Tuesday, August 23, 2011

We have had a great start to the school year! I am having so much fun getting to know all of my new students and and looking forward to spending the year with them.

Homework packets went home on Friday. The spelling words for this week are:
1. top
2. the
3. on
4. and
5. the*

*This word is a sight word and cannot be sounded out, it needs to be memorized.

Here are a couple of announcements for this week:


  • Picture day is this Thursday, August 25th. Please make sure your child is in uniform for these pictures because these are the pictures that will be used for the yearbook. Envelopes to purchase the pictures went home last week. Please make sure they are turned in no later than Thursday morning if you would like to buy pictures.

  • Entertainment books went home yesterday. If you do not want to buy or sell the entertainment book, please return it to school. If youwould like to sell it please look at the letter enclosed with the entertainment book for more information.

  • Open House is next Wednesday, August 31st from 6-8pm. It is a great chance to come in and see our classroom, as well as attend the firrst SPIN meeting of the year in the cafeteria. I hope to see you all there!

  • Please make sure your child is bringing their homework folder every single day!
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know! My e-mail address is jcochran@lpatucson.org.


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Welcome to 1st grade!

Welcome to a new school year! First grade is such a fun and exciting time and I cannot wait to meet all of my new 1st graders! I just wanted to let you know a few things that will be happening in the next couple days.

Tomorrow your child will be bringing home a homework folder. Please read the information in the folder and return all of the forms that need to be filled out as soon as possible. Please also send the homework folder back to school with your child everyday.

The first two days will be learning our rules and procedures and getting to know all of our new classmates. I will try and ease the kids into first grade and then we will start with our regular work and schedule on Monday.

There will be a lot of class information coming home tomorrow but if you have any questions about anything please let me know! E-mail is the easiest way to reach me, and my e-mail address is jcochran@lpatucson.org. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions throughout the year.

I am so excited about this year and I will see you all tomorrow!

Miss Cochran