First Grade News
February 21st, 2023
This Weeks Focus
NO SCHOOL Monday, February 20th!
Click here to practice sight words for the year!!
Please make sure you are reading with your student at least 10-15 minutes daily if possible!
A few reminders:
- School starts at 7:40 so please make sure you get them here with plenty of time!
-Please make sure your student is eating at home if they do not get a breakfast from the school. We don't want your student to be hungry before lunch time. Please get them here early if they are eating breakfast at school!
-Library books should be returned each week on your child's Library Day!
-Students need to bring headphones for their chromebooks.
-If students are changing the way they go home one day, please email me or call the school. We want to make sure we get the students in the right spot. If a student tells me they are going home a different way than usual, I will still send them home the same way as always unless I hear from a parent/guardian.
-Students may bring water bottles to drink in class. Please make sure they bring water and not juice. Students can have juice/other drinks at lunch but we prefer water in class. Spills make for a sticky mess and attract ants.
-Please make sure you put your child's name on his/her jackets, hoodies, and water bottles
-Please remind students not to bring toys to school
-We love celebrating birthdays in class but please make sure student is only bring cupcakes/treat. No goody bags please!
What we are working on this week in:
ELA-
I will spell dictated words with the /ar/, /er/, and /or/ sounds and will divide the written words by each sound/spelling.
I will show mastery on my grammar assessment.
I will read “Amber the Bat” and will answer written multiple-choice and short-answer comprehension questions requiring literal recall of key details.
I will decode words in isolation by applying common letter sound correspondences and words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs,
I will read “Amber the Bat” and will answer written multiple-choice and short-answer comprehension questions requiring literal recall of key details.
I will decode words in isolation by applying common letter sound correspondences and words
I will read “Amber the Bat” and will answer written multiple-choice and short-answer comprehension questions requiring literal recall of key details.
I will decode words in isolation by applying common letter sound correspondences and words with initial and final consonant blends,
I will write a sentence about one element of “Sleeping Beauty.”
We will use a graphic organizer to compare elements of two fairy tales.
We will use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast elements of three fairy tales.
We will use a graphic organizer to retell and identify elements of a fairy tale.
Math-
Add a pair of two-digit numbers when the ones digits have a sum less than or equal to 10.
Add a pair of two-digit numbers when the ones digits have a sum greater than 10.
Science-
How do instruments make sound?
ZOO Field Trip Permission slip/Money
Permisson slips and money are due THURSDAY, February 23rd!
Who: First grade students, teachers, and chaperones
Where: Fort Worth Zoo
When: Thursday, April 20th
Why: Animals are awesome!!
Student Cost: $12 (includes admission and transportation)
** We will be going on a field trip to the Fort Worth Zoo on Thursday, April 20th.
** Students will need to turn in the $12 for admission and transportation by
Thursday, February 23rd. If you are sending a check, please make it payable to
Brock Elementary.
** Students will need a sack lunch and a drink for that day.
** Parents are welcome to come as chaperones. You will be in charge of a small
group of students for the day as students explore the zoo. The cost of the parent
admission is $18.00. The zoo is requiring parents to purchase a full price ticket
either online no longer than 29 days prior to the trip OR at the ticket booth
on the day of the trip. Chaperones are required to provide their own
transportation to the zoo and pay $5.00 for parking upon arrival. Please see
the portion below to indicate that you would like to help out by chaperoning.
**Please no siblings, parent/chaperones only!
Upcoming Events
NO SCHOOL - 2/20
Thursday, March 9th- Open House 5:30-7
March 13th-17th Spring Break