10/2-10/6 First Grade Newsletter

Dear First Grade Families,

I hope everyone is well. Here is all the information that you and your child will need for this week, 10/2-10/6. I want to keep you informed about the exciting things happening in our first-grade class. Please take a moment to read through this week’s updates to avoid questions that are clearly stated on all emails/ reminders. I would greatly appreciate it!

1^st grade class social/fundraiser
I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for everyone’s enthusiastic participation and support during our recent class social/fundraiser at Chuck E. Cheese last Friday.
It was an absolute delight to see our students and families come together outside of school to have fun, play games, and socialize. I hope that everyone had a fantastic night! 
Your support at this fundraiser is invaluable and will contribute significantly to our class’s funds for our upcoming fieldtrips. 

Extended due date this week:
Oct. 5- Class parties’ funds- $30

Homework
If you missed my email last week, you can check out my school blog and click on the links related to the homework. http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/

Please make sure to follow the daily assignment on our weekly homework list that will be sent on Monday. Kindly sign the homework list and your child’s behavior chart daily

• Math- Please see weekly homework list (Please don’t do advanced pages)
• Seesaw- This week is a review week. Students will be working on 2 Seesaw activities daily. Seesaw activities will be assigned daily. Please follow the blue homework list.

10/2-10/5 NOON DISMISSAL (PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE), NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY
This week will be noon dismissal, daycare is offered from 12-6pm. Last week, I sent reminder cards, please arrive on time. Each family is given 15 mins time slot, if you arrive 10 mins late, you will be rescheduled to the next available schedule. I will be discussing your child’s STAR test results and progress report.. With that being said, any missing/incomplete homework will reflect on your child’s grades.
Please check Gradelink if your child is missing any homework and reach out to me directly if you have any concerns or questions. Please keep in mind that the progress report is just a snapshot of where your child is at right now. Final Grades will be given at the end of the 1st trimester.

ALL SCHOOL MASS ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4^TH- FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS
Our all-school mass this week will be on Wednesday. Mrs. Grey has approved a special exception for the first graders regarding their attire for the All-School Mass. On this day, first graders will have the option to wear their PE uniform instead of their formal mass uniform.

Saint Plate Project & Report DUE on Oct 30th
Instructions, template and report sheet was sent home Friday, Sept. 29th (1 month of prep for project.
Each student received the following materials:

1. Ziploc
2. Report instructions & rubric
3. Report sheet
4. Saint stencil
5. Paper plate

Please read the instructions below.

1. With the help of a parent, student will research about their assigned Saint (catholic.org, usccb.org)
2. Complete the attached report sheet. (Paper plate & Ziploc will also be provided)
3. Include a photo or drawing on report sheet.
4. Cut out the report and glue them onto one side of the plate provided.
5. Using the stencil, create your Saint and glue it on the other side of the plate.
6. Students will bring their project to school and submit on Oct. 30^th  

* Please involve your child in making their own projects. *

Attached below are some example projects from the previous class.
Please use these as a reference, the reporting will be done in the classroom not on Seesaw.

Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4
Sample 5
Sample 6

Dress-Up
On November 1st, Students may come to school dressed up as ANY Saint.
Saint costumes do not need to be elaborate! Students will process in Mass with the school in their costumes. Costumes should go over your child’s school uniform, as we will be changing after Mass. This will be part of their Religion participation grade.

Classwork, Tests and Homework
Last Friday, your child received a packet containing all their classwork, previous tests, and homework assignments. These documents were sent home for your reference and as part of your child’s academic record.
These papers have been carefully graded and recorded in our Gradelink system, providing a comprehensive overview of your child’s performance and progress in school.

Halloween costumes
To ensure that all costumes follow our School’s Halloween costume guidelines, I would like to ask everyone what costume their child is planning to wear on October 31. Please be sure costumes meet all these guidelines. They must be appropriate and pre-approved, or a student may be sent home to change. Please let me know what your child is wearing by clicking this link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M3VW8FcFhJgLGnXCwFAaZsPXOgvg4cg23ODmT40fWSw/edit?usp=sharing

• Costumes should be child-friendly. No inflatables, no gory or scary clowns, no devils, or scary costumes
• Costumes Should Not:
  • Be obstructive, offensive, inappropriate for a Catholic school (skimpy or revealing), gory, evil, or violent
  • Drag on the ground
  • Contain sharp objects, pointed objects, or materials that may accidentally strike another person.
  • Contain any weapons that resemble or could be mistaken for an actual weapon.
  • Encourage cross-dressing. Boys dress up like boys, and girls dress up like girls.

UPCOMING EVENTS
School calendar can be found (clicking here)

• October 2-5 – Parent Teacher Conference Week, M-Thursday Noon Dismissals, sign up with teachers for parent conferences. Students should be in attendance if at all possible, especially in grades 3-8
• October 6 – Student Free Day, NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS and NO DAYCARE TODAY
• October 13 – Fall Candy Sale Ends
• October 25- K-5 Sound of Music Field Trip 8:30 am-1:30 pm
• October 27 – All monies due for Fall Candy Sale
• October 31 – Halloween Trunk or Treat (NOON DISMISSAL), Daycare till 3pm ONLY, 8th grade fundraiser at 11am (pizza sale), Daycare only from 12-3pm today (follow all Halloween dress up guidelines. Jr high to wear Formal Mass uniforms to daily Mass, then change into costumes)
• November 1 – All Saints’ Day: 8am All School Mass and Dress up, K-8  procession before 8am Mass (in saints’ costumes)
• November 2 – All Souls’ Day: 8am All School Mass
• November 9 – Fall Chocolate Sale: Magic Show for qualifying families, lunch and show provided in Hall
• November 10 – All School Ice Skating Annual Event (Sports PLC fundraiser) Toyota Center

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. I will try my best to respond as soon as possible.

Thank you & God Bless!

Warmly, 
Ms. Martinez