Thursday, September 16, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Week 5
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Greetings from first grade!This has been a great week and we are excited to jump into spelling. We've been practicing our focus and attention skills throughout the day. This week, we will be learning how to include helpful thoughts to keep going when we are doing something challenging in our SEL lesson.
REMINDERS
👉Please make sure your child reads every night for 30 minutes out loud. Scientific reports have shown that "...unless students learn to read by the end of first grade, they are highly likely to remain poor readers and suffer academic difficulties across all subjects...if they do not learn to read at 'proficient' or 'advanced' levels, they will be disadvantaged in 21st century society." (Patton & Murdoch, 2014).
👉Please remember that all Fridays are Dress Down Fridays. Unless you have paid at the office, you will need to send a dollar for your student to participate in this school fundraiser. Otherwise, please send your student in school uniform.
👉Attendance in the first grade is also very important. We cover a lot of material on all days of the week and students will fall behind if they consistently miss days.
👉Beyblades club has started and will be meeting after school every other Thursday from 3-3:30. You will need to provide transportation from school for students that stay for this club.
WEEKLY FIRST GRADE FOCUS
*Language Arts: rhymes, syllable types, vowel sounds, declarative & interrogative sentences, rules 7 & 18, nouns, adjectives, author's purpose, elements of an informative, and literary appreciation.
*Math: finish Chapter 1 addition concepts and math test on Wednesday
THINGS TO WORK ON AT HOME 😀
*Learn to tie shoes and button or zip jackets.
*Practice 10 spelling words per day (read for reading and read for spelling), review all words on Thursday. First graders should read for 30 minutes out loud each day.
SPELLING WORDS
Thursday, 16th-Beyblades (all are welcome) *this club will only meet every other Thursday
Friday, Sept. 17th-Teacher In-Service/no school
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We've had another great week in first grade and we are loving getting to know all of our students. We have been focusing on attention behaviors for our Social Emotional Lessons (SEL) including how to manage distractions and pay attention. This week we will be practicing how to regain our focus when we lose attention or get distracted.
REMINDERS
👉Please remember that all Fridays are Dress Down Fridays. Unless you have paid at the office, you will need to send a dollar for your student to participate in this school fundraiser. Otherwise, please send your student in school uniform.
👉Attendance in the first grade is also very important. We cover a lot of material on all days of the week and students will fall behind if they consistently miss days.
👉Beyblades club has started and will be meeting after school on Thursdays from 3-3:30. You will need to provide transportation from school for students that stay for this club.
WEEKLY FIRST GRADE FOCUS
*Language Arts: rhymes, Spalding rules 5, 6, 18, & 19, declarative sentences, nouns, action verbs, adjectives, author's purpose, elements of an informative, and literary appreciation.
*Math: addition concepts
THINGS TO WORK ON AT HOME 😀
*In the first grade, all students should know how to tie their shoes and open/close their jackets. If your student is working on any of these things, please help them master these self-care items, this will boost their confidence.
*Spelling lists will be going home on Tuesday and our first spelling test will be next Friday, September 10th. Please practice ten words a day with your student in addition to the 30 minutes of reading they should be doing each day for homework.
SPELLING WORDS
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, Sept. 6th-Labor Day/no school
Friday, Sept. 17th-Teacher In-Service/no school
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Dear Parents and Families,
We have had another exciting week in first grade! We are sending home packets for picture day today or tomorrow so please check your child's bag. Picture day will be next week on Tuesday, August 31st. They can either wear their school uniform or best dress.
Please remember to make sure that your child is not bringing toys to school. We have still been having some toys being brought, so please check with your child to make sure all toys stay home. Also, our inside and outside drinking fountains are working so all students have access to water.
For Language Arts, we will be focusing on capital letters, identifying open and closed syllables, silent final "e" jobs, declarative sentences, identifying nouns and verbs, and identifying elements of an informative.
For math next week, we will be starting Chapter 1 Addition Concepts. This chapter, as well as the next one, will be review from last year. These chapters will be familiar and even easy for some students, but they will lay the foundation for the next chapters which will challenge them with new math concepts.
We have been enjoying the year so far and look forward to our first grade adventures in learning!
Your First Grade Team,
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Farnsworth
Mrs. Reimers
Important Dates:
Tuesday, Aug. 31-Picture Day
Monday, Sept. 6-Labor Day/no school
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Hello Parents and Families,
We have finished our first week of school and the students have been amazing. We have finished all of our benchmark testing and we are ready to move forward.
Parents please work with your child learning to tie their shoes, this is a very important skill they need to know in first grade. We are also having lots of children bringing toys, we would appreciate your help in keeping toys at home.
All Fridays are $1 Dress Down Day (students must follow the Middle School dress code on this day, jeans, T-Shirts, appropriate shoes, etc.) This is a fundraiser for our school. If the child does not pay $1 they need to be dressed in school uniform. You have an option to pay by the week, month, year or however you would like to pay. Participating on Dress Down Friday is optional.
This week in language arts we will be finishing our ABC's, starting phongrams 27-45 (please practice these at home), syllables, reading/segmenting words, and abbreviations. Spelling words will start in a few weeks, we will keep you posted.
In math we will start our number review.
Upcoming Events:
Labor Day - 9/6/21 - No School
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
5/17 - 5/26
Dear Parents and Families,
This will be the last blog post for this year.
Next week is end of year testing. Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep, eats before school, and is here on time. These tests are required by our administration. If your child misses one, or part of one, it will have to be made up. This will take place during recess or electives.
Please look for an information letter and permission slip for our upcoming field trip to come home on Monday, May 17. The field trip will take place on Monday, May 24. If you would like to join us, we would love to have volunteers.
Our dance performance is taking place this Friday, May 14. Please have your child go to their classroom at 6:30 p.m. The show will begin at 7:00. Immediately after their dance they will need to be picked up by you at the north hallway door. At this point they can stay with you to watch the rest of the show. No parents in the building, please.
We have enjoyed having your child in our class this year. We are excited for them to be moving on to 2nd grade and know they will continue doing amazing things!
Upcoming Events:
5/14 - Dance Performance 6:30 p.m. at Valley Academy
5/17-5/19 - Benchmark Testing
5/24 - Field Trip to Hurricane Pool
5/25 - Minimum Day out at 12:45
5/26 - Last Day out at 11:00 Enjoy your summer!
Friday, May 7, 2021
5/10 - 5/14
Dear Parents and Families,
We hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
Please send a water bottle!!!!
Next week in Language Arts we will practice verb tense, Rule 17, Rule 22, the suffixes er and est, and feelings and senses in poetry.
Spelling Words (we will NOT have a spelling test on 5/14, but will still practice during the week)
warm
unless
clothing
clothes
clothe
began
begin
beginning
able
gone
go
done
do
suit
track
watch
dash
fell
fight
buy
by
stopping
stop
walk
talk
chalk
soap
news
new
In Go Math we will continue with Chapter 12 and test on Tuesday, May 11. We will begin our review for end of year testing.
Upcoming Events:
5/14 - Dance Performance 6:30 at Valley Academy. Please check with your child's teacher if you are unsure about costumes.