Important Dates! 9/3 Picture Day!

9/4 Track Out Day, Writing Celebration at 12:00, Early Release at 1:15.

10/1 Track in day!

Mrs. Murdock’s NewsSanford Creek ElementaryWeek of August 30, 2015

What’s going on in….Reading: Students will work with a partner this week to make their reading smooth and to help each other as they come to tricky words in books.

Writing: Students will choose one story to edit and publish in preparation for our writing celebration on Friday!

Letterland: Students will learn about words having a long vowel at the end of the word. Students will learn these words have open syllables. Example words are go, he, she, etc.

Math: Students will complete an assessment on using strategies to add and subtract. Then students will begin working on place value by learning to break teen numbers into tens and ones.

Science: Students will complete their measurement unit by making a measuring tape and measuring objects in the classroom.

Please join the PTA!The cost for an individual to join the PTA is $10 and $15 for a family.

Please collect Box Tops!We are collecting Box Tops throughout the year to raise funds to support our school. Please send in Box Tops as you collect them. The class with the most Box Tops collected by August will receive a Popcorn Party!

Writing Celebration!Students are excited to share their small moment stories with you on Friday, September 4th at 12:00. Please come and hear student’s share their stories, if you are able. We will have light refreshments. This is also an early release, so students will dismiss at 1:15.

Class Website!This year, I have decided to try my hand at a class website. The address to this website is

scesfirstgradetrack1murdock.weebly.com.

I will make every effort to keep this website up to date. You will find that there are links to popular sites on the website. Please encourage your child to go onto A-ZReading to read online books and answer questions about these books.

Please make sure to return library books by Media day which is on Tuesday! Please send your child to school in tennis shoes on Thursday for PE!