Monday News, 9/9/19
I hope everyone had a great weekend. We are busy this week with our Daily 5 centers and new parent helpers. Let me know if you wanted to sign up but didn’t get a chance. Picture day is Thursday! Send them in free dress clothing. We try our best to get kindergarten and 1st grade pictures done before recess.  
Monday Folder

1. STAR reading log- color in a star for every ten minutes they read at home. You can read to them, they can read to you. Our Goal is to read 20 minutes each night. Goal is 8 Stars, 2 each night. Double check they are coloring in the accurate amount of stars. 
2. In a Million Words or Less- turn in next Friday
3. Signature page- sign and keep it in the folder. 

***Folders are due on FRIDAY.
This week This week we are introducing practice pages with addition facts and also high frequency words. Most of the kids needed more time to finish and we will start a finish up routine in class. They will also get faster at these pages as we do more of them. 
Math: Working on Problem solving for the next week. 
Sight Words for the week: can, my, they, would, friend.
Phonics Sound for the week: ”ab” and “ad” as in sad, mad, dad, fad, and cab, tab, lab...
UPCOMING EVENTS
9/10 Parents Advisory Council Meeting (come get involved!)
9/12 Picture Day- free dress. 
9/27 Staff Development Day (No School)
10/14 Staff Development Day (No School)
*ALL Fridays at Achieve are minimum days, 12:30 dismissal. Send your student with a lunch (or prepared to order hot lunch).

Monday News, 9/3/19
I hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend. These kids sound like they had a great time.  
Monday Folder

1. STAR reading log- color in a star for every ten minutes they read at home. You can read to them, they can read to you. Our Goal is to read 20 minutes each night. (a total of 6 stars for this short week)
2. In a Million Words or Less- return on Friday, September 13th. 
3. Signature page- sign and keep it in the folder. 

***Folders are due on FRIDAY.
This week St math and Lexia are up and running. Students can work on these at home too. Search ST math or Lexia Core 5 in app stores. These apps may not work on phones. Or you can try clicking these links for ST Math and Lexia core 5. Kids know their own login information. If not, email me and I will send it over to you. 
Math: working on problem solving skills and 1st grade math vocabulary. 
Sight Words for the week: are, me, the, why, did.
Phonics Sound for the week: ”an” and “am” as in man, pan, fan, can, and bam, Sam, slam, ham...
UPCOMING EVENTS 
UPDATE
9/10 Parent Meeting 6:30 (come get involved!)
9/12 Picture Day
9/27 Staff Development Day (No School)
*ALL Fridays at Achieve are minimum days, 12:30 dismissal. Send your student with a lunch (or prepared to order hot lunch).

Monday News, 8/19/19
What a wonderful start to the year. All these kids (and teachers) are getting used to all the new classrooms, rules, procedures and best of all, all the new faces. These kids are doing great!
Monday Folders
Today your child brought home a “Monday Folder.” Inside your will find:

1. STAR reading log- color in a star for every ten minutes they read at home. You can read to them, they can read to you. They also learned how to “read the pictures” today. This is a great pre-reading exercise. 
2. Sight Words- keep this at home and start practicing. 
3. 3. Signature page- sign and keep it in the folder. 

Folders are due on FRIDAY. Students will earn tickets for turning it in on time with the reading log!!!
This Week
This week we will continue to get to know each other and our classroom rules, procedures, and supplies. Not a lot of academics will happen this week, but we are laying amazing groundwork to build on. This week we hope to get started on ST math. A great program that kids can access at home. Students new to our school will have to complete a few lessons in class before they will be able to log in at home. There is a rumor that Jiji the penguin might come and visit our school!!!
This week we also get to start our specialty classes!!! Music/American Sign Language (Mon, Wed), Art (Thursday), and Library (Friday).
Join our Facebook page for fun pictures and updates "ACS 1st grade"
UPCOMING EVENTS
8/29: Back to School Night-5:30 All Parent Meeting, at 6:00, 6:30 I will give two identical presentations in the 1st grade classroom.
9/2-Labor Day (no school)
9/3 Parents Advisory Council Meeting 6:30 (come get involved!)
9/12 Picture Day
9/27 Staff Development Day (No School)
*ALL Fridays at Achieve are minimum days, 12:30 dismissal. Send your student with a lunch (or prepared to order hot lunch).
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We had a great day at the pumpkin patch. Thank you to all the parents and staff who drove and were ready to drive if needed. These field trip run on parents driver. THANK YOU!!!!!
Also, PLPs are next week click the button at the top of the page to sign up. 

