First Grade Newsletter

Headphones
Please send in a pair of headphones for your child to use at school on the chromebooks. These will be needed for lessons within a few subjects, including Really Great Reading Phonics/Word Work and Math Stations.
Important Things
Reminders
*We don't eat lunch until 1:20, so please send a snack (or three) with your child every day.
*Please send a spill proof water bottle each day.
*Volunteer 101 must be completed to volunteer at the school or on field trips. This can be completed on your own at anytime. See Mrs. Elgin's newsletter for more information.
Important Dates
8/19 - PTO Meeting in the cafeteria at 9:30. Room mom information will be given at this meeting.
Room Mom (those interested) Meeting at 10:00
9/4 - Student Holiday
9/7 - Labor Day - No School
Learning Targets
Reading
Story of the Week: Sylvie
We will make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance.
Grammar
We will practice learning our color words. In addition, we will discuss where capital letters are used.
Writing
We will use a circle map as a way to collect ideas. We will also learn about subject and predicate and what makes a sentence a complete sentence.
Math
We will be collecting and organizing information to be put in a pictograph or a bar graph.
Science
We will discuss what a scientist does and learn about safety in a science classroom.
Social Studies
We will continue to practice rules, procedures, and citizenship.