Our First Week of First Grade

HAPPY FRIDAY! 🎉 

We had an amazing first week in our classroom and we are so excited for the rest of this school year.  It is so fun having all of our sweet students again and seeing the growth they made over the summer in different areas.  Please read below about our important upcoming dates and announcements for first grade.

August 27th Class Pictures: St. John Photography will be taking our class and individual student pictures on the 27th.  The pictures usually turn out very well because they are candid shots taken outside.  Make sure to dress your child in what you want them to be wearing in their pictures. :)

August 29th 6:00-7:30 PM Curriculum Night: Note the time change!  Due to parent and staff feedback over the years, they have reduced curriculum night to two sessions.

6:00-6:40 PM

6:50-7:30 PM

Please, please make every effort to attend one of these two sessions.  I will discuss the first grade curriculum, expectations of students in the classroom, our field trips and performances, our first grade word study program, student/parent/teacher communication, and much more!  If you cannot attend, please let me know and I will send home the information packet from the event.

September 18th 8:30 AM-1:00 PM Walking Tour of Davidson: We are so excited to still get to go on this field trip!  Because it was rained out last spring, we decided the kids should still have this amazing opportunity to go explore Davidson and meet our community helpers.  Community helpers, cardinal directions, and maps are all a big part of our social studies curriculum.  We will need parent chaperones to walk with us so put this date on your calendar if you are interested.  More details to come!

October 19th Fairy Tale Ball 8:30-10:30 AM: The kids are all SO excited for this event! We plan and throw a Fairy Tale Ball for all first graders to attend.  Students dress up as their favorite fairy tale character and they rotate through different stations/activities over the course of two hours.  Parents are welcome to come and watch the very beginning of the ball when the students will do a group dance.  This portion will last about 10 minutes.  We will also need parent volunteers to help run the stations.  More details to come but mark this date on your calendar.  You won't want to miss it!

PhotoCircle: The PhotoCircle app is how I share pictures from our classroom.  It is much easier than uploading them onto the blog and then you can save them directly from the app.  It also allows you to upload pictures from our classroom events that you take.  Please only upload pictures in our class group that are from school events (no birthday parties or outside events).  Below is the link for parents to join. https://join.photocircleapp.com/rsIAdl

Blue Communication Folders: Please empty these every night.  It is usually a combination of your child's work and papers from us.  If you need to send us or notify us of anything, you can send a note in this folder.  Mrs. Rumburg checks and empties these every morning.

Have a great weekend!
Love,
Mrs. James 💜