First Grade Newsletter
Week of 1/29-2/2
Reminders for the This Week
Please remember that school starts at 8:20am. All students are expected in their classrooms at this time.
If your students has prescription glasses, please make sure that they are wearing them every day. We have seen an increased number of students who are prescribed to wear glasses, and have not been wearing them to school. This can impact their learning, focus and participation, as well as cause an uptick in behaviors in the classroom.
Please remember to send your students to school wearing their uniform clothes and sneakers each day. Students should also have a change of clothes in their backpacks in the case of an accident.
Please remember to send in excuses when your student is out sick.
Please have students bring a water bottle to school.
Transportation
Tardy Drop-Off
When a student arrives late (after 8:30), an adult must sign the student in at the office.
Early Pick-Up
Please limit early pick-up of children to emergencies and appointments. If a child is out for any portion of the school day, the missed time is recorded as a tardy. A note sent in the morning will help us to have your child ready. To avoid interruptions to instruction, no student
will be released between 2:45 and 3:15. Parents will be asked to wait for the dismissal bell. Come to the office to check out a student. Please be prepared to present photo identification upon request. No student will be released to an unknown or unauthorized person.
Coming up:
1/29-2/9: Valentines Grams Fundraiser
2/19-2/23: Winter Break (No School)
3/1: Coffee with the Principal 8:30am
Meet the Team
Ms. Kuranda
Mrs. Gonzalez-Soto
Mrs. Sanchez
Mrs. Sato
Ms. Reed: EIP Support
Mrs. Rakestraw: ESOL Support
From Ms. Flanagin our Reading Specialist
Students should be practicing their high frequency word list every night. If you need another copy, please contact your students homeroom teacher.
Please also make sure that you are reading with your student every night.
Inside Our Classrooms:
What we learned this past week:
-We finished our unit in fairy tales and poetry.
Phonics:
-We worked on three consonant endings -tch /ch/, and -dge /j/.
Writing:
-Students created their own personal narratives, using expanded sentences and conjunctions.
Math:
-We finished learning how to count coins, and began working on how to tell time to the hour and half hour.
What we will learn this week:
-We are starting our patriotism and historical figures unit. We will be discussing: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Ruby Bridges, George Washington Carver, Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea.
Phonics:
-We will continue working on long vowel exceptions: ild, old, ost, ind etc.
Writing:
-Students will be working on a narrative writing story arch.
Math:
-We will learn how to tell time to the hour and half hour, and how to find how much time has passed.
How to Help at Home:
High frequency words/ heart words students should know how to spell and read:
It is incredibly important that your student is able to read and spell these words. We are seeing that students that do not know them, are having their reading fluency impeded.
was, said, they, their, there, were, where, any, many, want, walk, talk, very, does, would, could, should, my, by, who, one, once, two, been, into, goes, about, because, friend, woman, women, again, have, when, here, you, your
We add new words to this list each week, if your student can fluently read and spell a word. At the end of the year students should be able to read and spell 125 High Frequency words (including the "heart words" or irregularly spelled words.)
Work on suffixes with your students such as: -ed, -s, -es, -ing
High Frequency Word List:
Students should be able to read and spell 120 words on this list by the end of first grade.
Each quarter the amount that the student is graded on goes up. For quarter 2, students were graded on if they were able to read and write 64 high frequency words.
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From Our Wonderful Support Teachers!
From DLI:
Dear DLI Families
For Q3 Math we will be learning about money, time. Please review the following with them.
Thank you for your support!!!
Upcoming Events
Uniform Reminder
All students need to be dressed appropriately for school as well as for the weather. Please make sure your student has a suitable coat when it is cold outside.
Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.

