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April 23, 2016 

Dear Families, 

We had such a fun day in first grade.  High Touch High Tech came to visit for a in class field trip to teach us about sound.  We learned about how sound can have a high or low pitch as well as vibrate very quickly or very slowly.  We participated in several experiments to understand how sound waves are made and move.  See some of the photos below.  In Religion we are continuing our Video project on how we spread our love to others.  During Reading, we read the story "Rex King's Visit" and are working on going back into the story to answer questions about the text.  We also worked understanding Cause and Effect.  We will take a Superkids test on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  During Writing, this week we will continue to work on our ‘How To’ writing unit.  Exploring the difference in writing steps in bullet form vs. paragraphs in narrative writing.  We are finishing up our unit on Measurement as we have used our feet, cubes, paper clips, straws and pencils to measure and compare things all over our classroom.  Our class loved the hands-on learning during this unit!  This week we will work on American Monuments during Social Studies.  We will look at statues around the United States that have meaning to our Country.  

We were so excited to finally see a sign of spring today outside at recess!  We hope the rest of the week will be as nice as today and maybe we can bring some of our learning outside underneath the pavilion on the school green!  

If you have any questions comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me!  
Thank you,
Miss Coombs 

April 16, 2018 

Dear Families, 

Welcome back from Spring Break!  I hope you are all rested and ready for finish out the year strong!   I was so happy to be back in the classroom with our first graders today!  We had so much fun getting back into our curriculum.  We talked about how we can show our love to others today in Religion.  This week we will be working on a video project, talking about how we can show our love to God.  Once the video is complete we will upload it to the website for everyone to see!  In Science we are finishing our unit about Earth and Space - Sunlight, water and soil.  We are talking about how humans use water and how we need to conserve water.  This will bring us into talking about Earth Day which is April 22nd.  During Reading we are working on the -aw and -all word patterns.  Today we learned -aw says AW Shucks! and the -all says All Right!  We are also working with our new pattern words our, put, they, come and coming.  During math we are working with measuring length.  We learned that estimating means to make a good guess and measuring means to find the length.  We will be using indirect measuring during this unit mostly measuring with cubes and paper clips.  In writing, we are writing about our Spring Vacation and then we will continue to work on how to writing.  How to writing consists of a list of materials and then a list of steps to give directions how to do something.  It could be a recipe, directions to play a game, do a trick or complete an experiment.  

Today I sent home a lot of information to inform you of things that will be happening now until the end of the school year.  Starting next Thursday, one student a day will bring in a picture book of his or her choice to read to the class.  This will count as an oral language grade and will allow the student to show off his/her reading ability.  It also included the ABC countdown to the last days of school!  This is a fun way to end the year and get them ready for second grade.  I know it is scary to think the end of the year is approaching.  We still have lots of work to do, but we will also be having lots of fun!  


If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me! 
God Bless,
Miss Coombs

April 5, 2018

Dear Families, 

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter Weekend!  I cannot beleive that the week is almost over already.  We have been busy getting ready for Spring Vacation next week!  Those who came to Lego club on Tuesday had lots of fun using their imaginations creating and designing with the Legos!  I was very impressed!  This week we are working on comprehension as well as synonyms and antonyms.  In math we are workin on comparing and measuring length using indirect measurments such as string, our feet and other objecs.  During Religion we continued to talk about Holy Week and the Easter Season.  Today we talked about the Good Samaritan and how we can become Good Samaritan's.  During Science we are talking about Water and where we can find it in the world.  We are also doing an experiment to see how it changed from water into ice.  

God Bless,
Miss Coombs

March 15, 2018

Dear Families, 

I cannot believe we are in our third and final semester of first grade.  I have loved our journey so far this year and cannot wait to see what the next few months have in store.  These next months are a huge growing time for our first graders.  They should gain more independence.  Our curriculum begins to get harder as they are ready to use more problem solving skills.  In Superkids, our units go at a faster pace, therefore spelling tests will be every week or week and a half.  Our students have also built a foundation of reading with automatic decoding and fluency.  We now will focus more towards the comprehension component.  In writing, we are finishing up our letter writing unit and will move into writing 'how to' stories.  We will make lists of materials and include steps to show someone how to do something.  During math we began working on regrouping with two-digit addition problems.  In our next Topic we will learn how to subtract two-digit numbers.  Students need to continue to practice math fact skills as it is essential to build on for further math skills.  During Science we are going to begin exploring sunlight, water and soil.  In Social Studies we will continue to work on life skills and understanding how our community works, and our job as citizens.  In Religion we will continue to get ready for the Easter season as well as talk about how Jesus is good.  


