Welcome to the wonderful world of first grade! This site
will give you important information about our typical day and our
routines. Feel free to call 276-6110 for more information.
More details available
Our lunch period is from 12:00 to 12:45. Students may bring lunches
from home or lunches may be purchased by the day, week or month.
Please send cash or check in an envelope with your child’s name on
it. He/she may pay for lunch before school in the lobby by the office.
Hot lunch costs $1.25 and extra milk is $0.25. If you are joining your
child for lunch, adult lunches are $2.75.
We have snack time/fruit break in the morning. Your child may bring
fruit, crackers, cheese, yogurt, vegetables, etc. I provide crackers
for anyone who wants some. Please do not send cookies or candy for
snack.
If your child is absent from school, please send a note explaining
the absence on the day your child returns to school. The handbook,
which you received at registration, outlines procedure for sending
medication if it needs to be taken at school. Thank you for sending a
note if your child must leave school early. Remember that you need to
sign your child out at the office.
We have P.E. with Mrs. Wiebers, Music with Mrs. Nolan, and Art with
Mrs. VanIwarden on alternating days. We have those
"Specials" from 2:25 to 2:55 daily. In addition, we have
Computer with Mrs. Nimmo on Thursday and Friday from 1:55 to 2:25.
In first grade, we are allowed to check out one library book from
our library. We visit the library daily. Your child may check out
another as soon as the current one is checked in. The book should be
returned within a week of checkout. Each child is responsible for the
return of any book checked out. As parents, you can reinforce reading
skills taught to your child by helping them read everything – food
boxes, signs, clocks, library books, etc. Reading to/with your child
each day provides an important model for him/her. Your child will be
bringing home a folder every night. It will contain any notes or
notices from school, work that your child has completed, and a chart
story that your child can read to you. Please remove the notes and
completed work but return the chart story. We are compiling a binder
of stories to be read again and again. When we are off and running,
the work folder will also contain a guided reading book which your
child should read to you. I will include a reading log for you to sign
after you have listened to your child read. The purpose of the guided
reading book is to reinforce a reading strategy that we are learning.
It is important that someone at home reads with/to your First Grader
and signs the reading log. Your child should bring the folder back
every day. Beginning next week, the folder will also contain
"word wall" words that your child is learning to spell. You
and your child should practice them nightly. When your child spells
them to me on Friday, we will retire the words. Watch for a new set of
words each Monday.
Birthdays are very important to First Graders. You are welcome to
bring or send treats for the class to help celebrate the special day.
For those "summer children", we have "unbirthday"
celebrations. I’d appreciate it if you could give me a few days
notice if you are sending treats so that I can plan accordingly.
Please do not send party invitations to school unless you are inviting
everyone in the class.
During these first few hot weeks of school, the kids might
want drink cups at their tables. They may bring the cups with screw on
lids and straws.
I am sending book order forms for two companies. I have found that
Trumpet and Scholastic are reliable and inexpensive. Please do not
feel obligated to purchase books when I send these home. If you do
choose to buy, please send cash or check (made out to the book
company) in an envelope with your child’s name on it. Please return
the form within a week.
If your child is transported home or to daycare after school,
it is important that your child is picked up in St. Michael’s church
parking lot or on the east side of the Washington School playground
(10th street). Please do not park on College Ave. as Canon
City High School dismissal time is just minutes before ours, which
creates some traffic congestion on College. You are welcome to walk
over and meet your child at our classroom door at 3:00 dismissal.
Please do not park in the west parking lot (9th street).
Thanks for your cooperation in this matter.
Thank you for the opportunity to work with your child this year. I am
really excited about the adventure ahead. Please feel free to contact me
at school (276-6110)* or home (275-4960) if you have questions or
concerns.* If you call me at school during the school day, your call
will be sent to my voicemail. I will return your call during my planning
time at 2:30.
Mrs. Mary Pirraglia
