November 9, 2009
Dear First Grade Parents,

There is school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday there is no school because it is Veteran’s Day.
Remember to ask family, and friends if they want to buy gold cards. Five dollars of each card sold goes to our class for me to buy great games, and other materials for the class. We are also having a contest for the class that sells the most and they get a pizza party. November 12th is the last day. Our class has only sold ONE card.
We have had many students absent. If your child is absent for more than one day please get their work from me. I don’t want them to get far behind and bring their grades down. We need to keep them learning and their work completed.

This week we will learn /ou/ and soft c in Success For All reading. We will write a narrative in writing using the writing process, and the trait of organization, and voice. In Math, students will do measuring with an tape measure, tell time to the quarter hour, and learn and make timelines. We will study our phonograms and spelling words in Spelling. In Science, we will begin our kit titled Pebbles, Sand, and Silt. We will play look for rocks at school so we can start a rock collection. In Social Studies, we will paint our pots and jars, and plan our petroglyphs.

Homework this week will be a Math worksheet each night, and reading for 20 minutes. An adult needs to sign the student’s reading log each day to show that they read each day after school. It needs to be turned in Friday.
1. bring
2. tell
3. five
4. ball
Monday- 5 times each of words
Tuesday- words in sentences
Wednesday- Words in ABC order
Thursday- Practice spelling test
5. law
6. ask
7. just
8. way
9. get
10. home
All children are expected to be in attendance each day unless they are ill or a family emergency arises. If you know that your child is going to be absent/tardy, please call the office at 807-9668.
If your child is absent for a total of 18 days, consecutive or nonconsecutive, excused or unexcused it is seen as truant and excessive. AAL reports all students with excessive absences to the Pima County Attorney’s truancy office. For more information about truancy, visit http://www.pcao.pima.gov/actnow.htm
Truant, unverified, unexcused, excessive excused absences and tardies affect the student’s education and increases the chances for failure. Please help us give your child the education he/she needs to be successful for the future.
Thank you,Mrs. Brown