If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to let me know!  
Thank you,
Miss Coombs 

March 5, 2018

Dear Families, 

We have been busy little first graders these past few weeks.  We have been learning and making so much progress!  Our fluency in reading is progressing as well as our math fact fluency!  We continue to work on these skills everyday as well as our comprehension and application of math skills into the real world.  At the end of last week, we learned about Dr. Seuss and played lots of fun games involving rhyming and counting.  This week we are finishing the first half of our Superkids program reviewing all of the concepts we have learned so far this year.  In math, we are working on adding groups of ten to two-digit numbers.  In Religion, we are talking about how Jesus showed his love through spreading the Good News and performing miracles.  We will also be talking about the stations of the cross and Holy Week as we come closer to Easter.  First grade and Seventh grade will be putting on a prayer service in the gym on March 14th.  In science, we are finishing up our unit on Trees learning the life cycle of the tree as well as how to tell how old a tree is.  During Social Studies, we have been learning about who is in charge of our community and what we can do to be responsible.  We have been working on writing letters including the 5 parts during writing.  The parts are the date, greeting, body, closing and signature.    Every single first grader has been making so excellent progress and I am so proud of all of them!  


If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to contact me! 
Thank you,
Miss Coombs

February 14, 2018

Dear Parents, 
Happy Valentine’s Day!  Our first graders did a fantastic job today at mass!  Everyone was blown away by how well they read!  Thank you for all of your support to help practice the reading to ensure that they were ready for mass!  We celebrated this afternoon with a Valentine’s day party sharing our love towards one another.  This is such a loving and caring class!  I truly love spending my days with all of them!  

We have been very busy this week getting ready for president’s weekend!  We talked about the past and present presidents.  We also thought about what we would do if we became president!  We began talking about 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less in math.  We also continued talking about team vowel words.  When two vowels are next to each other in a word, the first vowel is long and the second is silent.  We continue to work on fluency while reading as well as answering questions after we read to improve our understanding.  During Religion, we are reviewing for our Unit 2 test tomorrow.  We have also talked about Ash Wednesday and the beginning of lent.  In writing, we began talking about writing letters.  Letters have an introduction, paragraph and closer.  

If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to contact me! 
Thank you,
Miss Coombs

February 2, 2018

 

Dear Families, 

We had a fantastic week here in first grade celebrating Catholic Schools week.  Monday was kicked off by a pep rally.  Tuesday, we played Pokemon go and Trivia. We finished our care packages for the Nursing Home.  I am sure they will be very grateful of the kind gesture from our families. Wednesday, we were surrounded by so many loving grandparents and special friends.  Thursday, we loved sharing what we were learning with our parents and playing relay races.  Our class had some really close races!  Today we finished by reading with our mass buddies and watching a movie.   It was a great way to begin the Month of February.  February will be filled with fun activities and lots of learning.  Next week we will celebrate the 100th day of school.  As long as there are no more snow days, the 100th day is scheduled to be Thursday February 8th.  Today we talked about Groundhogs day.  The groundhog saw his shadow which means there will be 6 more weeks of winter.  

If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to contact me. 
Thank you,
Miss Coombs

January 16, 2018 

Dear Families, 

I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!  We are back and ready to work hard here in First Grade.  We have many activities coming within the next couple of weeks.  January 28th is the kick-off to Catholic Schools week.  Mass will be held at 9:00am on Sunday January 28.  A family pancake breakfast will follow Mass in the school gym!  Throughout the week the school will be hosting many fun events.  Grandparents day will be held on Wednesday, January 31.  First grade visitation will be from 9-10:30. Tuesday will be parent visitation as well as service day.  First and Third grades are teaming up to create care packages for the nursing homes in our town.  A notice will be sent home with a list of the supplies we will be collecting.  As I find out more information about other events, I will keep you posted! 

