September 21 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

September 21, 2018

Review of our Week:

         In math we have been working on taking apart, taking from and subtraction in story problems. In our reading program, we have started reading stories.  We will finish our interviews on Monday. I will have the pages your child wrote put together in a book at SEPs.  I am very impressed with the writing abilities of each of the students.  In Social Studies we are learning about our community. We wrote about what we want to be when we grow up.

         We got a new student from China.  We are so excited to have her in our class.

SEP’s:

         I am sending home a paper that tells you when your SEP is.  I need you to sign it and mark if you can make your appointment or not.  If you can’t make it please let me know as soon as possible, so I can reschedule it.  We coordinated with other teachers, so please try to make your appointment.  Remember school gets out everyday at 2:30, even on Wednesday.

Homework:

         It is very important that your child is doing their reading for 20 minutes every night. I really need you taking the time to listen to your child read.  I have several who have already moved up a level and several who will be ready to move up a level with in the next couple of weeks.  I can tell they are reading at home.  As I start reading with each child next week, I will be able to see who else is ready to move.

         I just wanted to let you know, you don’t have to turn your child’s math packet in.  I am not grading it for homework.  You can turn them in, but you don’t have to.  I just wanted to send them home as some extra practice, if you wanted to have your child do it.  It has helped review and pre-teach some of these math concepts. I will do this with each chapter.

Snacks:

We are almost finished with snacks and we won’t be doing them after next week. If your child would like to bring their own healthy snack to eat at first recess, they can.  Please, don’t send candy.

FYI’s:

* I just wanted to thank you all for sending the snacks when your    child was the leader. Please make sure your child is getting a good breakfast. 

Upcoming Events:

         * PTA Family Movie Night at Fiddler’s Fun Center movies are      at 4:30 & 7:00

·      Friday, September 28 – Family Fun Day

·      October 1-5 –SEP Week (School gets out everyday at 2:30, even on Wednesday.)

·      Friday, October 5 – Celebrate Sophie’s Birthday

·      Monday, October 8 – Celebrate Delia’s Birthday

·      Friday, October 12 – End of 1^st Quarter

·      Friday, October 12 – Picture Retakes

·      Friday, October 12 – Family Fun Day (Allen Family)

·      Friday, October 19 – Family Fun Day

·      Monday, October 22 – No School (Fall Break)

·      Friday, October 26 – Family Fun Day

·      Tuesday, October 30 – Halloween Party @2:00

·      Wednesday, October 31 Carve pumpkins with dads @ 10:30

·      Friday, November 2 – Family Fun Day

·      Friday, November 9 – Family Fun Day

·      Friday, November 16 – Celebrate Ellsie’s Birthday

September 14 Newsletter

First Grade News

September 14, 2018

Review of our week:

         In math we started on Chapter 2, Subtraction Concepts. I will be sending home the packet for Chapter 2.  This doesn’t have to be turned in, but it is great practice for your child.  I will send home Chapter 1 tests next week.  If your child wants to fix the ones they missed, they turn it back in for 100%.

Leaders for next week:

         September 17 – Sophie

         September 18 – Taevin

         September 19 –Tanner

         September 20 – Rowdy

         September 21 – Ryan (Celebrate Ryan’s Birthday also)

        

*Please send a snack if you can.

Office Things:

         I just wanted to remind you or make you aware if you didn’t know already about a few things.  Whenever you come to the school to read or anything else you need to check in at the office and get a visitors pass.  The other thing is if your child is gone, we need you to call the office and excuse them.  Mrs. Griffith has to call the parents of every child who is absent and see why they are not at school.  If they are going to be gone it is good to let me know, but will you please let Mrs. Griffith know also.  I don’t always have time to tell her.

Reading Parents:

         We will start reading next week.  If you or a grandparent would like to come in and read, we would love to have you.  Let me know if you are able to.  I have included the list of those who signed up.  I know there were several who said they would like to, but just didn’t sign up.  Also, if you can’t make it on your day, don’t worry about.  When you come in I will have you listen to a child read 1-2 stories out of their Readers and then practice their sight words.  Soon, I will have you do fluency readings with them.

Math Groups:

         In First grade we will be doing some math groups.  We gave a common assessment with writing numbers correctly up to 20.  We then divided them into groups. One teacher is working with the students who could use a little more help with writing the numbers and seeing the pattern, one teacher is working with the kids who need to making the numbers the correct way (if they are writing numbers backwards) and the other teacher will be working with the students who were able to write to 50 and did have any reversals with their numbers.  They will work on numbers up to 120.

         As First Grade teachers we went through the core and decided and what was the most important math and reading concepts we wanted them to know by the end of the year.  In our math groups we are working on these skills. 

Sight Words:

         I have gone through the sight word lists I have and placed your child on a list they need to work on.  I sent these home today.  They may only have 1 or 2 they need to work on.  When they have practiced and can read them with mastery, which is being able to read each word in a second (see it, say it) please sign the paper I have attached and return it.  I will have them pass the list off and get the new list.

        

Homework:

         I have some really fun prizes for those students who reach the reading goal.  The reading goal is at least 20 minutes 5 nights a week.  Even if every apple is not filled in please have your child turn in what they have read (when it is due). Please make sure you sign your child’s reading record.  It is very important your child is doing their reading homework.     

Family Fun Day:

         I have attached a copy of the paper on Family Fun Day to my email.  Usually they will be on Fridays, but if that does not work let me know and we can set up another day. I have dates listed in the upcoming events.  If there is one of those dates you would like, let me know.  If you have any questions please let me know.

Upcoming Events:

·      Friday, September 21 - Celebrate Ryan’s Birthday

·      Friday, September 21 – Family Fun Day

·      Friday, September 28 – Family Fun Day

·      October 1-5 –SEP Week (School gets out everyday at 2:30.)

·      Friday, October 5 – Celebrate Sophie’s Birthday

·      Monday, October 8 – Celebrate Delia’s Birthday

·      Friday, October 12 – End of 1^st Quarter

·      Friday, October 12 – Picture Retakes

·      Friday, October 12 – Family Fun Day

·      Friday, October 19 – Family Fun Day

·      Monday, October 22 – No School (Fall Break)

Reading Parents

Reading Volunteers

8:40-9:10 or 11:15-11:45

Monday –   

Tuesday –  

Wednesday –Anna Allen 8:40-9:10

Thursday – Carolyn Corry 11:15-11:45

Friday –