1st Grade Weekly News

Hello Families!

My name is Ms. Israel and I am excited to teach your children this year! I have been teaching for seven years and this is my fourth year at Oak Hill. We're going to learn many new things and have fun together. I am dedicated to creating a classroom that your children will be excited to learn in. First grade is one of my favorite grades to teach because they learn so much! My goal is to make them successful in reading, math, writing...every single subject!

The photos below are my cat and my husband. :) I've also included a photo of my favorite read-aloud book, Peanut Butter and Cupcake. We'll read that on the first day of school so feel free to ask your child about the book!

I want to welcome parents into this learning experience and I am grateful for the support you provide at home. I am always to give resources or books to help your child continue learning outside the classroom. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns through phone call, email, or Class Dojo.

ELA/Reading: We will start the year reading realistic fiction books. We will focus on learning about characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Writing: We will begin by learning what a sentence is and writing sentences.

Math: We will start with adding to 10 and 20, learning new strategies and getting faster at our math facts.

Science: This first week, we'll explore what it means to think like a scientist and perform a few small experiments.

Social Studies: We'll be learning about our classroom community and what it means to part of a classroom community.

It is very important for all guardians to connect to our Class Dojo. I will be adding pictures of work we are completing in class and will post important updates and information. You can click the link below to get connected:

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=CK7DWWW

We will not be starting homework this first week of school.

8:55-9:25 - Arrival and Breakfast

9:25-9:45 - Morning Meeting

9:45-10:30 - Reading

10:30 -11:00 - Writing

11:00-11:55 - Small Groups

11:55-12:40 - Lunch/Recess

12:40 - 1:05 - Social Studies

1:05 - 1:55 - Related Arts*

1:55 - 3:25 - Math

3:25 - 4:10 - Science

4:10 - 4:15 - Pack Up and Dismissal

*Our Related Arts switch between Art, Music, and P.E.

Class Dojo: https://www.classdojo.com/

Email: susanna.israel@slps.org
Website: https://www.slps.org/Domain/15219
Location: 4300 Morgan Ford Rd, St. Louis, MO, USA
Phone: 314-481-0420