Mrs. Markulec's First Grade Class
conference time: 1:30-2:20
Please remember to check and sign your child's ledger nightly!
Complete volunteer applications at aisd.net
Book Orders are due Friday!!
Please donate to Bowl For Kids' Sake--For every dollar donated your child will receive one ticket for a chance at bowling against the teachers on March 28th!
Please read the Mary Moore Newsletter online:
READING WITH FIRST-GRADERS!!!! (tips to help)
***Please make sure that you are continuing to read with your child every day. It is so important that your child gets as much practice in reading as possible. When you are reading with your child at home, if they get stuck on a
word----REMEMBER---Do not just tell him/her the word. That does not teach your child strategies for reading. Remind your child of the strategies we are working on at school----
1. Think about what word would make sense. 2. Go back and reread the
sentence. 3. Use the picture to help you. 4. Look at how the word begins, get
your mouth ready to say the word and keep reading. 5. Skip the word and read the rest of the sentence, then see if you can figure out what word might make sense.
If he/she tries some of the strategies and still is having difficulty with the
word, then it is OK to just tell him/her the word. Always make them try a strategy or two before just giving the word!! I really do appreciate all you are doing to help your child learn to read. It really must be something we work on as a team at home and at school!
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Upcoming Events:
Lessons for the week:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
This week we are building and learning words with long i patterns. Our spelling words will focus on words with long i. We are learning that complete sentences start with a capital letter and end with some kind of end mark(.?!) We are listening to many stories and learning to identify the story elements such as characters, setting, problem and solution (Plot).
During writing, we are learning how to add details to our stories. We adding more to our stories and practicing editing and revising completed work.
Math:
This week we are learning all about place value. We will also learn about number patterns on a 100 board. Please continue to practice math facts at home!
Social Studies/Science:
This week we will start learning all about dental health.
Daily Schedule:
8:05-8:20--Students arrive/Morning work
8:20--Pledge/Announcements/Attendance
8:30-10:40--Language Arts/Guided Reading
10:40--Recess
11:09-11:44--Lunch
11:45-12:00--Silent Reading
12:00-12:45--Writing
12:45-1:30--Math
1:30-2:20--Conference (PE, Art, Music)
2:20-2:35--Math
2:35-3:05--Science/Social Studies
3:20--Dismissal
Library is every Tuesday!
We go to the computer lab Wednesdays 12:00-12:45 and Thursdays 12:50-1:30.
Homework Schedule:Monday--Spelling (Due by Friday)
Tuesday--Writing
Wednesday--Finish Read to Succeed
Thursday--Math
Friday--No homework!
Math Fact Practice--nightly
Book Bags--nightly
Read to Succeed forms are due each Thursday with at least 60 minutes of reading logged for the week.
Please be aware that First Grade celebrates birthdays four times a year! Notes will be sent home prior to your child's celebration day for you to sign up to bring treats. Please do not send treats/cookies on any other days for birthdays! Thank you so much for helping make our birthdays special!
