Week of August 29^th

First full week of school!  Yippee!  Thanks so much for bringing your children in for literacy assessments!  We are so excited to start our full days!  Did you ask your child about the dance this past Friday?  We all joined out in the halls and did our “flash mob” dance to the song “Dynamite.”  Talk about FUN!!!  More of that to come this year!  J

This week, we will be working on number concepts in math with several activities.  We will be graphing the number of pockets everyone wears each day.  It might be fun to dress your kiddos in as many pockets as possible!

In Language Arts, we will be:

·        launching our reading and writing workshops!  We will be focusing on the routines that are involved. 

·        enjoying several books by the author Kevin Henkes and completing different activities that relate to these fun stories about friendship…

·        beginning our working with words (spelling) routine. The first six weeks, we have all the same words or pictures.

Some reminders:

·       Return any forms that haven’t been returned…

·       Send a healthy snack (no nuts) with your child.

·       You may send a water bottle. (no spill is best)

·       Wear tennis shoes on PE days.

·       Send lunch or check account for money…

Encore Schedule for this Week

	Graviett	Johnson	Thomas	White
Monday	Art	Science	PE	Music
Tuesday	Science	Music	Art	PE
Wednesday	Music	PE	Science	Art
Thursday	PE	Art	Music	Science
Friday	Music	Art	Science	PE

Happy Birthday to our Summer Birthday Buddies!!!

	Graviett	Johnson	Thomas	White
June	Nicole (6th) Kendra (14th)	Brandon (4th) Aidan (10th)	Beau (4th) Evelyn (19th)
July		Michael (10th)	Kirti (17th) Jordyn (25th)	Caroline (13th) Aidan (21st) Preethi (21th) Daniel (23rd)
August	Avery (2nd) Aiden (15th) Alex (30th)	Brigham (14th) Ruston (2nd)

No school Monday, Sept. 5!  Enjoy your Labor Day!

Family Picnic

You're invited to the OUES Family Picnic!  Join the fun!
When:  Thursday, August 25  4-6pm
Where:  OUES playgound area
Kona Ice will be available for purchase.  Bring your blankets and dinner...  Or just stop by to say hello! 

First Week of School! Welcome to First Grade!

Week of August 22

We are so excited for the first day of school!  Please make sure you’ve registered your child online.  We will have 11:00 dismissal to allow for the literacy assessments.  The assessments will take about 35 minutes per child. 

Here are encore days for each teacher:

	Graviett	Johnson	Thomas	White
Monday	Art	Science	PE	Music
Tuesday	Science	Music	Art	PE
Wednesday	Music	PE	Science	Art
Thursday	PE	Art	Music	Science
Friday	Rotate	Rotate	Rotate	Rotate

*** Friday the 26^th, your child will go to Monday’s class.

***Make sure your child wears tennis shoes on PE days.

It’s going to be a great year!!!

First Grade Must-Knows

Here are some tips to keep you on top of things... :-) 

1. Check binders each night, initial behavior chart and return the next day.

2. Make sure your child wears tennis shoes on PE days.

3. Read each night with your child and sign the reading form.

4. B-day treats are enjoyed at recess (11:45) and may be dropped off in the front office or parents may join us with the treats at that time on the playground.  

5. Send in a healthy snack each day. Water bottles are welcome. (No-spill is best.)

6. Starting 2nd six weeks, spelling homework is due on Fridays.