Preliminary Calendar for 2019-2020 School Year

Wednesday, September 4- First Day of School, Noon Dismissal
Thursday, September 5- CARES Parent Meeting, 6:00-7:00
Wednesday, September 11- Back to School Night  

Saint Andrew Night at the Phillies
Saturday, September 28, 6:00 PM

Join us for St. Andrew Night at Citizens Bank Park to cheer on the Phillies against the Miami Marlins! 
Tickets are available on the online store.
 

SUMMER READING LIST
Students entering Grade 1
2019-2020 School Year

If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson (available in Hardback, Kindle, or Library) 
                                   YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE:)

Please read 15 minutes a night throughout the summer.  Please see below for some suggestions.

• Biscuit Goes to School, or Biscuit Finds a Friend by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
• Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus
•  And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, and Cook-A-Doodle Doo! by Susan Stevens Crummel
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
• Aesop’s Fables, Illustrated by Charles Santore
• Weather (At Your Fingertips Series) or Whales and Dolphins: At Your Fingertips by Judy Nayer, T. Chicko & J. Chicko and Greg Harris.
• Frog and Toad book by Arnold Lobel
• Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner
• Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman
• Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
• Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle
• We’re All Wonders   by R.J. Palacio
   

• Simple Solutions Math Book, or another daily math practice book
• Readworks.com (optional) or any daily reading and writing practice books 

First Grade School Supply List 2019-2020

• 1 Box of 12 #2 pencils- sharpened at home
• Crayons (pkg. of 24)
• 1 Box of washable Markers ( wide)
• 1 set of washable water colors (8 with brush)
• 4 glue sticks
• Scissors
• Pencil case (soft case preferable)
• Small art box (that can fit in desk)
• OPTIONAL: colored pencils
• 3- 2 pocket folders
• 2 Boxes of tissues (1 A only)
• 2  Rolls of paper towels 
• 2 Clorox wipe containers
• 2 packages of baby wipes
• 1 package of napkins (1 B only)
• 1 Box of addition & subtraction facts flash cards
• 3 Marble Copybooks (Journal, Library, Science)

Please label each item with the child’s name or initials
                                                      Thank you!!

                                
USEFUL WEBSITES

Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/tlgordon7/
First in Math https://www.firstinmath.com/ ( password is in front of the study book )
Think Central:http://www.thinkcentral.com (password is in front of the study book)
Finding God  https://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents-and-students/resources/resources/grade-1
Readworks.com
Online Scholastic Book Club: scholastic.com/bookclubs
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Accelerated Reader is software for K-12 schools for monitoring the practice of reading. It was created by Renaissance Learning, Inc. There are two versions: a desktop version and a web-based version in  Accelerated Reader Bookfinder®. :Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can search in English or Spanish using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile™ measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.