1st Grade

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Students will identify features of informatonal text. Monitor and clarify understading while reading. Identify the topic, central idea, and relevant details of a text. Summarize a text by retelling its topic and important details or ideas. 

Writing: Students will write a personal experience narrative using details and correct sentence features (capitalization, spacing, and puctuation). They will include sequencing words: First, Next, Then, and Last. 

Math: Students will compose and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes and identify and describe their defining attributes.

• You can support your child's math learning for Unit 7 at home by accessing the resources on the Amplify Caregiver Hub. link. Resources are available in English and Spanish. 

Science: Students will understand that the sun lights one half of the Earth at a time. The sun is visible during the day and is shining someplace else at night. On day and one night equals on spin of the Earth. They will understand the patterns of the moon through its phases. 

Social Studies: Students will review the five themes of geography. 

Spelling: Students will spell words with the long /i/ patterns with a y and the vowel teams (ie and igh). The spelling test will be on Thursday, April 16th 

1. my    2. try   3. sky    4. fly    5. by    6. dry   7. pie    8. tie    9. night 

10. light   11. show   12. grow   13. blow  14. snow

Homework

First grade does not assign homework. However, we encourage students to do the following at home:

• Practice spelling words.

• Practice sight words. 

• Read or be read to for 15-20 minutes a day.

• Review the family math packet.

• Practice tying shoes.

Additional Resources

• Students can use Clever at home for an easy way to log into Lexia and ST Math at home. We want to emphasize the importance of your child working independently on Lexia and ST Math. It is crucial that they complete these activities on their own, without any help or guidance. This ensures they develop the necessary skills and understanding at their own pace.

• Access Clever here to use Lexia and ST Math. 

• Your child's login information for Clever and ST Math is their 111 number and their password is their letter password.

• Your child's login information for Lexia is the username and password is their 111 number. 

All 1st-8th grade birthdays are celebrated once a month. Bringing in treats on individual birthdays is not permitted. First grade celebrates on the second Friday of the month unless noted otherwise. Your child's teacher will reach out to you requesting birthday items. 

Birthday invitations need to be handed out to all students or if you are only passing out to individual invitations, your child is responsible for delivering them prior to entering the building. (e.g. outside prior to the school day starting, during morning recess). Each first grade class currently has 32 students. 

Thank you for your help in following these procedures as it helps us start the day in an efficient manner. Please feel free to reach out if you need further clarification. 

Celebration Dates:

 May/June 8th