1st Grade
Home Base
November 26, 2025
November 26, 2025
Dear First Grade Families,
This week we enjoyed having some of you present to our classes as experts in your fields. These visits gave our students valuable information and ideas they could use for their informational texts. We also enjoyed a fantastic Thanksgiving picnic and did some fun activities to reflect about what makes us grateful!
We also finished our Phonics and Math units and took assessments to show our progress and current needs in each subject. In Science, we worked in our final project to show our understanding of nests and birds' needs.
Warmly,
The First Grade Team
Learning Goal
Writing: Students will write information books about their special objects of study.
Phonics: We will explore adding more endings to our words (-er and -ers) and learn a new spelling rulesfor adding -ing to CVCe words.
Writing: Students will start by writing a “How to Use” page, and then progress to making other pages, all about the object they have been studying.
Phonics: We manipulated letters in CVCe words to show how we drop Silent E when adding -ing to a CVCe word. We also took snap words like "jump" and "play" and explored adding more endings to them to make new words (examples: jump to jumping, jumper, jumped, jumps, jumpers)
Writing: Take a look at the text “How to Use a Stapler”. Now ask your mom or dad about his or her favorite object for you to get ideas on how to use it like an expert, too.
Phonics: Practice turning CVCe words into -ing words, reminding your child that we drop the silent E when doing so (like-liking). You can use a whiteboard to write the words showing the change, or use magnetic letters or playdough to show dropping the E.
Learning Goal
Celebrando la curiosidad
Los lectores curiosos siguen aprendiendo de su entorno. Observando, entrevistando a personas que colaboran en el colegio como: doctora, enfermera, directora y disciplinario para volver a contar lo que han aprendido usando voz de reportero, usando conectores para dar más información sobre el tema.
¿Quién apaga el fuego en un incendio? En casa, con un compañero de lectura aprende sobre este maravilloso trabajo.
Learning Goal
Learning Goal
Students will learn about the roles of the President and other government leaders at the local, state, and national levels. They will explore what these leaders do, compare their responsibilities, and decide whether the President is the most important person in government. Students will use pictures, writing, and discussions to show what they have learned.
They will explore what the President does, what other leaders do, and whether the President can solve every problem alone. Students will create posters, complete graphic organizers, and write or draw to show who helps our communities and how leaders share responsibilities.
Families can talk with their children about leaders they know (like the mayor, police officers, school principal). Ask questions such as: “Who helps our community?” or “Do leaders work alone or with others?” Students can also practice explaining what the President does and why we have different types of leaders. Encourage them to share their poster or drawings and talk about how leaders help solve problems together.
Learning Goal
Social Awareness: Students foster openness to learn about and from others.
Understanding and appreciating differences fosters perspective taking and empathy, skills needed to develop relationships with all kinds of people. They also learn that it’s okay to be different in some ways and these differences are accepted and valued. We can all learn from diversity. In this lesson we will reflect on our similarities and differences and how that makes us special and unique.
Tell a family member about what makes someone else you know awesome. What is special and unique about this person? What have you learned from them because of this?
A few reminders:
🦃 November 27th and 28th: Thanksgiving Holiday: No Classes.
📚 Make sure to read and write every day for 20-25 minutes.
👕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.
🕜 Here's the link to our second trimester class schedule.
💡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
🏊 1A swimming cycle: Nov. 10th - Nov.26th
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
Leveled readers for printing back to back
Decodable texts for printing back to back
Big Questions Day
Swimming
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