Hello, everyone!
It's been a great first few days of school!  Things to ask your first grader include...

What is "estimating"?  (Hint: it's how we got the little gems we brought home Wednesday)

What is the name of our class caterpillar (now chrysalis)?

What are the steps for our calendar routine?

How many ways can your first grader make 10 (we used ten frames on Friday)?

Who are Millie Fierce, Pinkerton the Pig, and Hunter and Stripe?

What are Bean Words and Rainbow Words?

How can you earn the privilege of taking home the class bears, Kola and Darla?

What are some of the things we need to remember to do Quality Work?

:)

Monday will be our first Sharing Day!  Please help your first grader remember to bring one item that is not fragile/valuable, and to be ready to explain why that item is special to us.  Each time a friend shares, 3 other students will be invited to ask questions about what we brought to share, so it is helpful to review where your child got their item, who gave it to him/her, etc.

There is a Preferred Communication form in this week's Eagle News-please be sure to fill it out and return it on Monday so that I know which emails are best for sending home information.  Also, if you know that your child will get the same thing every day for meals/milks, you can indicate that on the form and I won't send home a Milk/Meals order slip on Friday :)

We are bringing home library books today!  Please help your first grader remember to return their library book no later than Thursday next week.  Thanks!

We're also bringing home Scholastic book orders today!  Please send in paper orders or submit online orders no later than Friday, September 13.  Thanks!

If you are sending in milk/meal money with your child, be sure it is secured in an envelope with your child's name, my name, and "Cafeteria" printed on the front.  Please keep it separate from the milk/meal order form-I get the forms and they get the money. :) . I use the forms to make a chart for the whole week on Monday, and then submit my class's order each day online-which is much faster when I have a pre-made chart vs. taking a daily count.

Please remember to send one easy-to-eat snack and any needed utensils for snacktime each day.  :)

Have a great weekend!  I'm in rehearsals for most of the weekend for some plays, but I'm hoping to get outside and enjoy the early September weather!  Mr. Cole and I went to the Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay last weekend, and it was just stunning-so many colors were still vibrant!  Lots of bees and butterflies were very happy, too!

Becca