First Grade Newsletter
September 11-15, 2017
A Note from the Nurse
Campus vision and hearing screenings are coming up this Tuesday, 09/12 for PK, KG, 1st, 3rd and 5th grade students as well as any new students in 2nd and 4th grade. Please make every effort to be present and on time. Also, if your student requires prescription glasses or contacts, please be sure they have these on the day of screening for accurate results.
Technology Connections
GES - @GESStars
Ms. Fowler - @GESFowler
Mrs. Helms - @GESHelms
Mrs. Moore - @GESMoore
Mrs. VanHook - @GESVanHook
#gesshineon
Mark Your Calendars
Thursday, September 21 - PTA Meeting 6:30-8:00 pm in the cafeteria
Friday, September 29 - GES Bank begins 7:15-7:35 am in the cafeteria
Monday, October 2 - Boots and Blue Shirts Day
Thursday, October 5 - WOW Club 2:55-4:50 pm
Friday, October 6 - Student Holiday/Teacher Professional Development
Monday, October 9 - Student and Teacher Holiday
Monday, October 16 - Fall Picture Day
Thursday, October 19 - PTA Meeting 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the cafeteria
Friday, October 20 - End of 1st 9 weeks, GES Bank 7:15-7:35 am in the cafeteria
Saturday,October 21 - PTA Carnival 2:00-5:00 pm
Monday, October 23 - 2nd 9 weeks begins
Learning Topics for the Week
Reading/Language Arts/Social Studies (Humanities) -
- Writer's Workshop - Learning to bring stories to life by adding details, feelings and characters, telling stories in small steps
- Reading - Learning to build good reading habits, practicing reading fluency by rereading
- Social Studies - Characteristics of school and community leaders and how they are good citizens
Math - Number Sense - learn number songs, show different ways to represent and write a number (tally marks, pictures, tens frame, expanded form, etc.), quickly identifying sets of numbers
Science - Identifying parts of plants and what each part does to help the plant
Contact Us
patricia.moore@gcisd.net @GESMoore #gesshineon
Amy VanHook
amy.vanhook@gcisd.net @GESVanHook #gesshineon
Darla Helms
darla.helms@gcisd.net @GESHelms #gesshineon
Joy Fowler
joy.fowler@gcisd.net @GESFowler #gesshineon