Dear First Grade Families,

Welcome back to school after what was hopefully just the break that your family needed. The week before the break culminated in our much anticipated Day of Courage. First Grade enjoyed all the pageantry of the Middle School Knighting Ceremony, which was presided over by Queen Lesley in full regalia. Our class was really swept into the romance of it all! Each Grade class brought a recitation to share, and First Grade acquitted themselves admirably in sharing Brave and True. One student expressed that reciting a movement verse in front of her older peers made her smile from the beginning to the end of our verse. This experience built each class member's confidence and filled each heart with warmth to carry them through the colder months.

We wrapped up our Consonants Block and enjoyed the gratification of seeing completely filled pages of the Main Lesson Book before the break. The class is looking forward to delving further into the consonants later this year. In the meantime, they are now starting their first Math Block! This promises to be a fun learning experience filled with movement, images, and direct ties to the world around them.

Announcements and Reminders for First Grade:

Please send in two full water bottles daily. The children get very warm with all the speech and movement work that they do in addition to recess.
Layers, layers, layers! They will continue to keep your child comfortable regardless of the weather/temperature range of the day.
10/10-10/1:1 Fall Conferences (adults only). Please sign up here. If you need a different time, please let me know.

Warmly,

Ki Michelle