First Grade
First Grade Newsletter
Last Update: December 10, 2019
What's Happening This Week:
Monday, December 16th: Grinch Day
Class Christmas Parties on Thursday, December 19th. The Christmas parties will start at 12:45. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.
Reading:
For this 9 weeks our unit theme is Seasons. We will finish working on text features, main idea, and author's purpose with nonfiction texts. We will be focusing on winter. Students work on research projects focusing on winter.
Writing:
We will work through the narrative writing process.
W.1.3 I can write a narrative piece
Math:
We will continue to work on addition and subtraction facts within 20. We will learn new strategies to help us solve equations.
First Grade Reading Standards:
RI. 1.1 Ask and answer key details in a text.
RI. 1.2 Find the main idea of a text.
R.I. 1.5 Use text features to help understand information a text
R.I. 1.8 identify author's purpose
First Grade Math Standards:
1.OA.4 solve subtractions combinations using related addition
1.OA.5 Count forward and backward to subtract
1.OA.6 develop strategies for adding to 20 and subtracting to 10
1.OA.8 Can find the unknown number in addition and subtraction equations
Upcoming Dates
First Grade & AES School Calendar:
Monday, December 16th: Grinch Day
Thursday, December 19th. The Christmas parties will start at 12:45. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.
Winter Break: December 21st- January 5th.
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Pod 5 Teachers
Kimberly Tatum
Justin Smither
Bridget Young
Pod 6 Teachers
Julie Myers Grade Team Chair
Aysha Tate
Madison Costner
Rachel Babcock
First Grade Paraprofessional
Mary Wilder
mwilder@alcoaschools.net
QUE ESTÁ PASANDO:
Esta semana en el Primer Grado, estaremos leyendo Mabela the Clever, que es una historia de pueblo en África. Los Estándares de la lectura se concentran esta semana en el mensaje central. En Matemáticas, estamos trabajando en en Valor del Lugar de diez y Unos.
EVENTOS QUE VIENEN:
Enero 25 : Asamblea de Yard Sign Assembly
Febrero 04: Comienzo de Book Blitz
Febrero 06: Comienzo de la recaudación de fondos vendiendo Dulces
Febrero 07: Reunión Advisoria de Padres de Familia
Febrero 18: DÍA DEL PRESIDENTE - NO HAY ESCUELA
Febrero 19: NO HAY ESCUELA (estudiantes) - Día de entrenamiento de Maestros y empleados
Febrero 22: Día Final de venta de Dulces
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