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May 15th, 2026

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Dear Tiger Parents,

This week, our first graders have been actively engaged in strengthening their literacy skills, building confidence in math, and exploring important concepts about water and animals around the world.

In Writing, students completed their first week of our new nonfiction reading unit. They began exploring nonfiction texts and learning how readers gather information, identify important facts, and think deeply about what they learn from books.

During Phonics, our word detectives continued digging for bloopers and creating new words using the snap words they already know. Students have been practicing manipulating sounds and patterns in words to strengthen their reading and spelling skills.

In Math, students continued using the bundle strategy to add and subtract numbers up to 120. They are becoming more confident grouping tens and ones, using place value understanding, and explaining their mathematical thinking while solving problems.

In Social Studies, students were very excited to learn about freshwater and saltwater animals and explore how people around the world access water. They enjoyed comparing different environments and discussing why water is such an important resource for all living things.

It has been another wonderful week full of learning, curiosity, and meaningful conversations. Thank you for your continued support at home!

With appreciation,

First Grade Team 💚🐯🐾

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Reading: Readers will use tools to solve longer words, while extending their curiosity about those same words. They will learn to hold onto a topic and study it in many books in order to really learn.

Phonics: Students are identifying bloopers. They are learning strategies that can help them learn words.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Reading: Readers will continue to build a bridge between phonics and decoding, as they solve longer words in their non-fiction books. They will practice retelling as they read, using charts and chunks of the books to help them.

Phonics: Students are identifying which words cause bloopers in their writing and using strategies to learn these words by heart. They are also combining words that they know to create compound words.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Reading: Using this non-fiction book, make sure to think about stopping after reading a while and re-telling, use this Anchor Chart "Did I Retell Well" to help guide you.

Phonics: Students can use the Word wall to combine words and create new compund words.

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Ser auto reflexivos

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores de cuentos usan una lista de cotejo y se preguntan ¿Qué estoy haciendo para que mi cuento sea fantástico? De esta manera los escritores de cuentos reflexionan y se fijan objetivos para hacer la mejor escritura narrativa( cuentos).

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

En casa, inicia tu escritura independiente. Piensa en un personaje de ficción y empieza una nueva aventura, usando tu imaginación.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Add with sums to 120 using strategies that involve adding tens to tens and ones to ones, composing a ten when necessary.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will be using a long Path Game board that starts at 1 and goes through 120 and spinners to practice adding large numbers.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home Connection Unit 7 Module 3 Session 5 Path Practice. Children can play with this digital Place value with craft sticks game

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

I can make connections between what I learn in science books, my observations, and real-world science experiences.

What tigers are doing at school...

- Reading science books connected to our rainy season and sun movement units

- Writing observations about things they learned from books, experiments, and discussions

- Learning and discussing new science vocabulary and definitions

- Making connections between the sun, shadows, weather, and tools used to protect us from rain

- Reflecting on how shadows change during the day as the sun appears to move across the sky

- Discussing how scientists observe, record, and share information about the world around them

What tigers could be doing at home...

- Reading nonfiction books or watching videos about weather, the sun, and shadows

- Talking about how the sun changes position during the day

- Observing shadows outside and noticing how they move or change size

- Identifying tools people use during the rainy season to stay dry and protected

- Practicing new science vocabulary by explaining words and ideas to family members

- Drawing or writing observations about things they notice in nature or weather around them

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

What friends and learners are doing at school...

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

CONNECT

Upcoming Events

Reminders

📚Make sure to read and write every day for 20-25 minutes.

🎒Big Question Field Trip: May 18th, 2026

🏫🚨Parent-Teacher Conferences: May 20th, 2026. No classes for Primary! Don’t forget to sign in HERE. Also remember we have our second date for PTC on May 28th, 2026. Regular classes for students.

👕School Uniforms: Please ensure that your child wears the correct uniform each day, including the official ANS sweater. Thank you for your support in helping us maintain a consistent and professional appearance across our school. Please refer to page 10 from our Handbook.

❓If you have any questions regarding the swimming cycle or P.E, please make sure to write an email to the Athletics Department: athletics@ans.edu.ni

🏊1D swimming cycle: May 04th - May 22nd

Classroom Routines:

🚽Our first-grade classrooms have bathrooms inside. We are working hard to cultivate accountability and good decision-making when using the bathroom.

🍉Bring healthy snacks to school.

Send a water bottle every day.

Sometimes it gets cold, so please have them bring their ANS sweater LABELED with their names.

🚫🦖No toys allowed: Please make sure that your child is not bringing any toys (cards, stuffed animals, etc.) in their backpacks.

🛠️📝Writing and phonics tools: Attached, you will find links to

New Word Wall

Blends & Digraphs Chart

Vowel Chart