Hello, everyone!
Our first week is over! We survived! This week will, once again, be the hybrid schedule. Beginning September 28th, all first graders will begin coming to school EVERY day! Very exciting!
Here are this week's announcements...
IMPORTANT! Please, please, please make
sure your child knows how they are getting home every day. We go to specials at
the end of the day…that means
they will not be with me, so I won’t be able to remind them which way to go. Also,
remind them that if they are meeting a sibling, they need to stay in the meeting
spot until big brother or sister gets there. Often times the younger kids will
panic and run off looking for their big if they aren’t right there waiting for
them.
*Don’t forget…handwriting practice notebooks stay at
home. I will assign practice pages. These do not have to be turned in to me. About once a month I do a handwriting assessment,
though, so please make sure they are practicing at home.
*The water fountains at school are
closed this year. Please have your child bring a filled, spill-proof, water
bottle to school daily. If they drink
all the water before the day is over, they are welcome to refill it at school.
*If you haven’t already done so, please
make sure to buy your child headphones. I have some they can borrow, but last
week I was informed by many children that my headphones were quite simply not good
enough LOL. I will admit they aren’t
very exciting and fancy like some headphones! Anyway, please get your child
some ASAP. These kids crack me up!
*Please make sure your child has their
O.W.L. folder with them every day when they come to school. And of course, their iPad and headphones, too!
*Wondering what’s for lunch each day? Click on the link below for the lunch calendar.
SCHOOL
LUNCH IS FREE TO EVERYONE THROUGH DECEMBER!!!
Click on link, then click on “printable
traditional monthly” pdf.
So, what did we do in class last week and will continue to do in class this week (and the next week or so after that)? Read on to find out more...
*ASSESSMENTS! It’s been six months
since the children have been in school, and it is imperative that I collect
information on where they are academically ASAP. We will be doing both Math and
Literacy assessments. This will include assessing children on:
*Alphabetic knowledge
*Phonics
and phonemic awareness
*Sight words
*Spelling
*Reading
fluency and comprehension
*Counting
skills to 100
*Math
fact fluency
*Adding
and subtracting numbers
*Solving
story problems
*ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES!
*This
has to do with the expectations about how we run our classroom, and what I
expect from them, behaviorally speaking.
*OPERATION FIRST GRADE BOOT CAMP!
During this time we focus on what it means to be a learner, and learn about learner dispositions. We will learn how to think like a learner, how to solve problems we might have at school, and how to use school tools appropriately. Additionally, we will learn about the rules we need to follow in order to be safe and able to learn while in school.
It was a whirlwind week, and we are ready to do it again this week! Have a fantastic week, everyone!