During the next week, in reading we will be working on adding -ed and -ing to magic e words.  When a word ends in the magic e, you drop the e and add the ending.  In religion, we will be talking about how Mary was chosen to be the mother of Jesus and how we pray the Hail Mary to talk with Mary.  In writing, we will be learning descriptive writing, adding details about how things look, feel, sound, taste and smell.  During math, we will continue to work on skip counting and using skip counting patterns to figure out word problems.  In social studies, we will continue to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King and in Science we will continue to learn about trees.  

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me! 

Thank you, 
Miss Coombs

January 10, 2018

Dear Families, 

Our first graders have been very busy this week!  In Religion, we were learning about the story of Adam and Eve.  We also had an assembly yesterday NED's Kindness Adventure.  We will be talking about kindness and what we can do to spread kindness throughout the next couple of weeks.  Your child may bring in money to purchase a Kindness item during morning prayer or lunch.  During Writing, we continue to work on opinion writing, writing a book of our opinions about our winter vacation.  In Science, we are talking about different types of trees.  In Social Studies, we finished talking about landforms and bodies of water and will begin learning more about Dr. Martin Luther King.  In Reading we are learning about the magic e.  When a word ends in an e and has one other vowel, the e is silent and the other vowel is usually long.  We are also working on talking about the beginning, middle and end of the story explaining the problem and solution.  In math, we are working on patterns to 120.  We will be using 120 charts to identify different patterns.  

Please make sure your child is reading every night for homework and practicing their math facts.  

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me. 
Thank you,
Miss Coombs

January 6, 2018

Dear Families, 

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  I hope you and your family enjoyed your winter vacation as well as the nice long weekend due to the snow!  I am excited to be back in the classroom with our little first graders to continue to learn and grow.  We will get back into our schedule and start to learn new concepts.  We are also going to be learning about penguins and snowmen throughout the month of January.  Please make sure that you speak to the room mom's if you are interested in becoming our Mystery Reader on Friday afternoon.  

I cannot wait to see what 2018 has to bring for our little classroom!  I will see you all on Monday! 

Miss Coombs 

December 22, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We had a wonderful week leading into Christmas.  We completed our work and had lots of fun!  Thank you to all of you who contributed to our class party today!  Our first graders had lots of fun and left with big smiles on their faces.  Santa should be very proud of each and every one of them!  I hope you all enjoy your holiday season!  I wish you and your family a blessed and safe holiday season! I will see you all in 2018!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

With Love, 
Miss Coombs

December 19, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We have a busy week preparing for the birth of our savoir Jesus.  Yesterday we talked about the Legend of the Candy Cane.  Ask your child to share the legend with you as it has many symbols of Jesus.  We will also talk about the Nativity this week and the importance of Christmas day.  During reading we are finishing up our unit of superkids talking about long and short vowels and character feelings in stories.  We will continue to learn more rules about long vowels when we come back from Christmas break.  In math, we are using addition to solve for subtraction learning related facts and fact families.  During Social Studies, we will be talking about holidays around the world.  In writing we are finishing our opinion writing unit.  

This week we have many celebrations.  Yesterday started off with watching our band concert.  On Wednesday, we will have our string concert and sing along.  Thursday afternoon, we will celebrate Christmas with a small get together with our Mass Buddies.  On Friday, we will have our classroom celebration.  We will have a book exchange.  I am asking all students to bring in one wrapped book.  We will also have a pizza party with some extra treats as we watch a Christmas movie and do a holiday craft.  

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me!  

Thank you and God Bless, 
Miss Coombs

December 14, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We have had a busy week in first grade.  We are learning to hear the vowel sounds in words.  We are learning the difference between the long and short vowel sounds.  In Writing we are writing our opinion, providing 3-4 reasons why we feel the way we do.  In math we just finished working on our addition facts and will not be working on our subtraction facts.  During Social Studies we have learned how to read different kinds of maps and how to use a map key! 

We have been practicing hard for our Christmas Concert!  I will see you all tonight at 5:30 in the classroom.  The concert will begin at 6:00pm!  I cannot wait to see all of our First Graders dressed up nicely for Christmas! 

