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I am excited to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! I’m  looking forward to having your child as a student in 1st grade. This year, students will be learning deeply across all subjects through a variety of interactive and engaging activities.  In order to have a successful year, my most important goal is to create a community of learners in our classroom. I want your child to feel valued at school every single day.

 

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with my degree in Elementary Education and I have been teaching for 35 years. This is my second year at Athlos Leadership Academy, and I am so excited to get to know each student and their families.

 

I welcome and value parent communication throughout the the year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.

 

Please subscribe to our class website to receive weekly information about what is going on in our classroom: https://www.athlosbrooklynpark.org

Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Email: sara_gray@alabpmn.org 

 

 
 

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Look at the Week March 31- April 4 2025

Look at the Week March 31- April 4 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit Eight: Observing the Sky in our Benchmark Curriculum. Unit Eight focuses on Earth Science; specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling long “a” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: chair, stair, care, scare, bear, wear, artist, garden, guitar, & radar.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: We will begin Unit Eight in our Everyday Math Curriculum. Unit Eight focuses on mental arithmetic, money concepts, and fractions, including practicing adding and subtracting larger numbers, working with fact families, and exploring the concepts of halves and fourths.

Social Studies: This week we will continue an Economic Unit focusing on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants.

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 the weekly Homework Packet that will be 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:

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm.

May Madness Shirts- CLICK HERE or visit the "News & Info" section of the school website to order yours today!

LAST DAY TO ORDER: APRIL 6

SHIRTS DELIVERED TO STUDENTS: May 1

 

To order a yearbook: please visit ybpay on or by April 4th

 

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Week of May 12

Monday – Farm Day

Tuesday – Disney Day

Wednesday – Dress like a Teacher Day

Thursday – Opposite Day

Friday – Crazy Head Gear and Wild Socks Day

Week of May 19

Monday – Dress like a Friend Day/Twin Day

Tuesday – Dress like a Baby or Grandma/Grandpa Day

Wednesday – Dress to Impress

Thursday – Neon/Glitter Day

Friday- Celebrity Day

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week March 17-21 2025

Look at the Week March 17th

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit Seven in our Benchmark Curriculum. We will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people; essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “i” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ice, idea, bright, night, try, why, dime, climb, inside, & find.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue Unit Seven in Math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Social Studies: This week we will continue an Economic Unit focusing on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants.

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 the weekly Homework Packet that will be 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:

·      March 21: Jersey and Hat Day: Free Dress Day for all Athlos Students

·      March 24- 28: No School-Spring Break

 

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

Look at the Week March 10-14 2025

Look at the Week March 10-14 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit Seven in our Benchmark curriculum. We will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future". We will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people; essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “e” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: eagle, eager, even, equal, field, thief, sweep, sweet, money, & happy.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue Unit Seven in Math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Science: This week we will begin an Economic Unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Social Studies: This week we will complete our Map Unit. We have learned basic map concepts like identifying cardinal directions (north, south, east, west), using a map key to understand symbols, locating familiar places in their community on a map, distinguishing between land and water, and identifying our state and country on a simple map.

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 the weekly Homework Packet that will be sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week, and returned to school on Thursday.

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:

·      March 10- Trimester three begins -report cards will go home this week.

·      March 21- Jersey and hat day-free dress day for all Athlos Students

·      March 24- 28- No School-Spring Break

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

 

Look at the Week March 3-6 2025

Look at the Week March 3-6 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit Seven in LA. This unit we will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future". We will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through age-appropriate texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long o words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: window, home, grow, slow, only, owner, ocean, roads, goal, & hope. 

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Thursday.

Math: This week we will begin Unit Seven in Math. Unit 7 focuses primarily on "time" concepts, including telling time to the hour and half hour, understandings in the concept of "a.m." and "p.m.", and relating time to daily routines and activities, while using visual aids like clocks and timelines. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

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 the weekly Homework Packet that will be sent home on Monday to be worked on through the week, and returned to school on Thursday.

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:

·      March 7th: End of Tri 2 – No School for students
 

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week February 19-21 2025

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

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

Look at the Week February 10-14 2025

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:

·      February 14: Pink/Red Day AND Flower Delivery-Free dress day!

·      February 17: No School-Presidents Day

·      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

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

Look at the Week February 3-6 2025

Look at the Week February 3rd

Hello First Grade Families!

 Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit 6: Stories Teach Us Many Lessons. We will research 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 begin writing narrative paragraphs.  

We will work on reading and spelling long i words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: tie, like, why, shy, high, time, life, light, right, & lie.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Thursday.

Math: This week we will begin 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 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 Thursday (this week).

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. 
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 Key Dates to Remember:

 

·      February 7th: No School

·      February 4th – 6th: I Love To Read Parent Readers (PK-3rd)

·      February 14th: Pink/Red Day AND Flower Delivery

·      February 25th: World Fair Event

·      February 28th: Retro Day

·      March 7th: End of Tri 2 – No School for students

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

 

Friendship Celebration 2025

If your First Grader would like to bring Valentine cards for the class, they may bring their labelled cards on or before February 14th. No one is required to bring in cards, but if your child does, they must bring in cards for each child in the class. Please see the Class List for a list of names of students in our class. If your First Grader would like to bring in a small gift of treat, all gifts and treats will be sent home in the Valentine’s Day bag to be enjoyed at home.

 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Sara Gray


 

Mrs. Gray’s Grade 1 Class List

Jonelle

Mason

Roland

Isaiah

Jensen

Jelayzia

Vivian

Irina

Faith

Isaac

Omar

Joshua

Juhani

Drew

Mariah

Liam

A’layia

Lamar

Evy

Nyayla

Look at the Week January 27-31 2025

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.14th)
  • January 30-31 Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Have a great week,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 

 

 

 
 

Look at the Week January 21-24 2025

Look at the Week January 21-24 2025   

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Language Arts: We will continue Unit Five in our Benchmark Curriculum. In Unit Five we are learning about technology and how technology affects our lives.

This week we will learn about adjectives and we will write complete sentences using adjectives.

We will work on reading and spelling long o words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: home, boat, coat, open, over, grow, joke, no, go, & pillow.

Math: We will continue Unit Five in Math, and we will learn about hundreds, tens and ones, and 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 (Wednesday this week) 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 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)
  • January 20: No School
  • January 24: Twin Day/Free Dress Day
  • 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

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

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week January 6-10 2025

Look at the Week January 6-10 2025    

Hello First Grade Families! Happy New Year!

 Here is a look at the week:

We will be doing winter FastBridge testing and completing assessments on IXL to see students' growth in Language Arts, Math and Science. We will be reviewing skills learned so far this year. We will not have spelling this week.

Language Arts: Review: we will read stories and discuss the character, setting, and retelling the story of the stories we read. We will complete sentences using verbs and nouns. We will work on reading and spelling words we have already learned this year.

Math: Review and IXL assessments.

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.

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

 

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

 
 
 

Look at the Week December 16-20 2024

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!
Have a great week,

 

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week December 9-13 2024

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)
 
Have a great week,

 

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]

Look at the Week December 2-6 2024

Look at the Week December 2nd  

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at the week:

Trimester two begins!

Language Arts: This week we begin Unit Four and we will be learning about narrators in the stories we read. We will complete sentences using verbs and nouns, and we will work on reading and spelling digraphs th, sh, and ng.

This week spelling words are: fish, wish, dish, moth, that, then, this, wings, king, & could.

Spelling test will be on Friday.

Math: This week we will begin Unit Four in Math. We will be learning about measurement and data.

Science: This week we will learn about similarities and differences of plant and animals. 

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.
     
Have a great week,

 

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

[email protected]