First Grade Newsletter
September 16th - September 20th
Fall Festival
Where: Brock Elementary School
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 (raffle drawings will begin at 7:30 pm)
More grade level information coming soon!
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Upcoming Events!
Sept. 16th-20th Celebrate Freedom (Tuesday--Red, white, blue)
Sept. 27th Early Release Day
Sept. 30th No School
Oct.1st-31st Parent Conferences
Oct. 3rd Fall Pictures
Oct. 4th Homecoming Pep Rally (wear blue and gold)
Oct. 11th Fall Festival 5:30-8:00 (Drawings start at 7:30)
Oct. 14th Columbus Day- No School
Oct. 21st-25th School Safety Week
Oct. 28th-31st Red Ribbon Week
Fly Friday & Hat Day
Hat Day
For $1, your child is allowed to wear a ball cap (not a crazy hat). The money raised will go towards technology for our campus
Character Trait Wednesdays
Wear GOLD/YELLOW on Wednesday!
Students that wear the color GOLD/YELLOW on Wednesday's will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a prize from the office!
The color will change every 6 weeks.
First Grade Schedule
We teach bell to bell. We understand that you have to schedule appointments during the school day. To prevent students from missing classroom instruction, we ask that you please consider scheduling any appointments between 10:40 am - 12:10 pm or after school if possible.
8:00- 8:10- Read Aloud/ Calendar
8:10- 9:10 Eagle Period
9:10- 9:40 Phonics
9:40- 10:40 Reading
10:40- 11:10 Lunch
11:10- 12:10 Specials/ Conference Period
12:10- 1:10 Math
1:10- 1:40 Recess
1:40- 2:40 Writing
2:40- 3:00 Science/ Social Studies
3:00-3:15 Pack Up
3:10- Dismiss Bus & Day Care Students
3:15- Dismiss Parent Pick Up
This Week in First Grade...
Monday:
Phonics: Word sounds, wordplay, sentence frames
Reading: Double-Check Their Reading
Math: Module 2 Assessment
Writing: Studying a Story to Learn Ways the Author Makes it Special
Science/ Social Studies: Social Studies- Time
Tuesday:
Phonics: Word Sounds, wordplay, trick words- the, a, & and
Reading: Readers Don't Give- Up, They Try, Try Again
Math: Add 10 and More
Writing: Trying Out a Craft Move from a Mentor Text
Science/ Social Studies: What are Inquiry Skills?
Wednesday:
Phonics: Word sounds, Word of the day- fix
Reading: Try it Two Ways
Math: Add Tens and Ones
Writing: Trying Out a Craft Move from a Mentor Text (writing the pop-out words)
Science/ Social Studies: What are Inquiry Skills?
Thursday:
Phonics: Word sounds, trick words- is, his, of
Reading: Partners Have Good Habits Too!
Math: Addition Word Problems
Writing: Turning to Other Mentor Texts
Science/ Social Studies: What are Inquiry Skills?
Friday:
Phonics: Review concepts from the week
Reading: Review concepts from the week
Math: Pre- Assessment
Writing: Review Concepts for the week
Science/ Social Studies: What are Inquiry Skills?