Red Ribbon Week!

This week is full of more fun and lots of Red! It is Red Ribbon Week. Our school will celebrate being Drug-Free!

Monday- Wear Red Day
Tuesday- Wear something red, white or blue (all three is good too) Real heros don’t do drugs…
Wednesday- Wear your school colors- Show your drug free school spirit.
Thursday-Wear mismatched Socks- Sock it to drugs.
Friday- Wear a hat day! Use your head not drugs.
Fall Festival!!

Math Learning Goals for the week:
Students will be able to
1. Identify the value and the name of a penny and nickel.
2. Tell time to the hour drawing hands and writing the analog time.
3. Count mixed coins with nickels and pennies and write the total value.
4. Understand number models/number sentence for addition and introduce subtraction.
5. Understand and represent place value to the tens.

Reading and Writing Learning Goals for the week:
Students will be able to
1. Read and write words that include the long a, soft c and g.
2. Identify a pronoun in a sentence that is read in a story and identify a pronoun in their own writing.
3. Identify and retell the cause and effect in a story.
4. Write a topic sentence and a detail sentence.

Short Week!

Hello Millerville Families,

We have a short but busy week! We will continue to focus on our learning goals from last week. Also, 1/2 of us travel to the Apple Barrel on Monday and 1/2 on Wednesday. Our bus loads at 9:30 and leaves at 9:40. We should return to school around 11:15. I have contacted parents who were interested in attending and divided the students accordingly. Please contact me right away if you still would like to join us!

Early out on Wedneday begins at 1:25
No School on Thursday and Friday

Please contact me if you have any questions.
millern@sd5.k12.mt.us
270-0866 (text or call)

First Grade this Week!!!

Math Learning Goals for the week:

Students will be able to
1. Identify the value and the name of a penny and nickel.
2. Tell time to the hour drawing hands and writing the analog time.
3. Count mixed coins with nickels and pennies and write the total value.
4. Know that another name for an addition sentence is number model.

Language Arts Goals for the week:

Students will be able to
1. Read and write words that include the digraph sh/th and the vowel sound in “all”.
2. Identify a noun in a sentence that is read in a story and identify a noun in their own writing.
3. Identify and retell the main idea in a story.
4. Write a topic sentence and a detail sentence.

Happy October!

Time is flying and first grade is a great place to be!! This week we have more exciting things to learn! Below are our Learning Goals for this week!

Students will be able to:

1. Add numbers below the sum of 10. It is a first grade standard to add and subtract through 20. Please be sure you help your child practice math facts each night.
2. Exchange 5 pennies for a nickel and understand that 5 pennies is the same value as 1 nickel.
3. Read and write words with short vowel u and consonant blends.
4. Write a question sentence with the appropriate spacing, capital letters and punctuation.
5. Write a complete telling sentence with an additional detail sentence.

Thank you so much for your support! Please feel free to contact your child's teacher if you have any questions. :)

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.

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.

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.