Supply List and Summer Reading

 FIRST GRADE SUPPLY LIST

All of the work supplies will be your child's personal supplies to be kept at their desks. Please supply a plastic shoebox that will double as their art box, to keep overflow supplies in. Please label the boxes with your child's name. I will store this box in the classroom. Any unused items and the box will be returned at the end of the school year. Please label the box and items that can be labeled with your child's name.

All of these supplies should be able to fit inside the box with the lid on.  The box should only measure approximately 15”L x 8”W x 5”H it should not be a “Boot size” box.  I do not have the room for that size box.

1 box each of 48 and 24 count Crayola crayons

1 box of fat washable markers, and a set of at least 4 dry erase markers and eraser.

1 box of 24 or 36 count color pencils   

2 boxes of #2 pencils “Ticonderoga” only

4 large pink erasers

1 pair of child size scissors

4 glue sticks

1 set of watercolor paints 

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1 box of tissues 

1 roll of paper towels

1 package of copy paper

1 bottle of liquid hand soap, please try to get scentless or minimal scent types

We use a lot of Ziplock style bags throughout the year, especially on pizza days.

1 box gallon size Ziploc style bags

1 pack of disinfectant wipes, Berkley and Jensen, Clorox, or Lysol

1 Old oversized t-shirt or apron for an art smock with your child’s name on it.

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Items supplied by OLMC: Pencil case, Folders, Agenda, Scholastic News, Copybooks=$21.00. Can be paid by check or cash.

            First Grade Summer Reading  Challenge

Please take the challenge and try to read from each category throughout the summer, this is not required, but strongly encouraged. Happy summer! Mrs. Degen

Challenges

1. A Book I've Never Read Before (see the list at the bottom)

2. A Book About Jesus or Mary  (or both) such as:

Mary the Mother of Jesus, by Tomie de Paola

The Lady of Guadalupe, by Tomie de Paola

Our Lady's Wardrobe, by Anthony DeStefano

3. A Book About a Saint

Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, by Tomie de Paola

St. George and the Dragon, by Jim Forest

St. Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins, by Jim Forest

Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi, by Juliette Lavivier

A Saint and His Lion,  by Elaine Stone

4. A Book About Animals (non-fiction or fiction) 

Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey

Peter Rabbit,  by Beatrix Potter, (any of her books)

Any Frog and Toad book, by Arnold Lobel

5. A Nonfiction Book

DK Eyewitness books

Grandfather's Journey,  by Alan Say

6. A Book By An American Author

Any book by Mo Williams 

Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric Kimmel

Any book by Eric Carl

Any book by David Shannon

Any Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Parke

Any Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant

Additional Suggestions

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver

Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

My Friends by Taro Gomi

Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully by Audrey Penn

Mrs. Brown Went to Town by Wong Herbert Yee

A Lot of Hats by John Shefelbine

Frogs by Gail Gibbons

Little Fish Lost by Nancy Van Laan

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

Walk Around a City by Peter and Connie Roop

Night Sounds, Morning Colors by Rosemary Wells