We have had a great two days of first grade! Students have been working very hard and I
have enjoyed spending time with everyone.
We have read some great books, worked in our journals, completed a
pre-unit math assessment, and have begun learning the many classroom and school
procedures. I am sure many kids will be
tired tonight!
Important
Dates/Events:
·
Thursday, September 10th – First School Mass at 10:00
·
Tuesday, September 15-Thursday, September 17th-
Scholastic Book Fair
·
Thursday, September 17th- Back to
School Night at 7:00
Specials: Tuesday
and Friday are gym days. Library is
Tuesday. Computers will be on Wednesday
and Art is Friday.
Homework: Beginning
Tuesday 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. On Mondays you will find a weekly homework
assignment sheet in the red folder. 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 should be
fairly straightforward for your child to complete. 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 will begin on Tuesday.
Our first unit is Understanding Addition. We will start with spatial patterns for
numbers to 10 and move 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.
On Tuesday and at the beginning of every new unit, students will bring
home a Home School Connection letter that will include sample problems and
problems to do at home.
Phonics: Regular
phonics instruction will begin on Tuesday.
Next week in your child’s red folder, you will find a Wilson FUNdations
program overview to help give you a better sense of our new phonics
instruction. You will also receive
information about Unit # 1, which is a review unit from kindergarten. It will cover letter-keyword recognition for
consonants and short vowels, letter formation for all lower-case letters,
alphabetical order, and sound recognition for consonants and short vowels. Planned time in this unit is two weeks and we
will move to unit 2 by the middle of the month.
Religion: Religion
will begin next week. Our first unit of
study will focus on God as Our Father and his love for all people. We will also work to foster an understanding
of what Jesus taught us about loving God, ourselves, and others.
I hope that you all enjoy a restful and fun weekend. Looking
forward to seeing many of you next week!
Alison