Week of November 15th, 2010

November 15th, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

There are five days this week of school. We get out at 3:00 pm everyday except Wednesday when we get out at 1 pm. We still need more copy paper and Kleenex boxes. The school needs volunteers to monitor the cafeteria and playground from 11:00 am to 1:00pm. Please call the school if you can help. If the school doesn’t have enough volunteers, teachers will need to supervise students during this time instead of having a full 30-minute lunch break. Thank you to all who volunteer.

This week we have ten spelling words. Please practice their words with them as they do their spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to their SFA Teacher daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.
We are learning about dividing words into syllables in Language Arts. In Science we are learning about planting wheat in a straw and recording its growth. We will record the growth of our grass, and wheat in our journals. In Social Studies we are learning about Christopher Columbus the explorer. We will also learn about Ponce de Leon and other explorers from Spain and how they interacted with the Natives. In Math we will be practicing counting from 0-100 by 2’s and 5’s. They need to be able to fill in the missing number when counting by 2’s or 5’s starting at any number between 0-100.
Homework:
1. Monday- Write 10 words five times each, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
2. Tuesday- Write 10 words in sentences, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-ABC order of 10 words you choose, reading 20 minutes and math sheet.
4. Thursday- Practice test, math, and turn in reading log to SFA teacher.
Test is Friday!
Spelling Words:
1. ball
2. law
3. ask
4. just
5. way
6. get
7. home
8. much
9. call
10. long




Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

Week of November 8th

November 8th, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

There are three days this week of school. We get out at 3:00 pm everyday except Wednesday when we get out at 1 pm. There is no school Thursday or Friday. Thursday is Veterans Day and Friday is a teacher planning day. Thank you for the paper from Alejandro and Michael. Also thank you Tristan for the snacks. I still need more paper, 20 black dry erase markers and Kleenex tissue boxes.

This week we have ten spelling words. Please practice their words with them as they do their spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to their SFA Teacher daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

We are learning about recognizing syllables in words and dividing words into syllables in Language Arts. In Science we are learning about planting grass and wheat and recording their growth. We will record the growth of our Brassica flowers, grass, and wheat in our journals. In Social Studies we are learning about Christopher Columbus the explorer. In Math we will be practicing counting from 0-100 by 1’s, 10’s and counting from 100-0 also by 1’s and 10’s

Homework: Please turn in homework packet on Monday the 20th of November!
1. Monday- Write 10 words five times each, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
2. Tuesday- Write 10 words in sentences, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-ABC order of 10 words you choose, reading 20 minutes and math sheet.
4. Thursday- Practice test, math, and turn in reading log to SFA teacher.
Test is Monday the 20th of November!
Spelling Words:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.




Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

Week of November 1st, 2010

November 1st, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

There are five days this week of school. We get out at 3:00 pm everyday except Wednesday when we get out at 1 pm. Thank you for all the parents that attended the field trip. The kids had fun at the desert Museum. Our class is in need of copy paper. I use a package of paper per week (500 sheets), 20 black dry erase markers, snacks (crackers, fruit snacks, or other healthy snacks), black Epson 69 ink cartridge, and Ticonderoga Pencils.

This week we have ten spelling words. Please practice their words with them as they do their spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to their SFA Teacher daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

We are learning about recognizing syllables in words and dividing words into syllables in Language Arts. In Science we are learning about planting grass and wheat and recording their growth. We will record the growth of our Brassica flowers, grass, and wheat in our journals. In Social Studies we are learning about Arizona Symbols. In math we will be reviewing coins and counting coins as well as ordering numbers.

Homework:
1. Monday- Write 10 words five times each, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
2. Tuesday- Write 10 words in sentences, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-ABC order of 10 words you choose, reading 20 minutes and math sheet.
4. Thursday- Practice test, math, and turn in reading log to SFA teacher.
Test is Friday!!!
Spelling Words:
1. teeth
2. tooth
3. worm
4. day
5. eat
6. sits
7. lot
8. box
9. school
10. belong




Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

October 25th, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,
There are five days this week of school. We get out at 3:00 pm everyday except Wednesday when we get out at 1 pm. The field trip to the Desert Museum is Friday. We will need chaperones/volunteers to arrive the school at 9:00 am. We will board buses at 9:15 am and leave shortly afterwards. If you are not free lunch and said you would bring a lunch for your child, please do not forget their lunch. All children should put on sunscreen, wear a hat, and bring a bottle of water. If they own a school t-shirt, please have them wear it.

