Ms. Brewer

Welcome to First Grade!

About Me:

Hello! My name is Tamara Brewer, and I will be your child's First Grade teacher here at J.H. Gunn. This is my second year at J.H. Gunn. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in English & Master of Education. I am super EXCITED to be your child' s teacher for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year! I started my career in pre-school education 12 years ago and I can't wait to support your child as we explore, discover, and learn in many subjects such as EL curriculum, Math, Science and Social Studies.

I am EXCITED to collaborate with each family as we start this new school year!

Program Codes and Links:

Please use the links and codes below to access resources for your student:

Class Dojo:Classdojo.com

Canvas:https://cms.instructure.com/courses/355653

Canvas Parent help: https://cms.instructure.com/courses/355653/pages/parent-resources

Daily Schedule:

7:15- 7:45 Arrival

7:45-8:00- Social emotional learning

8:00 - 8:40 Intervention

8:45 - 9:45 Skills Block (Reading, Spelling, Writing)

9:45 - 10:45 EL Module Block (Reading)

10:54 - 11:24 LUNCH

11:25 - 11:55 Recess

12:00 - 12:40 Math (whole group)

12:45 - 1:35 Specials

1:40 - 2:05 Math (small groups)

2:05-2:40 Science or Social Studies

2:45 Dismissal

What are we currently studying?

Literacy: Unit 1 - Tools and Work Your child will begin to study the topic of tools and work with a focus on learning about tools and the jobs they do. The learning will be focused on these ideas:

Tools make our lives easier by helping us do work.
There are different types of tools for different types of work.

Your child will also practice these reading foundation skills:

Identify and write the sound for most consonants and vowels
Segment (break apart) the individual sounds of spoken, one-syllable words, and blend them back together
Decode (read) and encode (write) regularly spelled, one-syllable words

Math: Topic 7 - Extend the Counting Sequence

Social Studies Understand the Importance of Rules

Science - Essential Question: What are science tools and how do we use them to discover and learn?

Check out these great books to read!

I love to read books from my favorite authors- Eric Carle, Matthew Cherry, Robert Munsch, Karma Wilson, Debbie Herman, Ezra Jack Keats and Dr. Seuss. During the year, I like to help students find authors they like and have author studies and Book talks. It's so much fun to share and read our stories to each other.

Two of my favorite books I love to read to my class are

The First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg and The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. I hope you get a chance to read them with your family!

Read these two books and the discuss the moral of the story. The both teach a very important life lesson.

Here is a wonderful site for you and your child to find and read books from a wonderful storybook collection. https://www.storylineonline.net/

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