{"id":1375,"date":"2019-08-29T15:40:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T19:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/missstraily\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2019-08-29T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:38:22","slug":"newsletter-for-august-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/missstraily\/2019\/08\/29\/newsletter-for-august-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter for August 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What We Did During Our Week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WELCOME TO THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a fantastic class and are going to have\nan awesome year! I sent home a colorful welcome packet in your child\u2019s blue\nfolder for the 1st<\/sup> week of school. So, I\u2019m not going to reiterate\nall of that information here. This newsletter will come out every Friday, and\nit will be full of information on what we did in school, and it will include\nlots of pictures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we got to know one another. We played\nlots of games, went over our classroom expectations, went to a few specials\n(technology, art, music and gym). We had a welcome back assembly with Mr. Short\nand met lots of other friends outside on the playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week we will be getting our full schedule, and then I will let you know what day we have gym on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our class size is small compared to other classrooms so that we can allow for a lot of one-on-one and small group time. Within these groups is when we work at your child\u2019s academic level. \u00a0At the end of the year, your child will certainly be ready for the next grade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We read a lot of great back- to-school books,\nand talked about ways to be kind and include everyone in our classroom. We have\nstarted our alphabet review, with a specific focus on handwriting. This is\nsomething that all first grade classes do at the beginning of the year. Kindergartners\nwill work at a much slower pace on alphabet when in small groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the first graders had the afternoon all to ourselves\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started daily 5 \u2013 and worked on read to\nself. They did an excellent job! First graders will begin word family review as\nwell next week with their first spelling test being next Friday<\/strong>!  They have\ngotten their 1st<\/sup> grade composition notebooks, and we wrote about\nsummer vacation! No longer do they have pictures in their notebooks, we have a\nstrong emphasis on writing in 1st<\/sup> grade! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summer Vacation Writing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Practicing read to self!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next week we hit the ground running and really\nstart to get our curriculum going!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, we will still take time to get to\nknow one another, and our classroom but a lot more learning will begin next\nweek. J Have a\nrelaxing and long weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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