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First Grade Newsletter

Week of 4/15-4/19

First GradeNewsletter Week of 4/15-4/19

Important Testing Information! Important Testing Information!

Reminders for the This Week

It is testing week! This week students will be taking the MAP assessments for reading and math. DLI students will also be taking an addition MAP test for reading in Spanish.


Please make sure that your students are well rested, eating breakfast either at home or at school, and are on time to school. MAP testing will start at 9:00am to give students plenty of time to take the assessments. Your students have worked so hard and we are so proud of them!



Please remember that school starts at 8:20am. All students are expected in their classrooms at this time.


Please remember to send in excuses when your student is out sick.


Please have students bring a water bottle to school.

Uniform Reminder

As weather gets warmer, please make sure your students are still following our uniformed dress code.


All students are expected to be in uniform. Students may wear jeans or Marietta or Park Street gear any day. Please make sure that jeans do not have holes in them.


Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day. We know students like to wear CROCs and sandals once it gets warmer outside. Crocs are not a part of the uniformed dress at Park Street, as well as it can be a safety risk. Students often trip in these shoes, and they come off of student's feet easily.

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

Coming up:

4/16-4/19: MAP Assessment: Reading/Math (English), Reading (Spanish for DLI)

4/18: Lion King Performance 6:00 (3-5th performing)

4/20: Ser Familia

4/29-5/3: Spanish MAP (math) Assessment for DLI

5/6-5/10: Teacher Appreciation Week

5/21: Awards Day (More information to come)

5/23: Last Day of 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.

Meet the Team Meet the Team

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Ms. Kuranda

mkuranda@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Mrs. Gonzalez-Soto

mgonzalez-soto@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Mrs. Sanchez

nsanchez@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Mrs. Sato

asato@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Ms. Reed: EIP Support

areed@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Mrs. Rakestraw: ESOL Support

arakestraw@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
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Ms. Flanagin: Reading Specialist

lflanagin@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

From Our Reading Specialist:

Please make sure you are reading with your student each night! We are working on comprehension and fluency within our reading! Ask questions about what your child is reading, what the main idea is, and key details!

From Mrs. Rakestraw (ESOL)

Parents, would you like to be a guest reader in your child’s classroom? We will provide you with a book in Spanish to read to your child’s class! You may also read a bilingual book to the class with your child’s teacher if you would like to (you would read the Spanish words and your child’s teacher would read the English words). Please sign up below if you are interested and your child’s teacher will reach out to you to schedule a time to come in!

1st grade link:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PkcY9ZlAKAmR_7Jyr_iT51kYrCjuwQzPUqWaUYiANSw/edit

Inside Our Classrooms: Inside Our Classrooms:

What we learned this past week:

Reading:

-In preparation for our MAP Assessment we did a full ELA review focusing on: comparing text, main idea, topic sentences, supporting details.

Phonics:

-We learned about vowel teams focusing on /-ie/ and /igh/ then did a vowel team review.

Writing:

-In preparation for MAP assessments. We continued working on parts of speech, main idea, and supporting details.

Math:

-We did math MAP review this week to prepare for the Spring MAP assessments. We reviewed all previously taught math concepts.

What we will learn this week:

Reading:

-We will continue reviewing for MAP assessments and begin our new Knowledge Based Unit on Economics.

Phonics:

-We will learning about vowel teams focusing on our /oo/ sound in words as well as -oo making the sound for a long /u/.

Writing:

-In preparation for MAP assessments. We will continue working on parts of speech, and sentence structure. Students will also begin brainstorming how to write a paragraph.

Math:

-We will continue with math MAP review this week to prepare for the MAP assessments, and we will resume our unit 5 in solving real world problems.

https://youtu.be/c3yJhw7R3fI
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From DLI:

Dear DLI Families

In preparation for MAP assessments in both English and Spanish, please continue to work with your students on reading and math concepts in both English and Spanish.

As we move into the end of the year, we will be focusing on our reading fluency, writing fluency, and math fluency. Students need to be able to use their skills to read and write. In math are working on unit 5 which is focused on word problems. Please work on reading with your student every night, letter formation and spelling, as well as math fluency.

How to Help at Home

Work on suffixes with your students such as: -ed, -s, -es, -ing, -est and -er and when to use them!


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, done, move, four, forty, fourth, people, pretty, nothing, person, mother, brother, father, water, today, other, another


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.)


Please see below the standard that will be graded on for Q4.

High Frequency Word List:

Students should be able to read and spell 125 words on this list by the end of first grade.

Each quarter the amount that the student is graded on goes up. For quarter 3, students were graded on if they were able to read and write 98 high frequency words. At the end of Quarter 4, students will be graded on if they know 125 or more high frequency words. Please see below for clarification.

Prepare for Summer!! Prepare for Summer!!

Madeleine Kuranda
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