First Grade News

ELA:

• Module 9:  Grow, Plants, Grow!

  • • • Story Structure

      • Monitor and Clarify

      • Elements of Poetry

      • Retell

      • Writing Form: Descriptive Essay

      • Grammar: Kinds of Sentences

      • Generative Vocabulary:  Prefix un-

      • Spelling:  Vowel Teams oa, ow

Social Studies:

• Studying the Past

Math:

• Problem Solving Using Addition and Subtraction to 20

Science:

• Animal Life Cycles

Our field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium is next Wednesday! Here are some helpful hints for the big day:

• eat a hearty breakfast (Students will eat lunch much later than normal. We will eat a snack in the classroom before we load buses.)

• wear a Silver Lake shirt (wear a blue or green shirt if you do not have a Silver Lake shirt)

• wear tennis shoes and socks

• send a lunch box and drink to eat in the classroom upon our return to school (unless you preordered a sack lunch from the cafeteria for your child)

• arrive on time (buses will not wait on students running late)

• you will not need to send spending money (we are NOT visiting gift shops)

Your child's first grade performance is quickly approaching. Just in case you deleted the email from the specials teachers, we are including the information below:

Dear 1st Grade Families,

Your child will be performing, Thursday, April 11 at 6:00 pm, in our 1st grade performance "Movie Magic".  Your child will be learning one of three dances and there will be an opening and finale that all 1st graders will perform as a group.  This will all be worked on during their Specials' class time.

Please mark your calendars with the date. 

The three performance groups are as follows in order that they will perform:

Mrs. Alvarado – “A Friend in Me”  Here is a link with costume ideas.(Please reach out to me if you need assistance with this.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bjjNcQvhM8FRJST-tp0LgqBIvaJA6OpDkmU6qBCmmNE/edit?usp=sharing

Mrs. Lee – “Under the Sea”

Coach B. & Coach Barnes – “Life is a Highway” from the movie “Cars”

Please click on the pinterest link to see costume ideas for your group. They may be purchased or made at home.  Creativity is welcomed!  https://pin.it/4PdsrOmvx

If you have any questions, please reach out to me or one of the other Specials' teachers.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Alvarado (Art)

Mrs. Lee (Music)

Coach Bivin and Coach Barnes (P.E.)

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

• 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

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.