Dear first-grade families,
Hope everything is well! Here is all the information you and your child will need for the week of 11/28-12/2. Please read all the information I post or email and the attachments. I am being asked questions covered in detail by the email and posts I have put out.
If you miss any emails, you can check out my school blog: http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/.
First Grade Survey
I welcome feedback on how your year is going and how we can make the first grade a positive growth year together. This may be too early to ask for an evaluation, but I would still like to hear your voice in case you need to comment, ask, or suggest at our Back to School Night. This will be anonymous. Please respond by the end of this week. Please click the link below. https://forms.gle/AKzEJe61MwCr245u5.
Homework
Please follow the daily assignment on our weekly homework list. Kindly sign the homework list and your child’s behavior chart daily.
· Math- Please see the weekly homework list (Please avoid doing pages in advance)
· Reading- 2 Raz-kids’ books (listen, read, record & quiz)
· Word Study- 2 Word Study decodable on Seesaw (listen, read, record & highlight words with digraph (th)
· 4 Sight words notebook activities- Week 13 (Students must use their DECEMBER menu and choose DIFFERENT activities every day)
Week 13
1. would
2. make
3. like
4. him
5. into
6. time
TESTS
Friday
· Word Study- Words with digraph th
· Sight Words- Week 13
· Vocabulary- Lesson 11
· Comprehension- At Home in the Ocean
Snack & Lunch behavior
Parents, I would like to ask for your help on reminding our firsties on keeping their hands to themselves, staying in own bubble, treating others with respect, being kind and nice to friends. (No calling names and tattle telling). We are reminding our firsties everyday but these reminders should also come from home. I would greatly appreciate all your support on this matter.
First Grade Christmas Wishlist
All our first graders and I would greatly appreciate any donations from our wish list for this Christmas!
· Lego / stem toys
· 8.5 x 11 white printer paper
You can also check out our Amazon classroom wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/1TVHVuq?ref_=wl_share
Citizenship Awards & Ceremony
For a student to receive a Citizenship award, a student must earn 0’s (Outstanding = 92-100%) on both work habits and behavior grades. Therefore, students’ daily behavior, participation, attendance, and work habits are IMPORTANT factors in receiving an award.
Please know that if your child doesn’t earn Citizenship this trimester, there’s still a chance to earn it in the next two trimesters.
Our All School Mass and 1st Trimester Awards Assembly will take place in the Church this
Friday, 12/2, starting at 8am. As a reminder, we ask that all who enter our church, the House of God, should be respectful at all times. Men should remove their hats, and there should be no gum chewing, eating of food or drinking in the church. During the awards ceremony, we ask that you hold your applause till the end of the calling out of names for each class.
2nd Trimester Expectations
This week is the start of our 2nd trimester. All our firsties did an AWESOME job and I’m very proud of them! This is an exciting time, but it is also a time when our expectations grow to further our preparations for the next grade level. Here are some of the expectations that I am looking out for:
- All first graders should know how to write their FULL NAME.
- First AND last name on ALL assignments. (Part of work habit grade)
- The date on ALL assignments (written as 11/15/22)
- An uppercase/capital letter at the beginning of EVERY sentence.
- Correct punctuations or end mark (period, exclamation point, or question mark) at the end of EVERY sentence.
- All first graders should read for AT LEAST 20-30 minutes every day at home. Raz kids or Seesaw Word Study Decodable (NOTE: This means that if the students read one book and it only takes them 10 minutes, they should read another book to complete their 20 minutes of reading as a practice!)
- All first graders should know some of our prayers, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, and Hail Mary.
- All first graders should follow all classroom rules and school, Tribes agreements without being reminded inside and outside the classroom
- All first graders should be able to submit their own work on Seesaw and put it in the correct folder.
- All students must be able to navigate through Seesaw, Raz-kids, & Freckle apps on their own.
- All first graders should turn-in their blue homework folders every day and their homework on Thursdays by themselves in order to help them be more responsible. The first graders are doing a great job with this so far, and I want them to continue to work on being more responsible each and every day!
I am encouraging all students to meet these expectations every day, and it would be helpful if you could also encourage your child to work with these expectations at home too!
ADOPT A FAMILY SERVICE PROJECT (Nov-December)
We are adopting a special family- The Perez Family. They have been experiencing financial difficulties since the pandemic. We want to give them a memorable Christmas. This will require some sacrifice, but we will do it for Jesus. Jesus said, “Whatever you did for one of these least of mine, you did it for me.”
Learn more about the family and the family member or household items we have been assigned as a class. Open the Perez Family Profile. If you have time, please watch the 5-minute Adopt-a-Family video that summarizes this program.
The 1st-grade class was assigned to gift household items such as pillows, towels, a first-aid kit, a toaster, silverware, plates, a broom and mop, and cleaning supplies. Bedding would be helpful too- size queen and full blankets and full-size sheets. Any school supplies are also greatly appreciated. You can click on the Sign-up Genius to sign-up to buy a gift for your particular family member. Once signed up, you can go Christmas shopping!
Students are encouraged to go shopping with their parents and help wrap the gift. Challenge your child to make a sacrifice, if necessary: “I will ask for fewer presents for myself so that I can get a gift for Jessenia.” Click on the Instructions for Purchasing Gifts doc to review the guidelines- wrap it, label it and bring it to class.
Christmas book report & Winter Packet
On Friday, we will be sending home the Christmas book report and Winter packet. These project & packet will be part of their work habits, art, writing and reading grade. Please make sure to follow the given instructions.
Packet, instructions, template & materials will be sent out on Friday, December 2, 2022.
For this book report your child will be expected to read a holiday book and complete the given Santa book report template.
Materials Needed:
1. Scissors
2. Glue
3. Crayons/ Colored pencils
4. Holiday book to read.
Instructions:
1. Select a Christmas/Holiday book to read.
2. Neatly fill out your name, title, author, illustrator, setting, problem and solution of the book. (You might want to do a first draft before you complete the Santa.)
3. Color, cut, and glue Santa together.
Due date: January 9, 2023See examples of the project below.
UPCOMING EVENTS The School calendar can be found (by clicking here)
Dec. 2 – 1st Trimester Awards
Dec. 14- 1st grade Christmas party
Dec 15 –School Christmas Show
Dec 20 – Noon Dismissal (NO DAYCARE) last day of school before Christmas break
Dec 16- Music field trip
Dec 21- January 8- Christmas Break
Jan 9 –School Resumes after Christmas break
Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions/ concerns.
Thank you & God Bless!
Warmly,
Ms. Martinez
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