Important Reminder

Elementary Back-to-School Night is Monday at 5:00-6:30pm. I suggest having at least one family member present in room 11 at 5:00pm. I will begin the evening's discussion talking about your role in your child's homework. I will discuss the difference between a grade of 3 and 4 in homework and in all other subjects. My goal for the evening is to help you to get all that you can out of your child's public education and to help you fully realize your role in their education. Please feel free to ask any questions about our program. Understand that I have only known your child for 3 days and hesitate to answer any specific questions about student performance at this time.

Second Day

Today we reviewed the letters 's' and 't,' and the sight words 'we' and 'like'. We discovered something that we liked in common with out partner and wrote about it. We listened to The Little Engine that Could and examined narrative story structure focusing on beginning, middle, and end. We segmented words listening for initial and final sounds. We discussed syllables and counted syllables in multi-syllabic words.

In PE we played a tag and chase game. A note about footwear: we normally participate in physical activities every day. With that in mind, the best type of footwear is a sneaker or tennis-type shoe with laces or velcro. Shoes with buckles or slip-on type shoes, or boots are insufficient for first-grade physical activities.

In math we continued with number sense for 6-10 expressed as 5 and another quantity. We had time to free explore math manipulatives which will be used throughout the year. The homework will look much the same as last night's homework. If your child returns home with last night's homework, it is because a problem is either incorrect or incomplete. If this is the case with your child, I discussed the problem with your child today; they are to correct the problem and return the homework for credit. I will discuss homework in detail with parents at Back-to-School Night.