First Grade Flash
Weekly Updates (Week 20)
We made it successfully through the nineteenth 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
-Pizza Hut Book It Program information is listed below the icon. Signed tracking sheets will need to be submitted on the last weekday of every month in order to receive a free pizza coupon. (Due Friday 12/21/18)
-Notifications were sent via email regarding our upcoming Winter Program, Giving Project and Classroom Celebrations. We thank you in advance for your support/donations towards these events.
-Spelling Bee: Congratulations to all scholars for their participation in the Spelling Bee. You all worked very hard and showed great sportsmanship. The top 5 spellers from each class are as follows: London W., Joshua C., Josiah L., Samuel E., Meckhai M. (Sloan) and Montavius C., Lyric G., Benjamin O., Makenzie M., Kyden C.. Our First Grade Spelling Bee Champ is Joshua C.
-Winter Classroom Celebrations: December 21, 2018 (*dismissal 11:30 a.m.)
Winter Program: December 20, 2018 (1:00 pm in the Chapel-Jackson 5/ 70s theme attire for First Grade) Information forthcoming regarding live stream.
-*Early Dismissal: 12/21/18 All scholars must be off campus by 11:30 a.m.
-Winter Break: 12/24-1/4 NO School
-*Second Semester begins 1/7/19
-MAP Winter Benchmark Assessments are in progress. Continue to work on the new safety nets. Contact your child's teacher if you are in need of login credentials.
-2nd Semester Field Trip Updates: (payment portal opened 11/30-deadline 1/6/19) http://leadershippreparatoryacademy.org/news/what_s_new/second_semester_field_trips
Wishlist Items:
(Sloan) card stock (white and color), laminating sheets, writing journals, copy paper *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. Click here: https://schoolpaymentportal.com/Default.aspx
-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 20. Thank you for all that you've done to make this a successful first semester.
Clip Chart
Behavior Management Clip Chart
PTO
We encourage all families to become partners with our PTO. Membership can be paid via PayPal to lpapto@gmail.com. You can also purchase shirt/blazer uniform logos and other items here: https://www.lpaptostore.com/
Class Dojo
Class Dojo is used for behavior management along with our clip chart and ticket systems
IXL
Math safety net resource. All safety net login credentials were sent via email.
Mobymax
All content areas safety net resource. All safety net login credentials were sent via email.
Read Works
Reading comprehension safety net resource. All safety net login credentials were sent via email.
Box Tops
Please send in your box tops to help our school with academic resources
Pizza Hut Book It Program
The parent letter for the Pizza Hut Book It Program is available here: http://www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/printables/2018-19/Send-Homes/parent-letter_ENG.pdf
Use any of the following tracking calendars of choice and submit it electronically or printed to your child's teacher on the last week day of every month.
-http://www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/printables/2018-19/Tracking-Calendars/Holiday/Holiday_All.pdf
Only students who have submitted a completed calendar for each month will receive a free pizza coupon.
Newest Safety Nets
Our newest safety nets are listed below:
-Success Maker: https://leadershippa6449.smhost.net
-Education Galaxy: https:app.educationgalaxy.com/login.aspx
-Map Skills: skillsnav.mapnwea.org
The purpose of each is to help with growth for Map Reading and Math Benchmarks.
We strongly encourage daily practice on Success Maker.
Book Publishing Project
You may begin to send in donations of black ballpoint ink pens.
Academic Updates
Homework will be posted on our website on Mondays and will need to be signed and returned to your child's teacher electronically on Fridays by 12 p.m. for recording purposes. NO late work will be accepted. Please refer to our First Grade Semester One Syllabus as needed. As a friendly reminder, we do receive weekly analytics reports for completion on all electronic platforms. Homework will now count as a percentage of your child's grade.
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. They should also be transitioning to being able to identify the main topic and at least three key details and supporting details for given text.
The designated weights for Infinite Campus: CW-45%, Assessment During Learning 25%, Summative Assessment 30% and Pre-Assessments 0%
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.
DECEMBER BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUTS
Raven 12/8
Nadya 12/22
Zamirya 12/23
Learning Focus
-Identifying letters and beginning sounds for alphabet
-Naming words that begin with each letter sound
-Story elements: character, setting, author/illustrator (the purpose for each), problem and solution, *main idea and key details, plot sequence
-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) and using given words to complete sentences.
-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
-Placing words in ABC order
-Counting 0-120 rote from any given number, Skip counting 2s, 5s and 10s
-Number of the Day concepts
-Continue introduction to Addition/Subtraction using multiple strategies. *Scholars should fluently be able to add up to 120, continue to practice.
*continue to practice writing tallies and data interpretation with your child
-Identifying numbers and amounts that are one more/less and ten more/less than a given number or amount
-Cont. to Economics (become familiar with the terms and ways to-earning, spending, saving, producers, consumers, barter, etc.)
-Cont. to Magnetism (become familiar with-poles, attract, repel, examples of magnetic materials/nonmagnetic materials, identify ways that magnets are used in everyday life)
-Unit 3 Post assessments (addition/subtraction, graphing and data interpretation, identifying the main topic and key details in given text, grammar, magnetism, and economics)