Superpower of the week is the virtue of Respect again- This week is red ribbon week. We are talking about respecting ourselves, our bodies, and our futures by making health choices and choosing not to do drugs. This is a great thing to talk with your kids about.  
Zoo Phonics we are now learning about digraphs "ch, th, sh, wh. So excited! We will focus on "ch" this week. chat, chip, chop, chum, inch, rich, such, branch, much, which. 
Math: Math facts to 10 and later to 20. 
Science: Why are days long and shorter at different times of the year?
Daily 5-Working on sight words, writing stories, zoo phonics, reading strategies and a whole lot more.  
Homework- Star reading and Digraphs- See how many you can find while reading, keep a tally on your star reading paper. 
      
Have a great week,
Mrs. Kevwitch

Important Dates:
Halloween 10/31
No school/Staff Development day 11/1
PLP days, 1/2 school days 11/8 and 11/9
No school/Veteran's Day 11/12
Library Field trip 11/16
Thanksgiving Break 11/19-23

Thursday-Field trip Day! This is the first trip of the year. A rubric is in the homework folder to go over with your child before Thursday. Mr. Book and his wife are very sweet people and they appreciate how respectful Achieve has always been. This is their home and farm and they love sharing it with our kids. Kindergarten will also be joining us. This is Kindergarten's first field trip and it is up to us first graders and parents to set a great example for them. If you are able to drive even just your child we would appreciate the help. Still need a few permission slips turned in. If students don't have a permission slip they will need to sit in another classroom while we are gone. 

Box tops- last day for box tops is the 25th!
Superpower of the week is the virtue of Respect- Respect is valuing yourself and others. Treating yourself and others with dignity.  You get and give Respect. It is a cycle. 
Zoo Phonics we are now studying blends. Last week was "bl" this week is "dr." See how many blends you can find while reading this week. Our words are: draft, drag, drift, drip, drop, drill, drum, draw, drawn.  
In math We are finished with time. Students are able to tell time to the hour and 1/2 hour. Last week we started addition and subtraction up to 10.  This means math facts and how fast they can recall them. After this we will start with facts up to 20. 
Science- Last week we learned how to tell what direction, East or West, by finding the sun. Our sundial clock on the playground is in progress. We are hoping to finish it this week. 
Daily 5-Working on sight words, writing stories, zoo phonics, reading strategies and a whole lot more.  
     Homework- Star reading, field trip rubric. 
      

Have a great week,
Mrs. Kevwitch

Important Dates:
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25- Books family farm
Box top deadline 10/25
Halloween 10/31
No school/Staff Development day 11/1
PLP days, 1/2 school days 11/8 and 11/9
Library Field trip 11/16

A substitute today said that I have the sweetest class. I absolutely agree!!! This bunch is one of the sweetest, kindest, most flexible groups I have ever had. A shout out to you all, moms and dads, for pouring these virtues into your kids!!! 
Box tops- last day for box tops is the 25th!
Superpower of the week is the virtue of Flexibility- being flexible with unforeseen circumstances. Being flexible with your ideas and listening to others input. How can you demonstrate flexibility at home?  
Zoo Phonics with words in the "ot" family. Our words are: pot, lot, spot, cot, hot, jot, dot. 
In math We are finishing up telling time this week. Kids will be able to tell time to the hour and 1/2 hour. We will also be making a sun dial clock on the play ground to tie our science and math units together. 
Science- We are still working with shadows this week and studying the patterns that shadows have throughout the day. Head outside at home and see what you shadows look like. Are they long or short and what time of day?
Daily 5-Working on sight words, writing stories, zoo phonics, reading strategies and a whole lot more.  
     Homework- No parent pipeline this week. We are taking the week to focus on sight words. A link to our sight words is at the top of this newsletter. Also, click the tap at the top of our website for helpful ideas for practicing sight words. Many of them can improve there reading by knowing their sight words (we call the heart words because you need to know them by heart).
      Pumpkin Patch Permission slips sent home today Monday. Please return is with $9.00.
We will be celebrating Mrs. Morris' birthday tomorrow, Tuesday!!!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Kevwitch

Important Dates:
Mrs. Morris' birthday 10/7, celebrating tomorrow
No school/Staff Development day 10/15
Box top deadline 10/25
Halloween 10/31
No school/Staff Development day 11/1
Pumpkin patch field trip 10/25- Books family farm
PLP days, 1/2 school days 11/8 and 11/9
Library Field trip 11/16