I stapled a note of grades from last week and papers to for you to see what they did. I only copied pages of their tests with questions they got wrong. If you have any questions on how to help them with what they got wrong please call or email me.
This week we have ten spelling words. Please practice their words with them as they do their spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to me daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

We are learning about classifying words into groups depending on their first letter, ending, or concept in Language Arts. In Science we are learning about planting plants and recording their growth. We will record the growth of our Brassica flowers in our journals. In Social Studies we are learning about people and places and will have our test. I will send home a study sheet the night before. In math we will be learning about odd and even numbers.

Our homework:
1.Monday- Write 10 words five times each, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
2.Tuesday- Write 10 words in sentences, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3.Wednesday-ABC order of 10 words you choose, reading 20 minutes and math sheet.
4.Thursday- Practice test and turn in reading log to SFA teacher.
Test is Friday!!!
Spelling Words:
1. see
2. sea
3. cool
4. earth
5. feed
6. fur
7. green
8. oil
9. paint
10. pool



Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

October 4th, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

There are only four days this week of school. Friday is grading day for the first quarter. Conferences will be October 13th, 14th, and 15th. The students will get out early. Attached is a form to put down your first, second, and third choice for a day and time for your child’s conference. I will send a letter to confirm your time when the schedule is made up. If you don’t return your conference choice then I will give you one from what is left. I want to have the schedule filled in by Thursday, October 7th and pass it out to parents that day. Thank you Tristan’s mom for making conference copies.

I handed out the Great American Spell Check recently. Look in you child’s folder if you don’t know where it is. Read the parent letter, ask family to give money for words kids spell correctly, and have your child practice the words. The Sponsor Sheet is due October 11th. The test is October 15th. After that you give the money into the school. The money from Gold Cards and the Great American Spell Check will be used to go to The Children’s Museum and Reid Park Zoo. Please help us learn outside the classroom. Thank you Tristan, Damariz, Jose, and any others that sold Gold Cards. I know we have sold at least 30. Half the money will go towards our field trips.

Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Students are doing better on their spelling test and phonogram test. We a re doing lots of reviewing of previous words and phonograms in class. They should be getting 7 or more words correct. Eight or more correct is a 3. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to me daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Friends in SFA Reading. I will be assessing my classes reading using the SFA Assessment so that we can reorganize groups for Monday, October 11th.We are learning about contractions with not and will in Language Arts. In Science we are learning about homemade soil and local soil. We will compare them to each other. In Social Studies we are learning about maps and physical features such as lakes, rivers, mountains and deserts. In math we are learning to compare numbers using the signs greater than, less than, and equal to.

Our homework:
1.Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2.Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3.Wednesday-Do Practice Test.
4.Thursday- No Homework
Test is Thursday!!!!
Spelling Words:
1.hand 8. beg
2.ring 9. bog
3.live 10. bug
4.kill
5.late
6.big
7.bag Thank you,
Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

September 13th-September 17th, 2010

September 13, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

This week is a short week because Friday is a teacher training day. We will have class as usual with one day less of each subject. Please remember to talk to your kids about bullying. Bullying is teasing, hitting, kicking, taking other’s things, etc. It will not be tolerated. Encourage your child to tell an adult if they are being bullied. We can’t help them if we don’t know it is happening. Let’s all work together to keep all children happy and safe at school.

Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. Keep up with completing math sheets also.
This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Rotten Teeth in SFA Reading. We are reviewing chunking and word endings. In Science we are learning about gravel, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders and sort the rocks. In Social Studies we are learning about country, state, and city. We will create a chart to help us remember their sizes. In Math we are learning about place value and writing numbers from 100-200.


Our homework:
1. Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2. Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday- Do a practice spelling test, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
4. Thursday- No Homework. Have fun over the weekend.
Test is Thursday instead of Friday!!!!!

Spelling Words:
1. red
2. of
3. be
4. but
5. this
6. all
7. your
8. you
9. out
10. time


Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

September 27, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

This week is a full week. We will be at school everyday. Please remind your children to follow all classroom and school rules. We need quiet and cooperation so that each child can learn what they need. All students need to attend school everyday unless they are sick or there is a family emergency. I am really enjoying the children and teaching them.

Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Many students are still not doing their ABC Order and Practice Spelling Test. Students are failing their spelling test. A 0 or 1 is failing. They should be getting 7 or more words correct.
Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to me daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Six Dinner Sid in SFA Reading. We are learning about endings of words that the silent e must be dropped before adding the ending. In Science we are learning about clay when added to water. In Social Studies we are learning about maps and physical features such as lakes, rivers, mountains and deserts. In math we move onto counting numbers with hundreds, tens, and ones. Some students still need help with counting and drawing numbers with only tens and ones. I will continue to assist them during intervention time.

Our homework:
1. Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2. Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-Put your words in ABC Order
4. Thursday- Do a Practice test.
Test is Friday!!!!!
Spelling Words:
1. by
2. have
3. are
4. had
5. over
6. must
7. make
8. street
9. say
10. come
Thank you,
Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

Week of September 20, 2010

September 20, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

This week is a full week. We will be at school everyday. Bullying in our class is getting much better. Continue to ask your child how school is each day. We color in on their calendar their behavior daily. If they get orange they had a rough day. If they don’t remember what they did feel free to email me, write a note, or call me at school.

Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Many students are still not doing their ABC Order and Practice Spelling Test. Students are failing their spelling test. A 0 or 1 is failing. They should be getting 7 or more words correct.

Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to me daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.
This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Curious George in SFA Reading. We are learning about compound words. In Science we are learning about sand and silt. In Social Studies we are learning about rights and responsibilities and completing our Service Project. We will clean up our school play yard by picking up trash. In Math we are learning about place value and writing numbers from 100-200.


Our homework:
1. Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2. Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-Put your words in ABC Order
4. Thursday- Do a Practice test.
Test is Friday!!!!!

Spelling Words:
1. may
2. into
3. him
4. today
5. look
6. did
7. like
8. six
9. boy
10. book

Thank you,
Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

September 7, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

This week is a short week due to Labor Day on Monday. We will have class as usual with one day less of each subject. Please remember to talk to your kids about bullying. Bullying is teasing, hitting, kicking, taking other’s things, etc. It will not be tolerated. Encourage your child to tell an adult if they are being bullied. We can’t help them if we don’t know it is happening. Let’s all work together to keep all children happy and safe at school.

Half of the class is doing their spelling homework and reading logs. Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. Keep up with completing math sheets also.
This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Rotten Teeth in SFA Reading. We are learning about chunking words and compound words. In Science we are learning about gravel, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders and will learn how to use a sifter. In Social Studies we are learning about community rules, why we have them and the National Anthem of the U.S. We will create posters that illustrate our school rules. In Math we are learning about 2 dimensional shapes, their attributes, and how to sort them. In writing we will make a 4 square as a partner to write a partner narrative.


Our homework:
1. Monday- No School
2. Tuesday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
3. Wednesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
4. Thursday- Do a practice spelling test, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
5. Friday- No Homework. Have fun over the weekend.

Spelling Words:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of August 30th, 2010

August 30, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,
This past week we practiced following the rules and procedures. Many students did better this week. Other received consequences for their breaking of rules. We will continually work on following the rules so that our class can be learning not disruptive.

Half of the class is doing their spelling homework and reading logs. Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. Keep up with completing math sheets also. I have stapled an example page with the spelling homework for each day on it. The words are not our words this week.

This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Harry the Dirty Dog in SFA Reading. We are identifying endings of words such as –s, -es, -ed, and –ing in Language Arts. In Science we are starting our own Rock Collection as we identify and compare our rocks. In Social Studies we are learning the meaning of the stripes and stars on the U.S. Flag, and the Pledge of Allegiance. We will create our own U. S. Flag. In Math we are learning to do simple story problems, exploring with pattern blocks, geoboards, and base 10 blocks, as well as reviewing for our first Assessment on Friday. Tests are 50% of our grade so I will review the day before and send a review sheet home for homework. In writing we will continue learning to do prewriting and about how to get great ideas into our stories so that they are interesting.

Our homework:
1. Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2. Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday- Write your words in ABC Order, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
4. Thursday- Do a practice spelling test, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
5. Friday- No Homework. Have fun over the weekend.

Spelling Words:
1. ten
2. tan
3. tin
4. ton
5. bed
6. he
7. you
8. will
9. we
10. my


Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of August 23rd-27th, 2010

August 23rd, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This past week was a little rougher. The students need to work on keeping their hands to themselves, using restroom during recesses, and being better listeners. You should receive this newsletter every Monday unless Monday is a holiday. They will also have reading, math, and spelling homework daily with the exception of Friday. Thank you for all the supplies you provided. I will ask for Kleenex tissues, hand soap, and hand sanitizer throughout the year as it begins to be used up. I plan to photo copy one book a week to use with their reading log. Donations of copy paper would be greatly appreciated in order to be able to copy the books the students need.
This week we will continue learning phonograms, blending words, writing narratives using prewriting, and word endings in reading and writing. In Math we will learn to use tally marks, comparing and ordering numbers, making calendars, and playing games in small groups. In social studies we are learning about community helpers such as teachers and firefighter. In science we are learning about sorting rocks by their attributes such as size, color, or shape.
Here is their daily homework. They will write each spelling word five times on Monday. On Tuesday, they will write each word in a sentence. On Wednesday, they will put the words in ABC order. On Thursday, you need to give them a practice test and sign it. On Friday, I will give a test in class. Everyday they will have a math page to do. Also, a reading log will be sent home for the students to record their 20 minutes of reading on. Please also sign the reading log. All homework is due daily. I will return the reading log each day so they can have it for their homework. If they get 100% on their Monday pretest I will give them bonus words to do with their homework and be test on Friday. Only the regular first grade words will be put as a grade in the grade book.

