Mrs. Foley-Gajda-1st Grade

Welcome to First Grade!

Mrs. Foley-Gajda

Room 9

Specials Schedule

Monday	Art:9:45-10:35
Tuesday	**P.E. 1:45-2:30
Wednesday	Technology: 9:45-10:35
Thursday	Spanish 10:15-10:45
Friday	Mass: 8:15 Music: 9:45-10:15 **P.E. 1:45-2:30

**Please remember that every Monday and Wednesday, students should bring their gym shoes to school to change into. Boys should wear an undershirt under their polo and girls should wear navy shorts under their jumpers!

** Library takes place on a bi-weekly basis. So we will attend every other week.

Homework

Weekly:

Monday- Reading comprehension assignment

Tuesday- Math

***All weekly homework is due on Friday unless told otherwise!***

By Unit:

Book in a Bag

Spelling Tests

These assignments will be sent home at the beginning of each Superkids unit with a due date attached. You will typically have about 1-1/2 weeks to complete each assignment. However, each unit varies so look for due dates on these assignments!!!

***Reading for at least 15 minutes every night and practicing addition math facts is also considered standard homework.

~August & September Announcements~

· First Day of School: Monday, August 20^th

(No uniforms...Sunday Best)

· Please make sure that your child has an art smock here at school the first week!

· No School: Monday, September 3^rd (Labor Day)

· Open House: Thursday, September 6^th ! I am looking forward to meeting everyone!!!

· Hot Food Day: Tuesday, September 11^th

· ITBS Testing: Week of Sept. 17^th

· No School: Tuesday, September 25^th (Institute)

· Hot Food Day: Tuesday, September 26^th

Announcements

We will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed in September. Please look for notes about our celebration coming home. I will be looking for volunteers to donate a few “apple” items to the class.