We have had a great week of first grade! Students have been working very hard and I have enjoyed spending time with everyone. Today, and every Friday this school year, you will receive an update from the classroom similar to this.
Important Dates/Events:
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Thursday, September 15th – First School Mass at 10:00
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Tuesday, September 20th - Scholastic
Book Fair at 9:30
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Thursday, September 22nd - Back to
School Night at 7:00
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Friday, September 30th-Casual Day
Please send your child in their gym uniform
on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Homework: Beginning Monday, students
will have nightly homework to support the first grade curriculum. To start the year there will be a phonics and
math sheet for each weeknight. In the
months ahead additional homework will be assigned. The homework assignments themselves will come
home daily in the yellow folder and should be returned in the yellow folder on
the following day. At this early point
in the year, homework is meant to be a review of the concepts that students
learned in kindergarten. This homework
As the year progresses, homework will be
directly related to newly taught concepts in the classroom. Corrected homework will be returned home to
you.
Math: Regular math instruction began on
Thursday. Our first unit is Understanding
Addition. We began with spatial patterns
for numbers to 10 and are moving to making 6, 7, 8, and 9 through the use of
addition. Towards the end of the unit we
will move to addition expressions and number sentences.
Phonics: Regular phonics instruction began
on Thursday. Today you will receive
information about Unit # 1, which is a review unit from kindergarten as well as
a letter formation guide. We will cover letter-keyword
recognition for consonants and short vowels, letter formation, and sound
recognition for consonants and short vowels.
Religion: Religion began this
week. Our first unit of study will focus
on God’s creation.
I hope that
you all enjoy a restful and fun weekend!
Alison
