First Grade Newsletter
Week of September 7, 2021
Important Information
-Our school hours are 8:00-2:50 each day.
-Only breakfast and lunch are provided free of charge by the school.
-Please send two snacks to school with your student each day. We have two snack opportunities each day. Only breakfast and lunch are provided by the school.
-Please send your child to school with a spill proof water bottle each day.
-Please send a sweatshirt or light jacket with your child each day. Sometimes classrooms can be chilly and the weather temperatures can change outside.
- Please continue to check Seesaw throughout the week for messages.
-If your child is sick or there is a change of transportation, you must call the office
to notify them. Please follow this important protocol.
-Please have your student return the homework attached to this newsletter by next Monday. Please make sure they have their name on it. At this point all students are receiving the same homework to help them get into the routine of turning in their homework each week. As students progress you might notice they have different homework than other classmates.
Our learning focus this week
Literacy
This week we will be reading books about school, being a kind friend, and what it means to follow the rules. We will also be reading about the ocean and ocean creatures.
Phonics
This week we will review and apply the sounds we have covered so far this quarter. This week we will practice reading and spelling with these sounds:
Review: m, s, t, c/k, p, n, short a: f, b, g, short i
Tricky Words of the Week
Each quarter we will focus on 25 fry words. Students will practice reading and writing these words. Mastering these words helps students become more fluent in their reading.
This week we will review the words we have covered so far.
Review: the, of, and, a, to,in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for on, are
Math
We will continue with topic 1: Word Problems. Our focus math fact this week is +2.