Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade

We begin each day with the invocation, inviting God to be with us.

We had a great first few days of school and I look forward to doing more academics next week.

This will be a shorter parent letter because I will share a lot of information at PARENT'S BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 at 6:30.

It is very important that at least one parent attend the BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. I would like for you to attend the first and second sessions with me in our first grade room. In the past we have had a separate night to go over reading information, but we would like to try to do it all on BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. (Meeting in my room from 6:30-7:20) If you have other kids you can attend the last session at 7:30. This is for parents only no children please.

A quick look at next week:
Religion:Creations
Memory: Psalm 139:4memory is in your child's homework memory may be said any dayTuesday-Friday)

Reading: Mrs. Wegner (our literacy coach) will begin testing our class to find a beginning point for their literacy groups.
Stations: We will begin learning about our station time
Spelling: practice lesson 1

Phonics: rhyming words

Alphabet: ordering letters

Writing Workshop: How to write a story
Grammar: What is a sentence?
Spelling: Lesson 1 Practice Test Friday
Spelling Words: We will have a practice test on Friday over Lesson 1 -at chunk words

hat, cat, mat, rat, sat, fat, bat, pat

sight words: the, and

Spelling Dictation Sentence: The cat is fat.

Math: Review of numbers and shapes
Science: What a Scientist Does and Stem Activity
Social Studies: School Community
Art: Color wheel
I hope this will help you talk with your child about what we are doing next week in school.

I have a no homework on Fridays Policy.
The weekends are for family time so I do not give math homework on Fridays.
We do the homework side in school!

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. Some of the bottles form condensation and I have told the kids to bring a sock to cover the bottom, then no more wet desk!

Please look in your child's ORANGE Friday Folder each week. Please mark the church and Sunday school attendance and initial so that I know you have looked at the Friday Folder! There isn't much homework in the Friday Folder this week. There are some important notes:

-half day care for August 31

-a TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER FORM This is an easy fund raiser. Just use the form to order the TWB cards you want, include a check for the cards and send it back in your child's Friday Folder. The order will be filled and the cards will be sent home with your child on Monday.

-After School Spanish Class information

-American Heritage Girls Group

Hot Lunch Program – Food Allergies: Since Zion participates in the National School Lunch Program, we are reviewed by the state every 3 years. At our last Administrative Review with the state, and it was brought to our attention that we need a note from a doctor when a student require substitutions for lunch – milk included. Please send a note from your doctor or chiropractor to the school office specifying which foods your student can’t have.

It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know your child this week and I look forward a terrific year. I hope to see many of you in church this weekend. I would like to invite you to Zion's new Bible Study, BELIEVE. This weekend you can attend and sign your child up for sunday school. The study begins on August 21 at 9:30. In the church basement. Sunday School sign up is in the school commons.

I would love to have a first grade parents sit together at Sunday Bible Study, I will be taking my oldest to college this weekend so hopefully next weekend you can look for me and we can study together.

Please enjoy the pictures of our first days. It will give you a small picture of our awesome 3 days :)

SEE YOU AT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT- TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, AT 6:30 !!