1. Mrs. Minton’s First Grade
What’s Happening in
Mrs. Andrews and
Mrs. Minton’s First Grade
October 2009
Teacher’s Corner
Mark Your Calendars
Wow, I cannot believe that we have completed the first nine weeks of school. I am very pleased with the progress our students have made. Keep it up! This would not possible without all your hard work at home. Thank you for all you do!!
Please check out our classroom webpage at: You will find lots of classroom information such as weekly spelling words, newsletters, useful websites, and much more.
Changes are coming. Please look in your child’s F.R.O.G.S Book for this information on Friday, October 30th.
If you have any questions, concerns or you need anything, please call me at , extension 118 or by
Oct. 2~Optional Workday~No School!!
Oct. 6~Fall Pictures
~Terrific Kids-5:30
~PTO-6:30
Oct. 9~Lazy 5 Ranch Field Trip
(Remember to pick your child up at 4:30.)
Oct. 12~Columbus Day
Oct. 13~ Wendy’s Night 5:00-9:00
Oct. 16~Fall Festival 6:00-9:00
Oct. 21~Unasssisted Writing Assessment
~Last Day of 1st Nine Weeks
~Last day to earn “Reading Counts”
points for 1st Nine Weeks
~“Book-It” Sheets Due
Oct.20-21~Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct ~Fall Break~No School!!
Oct. 26~First day of Second Nine Weeks
Oct. 27~ Wendy’s Night 5:00-9:00
Oct. 28~JAWCC Field Trip~”Stellaluna”
Oct. 29~Papa John’s Night
Oct. 31~Happy Halloween!
What are we working on?
Happy Birthday to. . .
*Math~Plane Shapes, Spatial Visualization,
and Patterns.
*Reading and Phonics~Discover Intensive
Phonics: Constant and Vowel Letter
Sounds, Slides, Making CVC real and
nonsense words.
*Social Studies~Families, Citizenship,
Rules, and Community Leaders
*Writing~Focus, Small Moments,
Stretching out stories, Capitalization,
and Punctuation
10-1~Abby Rhodes
10-8~Jaxon Godbey
10-8~Logan Castevens
Classroom Wish List
Lysol Spray
Clorox Wipes
Afternoon Snacks to Share
“Teacher Tip”
Practice counting by 5’s and 10’s to 100 and by 2’s to 40.