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Dear First Grade Parents/Guardians,

Auburn School District schools are closed.

Auburn teachers build on each student's strengths, interests, and needs and use this knowledge to positively impact learning. You can expect regular communication with your child's teacher around student progress in the activities listed in the Continuous Learning Plan outlined below for First Grade students.

Families must continue to maintain a daily routine during school closures; be mindful of balancing think time, work time and play time for health and well being. This may include getting breakfast and lunch from your local site. To find out where breakfast and lunch are being served, click here.

What will "School" look like?

Daily Time for Tasks and Activities: 5-10 minute time spans, a total of 45 minutes

First Grade Schedules will have:

  • Designated time for families to participate in district breakfast and lunch programs

  • “Office hours” for staff including times teachers and counselors are available to connect with students and families

  • Times for learning provided in various formats

Subject areas may include:

  • Reading

  • Math

  • Science/Social Studies

  • PE, art, music

  • Social-Emotional Learning

  • Language development for ELs appropriate for students’ language level

Weekly schedule will include time for iReady Reading and Math (Family Guide Click Here):

  • 2 Lessons Per Week OR..

  • 45 Minutes of Online Instruction per week AND...

  • 20 Minutes of Learning Games per week

  • Teacher check in on iReady progress

Key Standards: Using OSPI Anchor Standards, Auburn School District will work collaboratively to determine essential learning for Kinder and First grade students.

Grade Book: The 3rd trimester report card and Math/ELA pacing guide will be evaluated to determine what should be included and what needs to be modified.

How can families help with the learning?

Reading:

  • Read aloud with your child daily 20 minutes daily; ask your child to retell the story with key details

  • Ask your child to draw a picture to describe a character, setting, and events in a story.

  • Have your child practice reading this word list (click here).

  • i-Ready Reading (Family Guide Click Here)

Writing

  • 15-30 minutes, daily journaling (Journal Buddies or other online resources for prompts)

  • Print all upper and lower case letters daily.

Math

  • Ask your child to practice counting to 120 starting at any number.

  • Have your child practice adding and subtracting numbers 1 through 20. For example (18+2=?), (15-1=?)

  • Draw 2 and 3 dimensional shapes

  • i-Ready Reading (Family Guide Click Here)

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