First Grade Newsletter!
Week of 11/11-11/15
Important Reminders
Field Trip is 11/15 if your student has not brought back a permission slip they will not be able to attend.
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:
11/20: Thanksgiving Lunch
11/21: Turkey Bingo
11/25-11/29: NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Break
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 different animals that you see in and around your neighborhood. What features are unique about these animals?
Inside Our Classrooms:
What we learned this past week:
Reading: We discussed fables like the Tortoise and the Hare, and the Ant and the Grasshopper.
Phonics: Students reviewed their CVCe (magic e) rules in words and when to use it and learned about the ending patterns -tch and -dge.
Science: We began our new science unit on light and sound.
Writing: Students started learning how to create the parts of an informational writing piece, focusing on the parts of a paragraph .
Math: We began working on adding with 3 addends, and working on two step addition word problems.
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 -tch/-dge rule and when to use them.
Science: We will continue our new science unit on light and sound. We will be taking a closer look at light and shadows.
Writing: Students will start learning how to create the parts of an informational writing piece, focusing on how to create an informational paragraph.
Math: We will be be working on fact families and review. We will then take our Unit 3 Pre-test.
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.

