I hope you all had a lovely weekend with your first grader. We will continue to learn classroom routines.
Dates to Remember
- Tuesday – This is our day to go to the gym. Please make sure your first grader has on gym shoes. Thank you.
- Thursday – OPEN HOUSE – 6:00 to 7:30 The parents will begin in the gymnasium with Mrs. Faraj. Your first grader will come to me in our classroom. Room 117
Look at what we are learning this week
ELA
- We will be reviewing our letters and sounds over the next few weeks. Most of the review will be on consonants, but this week we will look at the vowels a and i.
- I will be reading books from my classroom library to pique interest in the different books available. Your child will get to pick 6 books every week. They will use these books to read to themself and sometimes to read to someone. Some of the authors I will highlight this week will be Christian Robinson, Leo Lioni, and Adam Rubin.
- We will practice printing letters. (Printing is our way to write our thoughts to another person. We must be fast, flexible, and accurate, so printing will be a focus this year.)
- We will write in our journal almost every day this week. The focus this week is telling me something about themselves and not being nervous to make a mistake.
Math
- We will be learning different ways to make 6, 7, 8, and 9.
- The main math tools we will use are drawing quick circles, using our counting sticks aka our fingers, and utilizing a number bond.
- A number bond is incredibly helpful this year. Your child will learn that it represents addition and subtraction.
- Please help your child to complete their math homework each night and return it to school in the blue Take Home Folder. Thank you.
Science/Social Studies
We will be swapping back and forth with Science and Social Studies from week to week. We are starting with science. This week we will be learning about living and nonliving things.
Vocabulary
living = An organism (plant or animal) that grows, takes in nutrients, and reproduces.
non-living = An object that does NOT grow, does NOT take in nutrients, and does NOT reproduce.
nutrients = A substance that provides nourishment for growth and making energy
reproduce = To make another organism (plant or animal) like the first organism.
dead = Something that was once living, but is no longer alive.
food = A substance a living thing can take in to get energy or to help it grow.