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September 2009

Autumn is here and the first grade community is in full swing with social studies, reading and writing, mathematics, and much more! Here are some key phrases to help promote conversation at home.

Ask Your Child About:


  • Journal writing
  • Mathematics workplaces (unifix cubes, pattern blocks, polydrons)
  • Wednesday Projects
  • Weaving
  • Morning Meeting
  • Things I learned about my teachers when they were Person of the Week
  • Mystery Pictures
  • Community Jobs
  • Recess
  • Our Lunch Poem (begins, "Here we are all set to eat...")

Some of the books we've read together as Penns include:

Off to First Grade
The First Day of School
First Day Jitters
The Little Bit Scary People
Wemberly Worried
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
Andrew's Loose Tooth
Smelly Socks
And Tango Makes Three

Some of the books we've read together as Charters include:

George and Martha
Daniel Goes to Meeting
We Go to Meeting for Worship
Wemberly Worried
Farralina and Marcel
Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores
The Greedy Triangle
The Friendship Tree
One of Each
Hunter's Best Friend at School