Spelling Words:
1. can
2. see
3. run
4. the
5. so
6. no
7. now
8. man
9. in
10. top


Thank you for supporting your child, the school, and myself,

Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
(520) 807-9668
www.mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com

Week of August 16, 2010

August 16th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

Our first week of school went well. The students learned and will continue to practice classroom procedures so we can have an awesome learning environment. You should receive this newsletter every Monday unless Monday is a holiday. They will also have reading, math, and spelling homework daily with the exception of Friday. Thank you for all the supplies you provided. I will ask for Kleenex tissues, hand soap, and hand sanitizer throughout the year as it begins to be used up.

Please talk to your child about keeping their hands to themselves, and about not using their bodies (hitting, kicking, etc.) to get another students’ attention. No one should be touched or hurt in any way while at school. I will let you know on a daily basis how your child did in their behavior by using a card in their homework folder. Feel free to ask questions you may have about how they are doing academically and behaviorally.

Here is their daily homework. They will write each spelling word five times on Monday. On Tuesday, they will write each word in a sentence. On Wednesday, they will put the words in ABC order. On Thursday, you need to give them a practice test and sign it. On Friday, I will give a test in class. Everyday they will have a math page to do. Also, a reading log will be sent home for the students to record their 20 minutes of reading on. Please also sign the reading log. All homework is due daily. I will return the reading log each day so they can have it for their homework. If they get 100% on their Monday pretest I will give them bonus words to do with their homework and be test on Friday. Only the regular first grade words will be put as a grade in the grade book.

Spelling Words:
1. me
2. do
3. and
4. go
5. at
6. on
7. a
8. it
9. is
10. she



Thank you for supporting your child, the school, and myself,

Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
(520) 807-9668

Week of May 24th, 2010

May 24th, 2010


Dear First Graders and Parents,

It seems like just yesterday I was setting up my classroom. The year has gone by so quickly. I am excited about all that we have learned together. I feel honored to have been a big part of your child’s and your family’s life for these past ten months. For those coming back next year, I hope we run into each other in the hallway. For those going to a different school, maybe we will see each other around town. Good luck to you all this summer and next school year. Have a fun and safe summer! I will miss you all! I love every one of you so much!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will clean out our desks, so please bring a large backpack and a grocery bag for everything in your desk. We will have our ice cream sundae party after lunch. I have down Anthony and Esmeralda bringing ice cream. I also have Emanuel bringing bowls and spoons. We need chocolate syrup and canned whipped cream for toppings. We will have a class awards ceremony in classroom at 2:30 pm and families are invited!

Remember if you bring new students to our school for next year, they have no more than three absences, and they stay at least through December you get $100 for your family. Call the office for more information.

If anyone wants to write to me this summer, you can either email me or send a letter through the mail. I will be on vacation from June 17th through July 2nd.



Renee Brown
10140 E. King Manor Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85730
or
ghostline@msn.com


I love and will miss you all! I hope you write to me!




Sincerely,
Mrs. Brown

Week of May 17th, 2010

May 17th, 2010

Dear First Grade Parents,

Wow! This is our last full week of school. We have full days everyday accept the usual 1 pm dismissal on Wednesday. Our last day of school is May 25th ending at 3 pm. We have no homework accept reading each night for 15 minutes. Please write it on a piece of lined paper.

I will be doing AIMS Web assessments to compare their spelling, reading fluency, number sense and math computation to the test given in August or whenever your child came to our school. I will also be giving the students an end of the year Math Assessment to see how well they learned the Math concepts from our Math curriculum. Please send them to school everyday unless they are sick.

It has been a pleasure teaching each child in my class. We will celebrate our accomplishment next week with a party after we clean up our classroom. If you can donate disposable bowls, spoons, ice cream, chocolate syrup, or a can of whipped cream please send me a note.

Report cards and AIMS Web test results will be sent home next week.


Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of May 10th, 2010

May 10th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This Thursday, May 13th is Math Night from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm at Arizona Academy of Leadership South. We will play fun and educational Math games in every classroom in the school. Start in your child’s room and move to as many you like. Have fun!!!! Then, eat PIZZA and drink a refreshing drink in the cafeteria. First grade is one of the classes donating $.50 per student to help pay for the PIZZA! Please bring your donation by Wednesday, May 12th. Hope to see you there.

This week, we will continue a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power about contractions and compound words and continue the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. In Writing, we will write multi-step directions to make an ice cream sundae. In Math, we will review place value, number grids, money story problems, and addition story problems. We will make zoomers in Science and experiment with them.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.



Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. felt 1. sensory
2. coming 2. attending
3. easy 3. simplicity
4. goose 4. gosling
5. garden 5. gardening
6. hopping 6. bouncing
7. knife 7. cerates
8. queen 8. royalty
9. season 9. seasonal
10. sign 10. signal




Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of May 3rd, 2010

May 3rd, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

We need all the permission slips returned as well as the $2.00 for the field trip by now. I am still planning for drivers for the trip until I hear differently from the director. Please send in copies of your driver’s license and car insurance if you want to drive. I am looking forward to this trip. I need all drivers’ copies of license, insurance and registration now! Some students are missing permission slips!

We are having field day on Friday of this week. We will leave for a walk to Mission manor Park at 10 am. Please sign the permission slip that is attached. I also need 5 volunteers to walk with us to the park and help with the kids and our game. Please let me know by Thursday if you can come and help. Without at least 4 volunteers we cannot go! Thank you for all you do.

This week, we will continue a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power about contractions and compound words and continue the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. We will do the final copy of a thank you note. In Math, we will continue Unit 10 with reviewing telling time, counting money and money story problems, and place value. We will do the part of the motion part of our Unit on Balance and Motion.

We are in desperate need of Kleenex Tissue boxes. We also need hand sanitizer. Thank you to those who donated snacks. We will need some more to get us through until the last week of school in May. Wide ruled lined paper is also something we use daily.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. pound 1. pounded
2. behind 2. reverse
3. burn 3. incinerate
4. bear 4. hibernate
5. clear 5. translucent
5. poor 6. desperate
6. finish 7. complete
7. across 8. sideways
8. tonight 9. tomorrow
10. tenth 10. hundredth


Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of April 26th, 2010

April 26th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This week, we will continue a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power about chunking and continue the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. We will revise, edit, and do the final copy of a second literary response to compare two books. In Math, we will begin Unit 10 with reviewing telling time, counting money and money story problems, and place value. We will do the part of the motion part of our Unit on Balance and Motion.
We need all the permission slips returned as well as the $2.00 for the field trip by Friday. I am still planning for drivers for the trip until I hear differently from the director. Please send in copies of your driver’s license and car insurance if you want to drive. I am looking forward to this trip.
We are in desperate need of Kleenex Tissue boxes. We also need hand sanitizer. Thank you to those who donated snacks. We will need some more to get us through until the last week of school in May. Wide ruled lined paper is also something we use daily.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.
Students still receive a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of April 19th

April 19th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This week, we will continue a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power about chunking and begin the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. We will prewrite and draft a second literary response to compare two books. In Math, we will continue Unit 9 with comparing fractions and review for our Unit 9 Assessment that will be on Friday. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will begin the rolling part of the motion part of our Unit on Balance and Motion.

We are in desperate need of Kleenex Tissue boxes. We also need hand sanitizer. Thank you to those who donated snacks. We will need some more to get us through until the last week of school in May. Wide ruled lined paper is also something we use daily.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. only 1. single
2. where 2. somewhere
3. cent 3. minimal
4. even 4. eventual
5. without 5. none
6. afternoon 6. evening
7. hour 7. digital
8. July 8. monsoon
9. story 9. tale
10. lady 10. woman

Students still receive a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,
Mrs. Brown

Week of April 12th, 2010

April 12th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This week, we will continue a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power about compound words and contractions and begin the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. We will prewrite and draft a literary response to a book they hear me read. In Math, we will continue Unit 9 with adding two digit numbers and fractions. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will begin the motion part of our science unit.

We are in desperate need of Kleenex Tissue boxes. We also need hand sanitizer. Thank you to those who donated snacks. We will need some more to get us through until the last week of school in May. Wide ruled lined paper is also something we use daily.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. party 1. celebration
2. glass 2. glassware
3. twice 3. several
4. twelve 4. twenty-eight
5. between 5. midline
6. they 6. they’ll
7. would 7. would’ve
8. any 8. anywhere
9. many 9. numerous
10. city 10. county

Students still receive a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of April 5th, 2010

April 5th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Spring Break. My family enjoyed spending time camping at Roper Lake, hanging out at home, and celebrating Easter at a carnival and at church Sunday.
This week we will continue start a new SFA Phonics program called Word Power and begin the 2nd Grade SFA Reading Program called Wings. We will prewrite and draft an informative paragraph about Bats. In Math, we will begin Unit 9 with number grids, number patterns in the number grid, adding and subtracting 10, and adding two digit numbers. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will continue with balance by making a mobile.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.

Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of March 22nd, 2010

March 22, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

We have school on everyday this week and get out at 1 pm on Wednesday. It was a pleasure to conference with all the parents. I had 99% attendance.