Miss Coombs 
 

December 10, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We had an excellent week working hard and getting prepared for Christmas.  We celebrated our first week of advent preparing by doing good deeds around the school.  We worked on our math facts, memory words and pattern words.  We also learned about fact vs fiction in Social Studies.  We talked about how when we read we can read stories based off of true events (facts) and then we can also read stories that are made up (fiction).  In writing we began talking about writing our opinions.  Everyone has their own opinion, you need to respect other opinions.   It is okay to disagree with someone else’s opinion and for you to have your own.  In superkids we talked about adding ed and ing to the end of the word.  We also worked on our comprehension skills, reading to understand not only to read the words on a page.  In math, we worked on creating 10 to add and adding three numbers together.  

Our class enjoyed shopping for our family and friends at the Christmas Shopping Fair!  We also decorated a tree in our classroom and hung Christmas stockings!  

I hope you all enjoyed the snow this weekend and stayed safe and warm!  I cannot wait to see what this week has to bring with our little first graders!  

God Bless, 
Miss Coombs
 

November 22, 2017 
 

Dear Families, 

We had a wonderful day preparing ourselves for Thanksgiving.  Your children all shared their show and tell expressing what they are thankful for and why.  We talked about The First Thanksgiving and made cute Turkey hats. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  I am truly thankful to have all of your familes apart of our Saint Paul community.  

With love, 
Miss Coombs

November 20, 2017 

Dear Families, 

Can you believe thanksgiving week is already here.  We have been busy first graders working on reading, writing and math.  In reading, we finished units 3 and 4 of Adventures with the superkids learning about the le, ng, er and ed word parts.  We also talked about reading with fluency and reading to comprehend the text.  We broke books down talking about the beginning, middle and end.  In math, we are working on knowing our addition and subtraction facts.  We learned new ways to memorize and solve facts quickly.  Doubles, near doubles, counting on and making ten.  In writing we are writing adventures that we have taken.  We are adding sequencing words and details to make our stories more interesting.  During Social Studies, we will be talking about The First Thanksgiving.  In science, we are beginning to learn about the life cycle of a plant and the parts of plants.  

Any questions comments or concerns please feel free to let me know! 
Thank you, Miss Coombs 

November 10, 2016 

Dear Families, 



Our first graders are working hard.  We accomplished a lot this week.  We also had the excitement of using the Chromebooks to try out our new educational programs to enhance our learning.  Our students are learning to log in on their own and the proper way to handle the computers.  We want to make sure we are teaching our students proper digital citizenship. 

In reading we are working on -er and -ed endings.  -ed has three different sounds /t/, /d/, /ed/.  We are working on hearing the words and deciding which ending sound the word has, as well as hearing words and being able to spell them with the proper endings, and reading them correctly.  We are also working on our comprehension and comparing and contrasting stories.  During math, we are working on strengthening our fast math skills for both addition and subtraction.  Students should automatically know doubles facts and should be able to use the doubles facts to also solve near double facts.  We also want our students to know all the facts that add to ten.  We worked on counting on, putting the larger number in our head and counting on.   During Religion, we talked about the Sacrament of Baptism and how we are born at birth and again at Baptism.  We become Christians, and we receive God's life when we are Baptized.  During Social Studies, we talked about Veterans Day and what we can do to honor veterans.  For Writing, we are beginning to write a book across several pages.  We have been brainstorming ways and we will write a class book before students write a book on their own!  

Please make sure that your students are bringing their jackets to school every day as it gets colder.  Please also check the school handbook to make sure that your children are wearing the proper winter uniforms.  Students should not be wearing shorts or sneakers as part of their winter uniforms.  

Any questions comments or concerns please feel free to let me know! 
Thank you, Miss Coombs 
 

Any questions comments or concerns please feel free to let me know! 
Thank you, Miss Coombs 

November 6, 2017

Dear Families, 

We had a wonderful day today in Frist grade.  We worked hard and got a lot done.  This week in Religion we will be learning about the sacrament of Baptism.  For homework, your child is to learn more about their own baptism if they have been baptized.  If not they are asked to look at the symbols that are important during a baptismal ceremony.  In Writing we are beginning to write a story using more than one page.  In Reading we will take our Unit 3 spelling test tomorrow and we will begin Unit 4 learning about the -er and -ed endings in words.  During Math, we are learning about doubles, near doubles and making 10 to strengthen our math facts.  These are all facts your children should know within seconds.  During Science, we are finishing our unit about habitats.  In Social Studies, we will talk more about the Past, present and future as well as talk about veteran’s day.  


We have a funfilled week ahead.  
If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to email me! 

