1st Grade
Home Base
October 24th, 2025
October 24th, 2025
Dear Tiger Parents,
First graders are putting their skills to the test every day when reading and writing. They are looking closely at words, discovering long vowel sounds in words, and noticing the work the silent-e- does. They are always on the lookout for impostors who don't follow the rules. Mathematicians are using strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems, such as counting for a larger number, doubles plus or minus one.
Don't forget to check your child's backpack daily and remember to return "Reading response 📚" journals every Friday and "Home Connections 🔢" folder on the next day from when you receive it.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
Warmly,
💚🐯
Learning Goal
Reading: When reading gets tough, persevere, using all your strategies.
Phonics: practice reading CVCe words with long I, long O, and ending on "ve".
Reading: This week, readers will learn to persevere and continue to read. They will make predictions and then confirm or revise them. We will begin to read and make sure to spot words with double consonants and split them into smaller words to make them easier to read. Always make sure to use all the strategies we can to read.
Phonics: We will identify patterns in the CVCe words we study, noticing how some word endings can help us read more words. We will record our observations to discuss our learning and make it stronger.
Reading: Reading isn't easy, but your child needs to make sure they can overcome the productive struggle. Work together using all the skills, in this Anchor chart to read this book, "Bonk and the Lucky Buckeye". Make sure to have your child read, stop when the story gets interesting, and have your child make a prediction of what will happen next, then confirm or revise that prediction as you read along.
Phonics: Ask you child to find CVCe words in the books he/she reads. You can use this book if desired: Shelly Shell Shop. Children can also make word lists for CVCe words including long O and long I. For example, mole, pole, sole and dive, live, hive.
Learning Goal
Los escritores tienen a los lectores en mente.
Los escritores de libros instructivos iniciarán el tramo 3 del taller de escritura, usando comparaciones para enseñar a sus lectores, escribirán libros que ayuden a otros sobre lo que ya saben hacer en el colegio como : Hacer una fila, escuchar, pedir comida en la cafetería, escribir libros para enseñar, además, se harán expertos escribiendo una serie sobre un tema específico.
En casa mientras conversan, practican usando las conjunciones, para unir dos oraciones. Ejemplo : Mamá, quiero comer helado pero tengo tos.
Learning Goal
Use the relationship of between addition and subtraction to add and subtract within 10.
Students will continue to use dominoes to subitize and solve addition and subtraction combinations using the signs > < =
Home Connection Unit 2 Module 3 Session 5 Dots and Dollars. Due on Friday, October 31.
Learning Goal
This week, students will explore how families make choices with their money. We will learn that families earn money in different ways, make decisions about what to spend it on, and sometimes choose to save it for future needs. Through discussions, stories, and activities, students will begin to understand that money choices are part of everyday life and involve thoughtful decision-making.
At school, our young economists are:
- Discussing how families earn money, such as through jobs and services.
- Brainstorming and categorizing things families spend money on, including needs (like food and clothing) and wants (like toys and games).
- Exploring why families choose to save money, and what benefits saving can bring in the future.
- Engaging in interactive activities like drawing, sorting, and role-playing to better understand real-world money choices.
- Reflecting on how making smart choices with money can help families meet their goals.
At home, students can:
- Talk about ways family members earn and save money.
- Help make small spending decisions — for example, choosing between two snacks at the store and discussing why.
- Create a simple savings jar for something they want and track their progress over time.
- Look through advertisements or store flyers to compare prices and discuss how families decide what to buy.
- Read a story or watch a short video about earning, saving, and spending to reinforce classroom learning.
Learning Goal
🐯A few reminders:
🏕️First Grade Field Trip to "Masaya Volcano🌋" next week. Please make sure to send the permission slips back on Monday!
🎃🧛 Oct. 31st - Costume: Students can dress up in Halloween costumes. Please have your child wear their costume to school. Remember to keep the costumes “fun-scary”, not “scary-scary” (No weapons or blood). Students will not swim on this day, but they will still go to class for PE.
📚 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 first 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
🏊 1D swimming cycle: Oct. 20 - Nov. 7
📌 Save the date for our 🍁Fall Festival 2025: Friday, October 31st : 5:00 - 9:00 pm.
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
All the best!💚
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