This week we will continue SFA Reading making our word books using the reading patterns we have learned. We will do the read aloud. We will prewrite and draft a summary. In Math, we will review place value, fact triangles and domino facts, as well as fractions and money stories for the test. It will be on Friday. Please come to school on Friday. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will continue experimenting with balancing different objects.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order for Wednesday, a practice spelling test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.

I will post spelling words on Monday. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. work 1. worker
2. our 2. you're
3. when 3. whenever
4. print 4. printer
5. fill 5. filled
6. along 6. often
7. with 7. within
8. chair 8. chairman
9. guess 9. guessed
10. hang 10. hangers

Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of March 15th, 2010

March 15, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
We have school on everyday this week and get out at 1 pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Parent/Teacher conferences. We did ATI testing in Reading and Math last week. After the results in Reading and Writing most children raised their scores from December, but as a class our scores are still too low. I will review the results with you at the conference. Please call me at school if I didn’t sign you up for a conference. Reminder slips are in your child’s homework folder.
Registration packets for next school year were sent home on the 15th. Please fill them out now. Many of you completed them and returned them and I thank you for that. If you did not please return them now to save your spot for next school year. If you are do not plan to return for next school year please return the folder with a note telling us that. If you are unsure please complete the forms anyways and then you can withdraw later or you may not get a spot.
This week we will continue SFA Reading with-y as in fly. We will do the read aloud. We will draft our personal narrative. In Math, we are working on fractions and counting money. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will continue experimenting with balancing different objects.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, ABC order on Wednesday, a practice test for Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. place 1. area
2. report 2. narrative
3. word 3. sentence
4. never 4. hardly
5. found 5. locate
6. here 6. present
7. every 7. total
8. under 8. beneath
9. said 9. explain
10. says 10. complain
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you, Mrs. Brown

Week of March 8th, 2010

March 8, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

We do not have school on Friday this week and get out at 1 pm on Wednesday. I hope your children are all well enough to return to school. We have ATI testing in Reading and Math to do this week. All students need to complete it this week. Please have your children on time to school and try not to pick them up early unless completely necessary.

Registration packets for next school year were sent home on the 15th. Please fill them out now. Many of you completed them and returned them and I thank you for that. If you did not please return them now to save your spot for next school year. If you are do not plan to return for next school year please return the folder with a note telling us that. If you are unsure please complete the forms anyways and then you can withdraw later or you may not get a spot.

This week we will continue SFA Reading ue and ir .We will do the read aloud. We will publish our animal report. In Math, we are working on place value and making change from bills based on cost of items purchased. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we are beginning our new unit on Balance and Motion. We have a new Music teacher. We have Music on Wednesdays for 30 minutes.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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 Thursday. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, and a practice test on Wednesday. No ABC Order. Spelling test is on Thursday.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. seven 1. seventeen
2. forgot 2. forgotten
3. south 3. southern
4. town 4. township
5. sister 5. sisterly
6. inside 6. insider
7. outside 7. outsider
8. cover 8. coverage
9. train 9. trainer
10. large 10. largest

Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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
Thank you,Mrs. Brown

March 1, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

We have school everyday this week and get out at 1 pm on Wednesday. I hope your children are all well enough to return to school. There were 7 students absent on Wednesday. We have ATI testing in Reading and Math to do this week. All students need to complete it this week. Please have your children on time to school and try not to pick them up early unless completely necessary.

Registration packets for next school year were sent home on the 15th of February. Please fill them out now. Many of you completed them and returned them and I thank you for that. If you did not please return them now to save your spot for next school year. If you are do not plan to return for next school year please return the folder with a note telling us that. If you are unsure please complete the forms anyways and then you can withdraw later or you may not get a spot.

This week we will continue SFA Reading oo .We will do the read aloud. We will publish our animal report. In Math, students review counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. We will begin learning to count coins and dollar bills as well as exchange coins for dollar bills. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will learn about the growth and development of caterpillars to butterflies.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. There will be homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1. very 1. many
2. thank 2. thankful
3. sold 3. soldier
4. form 4. former
5. far 5. travel
6. gave 6. donate
7. alike 7. similar
8. dance 8. dancing
9. dinner 9. supper
10. fruit 10. fruitful
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.

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
Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of February 22nd, 2010

February 22nd, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

The Spaghetti Dinner and Love of Reading Night on last Thursday was fun! Thank you Naomi, Sasha, Lalyiah, Gabriel Romero, Rachel, and Emily for coming and reading to you families.

We only have school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week! We have Rodeo Vacation Thursday, and Friday. We return to school on Monday, March 1st, 2010. Have a great few days off.

