First Grade Newsletter

The month of October flew by and what a fun month full of learning it was! The students showed great interest in learning about the sun and moon, the human body and stories from around the world, and adding and subtracting within 10.

Teachers will be having parent conferences this month. Conferences will be held on the following days: November 13, 15, 18-22, and 25. Please be sure to sign up for a time to meet with your child's teacher. Also this month is our Dr. RMES open house! Be on the lookout for more information coming soon.

We are looking forward to having a wonderful November!

Sincerely,

The First Grade Teachers

Friday, November 1st - 1st marking period ends

Monday, November 4th - NO SCHOOL for students - PTA Spirit Day: Urban Air

Tuesday, November 5th - NO SCHOOL - Election Day

Wednesday, November 6th - PTA meeting at 7:00

Wednesday, November 6th: 2nd marking period begins

Monday, November 11th - Open House

Wednesday, November 13th - PTA Spirit Day: BGR

Friday, November 15th - Booster Color Run Fundraiser

Monday, November 25th & Tuesday, November 26th - Early release days - dismissal at 1:20

Wednesday, November 27th - Friday, November 29th - NO SCHOOL for staff and students

This year, conferences with your child's teacher will be held from November 13, 15, 18-22, and 25. Please schedule with your child's homeroom teacher a date and time that works for you on their sign up sheet.

Skills

We are continuing our learning in Skills 2 this month. We are deepening our understanding of 5 vowel sound spelling correspondences:

-/ee/ spelled 'ee' as in seed

-/ae/ spelled 'a_e' as in cake

-/ie/ spelled 'i_e' as in line

-/oe/ spelled 'o_e' as in hope

-/ue/ spelled 'u_e' as in cube.

We will continue to practice reading decodable stories in our readers and answering questions with complete sentences using accurate conventions for capitalization and punctuation.

Knowledge

We will conclude our learning of Knowledge 3 Similar Stories, Different Lands at the beginning of the month before transitioning into Knowledge 4: Early World Civilizations. Students will study Mesopotamia and Egypt. They will explore the fundamental features of civilizations, including the development of farming, the establishments of cities and government, and the creation of practices such as writing and religion.

In November, students will work within Module 2, focusing on place value to 20 and counting on or making 10 to solve problems. Students will also continue relating addition and subtraction (for example: 3+4=7 - 7-3=4).

We will be focusing on history where we will examine differences between past and present, and compare and contrast things/people from past and present time.

Students will work on developing a growth mindset with a can-do attitude and focusing on leading their learning in and out of school.

• Continue with tying shoes practice.
• November is a great time to reflect on what we value and treasure most. Have students think about and share the things they are thankful for. They can also draw pictures.
• Have fun on a nature walk. Encourage students to compare how it looks and feels outside to a few months ago during summer and what they see in the sky (this directly ties in with what we recently learned in science about the seasons and the sun and moon).
• Continue to read and write with students, focusing on capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation.