1st Grade News

Hello First Grade Families,

We are officially in Week 12, and our first graders continue to make incredible strides in their learning, independence, and daily classroom routines! It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm and confidence grow each day as they build foundational skills across all subjects and collaborate with their peers.

We are so excited for our Trunk or Treat on Friday the 29th! We can hardly wait to celebrate, see all the creative trunks, and share in some festive fall fun together. It’s going to be a wonderful time for our school community to gather, so be sure to join in on the festivities!

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💜

10/26: Yearbook Cover Contest Entries Due

10/29: Trunk or Treat

10/30: Prosper Fire Clowns Assembly

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.

New Change of Dismissal Form

To help streamline our daily end-of-day procedures, we are transitioning all dismissal changes to a simple online form. You no longer need to call the front office and this keeps a paper trail of your request. Please note that our daily cutoff time remains the same: all changes must be submitted by 1:30 PM each day to ensure our staff can safely route every student to their proper location. To make updating your child's pick up quick and easy, please bookmark this link so you can access it whenever you need it!

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.

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 multiple tools and strategies to solve adding and subtracting equations.

🛑 Social Studies: I can describe how where I live affects how I live.

📚 Reading/Writing: I can use different ways to respond to what I have read and I can mimic authors' choices with my own writing.

🔬Science: I can demonstrate and explain how pushes and pulls can start, stop, or change the speed and direction of an object's motion

🎲 Math: "If you had to teach me a new strategy for adding or subtracting two numbers, what would it be?"

🛑 Social Studies: "If we moved somewhere that was covered in snow all year round, how would our daily life—like our clothing, house, or activities—have to change?"

📚 Reading/Writing: "What is a cool word, punctuation mark, or repeating line an author used in a story today that you'd like to try in your own writing?"

🔬Science: "How can you use a push or a pull to make a moving toy change direction or come to a complete stop?"

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.