Registration packets for next school year were sent home on the 15th. Please fill them out now. Many of you completed them and returned them and I thank you for that. If you did not please return them now to save your spot for next school year. If you are do not plan to return for next school year please return the folder with a note telling us that. If you are unsure please complete the forms anyways and then you can withdraw later or you may not get a spot. Open enrollment for new students begins soon.

This week we will continue SFA Reading oa and ur. We will do the read aloud Three Billy Goats Gruff. We will publish our animal report. In Math, students review counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will learn about the Rodeos. We will learn about Human Development.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. There will be no spelling homework of Spelling five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and no practice test on Thursday. No Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words: None Bonus Words: None

We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.

Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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


Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of February 15th, 2010

February 15th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This week is Love of Reading Week! We will need spaghetti for our Reading Night on Thursday. You can donate $1.00 or a one-pound package of uncooked spaghetti now, or bring a one-pound package of cooked spaghetti that night. Please read the letter about the events on the other side of this paper. Please come Thursday at 5 pm for Love of Reading Night and Spaghetti Dinner. All are welcome!!!!!!!!

Registration packets for next school year were sent home today. Please fill them out now. There will be a prize for those who bring it back in the next few days.

This week we will continue SFA Reading aw and oi. We will do the read aloud Grouchy Ladybug. We will continue an animal report. In Math, students continue Unit 7 with 3D shapes such as cones, cylinders, and prisms. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will learn about the presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will begin the new Science unit on Plants.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words: Only do if told to!
1. find 1. found
2. give 2. given
3. new 3. newly
4. letter 4. postage
5. take 5. taken
6. Mr. 6. Mrs.
7. after 7. afternoon
8. thing 8. item
9. what 9. whatever
10. than 10. compare
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.

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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Love of Reading Week- February 15th- 19th, 2010

February 8, 2010
Arizona Academy of Leadership
Dear Parents and Guardians;

We are celebrating Love of Reading Week February 15-19, 2010. We invite you to celebrate with us at home and school. We are encouraging your children to shut off the TV and video games for this week in February. We invite them to spend time reading with you and alone. Reading opens so many doors for all of us. At school there will be activities centered on reading each day.

Our schedule is as follows:
Monday/February 15, 2010: Guest Reader Day: We have invited Guest Readers to visit our school at 9:00am. They will read in each class. The guest readers are Councilwoman Mrs. Romero or her Aide, Policeman Sgt. Gallego, Olympian Swimmer Lacey Nymeyer, Director of school Mrs. Strozier, Elementary Principal, Ms. Ayon, and Jr. High Principal Mr. Strozier.

Tuesday/February 16, 2010: Door Judging. Students will illustrate a door with their interpretation of a class selected book. These doors will be judged and prizes given.

Wednesday/February 17, 2010: Read Me Day. Students are invited to wear a shirt, jeans and/or buttons with words on them. ALL clothing will be school appropriate. Only those students participating in this activity are allowed to have an extra jean day.

Thursday/February 18, 2010: Spaghetti Dinner/Registration/Reading Evening. Come join us after tutoring classes for a Spaghetti Dinner and night of reading fun. Your child is invited to read to his/her family in his/her class. We will enjoy milk and cookies as refreshments. You will be able to register your child(ren) for the school year 2010-2011 at Arizona Academy of Leadership. The event will begin at 5:00 pm with dinner followed by reading fun. The evening will conclude at 6:30pm. The Spaghetti Dinner assignments are: Spaghetti: K-1, Spaghetti Sauce: 2-4, Salad and Dressing: 5-6, and Cookies: 7-8. Thank you for your support. See your child’s teacher if there are any questions.

Friday/February 19, 2010: D.E.A.R. Time-Drop Everything and Read. Each class will have a thirty minutes time period after their lunch break to read quietly in their classroom. Students are invited to wear P.J.s to school. We are encourage blankets, pillows and stuffed animals to be left at home. Slippers can be wore IN THE CLASSROOM ONLY.
Reading opens many doors.
Open our door on February 15-19, 2010 and join the FUN!!!!

Sincerely,
Patricia Robson

Week of February 8th, 2010

February 8th, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

We have school everyday this week and early day on Wednesday as usual. We will need spaghetti for our Reading Night at the end of this month. You can donate $1.00 or a one-pound package of uncooked spaghetti now, or bring a one-pound package of cooked spaghetti that night. Please read letter about the event on other side of this paper.

This week we will continue SFA Reading with -ing and -ed endings. We will do the read aloud Grouchy Ladybug. We will continue an animal report. In Math, students will begin Unit 7 with attributes of shapes and shape identification as well as polygons. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will learn about where goods come from and purchasing them. We will begin the new Science unit on Plants.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday. Only do bonus words if told to.

