Mrs. Jackson
Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year!
I'm thrilled to be teaching first grade and forming a partnership with all families.
Please check this site periodicaly for important first grade information.
Class Schedule 2023-2024
7:45-8:05 Arrival/Morning Meeting
8:05-10:25 Reading
10:25-11:15 Specials (1-art, 2- music, 3-PE)
11:15-12:25 Math
12:25-1:05 Lunch/Recess
1:05-1:15 Writing
1:15-2:30 Social Studies/Science
2:35 Dismissal
*Library- Every Friday
Logistics
Friday folders and behavior folders go home each Friday.
Please sign and return both of these on Monday mornings.
The homework folder also goes home each Friday. All homework is due back on Thursday mornings. Homework consists of the reading log, spelling words, online resources, and a math worksheet or game to reinforce skills already taught.
Library books go home on Fridays as well and are returned the following Thursday morning.
More about Me
I absolutely love teaching first grade! Every day is filled with wonder, excitement, and so much learning. They are eager to learn, excited to please, and are at such an impressionable age. Every day I will work to help each child feel valued, loved, and part of our team. Another goal is that your child not only is the best reader they can be by the end of the year, but also that I've instilled a deep love for learning in them.
I've spent the past thirteen years in first grade but have also taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. My knowledge of where students are heading helps me to differentiate and challenge your child to keep progressing in their skills. I belive in hands-on activities as well as authentic learning tasks that keep studets engaged. Our classroom is always buzzing with conversation, games, and laughter.
Let's work as a team this year to help your child be successful. Always let me know if there is anything I can do to help accomplish your child's goals for the year.
Let's make this a great 2023-2024 school year, because we truly are better together!
email: emily.jackson@jeffco.k12.co.us
voicemail: 303-982-0022
Being able to watch 1st graders grow and become confident readers, writers, and deep math thinkers is part of the joy of being a first grade teacher. They come into first writing one sentence and by the end of the year they are writing whole paragraphs with detailed sentences. I also watch them progress into readers that can pick up any picture book and have the decoding skills to not only read it, but understand the elements of the text. They start with the knowlege of one digit numbers and work into the hundreds by the end of the year. My job is to provide sequential lessons that are differentiated to meet the needs of each student. It is a joy to watch them grow and become so confident in all of these 1st grade skills.
When you step into my classroom, you will see:
Risk Taking
Growth Mindset Conversations
Community Building
A Positive Classroom Culture
Engaging Lessons
Differentiated Instruction to meet the needs of each student to promote daily growth and challenges
Lots of lots of celebrations
Lifting each other up
Laughter and fun
Check Out What We Are Learning This Trimester!
Reading- Building reading fluency * Ending Blends * Dipthong Sounds * Being Able to Tell Our Comprehension Goals Independently*
Writing- Adding Multiple Adjectives * Writing Lists * Writing Compound Sentences * How-To Genres * Personal Narratives*
Math- Adding Strategies Within 100 * Explaining Our Thinking By Talking About It and Showing Our Work* Adding Two Digit Numbers in Multiple Ways *
Social Studies- Studying Notable People * Doing Research to Seek Out Answers* Geography* US and World Traditions*
