1st Grade Presents The Mitten When : December 19th 2013Time: 9:30 amWhere: Sommer Cafeteria Wear winter clothes!

LAST REMINDER FOR THE BROWN SANTA TOY DRIVE

YOU CAN STILL BRING IN YOUR TOYS TO CANDYLAND!

If you would like to help the Williamson County Brown Santa program, please don't forget to send your unwrapped gifts for children ages infant to 18 to your child's classroom or bring them to Candyland.  The Toy Drive officially ends on Saturday, December 7th.  Thanks for your help!

Veteran's Day Assembly

When: November 8, 2013 at 7:45 am Where: Sommer Elementary Cafeteria Who: Sommer Elementary would like to invite our active duty, retired, or reserve service members to join us in honoring our Nation’s Heroes at our Veteran’s Day Assembly. Coffee and snacks will be available for our special guests following the assembly in the library. RSVP: If possible, go to http://goo.gl/6RvOJo ( located on Sommer's Homepage)

TAG Testing Information Night

TAG Testing Information Night - Oct 29th from 6 -7 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Sommer PTA Fall Fundrasier

When: September 23, 2013- October 18, 2013

What: No Hassle Fundraiser:

 * 100% of the money raised goes directly towards Sommer PTA Programs, PTA events and investment for     our staff and school.
 * Donations are 100% tax deductible
 * Students are not required to sell anything
 * Anyone can make a donation to Sommer PTA (grandparents , friends, business
 * No donation is too small or too large.

Our Goal: 

Our goal for the 2013-2014 Fall Fundraiser is $21,000.Your generous donation will help offset
costs associated with operating the programs and events sponsored by the Sommer PTA. 


How: Send in your donations to your class teacher  to help fill your class boot.


Please go to for more information go to http://sommerpta.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=3  Donation forms are found can be found here.

Freedom Walk

Next week we will be having our Freedom Walk following assembly. We will not be doing Spotlight Stallions as we will be honoring many more people. Each class is being asked to wear a certain color shirt on Friday.  Our class is supposed to wear Red.  So, on Friday, September 20th, please send your child to school in a Red shirt!!  Thanks for your support!!

Parent Information Night

 

Parent Information Night for Kindergarten & 4^th grade will be held this Wednesday, August 28 and for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, & 5^th grades Tuesday, Sept. 3.  We will run 2 sessions as well as a campus level session each night so that parents with children in more than one grade level can attend the sessions.  The sessions will begin at 5 pm.  Information is on our website & posted throughout the building

1st Grade-Is your child ready?

Is your child ready for 1st grade? If you have been enjoying the lazy days of summer as I have, then now is the time to get back in shape for school. There is an abundance of research that demonstrates most children require a full 9 weeks of instruction to simply get them back to where they were developmentally at the end of their previous school year. This is a lot of time wasted that could be spent advancing your child's development. I have searched several educational sources to create a 1st grade readiness checklist (skills your child should have mastered in kindergarten or over summer). If your child has mastered all of these things that great, continue to read and write at home. If your child has not mastered any of these skills, then take note and work diligently to accomplish these skills before school starts.

1. Does your child know the entire alphabet, along with all the accompanying sounds in capital and lowercase?
2. Does your child read two and three letter words easily?
3. Does your child count from 1 to 100 and back down from 100 to 1?
4. Does your child understand, create, and identify simple patterns?
5. Does your child write his/her first and last name using currect casing?
6. Does your child write descriptive sentences, such as "The lazy cat refused to chase the rat"?
7. Does your child write all 26 letters in capital and lowercase neatly?
8. Does your child recognize and identify all of the basic colors
9. Does your child skip count by 2's, 5's, and 10's up to at least 100? (2,4,6,8...and 5,10,15,20...)10. Does your child write all of the numbers between 1 and 100?
11. Does your child know basic word families? (at, bat, cat, fat go together & an, ban, can, Dan, fan go together)
12. Does your child recognize and identify basic shapes?
13. Does your child recognize and identify basic coins (dollar coin, 50 cent piece, quarter, dime, and nickel) and their value?
14. Does your child know the difference between consonants and vowels?
15. Does your child understand comparisons/opposites? (greater than/less than, hot/cold, shorter/taller...)
16. Does your child know that sentences start with a capital letter?
17. Does your child know that sentences end with a period?
18. Does your child know that questions end with a question mark?
19. Does your child tell time on the hour and half hour?
20. Does your child understand and recognize rhyming words?
21. Does your child recognize and understand one-half?22. Does your child speak in complete sentences?
23. Does your child mark vowels in a word or sentence if asked?
24. Does your child complete assignments based on oral direction? (draw a red line over the cat, circle the blue monkey...)
25. Does your child read months and days on a calendar?
26. Does your child make it until 4 pm without a nap?
27. Does your child know addition and subtraction facts 0-9?