First grade will be going to the Mr. Al concert here at the school during Catholic Schools Week. The cost is FIVE DOLLARS per student. We do not need a permission slip since it is here so please just send the money in an envelope with your child's name on it. Thank you!!

Report cards will be stapled to today's conduct report. Please sign the SECOND line on the envelope and return it Monday. The first line wasn't needed because I gave you the report card at conferences (and you signed the conference form). You may keep the report card. Everyone did a GREAT job! Be sure to congratulate your awesome student. :-)

There will be a permission slip stapled to your child's conduct report today. This is for the White Sands Bowling (and a couple of other things) that we do during Catholic Schools Week. Please sign and return with $10.00 as soon as possible. Thank you!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are off to a very Happy New Year! I am so excited to be back with your student and I know they are going to be ready to take off in their reading and math. So much happens in the second half of the first grade year, you are going to be amazed! We are on Spelling and Reading Unit 16 and just starting a new book. We will begin some 2-digit addition and subtraction without regrouping. We will also be working on counting money, coins only, As usual, there will still be no homework other than READING with your child every night and GOING OVER SPELLING WORDS so they will be ready for the spelling tests. It is best to do these things daily. If your child has mastered the story from the reading book for the week, they can read anything else ... just READ, READ, READ! :-)

Please, please, please make sure your child isn't bringing any toys or Pokemon cards to school. They are very distracting and keeping them from focusing on school. I have quite the collection in my desk drawer! Thank you for your help!!! UPDATE: This is still an issue, so I'm leaving it here! :-)