Apr. 16th - ABC Countdown starts
P – 5/7 – Wear Pjs
S – 5/12 – Bring a Show and Tell item
T – 5/13 – Wear your favorite team
May PLC - 6th only
May 1st - Field Trip to Union Station (Planetarium & Science City)
May 7th - Talent Show at 1:15 - sign up here
May 15th - Field Day for 1st grade is 8:30 - 10:30
May 21st - Last Day of School - 1st grade awards at 10:00 (you can leave after)
"Habit Heroes"
are nominated by teachers for displaying one of the Habits in school. Each teacher can nominate one student from PCES per week. Those students will be celebrated on the last Friday of every month.
September Habit Heroes:
Hayes Plemons Chloe Eaton
Harper Bice Landon Ostgulen
Dylan Fyle Ember Newton
Teddy Russell Kensi Haynes
Kyndrik Criddle Graham Sixta
Hadley Summers Ashtyn O'Connor
Wyatt Bilderback
October Habit Heroes:
Beckett Eade Libby Peters
Cohen Phillippi Beck Kelley
JoJo Barton Kennedy O'Neill
Gillian Hayob Braxton Albury
Blakely Long Audrey Patterson
Briar Dresser Vaughn White
Bruce Barnes Crew Wendel
November Habit Heroes:
Sophia Do Arya Vangala
Shepherd Iliff Bronx Pipkin
Arbaaj Singh Harrison Lanning
Maci Hutton Etta Bumgarner
Leo Swinney Savannah Moritz
Sofia Blakely Jaclyn Lokaphone
Callie Wiederholt
December Habit Heroes:
Hannah Haller Will Crupper
Max Filla Harrison Sargent
Casen Herrman Anisha Palla
Emerson Cooke Caleb Claassen
Halsey Deans Avelyn Regier
Olivia Fields
January Habit Heroes:
Zoey Wilson Ella Meier
Greyson Murphy Rowen Gatoff
Mila Wright Audrey Patterson
Theo Jacobs Ryker Nation
Amelia Stouffer Eric Rome
Hadley Summers Etta Bumgarner
Bruce Barnes Jaclyn Lokaphone
Lucy Unruh Callie Wiederholt
February Habit Heroes:
Connor Bouchard Harper Bice
Jackson Schwab Liam Marsh
Chloe Eaton Savannah Moritz
Kyndrik Criddle Hayes Plemons
Kylee Woolsey Braxton Albury
March Habit Heroes:
Landon Ostgulen Avelyn Reiger
Kensi Haynes Addison Mikhael
Hunter Gerard Everly McClure
Vaughn White Emily Nolan
Lena Carmichael
April Habit Heroes:
Gillian Hayob Arya Vangala
Halsey Deans Libby Peters
Mikhail Belay Sophia Do
Will Crupper
New Sounds and Spellings -
In this unit the focus is on two of the so-called “long” vowel sounds, /ae/ and /oe/. Students will review the basic code spelling for each sound and then learn common spelling alternatives:
• /ae/ spelled ‘a_e’ (review), ‘ai’, ‘ay’ (new)
• /oe/ spelled ‘o_e’ (review), ‘oa’ (new)
Tricky Words: (from the reader) Mexico, talk, Hidalgo, gracias, Carlos, Gomez Assessed Words - by, are, you
Decodable Reader/Genre - The Reader for this unit is called Kay and Martez. It focuses on a young girl, Kay, and her friendship with a Mexican-American boy named Martez. In the second half of the Reader, Kay, Martez, and Kay’s family go on a trip to Mexico.
Grammar - The grammar lessons in this unit cover several topics: the use of conjunctions, commas, and noun verb agreement in sentences. You will discuss the conjunctions and, but, and or and demonstrate how they are used in writing. You will also introduce commas as punctuation marks that separate items in a series.
Spelling: The spelling words are made up of various sound/spelling correspondences that have already been presented and taught for decoding purposes. Requiring students to practice and spell words with these same sound/spelling correspondences provides additional reinforcement.
Writing - Students will also practice opinion writing in this unit. Students will learn that, when writing an opinion piece, they should state their opinion, give reasons for their opinion, and provide a conclusion for their thoughts. Students will also be encouraged to include evidence from the text to support their opinion.
At Home Practice: We will occasionally send home "At Home" practice papers. Some will be activities and others are stories to read. It is not required. However, it is great practice.
A New Nation
In this unit, students will hear about when and how our country, the United States of America, started. They will be introduced to many important historical figures and events as the story unfolds of how the thirteen colonies determined and gained their independence from Britain to become the United States of America.
Tests are every five school days. We are currently working on short vowel sounds with CVC words and a few tricky words.
Vowels a, e, o, i, u, 21 consonants, ay, ee, sh, zz, ff, ss, ll, _ck, qu, sm, st, sp, sn, sw, sc, cl, fl, bl, pl, gl, sl, cr, tr, fr, dr, br, gr, ch, or, th, all, ing, ang, ong, ung, oy, ar, ink, ank, onk, unk, a_e, i_e, u_e, o_e, st, nd, nt
Please let your teacher know at least one day in advance if you plan to send birthday treats. Also, please remember to cut cookie cakes and send napkins, plates, etc.
Thank you for helping us plan ahead! No treats with nuts please!
First grade is excited to announce we are starting a Shoe Tying Club! Students who are able to show they are shoe tying pros can sign our big poster hung in the pod! Please continue helping your child practice this skill. If they do not wear shoes that tie, we will have shoes available for them to show off their skills.
We are very excited to announce that we are starting a Double Bubble Club! Students who are able to memorize their doubles from 1 to 10 will earn a certificate and get to hang it on the wall in the pod with our doubles poster. Please practice at home and let your teacher know when you are ready to be tested.
To ensure the safety of all our students and staff, we have an updated volunteer policy. Please visit the link if you would like to be eligible to volunteer in the building.
To become a volunteer, there are three steps as outlined on the https://pces.usd230.org/o/shsd/page/volunteer
Read the Spring Hill School District Volunteer Ethics, Procedures, and Guidelines document.
Submit the registration form below.
Complete a background check.
First grade will not be assigning homework to be turned in each night.
We also will encourage your child to practice their high frequency words every week. After every unit we will test over those words.
We ask that you read with your child 10 minutes every night. You will get a monthly reading log to fill out. When finished and have read 200 minutes, they can turn them in a receive a FREE Culver's Kids' Meal Coupon.
Below is a copy of the reading logs if you need to print another.
A few things to know about your child's grades:
Reading: Our current reading grade is made up of our End of the Unit Assessment Scores, Spelling Tests, Knowledge Comprehension and Vocabulary Assessments, Sonday Mastery Checks, and speaking and listening assignments.
Math: Our math grade will consist of weekly lesson assessments, cumulative assessments, mid-year assessment, and unit assessments.
Science/Social Studies/ STEAM: We rotate between subjects. Scores are given for participation, labs, assignments and projects.
Writing: Grammar Assessment Scores from Skills and CKLA written expression
Work Habits and Social Skills- We will grade your child's work habits and social skills based on how they perform in the classroom. Here are the grade marks for those:
+ represents satisfactory
/ represents making progress
– represents a skill where growth is needed
