4/17-4/21 Homework & Reminders

Dear first-grade families,

I hope you all are having a blessed Easter break with your families. Here is all the information you and your child will need for the week of 4/17-4/21. I ask everyone to 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/.

3rd Trimester Expectations

We are down to our last trimester! Here are some of the expectations that I am looking out for:

• All first graders should know how to write their FULL NAME.
• The date on ALL assignments (written as March 7, 2023 OR 3/7/2023)
• 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 must be able to read Fry’s 1st 100 words without verbal prompts. 
• All first graders must be able to write neatly and form letters and numbers correctly. 
• All first graders should read for AT LEAST 20-30 minutes every day at home. (Homework included; 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!) Students may use Raz-kids / Epic or any book for practice. 
• All first graders must know all their prayers, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, Prayer before Meal and Guardian Angel Prayer.
• All first graders must follow classroom rules & school Tribes agreements without being reminded.
• All first graders must be able to submit their own work on Seesaw and put it in the correct folder.
• All first graders must be able to independently do their homework on Seesaw, and Raz-kids.
• All students should turn in their own homework folders in the morning independently.

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)
• Word Study- 4 Word Study decodable on Seesaw (listen, read, record & highlight words with words with vowel digraph (oo, ou, ew, ue, u, and u_e)
• 4 Sight words activities on Seesaw- Weeks 25

TESTS 

Friday

• Word Study- words with vowel digraph (oo, ou, ew, ue, u, and u_e)
• Sight Words- Week 25
• Vocabulary- Lesson 24
• Comprehension- A Tree is a Plant  

Nonfiction Cereal Box Project

This project will be due on April 28th 2023.  Instructions and template were sent March 28. Please make sure to follow instructions to receive full credit.

California Science Center fieldtrip

We will have our last educational trip on May 4^th to California Science Center with the 2^nd graders. We will split all costs with the 2^nd grade class (bus and entrance fee). The bus cost is $19 for each child, please pay directly to the office (Mr. Aguilar). Kindly make sure to pay by April 21^st so we can pay for the trip.   

Uniform

Parents, reminder that inside shirts, leggings, sweaters, face mask, socks and girls’ hair accessories must be in school color. please refer to our handbook for details about the uniform to avoid uniform infractions. Uniform infractions will be issued to all students that are not in compliance with the uniform policy. Girls can’t have nail polish and boys’ shirts MUST always be tucked in their pants.

MON, TUES, THURS- Complete regular uniform

WED- Complete PE uniform

FRI- Complete formal mass uniform

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 click the link below. https://forms.gle/AKzEJe61MwCr245u5. 

UPCOMING EVENTS The School calendar can be found (by clicking here)

• April 7-16 – Easter Break
• May 8-12 Teacher Appreciation Week 
• May 1 – Star Window #3 Begins
• May 4- Grade 1-2 California Science Center fieldtrip
• May 3 – General Parent Meeting #3
• May 15-17– Noon Dismissals for Fiesta Set up, NO Daycare on 5/17
• May 18, 19, and 22 – There is NO SCHOOL for students due to Fiesta and Clean up
• May 19-21 –Fiesta/Strawberry Festival, parents sign up for 8 hours per family
• May 22 – Clean up Fiesta: No School 
• May 23-24 Gently used Uniform Sale 
• May 25 – Vicki Marsha Uniform Sale on Campus in Rm 6 (New Uniform Sale) 3-5:30pm (tentative)
• May 26 – Parent Service Hours due, Service hours on Gradelink cutoff date, Inauguration of new Student Government, Gradelink Blocked, end of 3rd trimester for 8th grade
• May 29 – NO SCHOOL Memorial Day Holiday
• May 31 – Classroom Musical Shows (K, 2, 4) 8:30am in Hall
• June 1 – Classroom Musical Shows (1, 3, 5) 8:30am in Hall 
• June 2 – Newsies 7pm in Hall
• June 3 – Newsies Jr. 7pm in Hall

 Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions/ concerns.

  Thank you & God Bless!

 Warmly,

 Ms. Martinez