Thank you and God Bless, 
Miss Coombs
e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org 

October 17, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We have a busy full week of school this week!  We will be finishing Unit 2 in Superkids and take our end of unit 1 and 2 test.  I do not have the students study for this test as we review in the classroom and I use it to help see where your student may need extra help or where they are succeeding.  If there is an area of concern, I will let you know.  In math we are working on ten-frames.  In writing we are beginning to write and answer questions.  We will ask others questions, read stories to help answer questions and use data to answer questions.  In religion we are learning about Holy things in the church and what we can do to be reverent.  Father Tim will be giving up a tour of the church at some point this week.  We will also begin writing our scripts for the Saints Celebration.  Once the scripts are written I will make a copy to send home for your child to practice reading at home.  In social studies we are learning about time.  We are learning that time can be the past, present and future.  It could be the month or the day on the calendar, or the time on the clock.  In science we are reviewing the stages of life and beginning to learn about our habitat, the place that we live.  Just a reminder that tomorrow students must wear their dress uniforms for class pictures.  Please also remember to sign up for conferences next week.  You can find the link above on this page.  If you are unable to meet at any of the times provided please let me know as I would be happy to find a time that works best for you!  

Any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to let me know! 
God Bless, 
Miss Coombs

October 10, 2017

Dear Families, 

We have been busy here in first grade.  We have continued talking about our Saints play that will take place on November 1st at 2:30 in the gym.  This week for homework students are asked to complete research about their selected saint that is age appropriate.  You can look online, watch movies or go to the library to find a book.  We will be using this fact sheet to create our script for the play.  In Reading we have finished our first unit in Adventures of the Superkids working with sh, ch and tch.  Please continue to engage your students to sound out and spell words with these patterns.  We will begin working with question words in unit 2 such as what, why, where and who.  We will also work with th pattern words.  In writing we are working on our first draft of our small moment writing.  We will begin to edit our writing before writing our final drafts by the end of the week.  In math we are continuing to work with subtraction sentences.  We are learning that we can write multiple addition and subtraction number sentences for each part part whole mat.  Last week, in social studies we talked about being a good citizen and this week we will be talking about Fire Safety.  In science we will continue talking about the life stages of adolescent and adult.  Please remember that homework should only take 10-15 minutes a night per subject assigned.  If it is taking additional time please stop your child and send in a note.

Any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me! 
Thank you, 
Miss Coombs

September 26, 2017

Dear Families, 

Today we had a terrifict Tuesday.  We learned and talked about Jonny Appleseed as we begin our journey into the season of fall.  We finished our Superkids Placement Test and will begin Adventures with the Superkids tomorrow leanring about the sh, ch and tch patterns in words.  We also will begin to learn memory words each week to help us read and spell.  In math we are working on finding the missing part.  In Religion we are learning that we are a Child of God and we are each special and unique in our own way.  We will begin to sing "If I were a Butterfly" this week as we will use this song in our November Saints play.  In writing we are going to begin writing about small moments using complete sentences.  We want our children to learn to begin a sentence with a captial letter and end with an end mark.  We also want to encourge finger spaces between words and for them to sound out as many words as they can.  

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me! 
Thank you, 
Miss Coombs 
e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org 

September 21, 2017

Dear Families, 

Today we worked on listening and being kind to friends.  We are trying to find nice ways to talk to friends when something is wrong using our manners.  During Relgion we talked about how God made us like himself.  We finished reviewing what was taught last year in superkids and will begin our new book on Monday.  In math we are beginning to work with subtraction.  In Social Studies we are talking about rules that we have at home vs. the rules we have at school.  

Thank you, 
Miss Coombs

September 18, 2017 

Dear Families, 

We had a busy day today getting back to work.  I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend and had fun at the Berlin Fair!  Today we worked on writing lists of our favorite foods.  We continued to talk about how God is good for creating our world for us.  In Superkids, we talked about if a word has an 's' at the end it is talking about more than one (plural).  In math, we worked on using objects to solve problem.  In Science, we are talking about characteristics of infants and toddlers.  

