WelcomeWelcome To Mrs.

Scarlett’s 1st grade!

Contact Info.

Please email me or call me at any time.

I will try my best to contact you as soon as possible. Our

specials are not till the end of the day. Most days I will not get to

review e-mails until then. Please send a note or call the office if

your child is leaving early or going home with a friend.

Email: susanscarlett@smsd.org

Phone: 913-993-4117

Office #: 913-993-4100 - Connie

Pierce/Jane Dimmel

ClassroomClassroomRewardsRewards

Classroom Rewards• Our class will earn compliments throughout the year. Every

10-15 compliments will let them earn a choice off of our

MENU. You will receive a note home when our class has

earned a reward!

• Examples include: video & popcorn, crazy hair day, pj day,

game day, costume day.

• Extra PE time is given to students that have saved 15 red

tickets.

• Treasure basket toys are given to students who get their

names drawn from our red ticket jar or who get 2 rows of

stickers on their sticker sheet.

Important Important timestimes

Arrival8:00

School starts at 8:10 am. Please have your child to school in plenty of time sothey can get settled before the bellrings. Your child may go to the gym

if they come before 8am.

Snack10:15

•Please bring healthy snack that is easy to eat.

•Fruits, cheerios, granola bars are good examples.Please put in a durable container.

Lunch11:40-12:10 pm

Students with a cold lunch may buy milk/juice.

Birthday Snacks12:10 pm

Recess 12:40-1:00 pm

RecessRecess

We will have 2 recesses daily.We will have 2 recesses daily.

Please check the weather for morning and afternoon. Please check the weather for morning and afternoon. A lot of times it is cold in the morning and warm in A lot of times it is cold in the morning and warm in the afternoon. We will go outside unless it is the afternoon. We will go outside unless it is raining, snowing, or temperatures are frigid. raining, snowing, or temperatures are frigid.

DismissalDismissal3:10

Please email or send me a note in the morning if your childIs going home with a friend or going home a different way than

Usual.

This yearThis year’’s s subjectssubjects

Math• Numbers to 100 ordering &

comparing

• Addition & Subtraction Facts

• Place Value

• Money

• Time

• Measurement

• Data & Graphing

Language Arts Shawnee Mission uses the Wonders Reading

Series. In 1st grade your child will work on…•Blending & reading more fluently

•Sight Words

•Reading Strategies

•Nouns, verbs, & adjectives

•ABC Order

•Capitalization

•Punctuation

•Contractions

Homework & Spelling

•Homework is aligned with our Wonder’s reading

program.

•It includes our weekly story with story skill practice,

spelling, reading fluency, sight words, and a math

practice page.

•It is will come home on Friday and is due the next

Friday.

•Stories for HW will be on the Wonders website.

Directions will be attached to homework.

•Spelling Tests are on Friday mornings.

•www.spellingcity.com has our weekly spelling lists.

•You may use this as practice.

Sight Words• Sight words for the week will be sent home on Fridays.

• Sight words are different from Spelling Words

• These are words we like the students to be able to read by

sight.

• Sight words will be assessed at the end of each unit, which is

every six weeks. These first few weeks are a review of Kdg.

words.

• Students are assessed on reading the words, not spelling

them.

• Sounding out the word is not knowing the word by sight. They

should know the word within about 3 seconds.

Social Studies• Communities

• Economics – Wants vs. Needs

• Citizenship

• Geography

Science• Weather

• Shadows

• Health

• Space – sun, moon, & stars

When you are absent…

• Please call Julie Johnson or the office to let

them know your child will be absent for the

day.

• Please email me if a sibling will be picking

up work at the end of the school day.

• Please email me if your child will be gone for

a long period of time. For example a

vacation or illness.

SpecialsSpecialsScheduleSchedule

Monday: PE & MusicTuesday: Art

Wednesday: MusicThursday: Library

Friday: PE

Students will need to wear tennis shoes on PE days.Return library books on Thursday.

Special Student WeekEach student is assigned a special week in 1st grade! I tried to put

their week as close to their birthday as possible. Students with

summer birthdays are scheduled throughout the year and they may

bring their birthday treats in at that time.

1.On Monday, your child will bring in 4/5 photos to share and put in our classroom.

2.They will also bring the guesstimation jar on Monday. Due to food allergies, please do

not put food in the jar. The jar may have give away items, for example stickers, erasers,

pencils, little gadgets. The # of items will need to be between 20-50. We will give each

student something from the jar, and send the rest home.

3.Birthday treats may be brought in. Your child will be able to bring them to school in the

morning. No drinks or napkins are needed.

4.If possible, someone from their family may come and read to our class in the morning.

5.You will have a brown bag biography to do as a part of this week. The students will share

their bag with their classmates.

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FIELD TRIPS

Parent Volunteers

AND

Parent Volunteers• Parent volunteers may come any time from 9:30-11:30 am to help in our

classroom on Monday – Thursday.• There is a parent helper table in our classroom that has a parent helper

tub. • On the table, you will find instructions on what to do for that day or any

ongoing projects that may need finished.• Please sign up tonight if you are interested.• Parent helpers will start the first week of September.

Field Trips

•Red Barn Farm – October 7th

•? TBA

•Mahaffie Farmstead – May 4th

•Parents will need to drive seperately

and may need to pay a fee for

attending.