September 4, 2012 Dear Parents, I hope your child is enjoying school as much as I am. We had another great week last week! Math: We have been working with and will continue to work with graphs, simple addition, doubles, and patterning. Science: We will finish our unit on gravity this week. The students had a lot of fun as they did experiments to learn about gravity. We will begin our rock unit this week. We will be talking about the layers of the earth, volcanoes, how rocks are formed and the uses of rocks. This unit will continue for several weeks. Please help your child complete the ‘Uses of Rocks’ worksheet that will be sent home on Wednesday for homework and return it Friday. Thanks! Spelling: Spelling words were sent home today. Watch for them to come home each Monday. Most of the students have the first grade spelling words that they missed on our pretest and some of the second grade words that they missed. We do activities at our spelling center during the week to help the students learn their spelling words. However, any extra practice you can give your student at home would be great. Each list this week is different so each child has their individualized list. Please help them with their list. Book Order: Please remember that the book order is due this Friday September 7th. Field Trip Permission Slip: Please sign and return the permission paper sent home today by Thursday September 9th. We will be going on a walking field trip next week up 400 So. to observe the many uses of rocks along that street. No student will be able to go without a signed permission slip. Thanks! PTA Fall Bash: Please support the Fall Bash, on Monday September 10th sponsored by the PTA. This will be their big event this year. There will not be a Halloween carnival. It is going to be LOTS of fun for the entire family. Watch for information to come home about it. School Pictures: School pictures will be taken on Monday September 10th. Packets will be sent home with more information. Language: We will be working with the friendly letter format, continue to review short vowel sounds and learn about complete sentences. Sharing: There will sharing this week on Wednesday at 1:00. Reading Parents: Reading parents will start next week. I’ll give you a call if you signed up to help. Thanks! Thanks for all of your support. It is a joy to teach your children. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns at 586-2850 @ school or 586-2189 @ home. Sincerely, Brenda Haight