Our 3rd quarter has begun! It's the sweet spot of the school year when we're between testing seasons, there are no long breaks comin up, and we can simply learn! Thank you for your support during our first half of the year...our second half of first grade is going to be fantastic!
Quarter 2 Report Cards:
Second quarter report cards were issued on Friday. Report cards were issued electronically only; a paper copy will not be sent home. Your child's report card is available for viewing in your ParentVue account. If you need assistance logging into your ParentVue account, please contact Mrs. Sciortino in our school office.
First Grade Music Program:
Please click here for a note from our music teachers about the First Grade Music Program. Planning has begun for this fun program, which will be held in May. Thank you!
100th Day of School!
The 100th Day of School is coming! Weather permitting, we will mark this special day on Wednesday, February 12th. (If we have more snow days between now and February 12th, we will adjust the day so it aligns with our 100th day). The 1st grade teachers and I have been busy planning for this fun day! As part of our fun, the students are invited to to dress like a 100 year old boy or girl, or make and decorate a t-shirt with 100 items for our 100th day celebration. There's more information to come about our 100th day, but I'm passing this along so you and your child can start thinking about these optional, at-home projects, and whether you'd like to complete them.
Valentine's Day Party:
Mark your calendar...our classroom Valentine's Day Party will be Friday, February 14th from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in our classroom. All families are welcome to attend. The kids will exchange Valentine cards, and I sent home a roster last week for those of you wanting to get a head start on those. The exchange is completely voluntary. If your child brings Valentine cards, please be sure he/she has one for every student in the class. If your child wants to attach a little "something" to his/her Valentine cards, please don't attach candy or food...little items like pencils, erasers, tattoos, stickers, etc. are fine. Attached to the class roster, was an instructional page on how to create your child's Valentine mailbox at home. I am asking that each child brings in a Valentine mailbox to collect their valentines at the party. If you have any questions about the directions, please let me know. Lastly, students will need to return their signed permission form to participate in the fun snack during our party. If I do not have your child's permission form, they will not be able to participate in our party snack. To volunteer/donate items for our class party, please sign-up HERE
Focus Areas for This Week:
- Reading- We will continue our nonfiction unit. We will learn strategies to help us tackle our super hard words in nonfiction reading.
- Writing- We will edit our nonfiction picture books and begin to write nonfiction chapter books. We are including nonfiction text features, such as heading, diagrams, different kinds of pages, captions, glossaries, and a table of contents.
- Math-We will begin our addition unit. We will learn strategies for solving addition facts, and we will learn that addition is a process of 2 parts coming together to make a whole, so: Part + Part = Whole.
- Science-We will continue our matter unit. We will explore the 3 states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and conduct some matter experiments. We will test whether certain liquids mix and whether certain solids will dissolve in hot/cold water.
Questions, comments, and feedback are welcome.
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