Dear First Grade Families,                                               2-11-19

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign and return the booklet.

This Tuesday, February 12, is the Haigh Family Game event.  Please join us, if you have time.

This Thursday, February 14, is a half day of school and students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.  We will have our classroom Valentine’s Day party in the morning.  Students may bring a treat or cards to share with other students.

The mid-winter vacation will be from February 15-18.

Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the February reading log.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week,

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                           2-4-19

We will use the same spelling list as last week so that students have more time to study the words.

Haigh is having a family game night on Tuesday, February 12.  I sent home a note about the event.  Please join us for this fun evening in which families will get to play a variety of learning games.  If you plan to attend, please return the form.

Students have a late start on Wednesday, February 6, and school will start at 9:35 a.m.

Reading homework will continue to include reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the February reading log.  It is very important that students practice reading at home to develop fluency.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week,

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                               1-28-19

Students will be taking the NWEA Reading Test on the computer this week.  Please talk to your child about taking their time and trying their best when they take the test.  Also, please make sure your child gets a lot of rest and eats a healthy breakfast.

Report cards will be sent home today.  Please sign and return the report card envelope.

Math lessons for the third report card marking period will include solving number story problems using addition and subtraction.  Students will also continue to use number bonds as they learn how numbers are related in a fact family of numbers.

The January reading log is due on Friday.  Please continue to make sure your child is reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the reading log.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week,

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                    1-22-19

Students will be taking the NWEA Math Test on the computer this week.  Please talk to your child about taking their time and trying their best when they take the test.  Also, please make sure your child has a healthy breakfast.  Students will be taking the NWEA Reading Test on the computer soon.

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign and return the booklet.

As we begin the third report card marking period, students will continue reading and writing a variety of narrative and informational text.  Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the January reading log.  This reinforces the reading students are doing in class during small group instruction.

Social Studies lessons will focus on economics.  Students will learn about goods, services, producers and consumers as we study how our economy works.

Science lessons will include the study of space and the solar system.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week,

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                        12-10-18

I am adding NWEA Reading and Math practice cards to my blog.  Please review the practice cards with your child.  We will be taking the NWEA Reading and Math tests on the computer in January and reviewing the practice cards will help your child prepare for the test.

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign your child’s booklet and return it to school.

On Wednesday, December 12, we have a late start.

Reminders: Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski

Reading NWEA

Math NWEA Practice

Dear First Grade Families,                                        12-3-18

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign your child’s booklet and return it to school.

The November reading log is due.  If you have not already done so, please sign and return the reading log.  I am sending home a reading log for December today.  Reading homework will continue to include reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the reading log.  Reading each day for homework is extremely important as it develops fluency and increase reading comprehension.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                                 11-26-18

On Friday, students will be taking a math test.  I will send home study guides for the test.  Please review the study guides with your child.

The November Reading Log is due on Friday.  Reading homework continues to include reading 20 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the reading log.

Reminders:  Wear gym shoes on Monday.  Return library books on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                11-5-18

Students will receive their report card during Parent Teacher Conferences.  Please return the conference confirmation sheet as soon as possible, if you have not already done so.  As we begin the second report card marking period, students will be learning many new things in the various subjects.

Math lessons will include learning how to solve number stories using addition and subtraction.  Students will also learn how to count up and back as they add and subtract using a number line or number path.  Students will also be learning about place value as they identify numbers in the ones, tens and hundreds place.

Our Social Studies unit of study is called, What Is A Family?  Students will learn about the different ways families work together and ways in which families are alike and different.

Science lessons will focus on learning about light waves.  Students will learn about sources of light as they explore a variety of science activities.

Reading lessons will include narrative and informational reading.  Students will learn more about retelling stories as they advance to higher reading levels.  Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes or more daily for homework and recording minutes read on the November reading log.  I will collect the reading log at the end of the month.

Writing lessons involve informational writing as students read about topics and write facts about the topic.  Students will also be learning about opinion writing in which students state their opinion about a topic and write reasons to support their opinion.

On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, students will visit the Haigh Scholastic Book Fair.  Students may bring money to buy books.

Reminders:  Students do not have school on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.  Picture Re-Take day is Friday, November 9, 2018.  Wear gym shoes on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski

Dear First Grade Families,                                     10-15-18

The First Grade Parent Meeting is Thursday, October 18, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.  We will discuss first grade curriculum and classroom routines.  The meeting will take place in the library.

Spelling booklets will be sent home today.  Please sign and return the booklet to school.

The permission slip and payment for our field trip to the Detroit Zoo is due on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, October 17, students have a late start and school will start at 9:35 a.m.

Homework for reading continues to include reading 15 minutes or more daily and recording minutes read on the reading log for October.  It is very important for students to practice the books at home by reading them several times to build fluency and move up the levels.  Also, please review the spelling words and sight words with your child.

Reminders: Wear gym shoes and return library books on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski