1st & 2nd Grade News
September 15, 2011

SHOW & TELL: Picture/model of something God created on the 5th day of Creation (Friday, September 16)

MEMORY VERSE: Then God said, “Let the earth be filled with animals. And let each produce more of its own kind…” Genesis 1:24

Reading Log: Continue recording reading minutes on the September calendar.

Math Vocab: Ask your student to define addend, difference, and sum for you. For 2nd graders ask your student to define fact family.

2nd Grade Spelling: hens, cute, frogs, chicks, skunks, hogs, dogs, cats, hide, pets, ducks, pigs, (test on Friday)

1st Grade Frequently Used Sight Words: (these are not for spelling –just for reading!) about, above, after, all, am, an, and, animal, any, are, arm, art, as, ask, at

Nutrition: This week we’ve been talking about Vitamins. Reinforcing the concept at the dinner table at night would be a good thing! This week’s vitamin was C. We tasted kiwi on Wednesday. That fruit has more vitamin C than an orange.

Scholastic Book Club: You can now order Scholastic Books online using this class activation code: HLC6H. Each order online will give us a $3.00 coupon to use to buy books for the classroom. So if you missed my classroom order deadline last week, you can go online and order.

Field Trip: Wednesday, September 21, we will be going to the Pasco Farmer’s Market. We’ll leave the school at 8:45 and return not later than 10:15. My guess is that our return we’ll be earlier than that but we’ll see how long it takes for the children to choose what produce they want to purchase. Please send $1.00 or $2.00 so your student can buy something fresh. (not the kettle corn that may be available!) Each student that is younger than 8 must bring a booster seat for the car per Washington State law.

Polo Shirt: Remember the school rule about polo shirts/collared shirts. Starting next week I will be asking your student to change into a polo shirt if he/she forgets to wear one to school. I do have shirts that I can loan for the day.

Upcoming events:
September 21 Field Trip to the Pasco Farmers’ Market
October 7 Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
October 14 No School—Teacher In service

October 21 Field Trip to Sacajawea Park to study Indians