First Grade Supply List
2008-2009
Backpack ( required to carry books and folders)
1 package of multi-colored construction paper
2 boxes of pencils (#2) 24 count
1 pack of cap erasers
2 boxes of Crayola Crayons ( 24 count)
1 pair Fiskars scissors (blunt nose)
6 glues sticks
1 bottle of Elmer’s glue
2 Composition notebooks ( black/white marbled please)
5 solid color portfolio folders ( red, green, yellow, blue, purple)
2 boxes of Kleenex
2 Spiral notebooks
1 bottle hand sanitizer
1 pencil bag with zipper
2 dry erase markers
Girls only: 1 box of
gallon size Ziplocs
Boys only: 1 box of
sandwich size Ziplocs
Available at Downtown
Elementary book store:
Chair bag ( required to old books and classroom suplies)
2 parent/teacher communication folders ( for daily folder and weekly progress
report)
1 ream of first grade handwriting paper**Please do not label any supplies.
We will do this for you. Put all supplies in a brown paper sack. Label only
the sack. School supplies are due by the end of the first week of school.
Thank You!
The First Grade Team
Downtown Elementary School

Summer Reading List (1st Grade)
Choose at least 5 books to read. You may chose from this list or the
list on our school
website.
Be ready to take an Accelerated Reader test on each book that you read this
summer when school begins in August. Have a great summer!
- Just Granpa and Me by Mercer Mayer
- Happy Birthday , Thomas! by W. Awdry
- A Kiss for Little Bear by Else H. Minarick
- So Sick! by Harrier Ziefert
- Nobody Asked Me..Baby Sister by Martha Alexander
- Just a Mess by Mercer Mayer
- The Prince's Tooth Is Loose by Harriet Ziefert
- Are You My Mother? By P.D. Easman
- Ice-Cold Birthday by M. Cocca-Leffler
- Big Dog & Little Dog by P.D. Eastman