Welcome
to First Grade
Specials
Monday-P.E
Tuesday-Music
Wednesday-Art
Thursday-Library
Friday-P.E.
*Please wear sneakers on gym days.
*Please bring in a smock if you haven’t yet.
Upcoming
Dates
Sept 7/Monday-No school
Sept 14/ Monday-No school
Sept 23/Wednesday-No school
Phonics
We are reviewing letters and sounds to prepare for blending
words. We are also practicing
handwriting.
Reading
Our class has been working hard with different shared reading
stories such as Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried, Hooray for Wodney Wabbit, and
The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Next week
we will be starting unit 1: Exploring Elements of Fiction. This unit concentrates on story elements,
main idea and detail, and comparing/contrasting.
We are also practicing and getting ready to begin daily
5. Daily 5 will take up about an hour of
our reading time. Students will work
with Ms. Lahey in small groups for guided reading. Others will get to choose an activity: read
to self, read to a partner, word work (phonics), writing, or listening to
reading. We are excited about the
arrival of devices (laptops) coming at the end of October. Students will be able to use them as a tool
to access their daily 5 work.
Math
Students have been having a blast exploring math
manipulatives. Unit 1 math is: How many
of each? We will be adding subtracting
and continuing their number sense. So
far we have been working hard at mastering numbers 1-20.
Others
Please check your child’s homework every night
Monday-Thursday. Behavior calendars in
their purple folder should be initialed every night.
Please return all of that “beginning of the year paperwork” to
Ms. Lahey soon! Special thanks, I know
it is a lotJ
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