Welcome to First Grade!
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Our first grade blog will be a place where you can connect to the classroom and what we are doing in it. As a first grade team, we will inform you of what topics we are covering in each subject and make suggestions for ways to make your children even more successful! Remember: it takes a team to educate a child! We are both very excited to be on a team with you! Please take a few moments every week to read over the blog. If using the blog for an information source is not for you, please let us know and we will be happy to send you a hard copy of the post.
We will be posting information to the blog for Reading Wonders as well as My Math. These resources can help you to review content with your child for big tests. We be testing on most subjects on Fridays. So reviewing the blog and with your child should be done prior to that. Thank you for everything that you do to help us be successful educators! Look below to find your first Reading Wonders Parent letter. Also, please look below to know what we will be covering in math the first week.
Thanks,
Christina Cully and Annie Hopkins
Our first grade blog will be a place where you can connect to the classroom and what we are doing in it. As a first grade team, we will inform you of what topics we are covering in each subject and make suggestions for ways to make your children even more successful! Remember: it takes a team to educate a child! We are both very excited to be on a team with you! Please take a few moments every week to read over the blog. If using the blog for an information source is not for you, please let us know and we will be happy to send you a hard copy of the post.
We will be posting information to the blog for Reading Wonders as well as My Math. These resources can help you to review content with your child for big tests. We be testing on most subjects on Fridays. So reviewing the blog and with your child should be done prior to that. Thank you for everything that you do to help us be successful educators! Look below to find your first Reading Wonders Parent letter. Also, please look below to know what we will be covering in math the first week.
Thanks,
Christina Cully and Annie Hopkins
Reading Wonders
Dear Family Member:
During the first three weeks of school, our class will be focusing on key skills that will provide a strong foundation for our learning. Here are some activities you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.
My Words to Know
High-Frequency Words Play “Go Fish.” Write each of these words on two sets of cards: are, me, she, with, for, and, have, see, said, was. Turn the cards face down. Players select ten cards and turn the cards over in their hands, facing them. They set aside any matching word pairs. Then they ask the other player for the matching card for one of their remaining words. The game continues until all words have been matched.
Letter Workout
Letter-Sound Bingo Make a bingo card by writing each of these letters or letter pairs on one of the nine squares: k, u, g, w, v, qu, j, y, z. Then say the word kit. Have your child say the sound at the beginning of kit and the letter for the sound, and then place a marker on that letter. Repeat, using words for other letters. The game continues until all squares have markers.
Word Workout
Write the words and sentence below and have your child read them.
wig vet quit
Gus can see the quick fox.
My Math-
We will begin in our My Math books next week! In the meantime, we are working on practicing essential kindergarten skills. These skills include: counting to 100, counting by 5's and 10's, using a 10 frame, understanding more and less using a number line, recognizing shapes and beginning addition skills.
Homework-
There is no homework the first week of school
