First Grade needs YOUR HELP with the Fall Festival!

The First Grade Team is excited about the upcoming Western Fall Festival on September 28^th!  However, we need your help to make it a success for our students.  There are two ways that you can get involved:

1.     “Hop on Pop”- The first grade teachers will be introducing a fun, new game in honor of the late, great Dr. Suess, at the Carnival this year.  For this game we need donations of canned pop.  (Generic pop is wonderful…more for the money!)  Please send in these donations by Tuesday, September 25^th.

2.   “Cock-a-doodle doo, Good Morning to you”- The first grade team will also be putting together breakfast themed baskets to be sold at the Silent Auction during the Fall Festival.  We would love donations of breakfast items.  Ideas to get you started are pancake mix, coffee, hot chocolate mix, jams, mini boxes of cereal, muffin mix, etc.  Be creative!  Donations due by Tuesday, September 25^th.

Donations to both of these projects benefit your child because all proceeds from the game and the baskets come right back to the first grade team.  All money raised will be used this school year for the purchase of new reading materials for our first graders.

September Newsletter

1^st Grade Newsletter for September

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER September 5th,6th- Sack Lunches in the Classroom September 7th- Grandparents Day September 11th- Muffins with Mom starting at 7:30 **October 17th- Field Trip**

Please continue to have your child:

Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!

Read every night and complete weekly math homework.

Study for spelling.

Learning Objectives

Week of Sept. 4-7 Language Arts: Words with inflected endings (-s,-ing) Main Idea and Author’s Purpose Non-fiction Writing-  word order in sentences Math- addition to 10	Week of  Sept.10-14 Language Arts: Short  ‘e’  words Author’s Purpose Consonant Blends (sl, sm, sn) Fiction Writing- Telling Sentences (makes a statement) Math – addition to 20
Week of Sept. 17-21 Language Arts: Short ‘u’ words Cause and Effect Final Blends (nd, sp, mp) Writing:  Writing Questions Math – subtraction to 10	Week of Sept. 24-28 Language Arts: Diagraphs  –sh,-th Vowel sound in ‘ball’ Main Idea Making Predictions Writing: Nouns Math: subtraction to 20

Helping Hands at Home:

Please log on to www.portaportal.com for additional online resources to help your child develop academically.  To get visitor access enter:  nancymoore (no space)

www.raz-kids.com –your child may have already brought home log-on information (Mrs. Christopher’s and Mrs. Moore’s classes will be bringing it home this week)

First Grade needs dontations for Fall Festival. We need canned pop and breakfast items.

Field Trip Oct. 17th to McConnell Springs and Living Arts and Science Center