Author: Julie Spence

Join us next Monday, October 29th! Admission is $5.00

Any candy donations can be sent to the office.

This year at Maples the students will be able to earn brag tags throughout the school year.

Here is some information to explain what brag tags are and how your child can earn them.

Brag tags are incentive tags that your child can earn for positive behavior and choices that he/she makes during the school day. The tags are placed on a necklace that is kept at school and brought home at the end of the school year. Brag tags are not meant to take home but can be looked at if you come into school to visit. We will also have them available when you come in for parent/teacher conferences.

Brag tags are earned when the teacher notices a choice or behavior that is done by a student that exceeds expectations. Brag tags can be earned for many things. Some of these may include: helping others, walking quietly in the hallway, good listening, being a buddy, following directions, etc.

Positive reinforcement is one method that we will use this year to encourage the positive choices and hard work.

If you have any questions, please let us know!

~The First Grade Teachers

Here are a few reminders about the book bags…

1.  No food, drinks or smoking around the books and bags.  These are shared books and many students need to use them so they need to always be in “like-new” condition.
2. Books and bags must be brought to school EVERY DAY!  No book bag = No new books sent home
3. Damaged or lost books and bags must be replaced.  Books cost an average of $5 each.  Please keep these in a safe place at all times.
4. Have fun letting your child show you what they’ve learning in class!

Tomorrow is WALK (or bike) to School Day. The goal of this day is to raise awareness and support health benefits of walking or biking to school. It’s a great way to start the day and get some exercise before starting school. Please consider walking your child to school tomorrow.

Welcome to the first week of October!

Here are some upcoming events:

Tuesday, October 2nd ~~ Picture Day

Wednesday, October 3rd ~~ PTA meeting in the cafeteria at 9:00.

Wednesday, October 10th ~~ Walk to school day

 

Spelling Words: We are working on short e words this week.

Words: bed, red, led, ten, den, then

Sight Words: come, came, ride

Please make sure your child is reading for at least 15 minutes each night.  More books are coming home soon in his/her reading bag.

 

Happy Tuesday!

Spelling: We are working on short u words this week.

Words: bun, sun, begun, dug, tug, mug

Sight Words: we, went, will

 

We are getting started with Reading this week.  The students will be bringing home a reading bag later this week or early next week. Please make sure your child is reading the books in his/her reading bag each night.  It is important that they put the books back in their bags and bring them back to school each day.  There is a charge for lost books.

 

Picture Day is Tuesday, October 2nd. Forms will be sent home this week. Please fill out the form if you would like to purchase pictures.  Please make sure to send in the exact amount in the envelope. We will not be able to give you change.

 

 

Welcome to the First Grade BLOG! Here you will find information about things happening in first grade.   Here are a few things that will be happening:

• October 2nd – Picture Day
• PTA meeting – Wednesday, October 3rd at 9:00 in the cafeteria

Reminder: Spelling homework is due Friday.

Spelling Words:  nod, rod, stop, hop, top, pop, be, have. like

If you need to reach us, here are our email addresses:

• Mrs. Spence — spencej1@dearbornschools.org
• Ms. Jacobs — jacobse@dearbornschools.org
• Mrs. Abadi (Ms. M) — abadiz@dearbornschools.org
• Mrs. Zeitoun — zeitouf@dearbornschools.org