September 10th - September 14th

Our class did awesome on our first math test, which was on adding numbers up to 10!J  I will send the test home next week.  We are now on chapter 2 in math.  We are learning about subtracting numbers within 10.  Subtracting tends to be more of a difficult concept to learn.  Practice with your child adding and subtracting numbers within 10 to make sure they are grasping these concepts.  Thank you!

Dates to Remember-

September 7^th    Book Orders due

September 21^st   Fall Carnival @ Iron Springs from 5-8 p.m.

September 28^th   First grade field trip to New Harmony

October 1^st - 5^th  SEP Week &  Book Fair

CKLA-   We started learning about our body systems.  We will be learning interesting facts on the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.  It is amazing to see what these first graders learn!

Homework-  Thanks for sending back the homeworkJ  The next homework packet I will pass out Monday and will be due Friday, September 14^th.  If you happen to forget, just have your child bring it back as soon as possible. 

 Home Reading-  Please read to and with your child each night for 20 minutes  five times a week.  This will help them recognize letters, sounds, and words while he/she is learning and expanding their reading skills.  

Birthdays-  If you would like to bring a treat to celebrate your child’s birthday that would be great!  Please remember it needs to be something packaged.  Have your child bring it to class and I will keep it until break at 10:40 a.m. or you can bring it in at about 10:40 a.m. We will do half birthdays for those who have birthdays in the summer.  We have 27 students in our class.  I will remind you in our newsletter each week of upcoming birthdays.    We will be celebrating Piper’s birthday on Monday, September 10^th  and Gabriel’s birthday on Thursday, September 13^th.  Send invitations for parties only if everyone in the class is invited.  We don’t want anyone to feel left out.

Book Orders-  I will be sending book orders home about once a month.  Please do not feel obligated to buy from these orders.  Make checks payable to Scholastic.  Book orders usually take two weeks from date of submission.  They are due today Friday, September 7th .    If you place your order online the class gets a free book and sometimes they give customers free book coupons too.  My code is J2NC3