First Grade Newsletter!
Week of 11/18-11/22
Important Reminders
This Week!
11/21: First Grade Thanksgiving Lunch (11:02-11:40am) Please plan to pay when you come.
11/21: Turkey Bingo (5:30-7:00pm)
11/25-11/29: NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Break
Students will be taking the winter MAP test when they return to school. Please make sure your first graders are completing some of the homework sent home over break as well as accessing MyPath, information regarding getting access to MyPath is located below in the "How to Help at Home" section.
Please make sure your students know how they are going home, and to let the front office know/ your child's teacher know if there are any changes.
Upcoming Events
Coming up:
12/3-12/4: WINTER MAP TESTING
12/12: Spelling Bee
12/12: Shop with a Cop
12/13: Pictures with Santa
12/19: PTA Holiday Performance (6:00)
12/21-1/6: Holiday Break
1/6: Teacher Work Day
Meet the Team
Ms. Kuranda (First grade Team Lead)
Mrs. Gonzalez-Soto
Ms. Sheilds
Mrs. Sato
Ms. Reed: EIP Support
jmanning@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
How to Help at Home:
Students should be reading at home every night.
Have students practice rereading books that they are familiar with to practice fluency, reading rate, and reading with expression.
Please have student practicing their handwriting at home. This can be as simple as having them rewrite the alphabet and numbers, practice spelling high frequency words or their family members names!
A List of High frequency words/ heart words were given at conferences along with comprehension practice! These are easy things to work on at home!
Go over high frequency words with your students like:
the, I, a, said, to, do, of, see, he, be, me, from, look, book, are, was, you, what, have, your, want, no, go, so, goes, says, she, we, talk, walk, were, could, would, should, or, for.
Talk about the different ways you hear sounds, and the different types of light! Study shadows around your home and how they change throughout the day!
MyPath
All students have access to MyPath through their Schoology/ Clever. Students can access targeted reading and math activities based on their needs on their phone, ipad, or computer. Students should utilize this over Thanksgiving break!
MyPath is the application that is connected to the students MAP test scores. So students are given a pathway based on the areas that they need to continue working on. The steps are below.
1. From the Marietta City Schools Webpage, Go to schoology. Log in should be your students lunch number and their password is their birthday in the format (MMDDYYYY)
2. Go to the waffle icon in the top right corner and hit Clever
3. Hit the rainbow "G" to login with google.
4. In the search bar type "MyPath". (There should be a reading and math option)
- or look for the icons already made to favorites on the main Clever Screen.
Inside Our Classrooms:
What we learned this past week:
Reading: We continued our Unit 2: Creature Features, and learning about the lessons in the story "Seven Blind Mice".
Phonics: Students reviewed the -tch/-dge rule and when to use them.
Science: We continued our new science unit on light and sound. We will be taking a closer look at light and shadows.
Writing: Students learned how to create the parts of an informational writing piece, focusing on how to create an informational paragraph. And created a piece of informational writing about the lesson in The Ant and the Grasshopper.
Math: We took our Unit 2 Math Test along with our Unit 3 Pre-test.
What we will learn this week:
Reading: We will continue our Unit 2: Creature Features, and learning about the lessons in the story "Seven Blind Mice"
Phonics: Students will be reviewing the y as a vowel rule (saying /i/ or /e/ and when to use it.
Science: We will continue our new science unit on light and sound. We will be taking a closer look at how sounds are made.
Writing: Students will continue using building their knowledge and skills in writing an informational paragraph.
Math: We will begin our Unit 3 on measurement, time, and shapes.
From our ESOL:
Reading at home is so important to help your child learn. Reading in your native language is just as important as reading in English.
Please read the following article on how reading in your native language helps your child actually become a better reader.
From Our Reading Specialist
Hello Park Street Families,
It’s Ms. Flanagin, 1st grade reading specialist. Did you know the Cobb County library has hundreds of books for children? All you need is a library card! The steps to getting a library card are as easy as 1-2-3!
See the link below.
https://www.cobbcounty.org/library/card-account
Enjoy our time at one of the many locations around the city!
From EIP: Ms. Reed
Balancing Equations: Students must learn to understand what the equal sign means. It DOES NOT mean the answer. The equal sign acts as a balance scale. It means, “the same as”. Students need to understand there should be the same amount on both sides of the equal sign. When both sides are the same, that is called “true”. When one side is more or less than the other, that is called “false”. Help your child practice balancing equations by using the videos and activity below.
PTA School Spirit Store
At the Givebacks link below you will find our PTA School Spirit Store! Please check it out! All proceeds come right back to Park Street!
Uniform Reminder
Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.

