Our First Week Went Great!

We had an awesome first week of school. We have spent the week reviewing concepts from Kindergarten and are well on our way to beginning curriculum on next week.  I would like to encourage you to continue to read with and to your child at home.  Yes, they should read to you because this is great practice but you should also read to them.  This allows them to hear fluent reading wtih expression! Our first newsletter went home on today.  I also emailed it to you as well. If you have provided me with an email address this will be your last hard copy of the newsletter. Please expect all others to come by way of email so we can save trees. :) Please make note of the following reminders:

1. Please send in $3.75 for the handwriting book.
2. Our Weekly Reader subscription is $4.29 per student. Please send in cash or checks written to Weekly Reader.
3. Our class shirts are $9.00.  If writing a check, please write it to MES and include a phone number on the check.
4. Homework is due on Friday. Please have your child color in their reading time. This is an important visual for them and at times gives them an incentive to read longer.

WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE

I am so excited about this year!  It was so great to meet all of you at the Orientation. The smiling faces and cute children ready and eager to learn really warmed my heart.  This "Learning Spot" will quickly become our go to place for communication.  This will be the place where I place all updates and announcements for our class.  I would suggest checking it each weekend before calling it a night on Sunday. However, I will also send an email reminder each Friday along with the newsletter that will contain a link to the blog!