1A: Mrs. Wieser
Welcome to the website of Mrs. Wieser’s Wonderful First Grade Class!
”Today is a GREAT day to learn something new!”
Welcome to all of the new First Graders in room 1A.
Clive, Sarah, Eric, Catherine, Jacob, Riley, Carly, Rebecka, Alyssa, Annestelle, Emma, Dominic, Anthony, Joshua, Joseph, Luke, Madelynn, and Isabella 
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Thoughts and dates for Fabulous First Grade…
*Monday, August 30th ~ First day of school!!! WELCOME!
*Tuesday, August 31st ~ Your “All About ______” Summer posters are due. 
We are going to share them with 1B so it is going to be really fun!!! Mine is all done
*Monday, September 6th ~ NO SCHOOL *** LABOR DAY *** 
*Tuesday, September 7th ~ Your “Me Mobiles” are due today. Try to do some really fun creative things with your hanging mobile if you want….We are going to hang these in our classrooms after we talk about them in our social studies classes with the other first grade!!!
PTO meeting in the cafeteria at 7:00 ~ your child gets a free sneaker pass if you attend!
*Wednesday, September 8th ~ Early Dismissal at 1:30 and jeans day…donation is $1.00
(or more if you want) 
* Friday, September 10th ~ School pictures…dress up day…”Say Cheese”!
* Wednesday, September 22nd ~ First day of Fall!
* Sunday, September 26th ~ Happy Birthday to St. Luke School!!! #57 GO LUKEYS!!!
* Monday, September 27th ~ Good Secrets/Bad Secrets
Winter Sports sign ups in the gym
It is very important that your child is able to AUTOMATICALLY read the kindergarten sight words.
Our first reading stories build on these words and you want your child to be able to jump right in and feel,
”I can do this….I know these words!!! This is EASY!”
It makes such a difference if your child feels success right from the beginning.
Here is the list of words that your child learned in Kindergarten and must know for the start of first grade….
see, the , I, you, a, come
am, from, go, we, have, little
do, are, look, they, like, with
my, here, green, blue, yellow, is, he, was, me, for, she
to, said, one, two, three, four, five, where, that, what, of
The following web site has many links to great reading sites with fun games and activities that promote early reading skills…
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-read.htm
The first 2 weeks or more of first grade we spend a LOT of time on classroom routines and developing a sense of community within “OUR CLASSROOM”.
We do begin our academic studies, but we spend a good amount of time getting comfortable with first grade and our new friends.
PLEASE help to get your child used to the changes of first grade ~ we only have one recess time and we do not have any kind of a rest time during the day…..these seem to be the biggest adjustments to the life of a first grader….
BUT…we DO have a simple snack every day, we DO go outside every day for play time (or stay inside to play if it is raining or very cold), we DO get our very own desks in first grade, we DO get our own books to keep in our desks, we DO get 8th grade buddies, we DO get to buy ice cream every day at lunch (if you have money) and we DO tons of awesome things during our first grade school year!!!!!!!
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Weekly Schedule for Specials for 1A… 
Monday – Computer Lab 10:30-11:15 /Library 11:15-11:45/Spanish 1:00-1:30
Tuesday – Art 11:15 – 12:10
Wednesday -Gym 11:15 – 12:10 (don’t forget gym uniform and sneakers)
Thursday – Music 11:15 – 12:10
Friday – Student Liturgy 8:45
Lunch everyday from 12:15 – 12:45
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Happy August and September Birthdays 
Eric ~ August 7th
Joshua ~ September 3rd
Maddee ~ September 23rd
Annestelle ~ September 25th
Star Student for the week of…
We will wait until school is underway for a few weeks before we begin any star students
Snack ~ Snack ~ Snack 
We encourage your child to bring a watter bottle to school every day to keep hydrated. However, it must be a pull up lid or a flip-top lid. It cannot be a screw on lid as too many times the entire bottle spills all over the desks and everyone ends up with wet papers and books. Thanks! Remember to keep water bottles out of bookbags so books do not get wet.
Here is an interesting idea…
WATER BOTTLE SOCKS
Help students stay cool by letting them keep water bottles on their desks. Eliminate the problem of “sweaty” bottles that dampen desktops by asking each student to bring a sock from home. Then have the student slide her water bottle inside the sock to prevent leaking and sweating. The sock can also be used to wipe up any spills. What a “sock-sational” idea!
Erie, PA