I cannot wait to see what the rest of the week will bring! 
Thank you, 
Miss Coombs 
ecoombs@stpaulkensington.org 
 

September 12, 2017

Dear Families, 

Wow, we are already halfway through the week.  We have been working hard and continuing to learn procedures in the classroom.  Today we started our small guided reading groups along with working with centers.  In Religion we are learning about the creation story.  In math we are working on understanding number sentences, P+P=W (part + part = whole).  During social studies we are working on learning where we live on the map.  This week in science we will learn abou the life cycle.  

I hope to see all of you tomorrow evening at the State of the School at 7pm in the gym! 
God Bless, 
Miss Coombs

September 6, 2017

Dear Families, 
We have had a busy few days in first grade!  We are continuing to work on our classroom routines as we begin our curriculum.  We want to continue to remind our first graders about appropriate lunch time manners; Sitting in our seats, chewing with our mouths closed and picking up our garbage when we are done.  During Religion we have continued talking about Jesus as our friend.  We practiced making the sign of the cross as well as learning that Jesus died on the cross to show his love for us.  In writing we began to write our hopes and dreams for first grade.  During reading we are working on sorting beginning sounds words and that the ck say /k/.  This week we are learning the procedures for our centers so we can begin to work in guided reading groups.  In math we began our first unit working on addition.  We are teaching students how to put the bigger number in their head and count on.  We want to steer them away from counting all the objects and identify patterns.  In social studies we are learning about the Pledge of Allegiance and the importance of Labor Day.  

Don't forget our All About Me posters are due on Friday! 
Any questions please feel free to email me! e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org 

God Bless, 
Miss Coombs

September 1, 2017 

Dear Families, 

I cannot believe our first few days of first grade are already behind us.  We have worked hard and learned many rules and routienes in first grade.  We are learning to walk quietly in the hallways, follow directions, raise our hands, be nice to others and use our manners.  These are skills that we will work on all year long. In superkids we worked on sorting words by their beginning sounds.  In math we practiced writing our numbers and talked about which is less.   Today I sent home your childs All About Poster.  This can be decorated in any way you would like.  It is due next Friday, September 8th.  We will share the posters and then place them above the lockers for the duration of the school year.  

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 
Thank you, 
Miss Coombs

August 31, 2017

Dear Parents, 

Today was another fabulous day in First Grade!   We started our day by talking about Jesus being our friend.  We then talked about the Superkids, trying to remember what they all liked.  Please fill out the Superkids online paper that I sent in your child's take home folder today.  This will allow access to online material at home such as games and books to read.  In math we worked on graphing our emoji's.  We also talked about our classroom rules.  

Have a wonderful evening, 
Miss Coombs

August 30, 2017

Dear Parents, 

We had a fantastic first day!  We began our day organizing our new materials.  We learned about our morning routines and our Morning Meeting.  We went on a scavenger hunt to find things around the room and new information about our friends.  We read First Day Jitters, My New Teacher and Me and Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School.  We talked about how we felt coming to school today and drew our first day selfies.  I am excited to see what tomorrow will bring!  

Enjoy your evening, 
Miss Coombs
e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org

August 28, 2017

Dear Parents,

Welcome to first grade!  I am so excited to begin our wonderful adventure.  I hope you were able to enjoy your summer and provide your children with many learning experinces.  I cannot wait to hear about all of the fun you had.

On the first day of school please have your child come with your backpack, school supplies, a snack and lunch.  Don't forget to bring back your summer packet! 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me!  

God Bless,
Miss Coombs
e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org
 

June 19, 2017

Dear Parents, 

 As I am saddened to see my first class at Saint Paul School leave and move to second grade, I am excited to welcome the incoming first graders to my classroom.  Our year will be filled with learning, excitement and cherished memories.  Our classroom fosters a positive learning environment where students are encouraged to take learning risks. The children will be able to feel comfortable and invited, knowing that they can be themselves and make educational mistakes freely. My goal is to inspire, encourage, and engage each and every student in the learning process. I can’t wait to have you join me for an unforgettable learning journey.

To best prepare your child for first grade, I am asking that each child read daily for 15-20 minutes. I know this will benefit your child and keep their brain active for 1^st grade. To get ready for Envision Math it’s never to early to practice adding and subtracting.  Below is a summer packet with short activities to help your child prepare.  There is also a Adventure Journal attached.  Your child may write or you may ask your child what they want to write and you can scribe it for them. 

Enjoy your summer, and keep those brains active!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me at any time! 

Miss Coombs
e.coombs@stpaulkensington.org

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