Hello Families!
Happy New Year and welcome back to school! We are looking forward to a great second trimester! Literacy This month our Fundations phonics program will continue focusing on glued letter sounds (word families: -ing, -ong, -ang, -ung, -ank, -ink, -onk, and -unk) as well as suffixes. In reading groups we will be focusing on non-fiction and continuing to build on decoding, reading for fluency, and comprehension. Just as a reminder, the expectation is that your child reads 10-15 minutes per night. Homework is sent home Monday-Thursday and the expectation is that it comes back each day. This is really helpful with the school home connection so that you can see how your child is progressing with reading. The goal for students by the end of the year is to be reading at an independent level I. The homework books are labeled with levels that we are using in reading groups based on the midyear BAS and iReady reading assessments. Thank you for your support with this! Our whole class reading focus will be point of view and the writing focus this month is narrative writing. We’ll include some poetry in this as well. Math We’ll continue working on two digit number sense with groups of tens and ones. Students should be working on automaticity of math facts 0-10. Please help them practice by making flashcards, or you can print some from this website: https://www.k5learning.com/free-flashcards/math Students can also access math optional math practice on Dreambox which can be found in the BVSD student portal online. Science/Social Studies This month we’ll be focusing on weather and working in the community. Miscellaneous Clothing For snowy days, please have your child bring/wear snow boots, coats, hats, gloves/mittens, and snow pants if they would like. We plan to be outside for our recesses if the temps are high enough. Water Bottles Please remember to bring water bottles. With all of the germs and precautions, it is best to take those home daily to clean and bring in a new one each day. Masks Please ensure your child has a comfortable, well fitting mask and remind them about the importance of keeping it over their noses. We have some child sized masks, but it is super helpful if you put one or two extra ones in your child's backpack. Upcoming Dates 1/17- Martin Luther King Jr. Day- no school 2/2-Term 2 Report Cards viewable in IC (postponed) Thank you! The First Grade Team Comments are closed.
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