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Welcome to Grade One!

I am so very happy to welcome your child into my classroom!

Below you will find a list of supplies recommended for your child to have for school in September.  Please label everything with your child's name except for the duotangs.

* a wooden ruler (metric)

* 4 large glue sticks and a bottle of white glue

* a pack of Crayola crayons (regular size)

* 1 pack of large washable markers

* 1 pack of wipe off markers

* 1 pack of sharpened coloured pencils

* 3 erasers (white vinyl work best)

* 1 pair of scissors

* 20 sharpened pencils (No novelty pencils please)

* 10 duotangs - 2 red, 3 blue, 1 green, 1 yellow, 1 orange, 1 purple, 1 black

* a set of inexpensive headphones for the computer (No ear buds please)

* 1 box of large sized zip lock bags

* 2 boxes of kleenex

* a pair of non-marking running shoes to be left at school

* a large school bag

School agendas will be distributed to all students at the beginning of the year.

                                                                Thank you,

                                                                The grade One Teachers

Word Study

Students will have word study every week.  They will recieve their words in their agendas on Monday and quizzes will be Thursdays.  Please practise with your child each night.  

Poem Books

Students will recieve a poem every Wednesday, please practise reading from their poem books nightly.

Gym Days:            

 We will have gym every Tuesday and Thursday and alternate Fridays.  As in past years, running shoes are to be worn by all students.  No black soled running shoes please.

Library Days:    We will visit the library every Monday.  Library  books should be transported to and from school in the large  zip-lock bag provided to prevent damage from leaking lunch bags.

Lunches & Snacks:     We have a student in our school with life threatening nut allergy.  We ask that you not pack any food in your child’s lunch that contain nuts or nut products.  I would also ask that no birthday treats be brought in to share with the class.  There will be time provided for a snack in the morning.  Please pack a nutritious snack for this time.

Homework:          

 Throughout the year a variety of reading material will be sent home to help your child with his/her reading.  It is important that all duo-tangs and word bags and books sent home come back to school each day. We work in them daily.  Homework will be sent home Monday through  Thursday.  As a rule I try not to send work home on weekends.  We all lead very busy lives and need some family time on weekends.  Please try to read every night with your child for at least 15 minutes whether or not he or she brings home the duo-tangs.  Make it a part of bedtime routines.  Start out reading to your child and before long your child will be reading to you!

 Word Bag:  Your child will also bring home a zip-lock “Word Bag.”  This bag contains flash cards for your child to practise nightly.  It is important that your child learns to read these words.  At first these flashcards will be theme related (e.g., colour words, number words, days of the week etc.)  Later there will be sight words necessary for early reading and writing.

 Extra things parents can do at home if your child is so inclined:

* printing letters - using appropriate upper and lowercase letters

                                         ( John instead of JOHN)

   - using appropriate spacing between words

   - help your children form the letters correctly

* drill letter recognition (upper and lowercase as well as “a” and “g”

* printing numbers

* identifying numbers on a 100's chart  randomly

* counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100

    

If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me at school or send a note with your child.