Romano:gromano@LWSD.org / September 5, 2007

Important Dates

School Picture Day: Friday September 12th

Curriculum Night: Thursday September 18^th

·        Grades 4-6

·        Principal Presentation from

·       Grades K-3 from

The First Grade Adjustment

v The adjustment from kindergarten to first grade is perhaps the biggest adjustment our students will make at Peter Kirk.  The long day and increased structured time may make these first few weeks exhausting. 

v That’s the bad news.  The good news is we have an incredibly calm and well behaved class.  (At least this week J.)  Classroom behaviors have exceeded my expectations.  In class students have been funny, cooperative and excited.

v Even as our students have been great for me, expect emotional, sensitive, cranky behavior at home these first few weeks.

v Please understand students will not be adjusted to first grade by Monday.  In fact they will be even more exhausted by next Friday.  It will take all of September for students to fully adjust.

What to Ask About when your student says: “Oh, nothing happened in school today.”:

·        Our 4 classroom rules

·        The Marble Jar

·        The story: It’s a Perfect Day

·        Self-Portrait and photo project

·        Lunch, P.E., Music

·        Favorite Activity Time activities

·        The story Amanda Pig School Girl and other Amanda stories

·        The little book So Long Summer

·        The class book like So Long Summer

·        Classroom jobs

·        Franklin’s New Friend

·        Class book about making friends

·        Friday’s assembly

·        How the classroom library is organized

 P.E. Information

·        Our students go to P.E. on Tuesday and Wednesday

·        Please have students wear appropriate shoes (e.g. tennis shoes) for running, jumping etc. 

·       Students will be released from the gym on Wednesdays by Mr. Conklin at 1:45.

Snacks

·        Please send a mid-afternoon snack to school with your student each day.

·        If you can, please send in extra snack for the class to be stored for those days when students forget.

Volunteer Opportunities

Many of you have already expressed interest in volunteering your time for our class.  Thank you!  I will be going over volunteer opportunities at curriculum night.