Hello and Welcome to First Grade,

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2 Hello and Welcome to First Grade, This is so exciting that you will be a part of the First Grade family this coming school year! I cannot wait to work together with you and your child. I know how hard your child has worked this year in Kindergarten and you are all ready for a much needed rest. The best part about getting ready for First Grade is just how easy it is! This packet will provide you with the tools you need to have a fun and exciting summer along with learning new things! Summer Reading: Flat Stanley: An Original Adventure by Jeff Brown Splat the Cat: Back to School Splat by Ron Scotton I ask that the children be familiar with both of these books when school begins so that we can discuss and review the different parts of each book! Summer Project: This year we are asking the First Graders, with the help of their parents, to write a friendly letter to me about their summer. If you go on any vacations or to any special place or places (even a park or zoo) throughout the summer, you are welcome to take a picture and include it in your friendly letter. It can be mailed to the school or passed in by the first Friday of the first week of school. At the end of this packet you will find a template for the friendly letter along with a coloring sheet of Flat Stanley that you can bring on your vacation. Your child can tell us where you took him! We have a special Flat Stanley map in our classroom and we would like to see all the different places he travels throughout the summer months. You can even include a photo of your child and Flat Stanley if you would like! It is just something simple to tell me whatever they would like to about who they are or what they have done throughout the summer. I cannot wait to get the letters and hear all about your child!!! Remainder of Summer Packet: Also included in this summer packet you will find a list of the Dolch Sight Words and a list of words from the Kindergarten Reading Program. Addition and Subtraction Tables, writing templates for printing practice, suggested websites, and First Grade prayers are also included. Transition to First Grade Ideas: To help your child have an easy transition into First Grade he/she is also asked to know the numbers 1-100, to know the correct formation of letters and numbers, have a good grasp on basic addition and subtraction facts, and know the sight words. Most of these items can be reviewed while driving in the car. Some fun car games could be rhyming games or finding the letters of the alphabet on highway signs. It is also recommended that frequent visits be made to your local library and that your child participate in some aspect of reading every day. Have a wonderful summer. I am looking forward to the next school year!!! God Bless, Mrs. Melanie Boswell

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4 KINDERGARTEN VOCABULARY REVIEW see the you I come a from am go we have little do are look they like with my here green yellow blue is he me was she said to one two three four five where that what of for

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7 Suggested Websites

8 Suggested Math Websites y.html

9 Suggested Apps Fast Facts Addition/ Subtraction Phonics Genius Phonics and Reading with McGuffey PlayTales Gold Bible for Kids

10 GRADE 1 PRAYER LIST Amen. The Sign of the Cross (while crossing themselves): In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The School Promise Prayer heart. Today I promise to keep Jesus in my mind, on my lips and in my I promise to always do my best and to treat everyone with respect and kindness. I promise to take good care of everything God has given me and to have the courage to always do what Jesus wants me to do. Today I promise to live what Holy Family Holy- Name School teaches. Amen. Morning Offering O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all my prayers, works, and sufferings of this day; for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart. In union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. In reparation for all my sins. For the intentions of all our families, friends and benefactors, and, in particular, for the intentions of our Holy Father for this month. Amen.

11 Our Father Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Prayer to Your Guardian Angel Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God s love commits (entrusts) me here. Ever this day (or night) be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.

12 Grace BEFORE meals Amen. God is great; God is good, let us thank Him for our food. OR Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive, from Thy bounty, through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Grace AFTER meals We give you thanks Almighty God for these and all Your gifts, which we have received through Christ our Lord. Amen.

13 Date Greeting Body Closing Signature

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