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"There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. " - Winnie The Pooh
About Me
I could not be more thrilled to be your student’s 1st grade teacher for this School Year! This will be my 4th year teaching and I am ready to make it the best one yet! I am excited to learn and grow with my students. I know that with hard work and kindness, we can accomplish anything we set our minds to! Here's a little bit about me. I grew up in Aberdeen, NC and moved to Shallotte NC when I was in 8th grade! I have 3 siblings and 1 niece and 1 nephew! I enjoy traveling and all things Disney! I graduated from Campbell University. I taught 2 years in Harnett County and finally coming back home to the beach to teach! I am loving being apart of the VWES Family and am excited to help your kids meet their goals for first grade!
Contact Info
Email: Lneedham@bcswan.net
I am best reached by ClassDojo or email during the day.
First Grade Skills
First Grade Skills
Below are some of the skills and concepts that a first grade student will typically learn:
Become an independent reader, improve their phonics, phonemic awareness, and comprehension
Grammar skills including capitalization and punctuation
Handwriting skills, writing 5-10 complete sentences.
Math skills such as adding and subtracting single digit or small numbers, greater than and less than concepts, identifying patterns US Coins and shapes
How to make scientific observations and record these in writing, pictures and/or graphs.
Symbols that represent the U.S.
Important figures and events in U.S. history
The difference between living and nonliving things
The importance of the sun in relation to Earth and living things
Forces and Motion
States of Matter
Homework
Nightly Reading: Each night students should spend at least 20 minutes reading aloud from an on level book. Students will bring home a Baggy book and reading log each day to record their reading. They may also read library books or books from home. It is important that they read out loud to an adult. Please encourage them to sound out words they struggle with. Reading logs will be checked weekly. Students will be rewarded with an icecream party at the end of the year for reading 100 or more books!
Sight Word Books: Please check for a blue sight work book in your childs folder. They should practice the words in the book daily, one page at a time. The worlds will be checked off by a teacher when they can fluently read the word.
Spelling: Students will have spelling words each week. Please practice writing the words each day at home to prepare for the test on Friday.
Enrichment:
Monday - Art
Tuesday - Media.
Wednesday - STEAM
Thursday - Music
Friday - PE
Lunch
11:20-11:50
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Important Links
BCS Links
▶ PowerSchool Student Portal ▶ PowerSchool Parent Portal ▶ BCS Attendance Policy
To see the books in my classroom library, click here!!! https://classroom.booksource.com/Classroom/dashboard.aspx
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