Week of October 5th, 2009

October 5, 2009
Dear First Grade Parents,


There is no school on Friday, October 9, 2009. It is teacher grading day.

This week we will learn /ed/ and /ing/ in Success For All reading. We will listen to and identify informative and narrative texts in Reading. We will write a thank you note in writing using the writing process, and the trait of organization.. In Math, students will count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and backwards. We will also identify odd and even numbers and make and continue patterns. For Science, we will learn about the habitats of deserts, forests, ocean, and prairies. Lastly, in Social Studies we will learn about our state of Arizona.

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. You will turn in the reading log on Monday because there is no school.
Spelling words:
1.mother
2.three
3.land
4.cold
Monday- Write each word 5 times
Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence
Wednesday- Do a practice spelling test
Thursday- No homework
5. hot
6. hat
7. child
8.. ice
9. play

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