Newsletter August 20, 2012

Dear Family,

We hope you child had a wonderful first few days of school as met our new classmates and learned our classroom routines. With this heat, it is hot and tiring!  We bet your first grader slept well each night!

Here's a look at our week:

                                               Phonics
We are beginning our phonics program this week.  We will introduce the letters s, m, short vowel a, t, and h.
Our red words for the week are: the, is, to. 

Math

Students will begin our Saxon math program this week. Our focus this week is counting, reading, and writing numbers. Your child will bring home math homework to be completed and turned in the next day. He/she will complete side A in class and do side B at home. We will discuss homework at Back-to-School night.

Science/ Social Studies

Students will be learning about the five senses in science this week.  In social studies we will focus on the theme, “Me and My Family”.

Thank you for all of the donations to our classroom.  You are wonderful!

Reminders:  

Back-to-School night is this Tuesday, August 21^st. The First Grade presentation is from 6:00-6:20. Dinner will be served at 5:30.