Week of August 20, 2018

       The children are enjoying first grade.  They are adjusting well in first grade and eager to learn. This is going to be a fantastic year. Please continue to talk with your child about listening and following directions from all teachers and staff at school. 
       I have completed assessing the children on reading skills.  If you would like to schedule a conference feel free to text me through the REMIND App and schedule a conference.
       The children will be working on the following skills this week:

• Reading and discuss the Bible story of the "Creation."
• This week memory verse will be Genesis 1.
• The children will identify, decode, and read words with short /i/.
• The children will begin identifying details, characters, and setting within a text.
• The children will identify word order in a sentence.
• The children will write simple sentences using a class bubble map.
• The children will begin to go to literacy centers and work on specific skills.
• The children will begin guided reading groups.
• The children will learn about what a family is and the importance of their family.
• Count and write numbers 0-50
• Continue to identify numbers 1-9 and how to use touch points 
• The children will be introduce to addition
• The children will use illustration and touch points to add simple addition problems
• The children will continue to work on identifying rhyming words.

       CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Please continue to go over your child's sight words daily at home.
• It is important that you review all work your child brings home daily in their binder and sign your child binder.
• If you have not connected with the Remind app please do so ASAP.  Directions was sent home in the orange folder that you received at the Meet and Great Meeting.
• Your child will bring home their Read for Fun Bag on Wednesday.  Please remind your child to return the bag and book to school on Thursday.

STEM LAB:

The children enjoyed going to the STEM LAB on Friday.  They had to work as a team and build a tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.