Look at the Week February 19-21 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Thank you for such a fun and successful Love and Friendship Celebration...each of you helped us have such a special celebration!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit 6: Stories Teach Us Many Lessons. We will research the lessons of different stories while describing the characters, setting and the main idea of the stories we read.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and we will continue writing narrative paragraphs.  

We will work on reading and spelling long a words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ape, age, stay, make, face, paid, wait, great, steak, & play.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.

Math: This week we will continue Unit Six. Unit 6 primarily focuses on further developing addition facts, particularly strategies like "making ten" to solve more complex addition problems, applying these skills to number stories, and beginning to tell time to the hour and half hour on analog clocks. Students will also continue building on place value concepts to solve 2-digit addition problems.

Nightly Homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet will be sent home on Wednesday of this week to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather.

Key Dates to Remember:

• February 25: World Fair Event-Please donate items for World Fair
• February 28: Retro Day
• March 7: End of Tri 2 – No School for students

Look at the Week February 10-14 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit 6: Stories Teach Us Many Lessons. We will research the lessons of different stories while describing the characters, setting and the main idea of the stories we read.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and we will continue writing narrative paragraphs.  

We will work on reading and spelling long e and u words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: easy, eager, teeth, sleep, read, happy, use, cute, few, & dew.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.

Math: This week we will continue Unit Six. Unit 6 primarily focuses on further developing addition facts, particularly strategies like "making ten" to solve more complex addition problems, applying these skills to number stories, and beginning to tell time to the hour and half hour on analog clocks. Students will also continue building on place value concepts to solve 2-digit addition problems.

Nightly Homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

Key Dates to Remember:

Look at the Week January 27-31 2025    

Hello First Grade Families!

 Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will finish Unit Five in our Benchmark Curriculum. We will learn about the impact of technology on daily life, and the impact that it will have in the future.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and we will introduce narrative writing.

We will work on reading and spelling soft G words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: gem, gentle, giant, giraffe, age, page, huge, edge, bridge, &, dodge.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.

Math: This week we will complete Unit Five in Math and we will review place value. We will take Unit Five math assessment on Friday.

Nightly Homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

Parent teacher conferences: Please schedule a Parent Teacher Conference.

For students in PreK – 5th Grade we will be offering online registration through pickAtime.com for Winter 2024-2025 Parent Teacher Conferences taking place on Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31. Follow the directions below to access/create your account and get to the Parent Teacher Conference Scheduler.

Instructional Video:

Here is a YouTube video of how to use pickAtime.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyl5kyZ7ubc

Enter (or Copy/Paste) this URL into your web browser: https://pickatime.com/athlosbrooklynpark/24-25WinterConferences

For new users - Register for an account

1. Enter your email address and push "Login/Create Account".
2. Fill in the required fields to register.

For returning users - Sign In to your account

If you have previously registered, all you need to do is enter your email and password. If you have forgotten your password, you can select the Forgot Password button and a new password will be emailed to you.

Identify Student

For each child, enter in the two prompts that your school requires. They are:

1. Your child’s Student ID number OR your student’s First and Last name
2. Your child’s birthday (in the format of MM/DD/YYYY)

Scheduling

Each colored square represents an available meeting time. The legend shows which teacher corresponds to which color, and the times increase as you go down the page.

(Note: you will not see all of the teachers at your school, just the teachers that your child(ren) have homeroom classes with.)

1. Click on a square to book that time
2. Click "Create Appointment".
3. Repeat this process until you have a time with each teacher you'd like to visit with.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather. 

Key Dates to Remember:

• January 6 -31 Flower Fundraiser Sales, (delivered Feb.14^th)
• January 30-31 Parent Teacher Conferences

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week January 13-17 2025   

Hello First Grade Families!

 Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit Five in our Benchmark curriculum. In Unit Five we will learn about technology: we will learn what technology is and how it affects our lives.

We will learn about adjectives and write complete sentences using adjectives.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: name, brake, rake, great, away, make, came, late, play, & may.

Math: We will begin Unit Five in math. In Unit Five we will learn about place value.

Science: We will learn about the changes that occur in winter and the adaptations of plants and animals in order to survive including migration, hibernation, nap and snack, hunting. 

Nightly homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

We are working toward a Reading Party on Friday, January 24th! It is more important than ever to work on reading and Sight Words each night with your First Grader so that each student can earn the party.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather. 

Key Dates to Remember:

• January 6^th -31^st Flower Fundraiser Sales, (delivered Feb.14^th)
• January 30^th-31^st Parent Teacher Conferences
• January 20^th No School
• January 24^th Twin Day/Free Dress Day

Key Dates to Remember:

• • January 6^th – 10^th Pajama/Free Dress Days
  • January 6^th -31^st Flower Fundraiser Sales, (delivered Feb.14^th)
  • January 30^th-31^st Parent Teacher Conferences
  • January 20^th No School
  • January 24^th Twin Day/Free Dress Day

Look at the Week December 16-20, 2024   

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will complete Unit Four. We will review the point of view; who is telling the story. We will take a point of view and comprehension assessment on Thursday.

This week we will complete sentences using verbs and nouns. We will work on reading and spelling three letter blends.

This week spelling words are: three, throw, throat, street, strong, strap, sprain, string, splash, & scrap.

Spelling test will be on Friday.

Math: This week we will complete Unit Four. We will review measurement and data, and take the Unit Four math assessment on Thursday.  

Science: We will learn about the changes that occur in winter and the adaptations of plants and animals in order to survive including migration, hibernation, nap and snack, hunting.

Homework: Nightly student homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather. 

Key Dates to Remember:

• December 19: Winter Tree Parade-Please send in items to dress the teacher like a minion tree. If you can donate any items for the tree parade it would be much appreciated!
• December 20: Pajama Day
• December 23-January 3: Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)
• January 6: School Resumes
• Please BOLO for a family gift from your First Grader to you this week!

Look at the Week December 9-13 2024  

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit Four. We will learn about point a view: who is the narrator in the the stories we read?

We will write complete sentences using verbs and nouns, and we will work on reading and spelling digraphs ch, tch, & wh.

This week spelling words are: child, children, check, lunch, reach, while, white, whisper, lunch, & sandwich.

Spelling test will be on Friday.

Math: This week we will continue Unit Four. We will be learning about measurement and data, and we will focus on parts of the clock, telling time to the hour and half hour.

Science: We will learn about the changes that occur in winter and the adaptations of plants and animals in order to survive including migration, hibernation, nap and snack, hunting. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, Homework Packet, practice Sight Words, and read for fifteen minutes each night.

Please check your First Grader’s Take Home Binder for weekly Homework Packet sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week and returned to school on Friday.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather. 

Key Dates to Remember:

• December 19: Winter Tree Parade-Please send in items to dress teachers like a minion tree
• December 20: Pajama Day
• December 23- January 3 Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]