_______________ Class News Mrs. Lackey and Mrs. Arias, First Grade, DI _______ September 14-18 Date reminders: Teacher Message: Early Release Day Wednesday at 11am Your students are doing a wonderful job in first grade so far. We are learning about what it means to be a leader and we are practicing working independently. You might have noticed your child coming home with number on their behavior sheet from time to time. The letter meanings are located on the calendar we sent home and also on the inside of their homework folder. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. The school phone number is 704-872-9541 and my email address is rachel_lackey@iss.k12.nc.us. Thursday is out of uniform for $1 to support the United Way Thursday Mrs. Arias’ class has an English Spelling Test Friday Mrs. Lackey’s class has an English Spelling Test Leader In Me: This week we are working on Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. We will be talking about what it means to make a goal and a plan for how to reach your goal. OK Reading / Language Arts: We will be spending time practicing building our reading stamina and working on our sight words and writing complete sentences. We are also working on characters and character traits. Math: Reading 3D: This week we will continue Reading 3D testing. Our goal is to finish this week! Be looking for more information to come. We will be working on writing, manipulating, and recognizing numbers 1120 this week. We will also be practicing building numbers using a tens frame.