Our classroom has some needs. We need a few more rulers with inches and centimeters, 6 pairs of scissors, and some students to donate a few dollars each so I can buy a new pencil sharpener that will cost $10.00. We have plenty of hand sanitizer, wipes, and Kleenex. Thank you for donating a few dollars for the sharpener, 5 rulers, and some glue sticks.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, spelling, and reading for 20 minutes. An adult needs to sign the student’s reading log each day to show that they read each day after school. It needs to be turned in Friday.

sea
see
bird
4. cool

Monday- Write each word 5 times each
Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday-Do a practice spelling test

5. earth
6. feed
7. fur
8. green
9. oil
10. paint
All children are expected to be in attendance each day unless they are ill or a family emergency arises. If you know that your child is going to be absent/tardy, please call the office at 807-9668.
If your child is absent for a total of 18 days, consecutive or nonconsecutive, excused or unexcused it is seen as truant and excessive. AAL reports all students with excessive absences to the Pima County Attorney’s truancy office. For more information about truancy, visit http://www.pcao.pima.gov/actnow.htm
Truant, unverified, unexcused, excessive excused absences and tardies affect the student’s education and increases the chances for failure. Please help us give your child the education he/she needs to be successful for the future.
Thank you,
Mrs. Brown