Dear First Grade Families,                                                             9-18-17

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign your child’s test and return the booklet.

Our Gym time for this week is on Wednesday.  Please have your child wear gym shoes on Wednesday.

Students will have time to read on the computer during class.  If possible, please send a pair of headphones to school for your child to use during this time.  Many students have already brought their own headphones.

I have tested students to determine their reading level.  Students will receive books in their book bag at their level to read at home.  Please have your child read for 20 minutes or more each day for homework.  Students can reread books a few times to build fluency.

Reading lessons include learning about reading strategies and our focus is the narrative.  Writing lessons also focus on the narrative.  Students are learning about how to write a personal narrative or story about an experience they have had.  Last week, students wrote about summer vacation and their favorite part about recess.

Math lessons include counting using a number grid and number line; counting using tally marks; addition; and learning how to read charts and graphs.

Our focus for Social Studies is learning about how to get along with others.  Students are learning about how rules provide order in the classroom and in the world.

Science lessons will include study of light and sound waves.

In addition to reading for homework, I am giving each student a sight word book.  Please review the sight word book with your child.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski