First Grade News

ELA:

• Module 9:  Grow, Plants, Grow!

  • • • Elements of Poetry

      • Evaluate

      • Text Organization

      • Media Literacy: Nonfictions Forms

      • Writing Form: Descriptive Essay

      • Grammar: Exclamations

      • Generative Vocabulary: Words About Places and Things

      • Spelling:  Vowel Teams ai, ay

Social Studies:

• Making Economic Decisions

Math:

• Problem Solving Using Addition and Subtraction to 20

Science:

• Animal Life Cycles

All student and chaperone field trip money was due Friday, March 8. If you have not sent in your field trip payment, please do so as soon as possible. The cost of the field trip for each student is $16. The chaperone cost is $19. If you plan to chaperone and pay at the Dallas World Aquarium you will not receive the $19 group rate (the cost at the door will be $29.95 + tax.

Are you looking for ways to support your child's learning during Spring Break? Here are a few practice ideas that you may try at home:

• Complete the Spring Break reading BINGO

• Read 20 minutes daily 

  • • • homework books

      • library books

      • Kids A - Z app

• Practice math by visiting IXL and going to the Recommendations tab 

• Practice math by using the Zearn app

• Complete XtraMath fact fluency practice each day

• Practice addition and subtraction facts to 20

• Practice skip counting by 2, 5 and 10 to 100

• Write a note or friendly letter

• Visit the PebbleGo app and read about animals

• Practice identifying coins and their value

• Count sets of like coins 

• Play a board game together

• Bake something together

Our first grade Shooting Stars are going on a FIELD TRIP to the Dallas World Aquarium on Wednesday, March 27. A visit to the aquarium aligns perfectly with our upcoming studies of interdependency, life cycles and animal characteristics. Each classroom will need several parent chaperones to join us. All chaperones are required to complete a background check before attending. GCISD uses Volunteer Tracker for background checks. Use the link below to complete your background check:  GCISD - Volunteer Tracker It often takes several weeks for background checks to be cleared so if you are interested in joining us, please complete your background check asap. Please email your child's teacher to let him or her know if you plan on being a chaperone. 

*Chaperones are welcome to meet at the school and carpool or follow the buses to the Dallas World Aquarium. Your chaperone duties will be complete when students load the buses and head back to Silver Lake to complete their school day.

*Please keep in mind that chaperones will need to provide their own transportation to the Dallas World Aquarium. For safety purposes, chaperones may not bring younger siblings. 

Would you love to share your passion for reading and learning with our first graders? We have the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for several volunteers to come to Silver Lake during STAR time (2:10-2:50) to practice with students. Activities may include listening to readers, building words, practicing math or playing an educational game. All volunteers must have an approved Volunteer Background check. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact your child's teacher.

Every Friday is Spirit Day at Silver Lake! Students are encouraged to wear a blue, green or Silver Lake shirt each Friday. A classroom spirit count is collected each week. We would love our first grade classes to win the Spirit Stick to display in their classroom each week. Let's go, Shooting Stars!

• School begins at 7:40 each morning

• Lunch will be at 10:15 - 10:45

• Recess will be at 10:45 - 11:15 

• First graders will go to Specials (PE, Music and Art) from 1:25-2:10

• Walkers will be dismissed from the courtyard doors. Please carry your car tag so teachers are able to identify you quickly.

• Car riders will be dismissed from the back of the school. Remember to display your child's car tag on the dashboard or in a front window if your child is a car rider.