Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade: First Days of School, August, 17, 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

First Days of School, August, 17, 2012

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. Philippians 2:14-16

We had a great first few days of school and I look forward to doing more academics next week. This will be a short parent letter because I will share a lot of information at PARENT'S BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 at 6:30. It is very important that at least one parent attend the BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. New families will begin in the church with Mr. Debrick at 6:30, I will run sessions in my room at 6:30, 7:00, and 7:30. I look forward to talking with you and sharing first grade information with you.

A quick look at next week:
Religion: Creation
Memory: Philippians 2:15a (memory is in your child's homework)
Reading: Mrs. Masa will be testing our class to find a beginning point for their literacy groups.
Centers: We will begin learning about our center time
Spelling: practice lesson 1
Phonics: rhyming words
Alphabet: ordering letters
Grammar: Sentences
Spelling: Lesson 1 Practice Test Friday
Spelling Words: am, as, an, at, rat, mad, bag, can, tag, had
Spelling Dictation Sentence: I can play tag.
Math: Review of numbers and shapes
Science: Plants
Social Studies: School Community
Art: Color wheel

I hope this will help you talk with your child about what we are doing next week.

Your child may bring a water bottle to school to drink during the day. Please send a bottle that has a sippy type lid that pops up to keep spills to a minimum.

Monday we have PE so please have your child's clean gym shoes in his/her backpack. The gym shoes need to be shoes that will not be worn outside and only worn inside at gym. If you are reusing an old pair of shoes please scrub the bottom to make sure the shoes are clean and free from pebbles, bark, or dirt. Thank You!

Please look in your child's red Friday Folder for important notes and work from this week. Please mark the church and Sunday school attendance and initial so that I know you have looked at the Friday Folder!

Please look at the Fundraiser information that is in your child's RED FRIDAY FOLDER.

It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know your child and I look forward a great year. I hope to see many of you in church this weekend. May you worship our awesome Creator as a family and be filled with HIM so we can SHINE His love to others in the coming week.

Please enjoy a few pictures of our first days. I have been busy helping children and have only taken a few pictures :) SEE YOU AT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!
In HIM,
Amy