First Grade Newsletter
Week of 10/23-10/27
Red Ribbon Week
This week is Red Ribbon Week! Each year we celebrate red ribbon week to renew our commitment as a community to be healthy and drug free! Each day students have the opportunity to participate in a themed.
Monday: Wear a red shirt!
Tuesday: Wear your favorite sports team gear!
Wednesday: Wear a college shirt!
Thursday: Dress up like a book character! (no Halloween mask are allowed)
Friday: Pajama Day!
Even though students are not required to wear "uniform" these days, please make sure that students clothing still have no rips in jeans, and shorts, skirts, shirts, dresses are school appropriate.
If your student does not participate on a day, they do need to be in school uniform.
Coming up:
11/3: Coffee with the Principal 8:30am
11/7: No School (Election Day)
11/15: First Grade Thanksgiving Lunch (Check with your students teacher for their lunch time)
11/16: PTA Turkey Bingo 5:30pm
11/20-11/24: Thanksgiving Break
11/30: Fall Picture Makeups
Meet the Team
Ms. Kuranda
Mrs. Gonzalez-Soto
Mrs. Sanchez
Mrs. Sato
Ms. Reed: EIP Support
Mrs. Rakestraw: ESOL Support
Inside Our Classrooms:
What we learned this past week: (before break)
Reading:
-Comparing animal habitats.
-Comparing plant and animal habitats.
Phonics:
- Glued /-ank/, /-ang/, /-ink/, /-ing/, ect.
Writing:
-Proper letter formation
-Capitalization for proper nouns
-Punctuation.
Math:
-Adding and Subtracting on a number line.
Vocabulary for the Week:
Protect
Scatter
Carnivore
Omnivore
Herbivore
Habitat
What we will learn this week:
-Beginning our new unit on Weather!
Phonics:
-We will be working on CVC-e pattern words, long vowel sounds and silent E.
Writing:
-We will begin writing letters to move into our persuasive writing unit.
Math:
-We will be continuing our work with number lines, adding and subtracting, and word problems containing 2+ addends.
Vocabulary for the Week:
Precipitation
Seasons
Bare
Thermometer
Weather
Patterns
Conditions
How to Help at Home:
High frequency words/ heart words students should know how to spell and read:
was, said, they, their, there, were, where, any, many, want, walk, talk, very, does, would, could, should
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.
Below are some online educational games that our students love! These educational game websites have both reading and math games that are tailored to each grade level. Students in all grades can have fun and learn with these games!
Online Educational Games for Free!
From Our Wonderful Support Teachers!
Mrs. Rakestraw: ESOL
Marietta City District ESOL Family Night
Who: ESOL families NEW to Marietta City Schools
When: November 2, 2023 @ 5:30pm
Where: Marietta Sixth Grade Academy
What: Learn what to expect for your child
Families will receive help accessing Aspen, school schedules, understanding your child’s language progress, connecting with your child’s school, and more.
Dinner and childcare provided.
Ms. Reed: EIP
Fact Families: fact families are related addition and subtraction facts that use the same numbers. Fact families help kids understand the relationship between addition and subtraction. For example, using the numbers 8, 5, and 13, students can produce two addition number sentences and 2 related subtraction sentences.
See the fact family and video below.
5 + 8 = 13
8 + 5 = 13
13 - 5 = 8
13 - 8 = 5
How to help at Home from DLI:
Saludos familias de DLI:
En matemáticas estamos trabajando sumas en la recta numérica:
Sumas en la recta numérica para niños - YouTube
Favor continuar repasando el contar hacia 120 hacia adelante y atrás de 1 en 1. Continuar repasando contar de 10 en 10 y 5 en 5 hasta 120.
En español favor continuar practicando los sonidos y nombres de las letras:
Los Sonidos Iniciales (Spanish letter Sounds) - YouTube
Favor continuar practicando las silabas regulare y las trabadas:
Las sílabas en español para niños (en orden) - Syllables in Spanish for kids (in order) - YouTube
El ABC en espanol
Muchas gracias por su apoyo,
Sra. Gonzalez y Sra. Sanchez
Upcoming Events
Uniform Reminder
Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.


