Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News
September 12, 2025
Review of our week:
Each day we interview the leader and I am really seeing some improvement in our writing. We have also been working on sentence structure. We are working on subtracting and adding within 10. We have started reading stories in our readers.
Next Week’s Leaders:
Monday, September 15 – Tom
Tuesday, September 16 – Zora
Next week will be our last week of snacks for the class. If your child would like a snack, will you please send a healthy snack in their backpack. You can even just keep several in there, so they have one if they are hungry. Thank you so much for everyone providing a snack these first weeks of school.
Homework:
You and your child need to be reading for 20 minutes every night. We started the Take Home Library a while ago. These books are on your child’s independent reading level, they should be reading them to you. They may seem easy and that is because they are or they should be. They are one level lower than where I have them instructionally. I would like your child to read the book a couple of times. After they have read the book have them tell you what happened in the book and ask them some questions about the book for comprehension. Please, be patient with their take home book level, it takes a while for me to read with them when they are ready to move. If your child is on a higher reading level, they won’t move through the levels as fast.
I also have extra books if you would like some. Raz Kids is also a great resource for them to get more minutes.
Please help your child to read it and bring it back every day.
Reading Helpers:
I would like to start having parents come in and read with the class next week. They can be moms, dads or grandparents. If you can and would like to come in and read with us, we would love to have you. The time is 8:40-9:10. Let me know if there is a day that would work for you. You do have to have your background check with the district.
Upcoming Events:
*Tuesday, September 16 – Color Run starts at 2:30 on the upper field
*Friday, September 26 – Goodies with Grandparents 8-8:45 in the gym
*September 29-October 3 – SEP Week School will get out at 2:30 except on Friday, it will be regular 1:30.
*October 2-3 – Mrs. Bali will be gone
