Spring Festival

Don't forget that Highlands' Spring Festival is this Saturday, October 2nd! Please bring in art supplies for the basket that will be raffled off. For each item you purchase, your child gets to nominate a teacher to be dunked with water or receive a pie in the face! Also, as you received in your email, FOOD AND RAFFLE TICKETS ARE DUE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. Please send those in as soon as possible. This Friday, October 1st, is "Crazy Dress" Day in honor of the festival, so your first grader does not have to wear the uniform and may wear anything that's wacky and tacky. I'm looking forward to seeing each of you and your children at the festival! It will be a fun day!

Mid-September Updates

Hello, parents! The copier was not working properly last Friday when I tried to make copies of our spelling words and the Bible verse to memorize for this week. I sent home a copy of this yesterday (Tuesday), but just in case, I am posting the spelling words and Bible verse here:

red

yellow

look

was

on

have

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. ~Psalm 90:2

Some important reminders:

• Scholastic catalogs will go home tomorrow, September 23rd, and need to be returned with orders no later than October 5th.
• Spelling quiz on all word wall words up to this point next Friday, October 1st
• Reading and Writing Celebration (with our fourth grade Book Buddies) on Friday, October 1st
• Highlands' Spring Festival on Saturday, October 2nd
• Thank you for helping with your child's weekly homework. If your student needs extra help, please have him or her bring it to school and I will do my best to assist.
• Please also remember to read in English with your child every night. This will help immensely in his or her success as a reader and a writer!

Thanks for all you do to love your child and help him or her be a successful first grader!

September Updates

It's hard to believe it is already September! Time flies when you're having fun, and we have been having fun in first grade! Here are some recent and soon-to-be happenings in our class:

We have our first reading and writing celebration tomorrow to remember strategies and successes from the past few weeks! Monday we will start our "Just-Right Books" reading unit and our "Writing for Readers" writing unit.

In Science, we've been studying animals and will start our plant unit next week.

In Math, we're continuing to practice counting, comparing numbers, and recognizing and developing patterns. We'll also be doing a lot of adding and subtracting in the coming weeks.

We will continue to add six new words to the word wall each week. These are the spelling words written on the index card attached to the homework packet. Please practice these at home. There is a spelling quiz every Friday.

In Bible we will learn a new characteristic of God every week. There is a corresponding Bible verse that will be on the index card as well. Please practice and memorize at home. Scripture memorization is part of the Bible grade (and it's just wonderful to know them by heart!).

Important Dates:

Thursday, September 9th--HIS Parent Meeting

Tuesday, September 14th--Half-day (dismissal at 12:00 noon)

Monday, September 20th--Holiday (no classes)

A very happy birthday to these lions:

Danna--September 5th

Sanjay--September 8th

Progress reports will go home next week. Please take a look to see how your child is doing thus far, sign, and return. Thanks to you parents for your support of your children, of me as their teacher, and of the school! You are treasures!