Week of October 26, 2009

October 26, 2009
Dear First Grade Parents,
This week is a usual week. We have school all five days and get out at 3:00 everyday except Wednesday.
The field trip was great! We all had fun riding the wagon to pick out our pumpkins. They picked a pumpkin they could carry. Some picked a pumpkin heavier than they thought, but we got them to the bus. The bus ride home was quiet with many falling asleep.
This week we will learn /ee and /i-e/ in Success For All reading. We will write a narrative in writing using the writing process, and the trait of organization. In Math, students will take an assessment for Unit 3 and begin Unit 4 . We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, we will learn about the Indians of the Southwest and begin projects such as basket weaving, pottery making, and making an Indian dwelling. In Science, we will continue our kit titled Pebbles, Sand, and Silt. We will be observing, sorting, and wetting rocks.

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.

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