Indian Creek First Grade News
September 23 2019-September 27 2019
Upcoming Events
This is always great family fun. The theme is under the sea- Nemo and Dory, mermaids, and other ocean characters. This Wednesday, September 25 at 4 PM
Hebron High School ·4207 Plano Pkwy, Carrollton, Texas 75010
PTA Meeting and ICE CREAM SOCIAL
This Thursday, September 26 at 6pm in the cafeteria
October is Red Ribbon Month for LISD
We will have a week of activities starting October 7-10 will we have an assembly on October 11th.
School Pictures
Lifetouch will be at our school on October 10 for school pictures. More information coming home in Tuesday News Day Folders.
Early Release
On October 11, 2019. Please make arrangements for early pickups.
Columbus Day
No school on Monday October 14th.-Go to the State Fair! Tickets will be coming home soon.
Fall Festival
Friday October 25th from 6-8 pm. We would love to have a lot of volunteers to make this night run and to have fun with the kids! Check the PTA website for more information.
What is the AUP?
This is from the technology department and it is very important.
Per LISD’s policy, all students who are using technology (regardless of grade), must have their AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) approved by a parent or guardian. Until this is completed, your child WILL NOT be able to use technology to enrich their learning during school hours. Please log into your Skyward account and scroll down until you get to Custom Forms (see picture below).
Once you get to this, click on BTS-1XUA. When you click on it, it should show you if you selected: “I allow” or “I revoke”. If it is set to “I REVOKE”, please change it to, “I Allow”.
EXAMPLE:
Change to from: “I REVOKE”
Change it to: I ALLOW
What are we learning?
We are working on creating stamina while reading to ourselves. We have gone over some strategies in reading for reading a book and how to hold and read a book. We are working on the pattern of words that are: consonants, vowel, consonants (CVC). Examples are CAT, DOG, and MAN. We will be looking at the letters placed in the beginning, middle and end of the words.
We are starting our guided reading groups. Your child will come home with 1 to 2 books in it that they will need to read to you. These books are on their level of independent reading. They need to practice reading for 10-20 minutes a night. They will need the book bag in their backpack everyday. There is a chance that we can meet with them off their scheduled time.
How do you teach your child to read at home? First turn off the TV and Technology. Sit side by side with your child on the couch or at a dining room table. Watch them point to the words. Yes, it is still okay for our 1st grade friends to point to the words. Encourage them to point underneath the words as they read, matching 1 to 1.
Here are some other strategies:
- Look at the pictures.
- Have them get their mouths ready- say the beginning sound.
- Slowly stretch each letter sound to make words.
- Try to re-read the sentence- does it make sense?
- Flip the vowel sound- try the long or short sound in the word.
- Break the word into chunks you already know -/m/-at . /fl/-at
- Skip the tricky word. Read to the end. Then go back and try again.
- Carefully read the whole word, think about all the word parts.
- Think about what makes sense as you read.
Social Studies
We will be working on map skills. Point out when you are in the car the compass, point out when you are using GPS, if you see a map in the place you visit point it out. Student will be asked to make simple maps of their bedroom, classroom and community.
Math
We are working math routines and exploring numbers 0-10. During this exploration we will work on both addition and subtraction up to 10. We are starting intentional problem solving where we will be working on strategies to solve word problems. Students will be able to explore math tools. Student should be able to explain how they are solving the problem.
Please start working on counting out loud with your child. All children need to be able to count out loud to 120. We call this rote counting- done without prompting. Also they need to count back from a set of given numbers. One might say count from 18 to 35. This would be an example of counting forward. One might say count back from 42 to 7. This would be an example of counting back. The best way to learn this is to make it a game for the car. Or at the table when you eat. Like any skill it has to be practiced. In order to help you with this task we have a 120 chart in your child's blue folder. In a few weeks your child will have to rote count for the teachers. We will give them 2 random number and they will have to count forward or back from an point on a 120 chart.
Science
We are working on science tools and properties of matter. We will be doing investigations comparing items by texture, weight, purpose, size and color.
Meals and Snacks
We have noticed that some of our students who go through the lunch line are buying more than one snack. We would never deny your child a snack, but we are seeing students purchase 3 and 4 bags of chips or fruit roll-ups. The part that we are worried about is them sharing with peers at the tables, which we have also noticed this week. Children are often not aware of peers having food allergies, so please discuss this with your child.
You can also contact food services to make requests to what your child is buying through the lunch line. For example: A student would buy 3 ice creams and the lunch staff could not stop him, until the parent puts a block on what he/she could purchase with their lunch money.
To reach the Child Nutrition Office by phone, the number is 469-713-5207.
Snacks In Classroom
We will do snacks after we return from MAPS in the afternoon. Your child can have one snack that is on the healthier side. Think pretzels, Goldfish, Kix cereal, Cheerios, granola, fruit, raisins and fruit leather. Please try to stay away from potato chips and other foods with negative food value.
WE ARE ALLERGY AWARE!
We have some students that have peanut and nut, eggs, soy and strawberry allergies.
Teacher Contact Information
Mrs. Freedenberg
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: Freedenbergr@LISD.net
Team Lead
Mrs. Bermudez
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: BermudezC@LISD.net
Mrs. Cambere
Office 469-713-5180
Email: CambereK@LISD.net
Mrs. McDuffie
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: McDuffieT@LISD.net