1st Grade Newsletter

By 1st Grade Team
First Grade
February 02, 2024

Important Dates & Reminders

  • February 19th - no school for Presidents day

What are we learning?

Language Arts

  • We are learning all about books ! 
  • We will talk about many different types of texts and topics. 
  • We will blend and separate sounds to make and break down words.
  • We will blend initial, middle, and final sounds to recognize and read words
  • We will retell stories and events, using the beginning, middle, and end in a sequential order.

Math

  • We are revisiting Addition and subtraction !
  • We will create and solve simple and complex story problems
  • We will recognize and describe math addition and subtraction relationships 
  • We will use the plus symbol, the menus symbol, and the equal symbol 

Science

  • Animals need certain things in order to survive in their environments
  •  Animals may acquire their needs differently, depending on their physical characteristics
  • Physical characteristics can determine whether an animal lives in water or on land
  • Physical characteristics determine an animal’s method of movement
  • Animals have a variety of physical characteristics, including appendages, and different body coverings, that help them survive

Social Studies

  • Students will apply the traits of a good citizen, on and offline, by
    • focusing on fair play, good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect
    • recognize the purpose of rules and practicing self-control
  • Students will describe and make connections to the work of Martin Luther King Jr.

Questions to ask your child at home.

  • How do you use your portrait of a graduate skills in your specials classes? 

Reminders

  • Please remember to practice shoe tying. 
  • Please remember to sign the Green sight words spelling test and return it on Mondays