1st Grade News

Hello First Grade Families,

Thank you so much for making our Boosterthon Glow Run a huge success!! Our first graders are continuing to build wonderful routines and grow as readers, writers, and thinkers. A quick reminder to please sign up for a Parent-Teacher Conference if you haven't already. Teachers sent out a Signup Genius for the month of October to sign up for conferences. During your child's conference, teachers will be sharing your child’s current "Glows" (areas where they are shining!) and "Grows" (their next learning goals). We look forward to connecting with you and celebrating your student's progress!

Reminder, first grade no longer uses ice cream permission slips. If you would like to regulate your child's purchasing at lunch, please go on MySchoolBucks to limit purchases of specific items. You can even make it so they can only purchase on certain days! Thank you so much! Lets make it a fantastic week.

Love,

First Grade Team💜

10/8: PTO sponsored Magic Show

10/8: Wear red for dyslexia awareness

10/9-10/13: Fall Break

Attendance/Absences:

There is a change this year for doctor’s notes or other supporting documentation for an absence. They should now be submitted by completing the online Attendance Note Submission form and uploading the documentation within the form. Student's 8-digit ID numbers (900...) are required in order to complete the form, and may be found in Skyward Family Access. This process applies to both full-day and partial-day absences. Please note that a parent notification submitted through Skyward Family Access regarding a doctor's visit does not qualify as a doctor's note. If you have any questions, please reach out to our registrar at windsong-registrar@prosper-isd.net.

WRE Attendance website

Skyward Absence Request

Submit a Doctor's Note

Arrival/Dismissal:

Please use this LINK to review important arrival/dismissal information.

Cafeteria Info:

Our food service team's commitment remains the same: serving safe, high-quality meals students enjoy. Learn more about our Child Nutrition department, put money on your child's MySchoolBucks account today, and bookmark the lunch menu calendar.

This year, Child Nutrition is updating menus to remove certain artificial dyes and additives while continuing our focus on simple, recognizable ingredients.

Order a yearbook for your student and make it even more special with their name on the cover and the chance to save up to $20 on icons. Choose from over 65 custom icons featuring sports, hobbies, clubs, grad years and many more. Offer ends Friday, September 18. Use promo code YBKICONS at checkout to save. Click here to order and personalize your student's copy today!

26-27 Yearbook Cover Contest!

This year our Yearbook Cover Contest will be open to all grade levels! We would like students to create a picture on 8 1/2 x 11 paper keeping the school wide theme "The Magical Yet" in mind. All entries are due by October 26th. Please include the student's name on the bottom of the entry along with their teacher's name and do not laminate. The winner will have their picture on the front cover, runner-up will be placed on the back cover, and all other entries will be displayed inside the yearbook.

We are starting our first grade guidance lessons covering Anti Victimization the month of October. Students will learn what to do when it comes to personal safety and safe/unsafe touch. Pursuant to state law, Prosper ISD requires parental consent for instruction on this lesson. This was part of the back to school forms you filled out during the enrollment process. All students without an opt in will not participate in the lesson.

Based on our Student Health Advisory Committee and Board Approval, we will be using Play it Safe for our first grade lesson. If you would like to preview the lesson prior to making a decision for your child to participate, please attend the first grade preview session on our campus:

• First Grade Parent Preview is October 21st @ 8:00- WRE cafeteria

• Lessons will take place during the week of Nov. 9-13

Please reach out to the campus counselor with questions.

Brooke Stenson

abstenson@prosper-isd.net

🎲 Math: I can use place value to compare whole numbers up to 60 using words like greater than, less than, and equal to.

🛑 Social Studies: I can identify landforms and their properties

📚 Reading/Writing: I can understand that nonfiction authors write about real people, animals, places, or things.

🔬Science: I can identify an object and the functions of its parts.

🎲 Math: "Let's play a higher-or-lower game! Pick two numbers between 1 and 60. Which one is greater than the other? Which one is less than?"

🛑 Social Studies: "If we went on a hike, what kind of landform would we have to climb up high—a mountain or a valley?"

📚 Reading/Writing: "Did you read a nonfiction book today? Was it about a real person, an animal, a place, or a thing?"

🔬Science: Point to any everyday object in the room and ask, "What is this object, and what does its most important part do?"

Please remember to bring your car tag to pick up your child at dismissal. If you do not have your car tag, you must come into the office with a valid ID for us to release your child to you. If you are unable to pick up your child, only people listed on your emergency contact list on Skyward will be able to do so. Please have them bring their ID with them to the office for verification. Thank you!

• Please continue to read 20 minutes each night. Remember to ask questions before, during and after reading.
• Practice blending lines and high frequency words.
• Practice adding and subtracting numbers up to 20.
• Practice skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.