Spelling Words:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of February 1, 2010

February 1, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
We have school everyday this week and early day on Wednesday as usual. Thank you to Amara, and Gabriel Romero for donating dry erase markers. We do not need anymore at this time. Thank you to Aaliyah for donating paper, pencils, glue sticks, and some money that I used to buy music instruments. The instruments should be here soon. We will need spaghetti for our Reading Night at the end of this month. You can donate $1.00 or a one-pound package of uncooked spaghetti now, or bring a one-pound package of cooked spaghetti that night. More details will be sent home soon.
This week we will continue SFA Reading with /ai/ and a read aloud of a Fish Book. We will begin an animal report. In Math, students will review Unit 6 in Math about telling time, centimeters, math rules, and ones and tens for our test this week. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will learn about wants and needs. We will finish the last part of our Rock Kit all about soil in Science.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday. Only do bonus words if told to.
Spelling Words: Bonus Words:
1.stone 1. boulder
2. free 2. freedom
3. lake 3. stream
4. lace 4. shoe lace
5. page 5. chapter
6. nice 6. nicest
7. end 7. ending
8. fall 8. fallen
9. went 9. escape
10. back 10. return
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of January 25, 2010

January 25, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
We have school everyday this week and early day on Wednesday as usual. We are going to set goals for ourselves for school that we plan to live up to by the end of the school year in May. We will evaluate them each month to see if we are on track to complete them.
Thank you to Gabriel Romero, and Amara for the black dry erase markers to replace our current ones. Also, thank you Aaliyah for the wide ruled notebook paper, pencils, and glue sticks. We could also use drawing paper to pain on. Thank you for your donations.
This week we will continue SFA Reading with /er/ and a read aloud of a The Tortoise and the Hare. We will complete our Martin Luther King Jr. Report. In Math, students will continue Unit 6 in Math about quarters, telling time, and rule routine. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will finish our Martin Luther King Jr. booklets.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday. Only do bonus words if you get 100% on Monday on the Pretest.
Spelling Words:
1. block
2. spring
3. river
4. plant
5. cut
6. song
7. sing
8. sang
9. sung
10. winter
Bonus Words: blocking, sprung, ocean, planter, cutting, melody, singing, rhythm, beats
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We are approaching the 100th day of school, which is a day the state decides funding for our school. It is based on attendance. The more students attending school daily means more money we have to spend teaching students. Also, we want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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
Thank you,Mrs. Brown

Week of January 18, 2010

January 19, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
We have school everyday this week and early day on Wednesday as usual. We are going to set goals for ourselves for school that we plan to live up to by the end of the school year in May. We will evaluate them each month to see if we are on track to complete them.
We are in need of black dry erase markers to replace our current ones. They are starting to dry out. We also need wide ruled notebook paper and pencil toppers. Thank you for your donations.
This week we will continue SFA Reading with /er/ and a read aloud of a Dr. Seuss book. We will complete our Martin Luther King Jr. Report. In Math, students will continue Unit 6 in Math about addition and subtraction math facts and centimeters. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will finish our Martin Luther King Jr. booklets.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words:
1.rides
2. tree
3. sick
4. got
5. north
6. white
7. spent
8. foot
9. feet
10. blows
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We are approaching the 100th day of school, which is a day the state decides funding for our school. It is based on attendance. The more students attending school daily means more money we have to spend teaching students. Also, we want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown

January 11, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
We have school everyday this week and early day on Wednesday as usual. We are going to set goals for ourselves for school that we plan to live up to by the end of the school year in May. We will evaluate them each month to see if we are on track to complete them.
We are in need of black dry erase markers to replace our current ones. They are starting to dry out. We also need wide ruled notebook paper and pencil toppers. Thank you for your donations.
This week we will review phonics from before Christmas Break and I will do AIMS Web Benchmark testing individually. We will write sentences using past tense verbs and pronouns. In Math, students will begin Unit 6 in Math all about addition and subtraction math facts and strategies to remember them. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Social Studies, We will learn about the Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights.
Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, 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. Please do you Spelling homework of five times each word on Monday, each word in a sentence on Tuesday, spelling words in ABC order on Wednesday, and a practice test on Thursday. Spelling test is on Friday.
Spelling Words:
1.eats
2. fast
3. food
4. jump
5. sleep
6. wash
7. yellow
8. nine
9. face
10. miss
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.
Students began receiving a daily reward for attending school and being on time. They also receive a daily reward for doing their homework: math, and spelling are required. We are approaching the 100th day of school, which is a day the state decides funding for our school. It is based on attendance. The more students attending school daily means more money we have to spend teaching students. Also, we want your children to have the best opportunity to learn. They can only learn if they attend school. Thank you for helping me teach your children affectively.
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

Thank you,Mrs. Brown