September 5: PTO/Fall Event 

September 8: Homework and Spelling words start for first graders. September 10: Pictures 

September 16: PTO Meeting 

September 26: School House Assembly/Students should wear House t-shirts. 

Homework will start the week of September 8. Homework will be sent home on  Mondays in an orange folder and should be returned to school on Fridays. 

Calendar Changes/Due to the upcoming Special Election, MNPS has made the  following changes to the school calendar. 

• Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 – No Students (Stockpile Professional Development  Day) 
• Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 – No Students (Stockpile Day; no school-based staff  report) 
• Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 – No Students (Stockpile Professional Development  Day) 
• Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 – Students Report (Regular school day; previously a  Stockpile PD Day) 

What We Are Learning for the Week of September 8, 2025 

Social Studies: Studies Weekly #4 “Landforms” and Studies Weekly #5 “Three  Grand Divisions” 

Spelling Words: cab had bag jam van tab sad rag yam ran from were

Phonics: Blending, segmenting, tricky words, and decodable texts Skills: Review consonant sounds and double consonants Tricky Words: was when why where which what Wit & Wisdom 

Focusing Question: How does the packhorse change life for Cal? Focusing Question: How do people around the world get books? Texts: That Book Woman 

Math: Unit 2 Addition and Subtract with Change Unknown Science: Science will start again on September 22.