Well here we are. The evening of our first day of first grade.  I have been very busy preparing all the fun activities we will be doing this week

Procedures:  On Monday we will spend a majority of the day going over procedures, which include a tour of the campus and meeting Mr. Gillingham and Ms. Pantelina.  We will be going over all the rules of the playground, cafeteria, how to walk from one place to another in the hall, bathroom etiquette etc.  I'm confident after much practice we will have experts.

Language:  We will be getting to know the students through a variety of "Get to Know You" activities.  We will read some stories about virtue and go over each virtue.  We will be practicing good posture and how to hold a pencil properly, which are prerequisites  for perfect handwriting. 

Geography:  This week we will review each students' home address and the address of the school.  We will continue to enlarge to our community, state, nation, and world.

Science:  We will discuss what a scientist is and what they do.  We will have a review of the scientific method and discuss their knowledge of science in their world.  By the end of the week we will move into our Ocean Unit and will be discussing habitats.

Math:  We will review previous knowledge and do assessments.
There will be activities for graphing and estimating along with measurement.

Homework:  There will be homework each night through Thursday. The homework will be a review math page, a practice writing page and a reading assignment of 20 minutes.  You will fill in the reading log showing what the student read with you. We will keep track throughout the weeks ahead. This is a very important component and I cannot stress enough how valuable this reading is for the student to continue to have strong skills in decoding and reading fluency!

As always, you may contact me at JSipe@ArchwayArete.org

Have a great week!

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing".
Abraham Lincoln