June 2026

June 4th - Chancellor's Day: NO SCHOOL for students.

June 5th - Clerical Day: NO SCHOOL for students.

June 12th - Spirit Day/Family Heritage Day.

June 19th - Juneteenth NO SCHOOL.

June 26th - Last Day of School.

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gAUhGmDAig

First Graders will change focus from sounds to syllables. Our students will tune in to looking at words in larger orthographic parts (syllables, rather than individual sounds). In this Unit we will teach students how to read and spell two-syllable words with closed syllables. Example: word catnip.

Trick Words that will be introduced:

-people

-month

-little

-been

-own

-want

-Mr.

-Mrs.

Students explore and reason about attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes. Students name shapes, including cone, sphere, cylinder, cube, square, rectangle, triangle, rhombus, and hexagon. Students identify defining attributes (number of straight sides and corners) of triangles, rectangles, and squares.

Students explore the idea of halves and fourths or quarters as equal pieces of a whole. Students hear and use the term halves to describe a shape split into two equal pieces and the terms fourths and quarters to describe a shape split into four equal pieces

Make sure your child reads for 20 minutes a day. Ask your child about the stories they read; who are the characters, what is your favorite part, what was the story about?

Students in class 103 should be reading in English and in Spanish!

Check your child's homework folder every day for important notices.

Students should be wearing sneakers for gym. If you're not sure, double check with your teacher(s) which day your child has gym.

Talk with your child about things you do together at home. Think about the steps you take from beginning, middle, to end.

Have your child practice writing sentences, remembering to capitalize the first word and end the sentence with punctuation.

Count forward and back 1-100.

Mr. Schorr (Music): First graders will be using the last month of school to continue our work with music mapping, and to review the musical concepts they have learned this year.

Ms. Markovinovic (Science): The First Grade Scientists will continue to learn about patterns and cycles in space. Scientists will explore different constellations and learn about the important job of astronauts. As we end this school year, continue exploring and learning about the world around you. Have a healthy, safe, and fun summer!

Ms. Gursoy & Mr. Meehan (Physical Education): This month, the students will be playing a lot of team building games. We will also revisit some of their favorite games they played throughout the year. Over the summer we encourage students to go outside and play and stay active. Also, don’t forget to drink plenty of water!

Mr. Hanratty (Art): In June, first graders will be reviewing the elements of art by mixing colors and painting areas of mixed colors on paper. They will then use that paper to cut and tear shapes of food. The 3D paper food will go on a plate that will sit on last month's paper weaving placemat.

Ms. Brill (Art):Reduce, reuse, recycle! Now is the time to use up our old paint, paper scraps, other supplies before summer. We will focus on summer themed projects. I encourage your child to create over the vacation, including practicing cutting with scissors.

Ms. Bakalac (Science):1st grade scientists are finishing the unit Sky and Earth and will take the end of unit assessment. They will continue to learn about the 4 seasons. They will learn what causes a rainbow to form and will make a climbing rainbow. Keep exploring and learning over the summer. Have a safe and fun summer!

Mrs. Birshtein (Technology): In Technology, first graders will be continuing to practice our skills at logging in on the Chromebooks on our own and using waggle.

Mrs. Randazzo, Mrs. Palanca, Mrs. Kalin, Mr. Díaz, Mrs. Messineo, Mrs. Groll, Ms. Harrilall, Ms. Cai, Ms. Mainolfi