1st Grade
Home Base
September 22nd, 2023
1st Grade News
Dear First Grade Families,
What a wonderful week back. First graders came back excited to share their stories about their adventures. Tigers were ready to learn and grow a readers writers and mathematicians. Everyday we are adding new snap words to our charts and learning craft moves to apply to our writing. Our reading unit begins soon and we will continue to lead a readerly life. Please continue supporting your child in doing so. Feedback Friday Folder goes home today, sit down with your child and talk about their strengths and areas of growth.
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
Reading: Build a reading identity and build good reading habits.
Phonics: Take time to look at letters and sounds in words by studying them closely in order to show our power to tackle super - hard words, which will help us to read more books.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Reading: We kick off a new unit in reading an begin by building a readerly identity, we will work on good redaing habits such as, world solving, motnitoring for sense and rereading, all while dcoding CVC words as well as word with beginning blends.
PHONICS: Readers and writers will see and show their power to tackle super - hard words, which will help them to read more books. We will celebrate and recap all the things we have been learning regarding blends, diagraps and snap words.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Reading: Talk to your child about what if their favorite genre of book, fiction or non-fiction, poems or graphic novels. Pick any book and have them read.
PHONICS: Use what you know about blends and digraphs to read the book “Wash Your Hands”. Remember to hear, say and identify the blends and diagrams we studied.
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Los escritores escriben para enseñar ( Libros Instructivos), Los escritores escriben para enseñar (Libros Instructivos)
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Solve addition problems by counting on
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Students will be using dominoes to figure out how many dots they have in different confugurations.
What mathematicians could be doing at home...
Home Connection Unit 2 Module 1 session 2 Due on Wednesday, September 27. Activity # 1 Dominoes
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
5-day Science Project: Collaboration & Engagement
What tigers are doing at school...
For the next 5 science sessions students will be creating a physical model of a plant and all of the different parts a plant uses to survive. As they create their model be sure that as they create each individual part they are using the observations, questions and information they learned about plants previously to show the purpose of each part of the plant.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Collecting materials that you might need to design your model of the plant. Place the in a bag and bring it to school.
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Learners and friends learn about caring for others through examples such as sharing or using kind words.
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Learners and friends learn the definition of compliment through simple examples. Friends and learners practice complimenting each other.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
Practice with learners how to say and receive compliments from family and friends
CONNECT
Upcoming Events
Sep. 22
Feedback Folders
Sent Home
Oct. 13
Regualar School
Day
Reminders
1-C Swimming Sept 18- Oct 6th.
Make sure to read and write everyday.
Attached you will find links to Blends & Digraphs Chart, Vowel Chart and Word Wall. Please bring back your Feedback Friday Folder on Monday.
September - Calendar
Swimming
Big Questions Day
Meet the Team!
Mrs. Gema Pereira
1A
Ms. Claudia Romero
1B
Mrs. Daniela Carrión
1C
Mrs. Ma. José Bravo
1D
Betzaida Oviedo
1A Paraprofessional
Adriana Zeledón
1B Paraprofessional
Denissa Estrada
1C Paraprofessional
Kathya Blanco
1D Paraprofessional
Mrs. Dámaris Valdivia
First Grade
Spanish Lead
Cristina Melendez
1st Grade
Spanish Paraprofessional
Mrs. Mercedes Estrada
First Grade
Inclusion Lead