Monday, September 26, 2011

What is happing in First Grade?

Weekly Purple Folders: On the calendar, please be sure that you log your child's reading minutes each evening and total the minutes on Friday. Also, the key word list should remain in the folder. This helps us to circle the words your child needs to work on and star the lists that have been mastered.

PE Shoes: Please be sure your child has a separate pair of PE shoes that stay at school.

Field Trip: First grade is going to the Apple Barrel on October 17th or October 19th.

Learning Goals for the Week:
1. Read and write short vowel e words and beginning blends.
2. Write a complete telling sentence: capital letter, punctuation and complete thought.
3. Identify the beginning, middle and end of a story (story structure).
4. Identify if a story is fantasy or realism.
5. Use a number grid, manipulatives and number line to understand sums of 10.
6. Write an addition sentence that include sums of 10.
7. Learn names and values of the penny and nickel.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Weekly Update!

Students will be dismissed at 1:25 on Wednesday, September 21st.

We look forward to seeing you and your child on Thursday, September 22nd for our Parent Open House!! Our time is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:00pm. Please let your child's teacher know if you are unable to attend.

Weekly Purple Folders: On the calendar, please be sure that you log your child's reading minutes each evening and total the minutes on Friday. Also, the key word list should remain in the folder. This helps us to circle words your child needs to work on and star the lists that have been mastered.

Learning Goals for the Week:
1. Read and write short vowel words that include: a, i and o with inflected endings- ing and s
2. Write a complete sentence: capital letter, punctuation and complete thought.
3. Identify the main idea in a story.
4. Use a number grid to understand sums of 5.
5. Write an addition sentence that include sums of 5.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Learning Goals for the week

As we enter our 4th week of school there is so much exciting knowledge to gain!!

Learning Goals for the week- Students will be able to:


  1. Read and Write short vowel words that include: a, i and o.

  2. Identify a complete sentence: capital letter, punctuation and complete thought.

  3. Write a complete sentence.

  4. Identify characters and settings in a story.

  5. Use tally marks correctly.

  6. Identify a greater number.

  7. Identify the number that comes before and after a number.

Weekly purple folders will begin to come home this week. Please be sure to write the minutes your child reads to you each evening on the correct date. Raz-kids reading and decodable books can be included in minutes read.