Terrific Tuesday!

Hi families! We had a super day back in first grade after our long Labor Day weekend. We kicked off the day in our Reading Clubs and the kids did great. We had a lot of work to cram into our morning, but we managed to get it all in. Your first grader is bringing home this week's spelling list. We are studying the short "i" sound, so you will see this sound pattern in our spelling words. Your child is also bringing home new books in their "Book in a Bag" tonight. Please encourage your child to read to their books each night and be sure your child is bringing their book-in-a-bag to school each day. You never know when I will ask them to "drop everything and read"! In math we practiced counting ON from a given number to help us when we start getting into some more challenging math problems. For example, when we see a problem such as 5 + 4 we learned that we need to "grab" the bigger number and then count ON. This group did great at this today! I was so proud at how quickly they picked up on this concept. Hooray! Extra practice at home asking you first grader to tell you "What is one MORE than 13?" or "What is one LESS than 10?" will help them further develop their number sense. Did your first grader tell you about visiting Mrs. Rains for science today? Today was our first day of science rotations. We started our unit on Habitats and during this unit our first graders will be traveling to the different teachers each week to learn about a different habitat. Be sure to check the online games on our blog under the "#3 Art, Science and Social Studies" heading and have your child play along at home. The concepts reinforced in these games directly correlates with material that we are working on in class! Tonight is our first PTO meeting at 7pm in the Sunflower Library! It is also Domino's Pizza Night. If you want to take a break from cooking, Domino's will give our school a portion of all proceeds from tonight's pizza sales. Just be sure to tell them you are will Sunflower Elementary. Have a super night! Stay cool...I know fall is just around the corner...