8/31-9/4

 First Grade Happenings

We are having such fun while learning new things in first grade! Thank you for checking your child’s homework folder on a nightly basis. Looking over the day’s work is a very beneficial activity. There may be days that your child will bring home a decodable book to read aloud to you that night. Please return items that are placed in the Bring Back To School side of the folder. As always, if you ever have a question please ask us. We are here to support you and your child!

Important Notes For The Week

Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences- Save the Date! We will have virtual conferences on Thursday, September 17th and Friday, September 18th. Students will be dismissed at 11:15.  Flipside is available. A Sign Up Genius will be emailed to you on September 2nd. 

What are we learning ?  

Bible:  

We will finish our study of creation by learning about Adam and Eve. This week’s Bible verse comes from 1 John 5:3a ESV.  

Math:  

We will take our first assessment over Unit 1 on Wednesday. A study guide/practice test  is coming home on Tuesday for you to review with your child. Wednesday's homework is for the parents!  Please read over the Family Letter for Unit 2 attached to the homework sheet.  It is a good practice to save this letter over the course of the unit should you need it for homework help.

Reading: 

This week we will begin our fairy tale study. The students will learn 

the elements found in a fairy tale while listening to some classic fairy tales. 

Phonics: 

This week, your child will be learning the Floss rule. 

 "In a one syllable word with one short vowel,

 if it ends in f, l, or s, you double the f, l, or s."  

Check out this link and video to learn more:  The FLOSS Rule

Enjoy this floss video with your child!

This Thursday’s spelling test will be over the sight words: 

 all, well, will, when, of, put, was, what, the, then 

Writing: 

This week, we will  continue  to work on writing a detailed sentence with proper spacing.  Your child is learning that a sentence has a “who” (the person or thing) and a “do” (what the person or thing does). 

Social Studies: 

We will finish our study on character qualities of a good citizen this week.

8/24-8/28

First Grade Happenings

If you were not able to watch our Back to School Night

Slide Show presentation, click here to view. (open the slides & press present to start the presentation, click to manually advance the slides - click on all underlined statements to watch the video, when the video finishes click back on the slide tab to advance.)

Homework starts this upcoming week. We will have a spelling test 

on Thursday and a Bible verse test on Friday. You will find the Bible verse and the spelling words to study in the widgets section of the blog. Make sure that you click “View Web Version” on your cell phone to view the widgets. You will also receive a homework calendar for the week.This will be  inside of  your child’s Homework Folder on Monday.This will have  the math family letter and homework for the week attached,as well as the spelling words and Bible verse.

RAZ Kids

Your child’s log-in information for RAZ Kids is inside of the 

Friday folder. Please save this letter for it contains login

information that you will need as our year progresses.You are welcome and encouraged to begin using it at home! We ask that your child read first, then take the quiz, and listen last.

What are we learning ?  

Bible:  The students are continuing their study on the story of creation

from the book of Genesis. This week, we will be focusing on

Days 4-6. We will have a Bible verse test on Friday. Your child will be asked to recite Psalm 46:1 ESV version. 

Math: In Math, we will begin our homework routine this week.  

You will find “Home Links” stapled to the assignment sheet in the 

homework folder on Mondays.  The homework sheet will indicate 

which one to do each night. 

 

Please complete ONE a night (Monday-Thursday) 

with your child and send each one back to school the next day.  

There will be a “Family Note” at the top that will review what

your child did at school that day and a few things to try at home.They should take you no longer than 10 minutes each night to complete together. Also, Home Links are a great way to stay informed with math instruction at school.Though we send the whole week’s assignments home on Mondays,we ask you NOT to work ahead because many of the activities are designed to springboard directly from the lesson your child had at school that day.  

Reading: This week we will begin our study of fables. 

The students will learn that a fable is a story with a moral 

or a lesson at the end, and will enjoy listening to a few!

Phonics: We are reviewing compound words in Phonics.  Here is a packet 

with many activities for varying abilities for you to try at home:  Compound Words

Writing: This week we will  continue  to work on writing a detailed 

sentence with  proper spacing. 

Social Studies: We will continue our study on rules and respect. 

Welcome Back to School! 8/17- 8/21

 First Grade Happenings

What a wonderful week we have had in first grade! Your children are curious, inquisitive, creative, joyful and energetic! This week we learned our classroom rules and procedures, read a lot of great books,and had so much fun playing math games.Thank you for partnering with us in the educational,emotional,and spiritual development of your child! 

Important Notes For The Week

Lower School Virtual Back to School Night

Tuesday, August 18th - You will be sent a link to the slides and video for your child’s virtual back to school night. 

Zoom Q&A with your Classroom Teacher 

Thursday, August 20th- 7:30- 8:00 pm

What are we learning ?  

Bible:  

The students are learning the story of creation

from the book of Genesis. 

Click on the link to watch a creation video!  Days of Creation 

Math:  

In math, we are working on counting and representing collections of  objects with numbers; counting on from any number; 

and comparing and ordering numbers.

Reading:

In reading, we are individually evaluating your children to 

determine their independent and instructional reading levels.This week we will begin our study of fables.The students will learn what a fable is-a story with a moral or a lesson at the end, and will enjoy listening to a few!

Phonics:

In Phonics, we will continue to review consonants,short vowels and digraphs ch, sh, th and wh. Here is a description and video of an activity to help your child:

Blending Activity

Writing: 

This week we will work on writing a detailed sentence with

proper spacing. 

Social Studies: 

We will continue our study on rules and respect.