Mrs. Grimmett's Class
Getting Carried Away in First Grade
Reminders!
April 12th - Run for the Roses to support TEAM Mikayla!
April 21st-23rd - Shutdown Days for STAAR Testing!!!! *
May 1st - Buddy Day
*Parents are not allowed on campus during Shutdown days due to testing in the other grade levels.
Spring Pictures - Please make sure to return any spring pictures that you do not wish to keep. If you would like to keep them, please return your payment in the provided envelope. If you order online, please return the envelope with the order code on it so that the school will know that you have paid for your pictures. Thanks!
Please make sure your child comes prepared for school every day. This means that they have a signed blue folder brought to school with them every day. They also need to have their library books so that they can read them in class. They are getting ready to become second graders and need to learn how to be responsible. Also, students begin coming into the classroom at 7:45 a.m. Announcements begin at 7:50 and we begin class promptly at 8:00. If your student is arriving to school at 8:00, they are missing out on the beginning of our day while they are getting unpacked and ready to join us.
Writer's Workshop
Reader's Workshop
Phonics
We are learning how to do Buddy Study! You should have received a letter about this already.
In first grade, we set the groundwork for how your child will be learning new spelling/vocab words throughout elementary. We will be teaching them how to go through the process by using the words we come up with in our phonics lesson each week. This past week we worked with "bossy r" words (vowels and r). The next 2 weeks we will be working on 2 vowels together such as ee, ea, ai, and ay.
Make sure your child is studying their word lists. They will be taking a test on those words every Friday!