Dear Families,

Wow! What a week! We had so much fun learning about the author illustrator Leo Lionni! We talked about the sun in Science. We are talking about being good citizen in Social Studies.

Here is what we will be working on next week…

Religion – We will talk about the wonderful things God created.

Literature – We will be reading a nonfiction story about ants.

Writers’ Workshop – Next week we will spend a lot of time learning about Writers’ Workshop. Watch for a note is in your child’s Go Folder next week asking for your child to bring a favorite item to school so we can write about it. We will write stories about our favorite things. These books will come home as the students finish them. Please read the story and sign the back of the book. Then the book should be returned to school so we can enjoy them. I will make sure you get it at the end of the school year. These little books will continue to come home during the year. Please sign them and return them to school.

Science – We will be talking about the moon.

Math – We will continue working on addition

Social Studies – We have been talking about being a good citizen. Next week we will be learning about Johnny Appleseed. We will talk about how he was a good citizen.

Things to remember…

*No school on Friday, September 20^th. Enjoy the long weekend!

*Watch for permission slips in your child’s Go Folder on Monday. These will need to be signed and returned by Monday September, 30^th.

*Grade 1-4 Mass is Wednesday, September 25^th.

*Friday, September 27^th is a dress down day!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Buttell

Dear Families,

Wow! What a week! We had so much fun reading a story about a hat that flies away and how 2 friends help each other out. Today your child is bringing home a puppet show they made to go along with this story. I hope you will have time this weekend to enjoy the show! In Science, we will continue learning about the sun. In Religion, we will be talking about the wonderful things God created. In Math, we will continue our introduction to addition. In Social Studies, we will be talking about laws.

Next week we will be doing our first author study. About one time a month we take a week and learn about an author. We read lots of books by this author and do projects to go along with this author. Next week we will be learning about Leo Lionni. Be sure to ask your child about this amazing author and illustrator during the week.

Today you will also find our first spelling test. You should find the tests marked with how many correct over 10 as well as a handwriting (HW) grade in the upper right corner. For this grade I am looking for letter direction, size, and general neatness. M- Most of the time, P-Part of the time, and N- Not yet.

We are working on a special project at school in which we need a candy/snack wrapper for each child. They can eat the snack/candy bar at home you just need to send the wrapper!

Things to remember…

*No School Friday, September 20^th. (Spelling test will be Thursday!)

*Grade 1-4 Mass on Wednesday, September 18^th

*Earlier this week I sent home a note asking for parent volunteers for our upcoming field trip to the pumpkin patch. These notes need to be returned by Wednesday, September 18^th if you would like to go with us!

*Book orders are due by Wednesday, September 18^th.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Buttell

Dear Families,

It was a wonderful week. Be sure to go through your child’s Friday folder. We read an ABC story about a school. We started working on Addition concepts this week. In Science, we will be talking about the sun, moon and Earth. We have been talking about citizenship in Social Studies. Our next Religion chapter is about the giving God Praise.

We are in year 2 of a new Math series. This series has lots of extra pages. Some days we will do all the pages that go with the lesson and some days we will not do the pages. If you see a math page in your child’s Go folder on the Keep at home side this is an extra page that can be completed at home, but does not need to be returned to school. On Mondays I will send math homework home and it will be a photocopied paper. This will be on the return to school side of the Go folder and should be returned to school the next day.

Next week we will start spelling. Watch for the list of words to come home on Monday. There will be a place for you and your child to pick 2 bonus words. These should be words they want to learn to spell like a family member’s name or a favorite color or food. We talk about how it should not be a word they already know how to spell. On Friday when we take our spelling test I will simply say to the class please write your bonus words. Since everyone’s is different they will have to remember what their bonus words are. If you have any questions, please let me know.

In your child’s Friday folder you will find a sheet that says 1D’s Daily Schedule. This is just for you to have at home so you and see what our daily schedule is. It is helpful if you are trying to schedule appointments and need to pull your child out of school.

Don’t Forget…

*St. Leo Parish Festival is Sunday, September 8^th

*Mass will be Wednesday, September 11^th

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Buttell