There is a very important order form in your child's backpack today. If you missed my email, The Feinstein Foundation is giving students and staff at Willett sweatshirts to proudly wear. Please "order up" so the sweatshirt will fit your child for the next 2-3 years.
On Monday, your child will bring home his/her first homework packet. Please remember that the entire packet is due on Friday. Please have your child write his/her name on each page as it is completed to keep in the same routine as here at school. Otherwise they begin forgetting to write names on papers here.
I am am having nightmares about shoelaces! Just kidding. 😀 However, please, have your children practice tying their shoes with double knots at home. I am backing away from tying shoes for the children. Most first graders can grasp this skill quickly at this point.
Beginning on Monday, your child will bring home a miniature version of our clip chart. It will have a chart for each day of the week. Please keep it in your child's folder so it can be returned to school to be used each day, but please do look at it with your child daily. This gives your child a chance to be proud of his/her clip ups, as well as to explain why the clip was moved down. Students will color the box their own clip was on at the end of each day.
Our family BBQ is tomorrow. First grade lunch begins at 11:15. We are very excited about this event. We have talked about making sure friends who don't have a family member attending can sit with another classmate's family. If you are not sure if you can be here, please surprise your child, rather than having them looking for you the entire time and ending up in tears. Please remind your child that at the end of the bbq, the students are all returning to class to do their best work. Some young children get confused about why they can't go home at that time.
On Monday, your child will bring home his/her first homework packet. Please remember that the entire packet is due on Friday. Please have your child write his/her name on each page as it is completed to keep in the same routine as here at school. Otherwise they begin forgetting to write names on papers here.
I am am having nightmares about shoelaces! Just kidding. 😀 However, please, have your children practice tying their shoes with double knots at home. I am backing away from tying shoes for the children. Most first graders can grasp this skill quickly at this point.
Beginning on Monday, your child will bring home a miniature version of our clip chart. It will have a chart for each day of the week. Please keep it in your child's folder so it can be returned to school to be used each day, but please do look at it with your child daily. This gives your child a chance to be proud of his/her clip ups, as well as to explain why the clip was moved down. Students will color the box their own clip was on at the end of each day.
Our family BBQ is tomorrow. First grade lunch begins at 11:15. We are very excited about this event. We have talked about making sure friends who don't have a family member attending can sit with another classmate's family. If you are not sure if you can be here, please surprise your child, rather than having them looking for you the entire time and ending up in tears. Please remind your child that at the end of the bbq, the students are all returning to class to do their best work. Some young children get confused about why they can't go home at that time.