First Grade Flash
Weekly Updates (Week 10)
We made it successfully through the ninth week of school. We look forward to all of the wonderful things that are ahead.
Here are a few reminders and updates:
-Please ensure that your scholar is in full uniform daily. Uniform policy details are available here: http://leadershippreparatoryacademy.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372362/File/Uniform%20Violation%20letter%20and%20School%20Uniform%20and%20Vendor%20Information%201.pdf
-NO School: October 4-5 (Fall Break) and October 8 (Columbus Day)
Wishlist Items:
(Sloan) fine tip expo markers, card stock (white and color), sheet protectors and laminating sheets *When preparing your child's lunch/snack, please keep in mind that there are some friends with nut allergies in our classroom.
(Williams) hand sanitizer, paper towels and copy paper
*All donations of wishlist items may be used towards your volunteer hours. 1 hour/$10 spent. Volunteer Contract information is available on our school website.
-Continue to check your email, our weekly e-blast and our website http://leadershippreparatoryacademy.org regularly for updates and important resources and information.
-Homework and our e-blast (weekly newsletter) will generally be posted directly to our First Grade page on the school website unless otherwise stated. You will begin to access this information directly from the website moving forward. Click here: http://leadershippreparatoryacademy.org/faculty_staff/first_grade_team
-Please ensure that you are keeping your child's lunch account replenished.
-NO communications regarding attendance (absence excuses) will be accepted via ClassDojo. All communications must be sent to Mrs. Franklin via email or handwritten.
Arrival and Dismissal: http://leadershippreparatoryacademy.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372362/Image/News/Arrival%20and%20Dismissal%20Procedure%20Change%20-%208.20.2018.pdf Please be mindful that inclement weather dismissal days are not for conferencing with your child's teacher. For the safety purposes and to ensure a smooth dismissal process, we are requesting that you pick up your scholar and transition so that the focus will stay on all remaining students.
We look forward to a successful week 10.
Clip Chart
PTO
Class Dojo
IXL
MobyMax
Read Works
Box Tops
Pizza Hut Book It Program
ACADEMIC UPDATES
Please allow your scholar to complete all writing portions of their homework. This is beneficial and necessary practice to improve on formatting (penmanship, capitalization, punctuation, spacing and spelling) and writing in complete sentences. This also gives them an opportunity to take pride in their work. If you notice any errors in capitalization and punctuation, consider it as an opportunity to discuss and correct those errors. If you notice misspelling in any of their 220 sight word goal words, please correct.
Continue to work with your scholar on reading comprehension using text evidence to answer questions.
The designated weights for Infinite Campus: CW-45%, Assessment During Learning 25%, Summative Assessment 30% and Pre-Assessments 0%
*Unit 1 Summative Assessments will be completed during week 10. Please ensure that your child is familiar with the following information:
-Reading comprehension using text evidence
-Sentence formatting (complete sentences)
-Graphing and data interpretation
-Weather tools and details about changes during seasons
-Character traits: fairness, courage, respect for the environment and others, commitment, perseverance, tolerance and equality.
It is very imperative that you allow your scholar to complete all pretests (mainly MobyMax) independently. This is important because the system sets all future activities to their levels once pretests are complete.
Students should be ale to read their homework sentences that are submitted on Fridays independently so please be sure to practice.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUTS
Learning Focus
-Naming words that begin with each letter sound
-Story elements: character, setting, author/illustrator (the purpose for each) and problem and solution
-Parts of a book: front cover, back cover, spine, page number, title page, etc. (introduced and reviewed weekly)
-Directionality (left to right, top to bottom) when reading and writing
-Writing in complete sentences using the correct format (capitalization, punctuation, spacing, spelling and penmanship)
-Phoneme segmentation, blending, and substitution
-Reading comprehension using text evidence
-Completing a sentence using a group of given choices
For example: Ron can _____ a flag for his class.
a. make
b. they
c. fun
-Identifying which word comes first or last in ABC order
-Reading Wonders and Unit 1 ELA Post assessment
-Counting 0-120 rote from any given number, Skip counting 2s, 5s and 10s
-Number of the Day
-Graphing and data interpretation Post Assessment
*continue to practice writing tallies with your child
-Identifying numbers and amounts that are more/less than a given number or amout
-Weather and Seasons Post Assessment
-Character Traits (definitions and picture examples) Post Assessment