LITERACY- Now that we have learned about verbs and nouns, we will introduce adjectives. Adjectives help our writing become much more detailed and descriptive. We are working hard learning how to draw people....no more stick figures in first grade! These drawings help tell our stories.

MATH-  We have written subtraction stories, with the corresponding number bond, and subtraction sentence. We will discover fact families, and write two addition and two subtraction sentences for each number bond/fact family. So, from the number bond of 3,5, and 8, come the math sentences: 3+5=8, 5+3=8, 8-3=5 and 8-5=3.

BIBLE- We have seen God's faithfulness to the Israelites and talked about His faithfulness to us. We have also learned a fun song to help us memorize the Commandments! We will learn about Joshua, Israel's new leader. October's Bible verse is "As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."- Joshua 24:15. We will talk about ways to serve the Lord.

SCIENCE- We observed our new turtle, "Bob", walk around the playground.  We learned what it means when his throat pulsates and why we need to let him go soon! We also sketched Bob and wrote down our observations.

UPCOMING EVENTS

-Wednesdays- 8:30-9:00-Please join us for Chapel!

- Fridays- Relaxed dress days. Please see handbook for dress guidelines.

October 2- Singapore Math for new parents, 4-5 PM in the LS Library. If you would like to know more about Singapore Math, see how we instruct, or ask questions about the Lower School math program in general, this event is for you.  We will lead off with a brief introduction to the system itself, followed by small group sessions with teachers who can show you specifics from various grade levels from 1st through 6th.  Come ready with questions!

October 13- Fall break, no classes

October 17- trip to the Paramount Theater, to see Lily and the Plastic Purse, 10:00-12:00

October 17-Fall Festival at Upper, dismiss at 2:15pm

October 18th- PTC First Grade Gathering- 7-9 pm at the home of Joe and Janice DiGirolamo (Mia's parents!)

October 20- Teacher Workday, no classes

October 20- TCS 30th Anniversary Breakfast, 7:30am, Upper School gym

October 27- 6:30pm, John Rosemond speaks at Lower on raising young children