an outfit for school.  Shorts and skirts must reach the tip of your child’s fingers when arms are extended to their side.  Tank tops must be at least three fingers wide. First Grade Newsletter  Shirts and pants need to meet. No midriff should show. October 30th, 2015  Crocs and flip flops are not considered First Grade Days Are school appropriate. !  If you choose to send your child to school in

sandals, they must bring tennis shoes to Math change into for recess and/or gym. We have been exploring geometry this unit with the We want to keep the amount of accidents in school kids. They have learned about defining and down. Preparing the students with the proper non-defining attributes as well as their shapes footwear will help us keep students safe when (square, triangle, rectangle, circle, rhombus, playing on the playground or at gym. Also, the hexagon, etc.) We have also introduced 3D shapes weather is getting colder so please send children in such as cubes, spheres, cylinders, square based with a sweatshirt or jacket for TOTP and recess. pyramids and rectangular prisms, and cones. Please continue to practice writing and counting to 120. Snack

Please remember to send a healthy snack and water Reading/Writing each and every day. Please be aware of certain So far this month we have been finishing up our allergies in your child’s classroom. “Powerful Partners” unit. They have been learning about what to share with partners and how to share. Upcoming We have begun introducing non-fiction books to the  Veterans Day- 11/11 class. They have been learning about the difference  Thanksgiving Day rotations- 11/23 between fiction and nonfiction books as well as the author’s purpose in nonfiction. Happy Halloween

Science/Social Studies We have finished up our Fall and Seasons Unit and we will be concluding our Nocturnal animals unit. We will be moving into our Thanksgiving and Veterans Day and Election Day units in the next weeks.

Thank you for everything that you do for our students. You make Davidson Elementary School a great place to work!!!

It is important to remember that school is a place of learning. We ask that parents keep the Vocabulary Words for October dress code in mind when helping their child pick out

 Miserable- very sad or unhappy  Possessions- something that belongs to you  Humorous- very funny  Beam- smiling a big, big, smile  Ordinary- normal or regular, not special in any way  Extraordinary- very unusual or special, far from ordinary  Fatigued- very tired  Refreshed- feeling better than you did before. Feeling cooler or less tired  Scold- tell someone in an angry way that he or she has done something wrong  Rush- move somewhere or do something quickly  Curious-interested in it and want to know about it  Masterpiece- person’s best work  Audible-loud enough to be heard  Inaudible- not loud enough to be heard  Ear-splitting-very loud. Sounds that are so loud they hurt your ears  Faint-difficult to hear