Homework and Reminders
HOMEWORK
I will try to send a reminder
sheet like this home at the
beginning of every week.
In it a will
give you a brief summary of the material we will be covering and any
reminders
that might apply to our class.
I want to thank you for helping to make the first few days
of school this year go so smoothly.
Thank you for returning the
forms in a timely manner and for sending in
the needed supplies for the classroom.
I was happy to meet all of you at the Meet the Teacher afternoon last Sunday. Once again I am reminding you not to hesitate to get in touch with me by email if you have any questions. I am very happy with how well the children have begun their new school year. It is quite evident that we will be able to accomplish a great deal this year.
Gym
day for our class
will be on Tuesday.
Please have the
children come dressed in their gym uniform.
I
am sending home on
an additional book order form for the Scholastic books. If you wish to
order
books please return the form and payment by Wednesday Sept. 9th.
Please make all checks payable to the Scholastic Book company. Remember
you can follow the directions I gave
you with the order forms on Sunday and go on line to order directly. The
same due date applies to these
orders.
If at any time during the
year
you want to use books as a gift for your child, please indicate this on
the
order form and I will let you know when the books arrive instead of
giving them
to your child.
Finally, I am attaching a form for Highlights Magazine. I am asking that you sign and return this form checking no even if you are not interested in subscribing to the magazine. I can receive classroom aids for all returned slips even if they are checked no.
REMEMBER THAT OUR OFFICIAL TIME FOR STARTING THIS YEAR IS 7:50.
By 8:00 the children begin their class subjects including their specials. If tey are coming in later than 7:50 they will be missing some subject time, since we may already be on our way to gym, etc.
As
an added incentive to encourage the children to read I
registered our class at a website called bookadventure.org. Our
class name is “majorstars”. This
is in all lower case.
If your child is interested in this activity visit the website and have them clip on new users. Then click on the at school user star. Work to complete the form and then the children will have access to a wide variety of activities including a list of books. If they read any of the books on this list they can complete a quiz on the book, and I will receive the results. Once they have earned so many points they have the opportunity to be rewarded through an incentive program.
I have used this website in the past and it is a safe site, which gives the children an opportunity to check on reading comprehension. I hope to see many of the children registering.
This is just a very brief outline of what we will be doing next week.
HOMEWORK
Religion - We will begin to work on chapter 1, and the children will have a test on this chapter on Friday, primarily to get them used to taking quizzes. We will be discussing how and why we pray and reviewing the prayers the children should know. Please continue to practice the prayers with your child.
Math –. We will review basic math facts learned in kindergarten and then begin to practice making our number correctly and writing number words correctly.
Language Arts
– Please read at least 15 minutes each day.
Practice the stories that are placed in the children’s
reading folders. We will
be working on initial consonant sounds,
The children will receive
their first anthology next week. This
book does not need to be covered.
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Read! Read! Read!