Text Box: Welcome to 
Ms. Diesing’s Web Page!

Thank you for visiting my web page!  You will find some basic information about my first grade class here.  If you still have questions, please call me at

(847) 963-5733 or e-mail me at DiesingS@ccsd15.net

Text Box: This week’s spelling words: 
(Week of 09/02/08) 

tap, hat, can, at, up, down
Text Box: Text Box: News and Events:

NO SCHOOL— Monday, September 1, 2008—Labor Day

PTA Family Dinner—Thursday, September 11, 2008—6:30 pm

Picture Day—Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Text Box: Homework Policy
Homework packets go home on Mondays and are due back to school on Fridays, unless you are otherwise 
notified.  Students will lose some of their free time on Fridays if homework is not turned in!  

Homework Heroes #1 due by Friday !
Text Box: Room 116 Specials Schedule
Gym – Wednesday, Friday 1:00 – 1:30 (Make sure you have your gym shoes!)
Music – Monday, Thursday 1:00 – 1:30
Art – Tuesday 2:00 – 3:00
LRC (library) - Thursday 2:00—2:30 (return library books this day)
Text Box: Current Units of Study
Reading/Writing: Harcourt Story—”The Hat”
Focus Skills: sequencing a story and using phonics to decode words 
Math: Chapter 1 – Number concepts
Social Studies/Science – All About Me and Character Counts
Text Box: Room 116 
Mission Statement
To become the best we can be, we will always work hard and try our best.  We will look, listen, think and learn.  We will be respectful and show good 
character.
Text Box: Here’s a Sneak Preview of what is to come in first grade…

All About Me/Character Counts
Pebbles, Sand and Silt
Early Americans
Holidays Around the World
Penguins
American Heroes
Balance and Motion
Insects/Butterflies
Rainforest

Vocabulary Words for this week:

Stay tuned… we will start vocabulary later in the year!

 

STa