Apples, addition,and art

Hello Families,
    Time flies when you're having fun in 1st grade! Apple Day is upon us! This is a 1st grade tradition where we will spend an afternoon learning about apples, doing an apple "report" and graphing our apple colors. Please have your student bring in one apple on Wednesday, September 9th (next Wednesday). Thank you!

We are studying communities and community helpers as part of our IB unit this month. Are you a communuty helper like a firefighter or a police officer? A nurse or doctor? Would you like to talk to our 1st grades classes about how you assist the community? Please let me know if you are available!

Dr. Swensen sent an email out today about STAR reading tutoring. Please consider this great volunteer opportunity.

The students have their first art class this week. They will be doing an art project about communities. Ask your student about the addition trick we learned this week: up and down or side to side....the number sentence stays the same.

Homework Procedure: Homework goes home on Monday and is returned in the folder on Friday. The calendar in the back is for recording reading minutes. Please write the name of the book read and initial it. The goal is 15-20 minutes per night. Road to Success reading recording is optional but highly encouraged. See the Road to Success post or menu bar at the top of the blog for those instructions. Homework is worth 15 points. 5 for reading, 5 for math, 5 for the writing sheet. The folder will go back home on Friday with finished and graded work inside for you to review and keep at home. Please let me know if you have any further questions.