A few important announcements to be aware of are: 

• September 6th ~ No school due to Labor Day Holiday
• September 8th ~ Open House 5:30 - 7:30pm
• September 14th ~ Picture Day

Hi Parents!  Lots of folks have been asking about the Everyday Math homelinks.  I am sorry for any confusion these may have caused you.  I'll do a better job to let you know where we are in our Everyday Math curriculum.  Tomorrow, Aug. 31st, we will be doing Lesson 1-9 that has to do with the calendar.  Please try not to work ahead in the packet, as we have not covered all the information in class yet.  Please return them to school as you finish each link.  Thank you!  Please let me know if you have anymore questions.

Hi parents!  Our classroom has been buzzing with busy first graders all week.  We have been reading lots of decodable readers, sounding out many words that contain the short /a/ sound, and practicing our sentence writing.  We took our first spelling test this morning as well as our first reading assessment on the Harcourt story this week entitled "The Hat".  We've been working on writing a variety of sentences using capitalization and end punctuation.  Also, we have been focusing on writing a complete sentence with a subject and a predicate.  In Everyday Math, we have been doing lots of activities using pattern block templates, pennies, dice, and our calendar.  We have been comparing numbers, as well as practicing making tally marks to represent numbers.  In social studies, we have been talking about and applying rules of the school and classroom.  We've also been discussing the imprtance of listening and how that keeps us safe and happy.  A September snack calendar came home with your child today, and I'll staple another one in their folders on September 1st.  They like coloring their dot on their snack calendars to let you know what kind of day they had.  :)  I will continue to go over their homework with them before sending it home in the afternoons.  I hope they are doing well at home with their work.  Remember, there will be no school on September 6th due to the Labor Day Holiday.  Have a magnificent weekend! 

Hi Folks!  Thank you so much for a wonderful start to our school year!  We have really been busy this week getting into the swing of things again.  I've been trying to do activities that will correlate with our daily schedule and routine.  We have been doing some review from last year with sight words, letters and sounds, and next week we'll start with our first spelling list along with the first theme in our Harcourt Trophies Reading.  We have done some art this week to help decorate our room some more and have reviewed some Everyday Math from last year as well.  If y'all want to look at any of the Grade Level Expectations and educational standards we will be covering in first grade, please go to www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/GLEHome.html  to check those out.  Thank you also for the pennies y'all have sent in.  Keep checking our class blog for upcoming pictures!  Have a great weekend!

Back to School

Welcome to a brand new school year!  I can't believe the summer is already over, and our little ones are going to be in first grade!  It seems like yesterday they were starting kindergarten.  This Tuesday, August 17th is our school-wide Back to School Picnic.  It begins at 11:30 and lasts until 1pm.  If your child rides the bus, y'all are more than welcome to come look at the buses before the picnic at 10:30.  The classroom will be open so please stop by and say, "Hello!"  Our new room will be Room 36.  It is right by the Music Room near the side entrance of the school.  The first day of school for the kiddos will be Wednesday, August 18th.  Our day begins at 7:50 and ends at 2:20.  I can't wait to see you all very soon!