Welcome to First Grade!

Please make sure that you are bringing in your students school supplies.

Students will need headphones (that plug into the computer) by August 27th for MAP testing.

Please make sure your students know how they are going home, and to let the front office know/ your child's teacher know if there are any changes.

Please pack a change of clothes for your students to keep in their backpacks. While we take many bathroom breaks throughout the day, accidents happen! By having a change of clothes in your students bag, it insures that your student has clothes they are comfortable changing into incase an accident happens. It also supports our clinic, who may be running low on extra clothes.

8/13: Vision to Learn

8/13: Girl Scout Sign Up (6:00pm)

8/15: Open House 5:00 pm-7:00pm

8/21: Boy Scout Sign Up (6:00pm)

8/27-8/20: MAP Testing

Welcome back! My name is Ms. Reed and I am an EIP teacher. EIP stands for Early Intervention Program. In order for a child to qualify for EIP support they need 2 qualifiers 1. score below the 30th% in reading and/or math on MAP and 2. score below 15 on an EIP checklist is reading and/or math. I work with 1st graders to provide math support to those students who qualify. In the weekly newsletter, I will provide a math skill and/or strategy as a way to help you support your child’s math learning outside of school.

Making Ten: Help your child understand the different ways to make ten. This is an important skill they will need from K to 12th grade. For example: 10 + 0 = 10, 9 + 1 = 10, 8 + 2 = 10, 7 + 3 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10, and 5 + 5 = 10. Watch this short video How Many More to Make 10.

Hello 1st grade families!

My name is Lori Flanagin. I am a reading specialist at PSE this year. I am excited to be working with your children during small group reading time! Over the next few days, I will be communicating more with you about how to best support your child as they read with you at home. If you ever need to reach me my email is lflanagin@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

All students are expected to be in uniform. Fridays "Spirit Days" are the only days students should be out of uniform, on these days, students are still expected to wear Marietta/Park Street gear and be weather and school appropriate.

Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.

Reading: We began our pre-module on why and how we examine books.

Phonics: We reviewed kindergarten standards.

Writing: We practiced skills learned in kindergarten and routines for writing.

Math: We began our Unit 1 in math: Extending number sequence understanding to build compare and interpret numbers within 120. Taking our Unit 1 pretest.

Social Studies: We practiced SS and Science routines and procedures, to get ready to learn about landforms.

Reading: We will finish up our pre-module on why and how we examine books.

Phonics: We will continue to review kindergarten standards focusing on review of short vowel sounds, and reviewing the FLSZ rule (words with short vowel sounds ending in l,f,z,s; you have to double the last letter).

Writing: We will begin working on the writing process and discussing the foundational skills of writing. We will be incorporating writing throughout our day with responses to text and questions.

Math: We will being our Unit 1 in math: Extending number sequence understanding to build compare and interpret numbers within 120.

Social Studies: We will begin our Social Studies unit on geography. This week we will begin learning about maps and how we use maps.

Work on building positive evening routines such as: reading together, talking about your day, and going to bed on time.

Practice handwriting, counting to 100, and social and emotional skills.

Make sure your students know how to preform self care acts: buttoning their pants, wiping their face, blowing their nose.

Check out The Reading Buddies:

https://www.thereadingleague.org/reading-buddies/

Brains On Podcast:

https://www.brainson.org/

Here are two videos to start practicing the Spanish alphabet and numbers at home!

Check out: Arbol ABC at arbolabc.com