First Grade Update
September 10, 2026
Every Week is a Great Week in First Grade!
It was so wonderful seeing everyone at school for Parent Night! Thank you for coming!
We are excited to celebrate Homecoming Week next week! Go Blazers!
We have finished all of our beginning of the year assessments, including a STAR test for both reading and math. This data will be used for my instructional planning. We are well into our first units for all subject areas: Believe and Read, comprehension, math, science, religion, and social studies. We love to learn in first grade!
Homecoming Week
Monday: Anything but Your Age! Dress like a baby or a grown up! Do not dress like a 6-7 year old!
Tuesday: Class Color! First graders wear orange Vis shirt with uniform bottoms, shoes/socks. Boys can wear shorts, and girls can wear navy bike shorts or leggings.
Wednesday: Anything but the Occasion! Dress for the beach or a safari! Do not dress for school!
Thursday: Homecoming shirts will be sent home in backpacks on Wednesday to be worn on Thursday with uniform bottoms, shoes/socks. Boys can wear shorts, and girls can wear navy bike shorts or leggings.
Friday: Formal uniform. Boys must wear long pants as part of their formal uniform.
Note: Spirit dress days are optional. If your student does not want to participate, they should wear their uniform.
Learning
Believe and Read
Kindergarten review: We learned how to correctly form letters: f, p, n, o. We added o to our "magic c" letters, and we began "swimming" letters (letters that go down to the dash) with p! We learned the sight words was, has, as, is, and that "s" can make 2 sounds! Make sure to point out these words and others with "s" as a /z/ sound when reading with your first grader!
Comprehension
Unit 1: Each unit, we will read fiction and nonfiction pieces related to a topic. We continued to read nonfiction passages about the land features and animals of Peru. We read fiction stories about how we are like our ancestors. We made connections with the characters in these fiction texts and wrote about these connections in sentences.
Math
Numbers to 10: We used number bonds, bar models, pictures, and cubes as tools for adding and subtracting numbers within 10. We made a rainbow and played games with the Friends of 10 so we will easily be able to make tens as we continue our study of numbers within 120.
Science
Air and Water: We filled a basin with water and stuffed a paper towel into an empty vial. We flipped the vial and dunked it to the bottom of our basin, removed the vial, and discovered our paper towel was dry! Air takes up space! We let air out of our vial and realized air in the water takes the form of bubbles! We made bottle systems with a stopper that included holes for 2 tubes connected to syringes. We compressed air and used air pressure to see how water flows - or doesn't flow - within this bottle system.
Religion
We Choose Virtues: This week we focused on the virtue of self-control. We read "My Mouth is a Volcano" and practiced a strategy for holding in our words until an appropriate time to speak.
Social Studies
Civics: We learned how we are alike and different. God made these similarities and differences on purpose! We are all made to be special and loved.
Primary Math Login
Students can login to their Primary Math curriculum accounts from home.
This will allow access to the Student Practice Books and Additional Practice Books.
Go to https://www.mceduhub.com
Enter your student’s login information using his/her Google username formatted by first initial, last name, graduating year (i.e. ABlazer35).
Select “Visitation School” - this should auto populate once you start typing
Enter the password Vis2026@ and click “Login”
Upcoming Dates
- Thursday, September 17: PA-sponsored Homecoming activities after school
- Friday, September 18: All school mass and Flag Raising ceremony (formal uniform)