First Grade News

ELA:

• Genre Study:  Literary Texts

  • • • Folktales

      • Characters

      • Story Structure

      • Theme

      • Writing Form:  Opinion Letter

      • Grammar:  Review

      • Spelling:  Vowel Teams ew, ui, ue

Social Studies:

• Reflecting on Our Year

Math:

• Number Sense to 120

Science:

• Plant Parts and Functions

If your child is returning to Silver Lake for the 2024-2025 school year, registration opened in Skyward on Monday, April 8. Please contact Tyla Aguilar in the office with any questions. She can be reached at (817) 251-5661. The first class to have all students complete registration wins a PIZZA PARTY! All other classes will earn a popsicle party then the entire class has registered.

*If your child is not returning to Silver Lake next year, please let your child's teacher and the office know.

Our last library visit with Mrs. Sporrer is on Thursday, May 9. First graders are encouraged to return library books at that time. All library books are due schoolwide on Friday, May 10. Mrs. Sporrer will begin her library inventory following the book return deadline. As books are checked in, Mrs. Sporrer will notify families of missing or lost book fees. If you still have a library book at home, please send it to school as soon as possible.

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.