First Grade News
March 2 - 6, 2020
Dates to Note
March 2
Read Across America day - wear red and white
March 5
Portrait of a Graduate Showcase (formerly known as Open House), 6:30 - 7:15 pm
Spring Break - March 9 - 13
March 19
PTA Meeting/ Keno Night, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
March 26
First Grade's program "Music in Our Schools Celebration," 2:00 and 6:30 pm
Hallway Reading Break
First grade will not be having Hallway Reading next week or the week after Spring Break. We'll be spending all available reading time working on our research projects and administering reading assessments.
We appreciate your dedication to our students and look forward to seeing you again the week of March 23-27.
Thank you!
Exciting Events Ahead
- On March 5, be sure to join us for Portrait of a Graduate Showcase (formerly known as Open House), 6:30 -7:15 pm
- Our First grade Tigers will be performing their annual "Music in Our Schools" program on Thursday, March 26, at 2:00 and 6:30 pm. (see below!)
- Our field trip to Casa Manana is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29. This is a great time to make sure you are an approved volunteer so you can go with us as a chaperone. Click below to take care of that now!
It's First Grade's Month to Lend a Hand to GRACE!
Nightly Reading
Thank you for your continuing partnership to help your child grow as a reader!
Note: Don't forget to record all books your child reads on their GCISD Reads form, as well as on the Six Flags 6 Hour Reading Club form.
GT Testing Info from Mrs. Griffin
What We're Learning
Math
- Solving story problems using strategies that make sense
- Generating story problems from a given number sentence
- Number sense and fact fluency
Humanities
- History projects
- Creating timelines
- Reading assessments
Science
- Interdependence of living/non-living things