THIS IS THE LAST FIRST GRADE NEWS LETTER, PLEASE KEEP HANDY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONTH OF MAY

5/5-5/9 IS THE WEEK OF MAP TESTING:

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.

Please make sure that your children have their bus tag on their backpacks each day.

5/5-5/9: English MAP testing (ALL students : Math and Reading)
5/5-5/9: Teacher Appreciation Week
5/8: DLI Showcase 6:00pm
5/12: Muffins with Mom 8:00-8:30
5/16: Field Day

5/19: Field Day (Rain Date)
5/21: Awards Day (1ST GRADE IS 9:00-9:45)
5/23: Last Day of School

MAP TESTING IS THE WEEK OF MAY 5-9!!

Please make sure all students are on time to school. Testing starts promptly at 9:00am.

Please make sure your child has slept well the night before and eaten breakfast either at home or at school.

Important information for field day:

ALL students need to bring: a towel, a plastic bag for wet clothes, and a FULL change of clothes (socks, shoes, underwear, shorts, shirt)

Students are not allowed to wear swimsuits unless under their clothes.

Reading: We will continue our unit on Cinderella Stories from around the world.

Phonics: We will finish learning about vowel teams and spelling patterns and begin taking our end of the year reading assessments.

Science: We will be continuing and completing our comprehensive end of the year project "Build a Zoo". Student will work on using money, shapes, time, animals, habitats, and budgeting to build their own zoo.

Writing: Students will be discussing opinion writing and the purpose behind it, and creating their own persuasive writing.

Math: We will continue and finish our unit 5. In unit 5 students will be working with manipulating numbers up to 120, such as: identifying tens and ones, adding and subtracting two-digit numbers within 10, true false equations, real life word problems.

With the weather warming up, it’s a great time to get outside and explore. See the attached article for ideas for enjoying the outdoors and learning at the same time. 😊

https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/outdoor-explorations

https://www.colorincolorado.org/es/articulo/exploraciones-al-aire-libre

Practice describing feelings and emotions.

Give or say the name of an object and have your student practice using adjectives.

Please work on addition and subtraction within 100 with your students. We have been doing 2-digit addition and subtraction.

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,

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.

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.

5. Once you click on which subject you would like, they should be able to practice skills in different areas that align with their MAP scores.

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!

All students are expected to be in uniform. Fridays "Spirit Days" are the only days students should be out of uniform, on these days, students are still expected to wear Marietta/Park Street gear and be weather and school appropriate.

Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.