Things you can do to help your child this year. Send your child with a backpack daily. Look in your child’s backpack daily. Help your child with their homework daily. Read with your child 20 minutes a day. Encourage your child to talk about school. Please make sure your child attends school on time daily.

The following items are used regularly throughout the year. We greatly appreciate donations of these items at anytime. Glue Sticks Tissues Lysol/Clorox wipes Paper Towels Pencils Dry Erase Markers Fine Tip dry erase markers Sandwich bags (zip top) Snack bags (zip top) Gallon sized bags (zip top) bandaids Notice: The items on this list will be used during the regular school day. They may be brought from home on a voluntary basis. Otherwise, they will be furnished by the school. There are a few things that can distract from learning in the classroom, such as pens, markers, pencil sharpeners, and toys. We appreciate your help in having your child keep these items at home. Classroom Donations

Birthdays Birthdays are important in first grade. The week before their birthday they will bring home an “Owl About Me” poster to complete at home. The week of their birthday they will share their poster and we will make cards for each child on their birthday. You may send a treat if you wish, but it is not expected. Guidelines from the Health Department mandate that any treat has to be store bought and in the original wrapping. Due to allergies, nonfood items are preferred (pencils, stickers, erasers, book donation to the class). For the children with a birthday in the summer we will celebrate their birthday the week they are Star of the Week. The Owl About Me poster will come home the week before.

Homework A homework folder will come home every Monday. This homework should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please make sure the homework folder comes back to school the next MONDAY. Students should be reading 20 minutes each night. A reading log is in their homework folder for recording their minutes. Return completed log each Monday. The goal is 100 minutes a week. Our 1 st Grade goal is for each class to read 60,000 minutes this year!! Please help us reach our goal.

Website Faculty and Staff LaDawn Brickey or Stacie Christensen What our classroom site offers Student Computer Links Home Support Curriculum Maps Calendar Newsletter Classroom Donation ideas

Volunteer Opportunities Classroom Volunteers (beginning in late September) Listen to students read in a one to one setting. Help students with math skills in a one to one setting. Help supervise students in the computer lab while they type their writing. Please sign up if you are available to come help. Room Parent and volunteers to oversee class parties October- Halloween November- POW WOW December- Gingerbread Houses February- Valentines

LEADER The LEADER ME in ME

Class Dojo Class Dojo helps keep us focused and on task. Students earn points for positive behavior Students lose points for off task or negative behavior. When students reach 50 points they get to choose a reward. Parents will get a note with a passcode to log in and see how their child is doing in class.

mydsd Pay lunch fees View Desk (Davis Essential Skills and Knowledge) Busing information Schedule SEP Conferences Room 12 will be available today at 10:00 if you would like help setting up your mydsd account.

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb