First Grade News
December 7, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Christmas Google Slides Problems
-Reading: Simple Solutions Lessons 64-68
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 64-68
-Sight Words: Week 34 Words
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute, None this week
-Science/Social Studies: Kentucky Unit
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to read AR. They should be at 85% of their goal by Friday, December 11. AR is available for them to test from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during NTI.
**You may come and check out new books daily from 12:00-2:00. All library books must be returned by December 17th to Fancy Farm Elementary.
** We will have a pick up later this week either Thursday or Friday for next week’s activities. I will let you know as soon as I have a definitive day. I am still waiting on a few more things to arrive. If you cannot make it to pick up during school hours I can make deliveries.
**If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me. If your child is missing assignments, I will let you know. I know that many are completing work with a babysitter or grandparents. I do not want you having to go back and retrace their steps every day.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-December 21, 2020 - January 1, 2021 : Christmas Break
First Grade News
November 23, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Thanksgiving Problems
-Reading: Simple Solutions Lessons 57-58
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 57-58
-Sight Words: None this week
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute, None this week
-Science/Social Studies: Thanksgiving Activities
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to read AR. They should be at 70-75% of their goal by Monday, November 30. AR is available for them to test from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during NTI.
** Our daily Zoom meetings will be at 9:00, 11:00 and 1:00. You have done a great job so far at completing the work assigned! The students will do Raz-Kids on Monday for Computer specials for 30 minutes. On Tuesday, they will have a Zoom meeting with Mrs. Hart in her Google classroom.
** We will be having a library check out time from 12:00-2:00 tomorrow, Tuesday, November 24. If your child would like to exchange their library books for new ones. They must wear a mask inside the building, and they will be temperature checked upon entering. Only students will be allowed to enter at this time. DURING THIS TIME YOUR CHILD WILL ALSO PICK UP NEW WORK FOR THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL AND PICK IT UP, I WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO BRING THIS TO YOUR HOUSE, NO WORRIES!
** Tomorrow the 1:00 Zoom meeting will be optional for attendance, due to library check out. I will still host a meeting as usual to help complete work.
**If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me. If your child is missing assignments, I will let you know. I know that many are completing work with a babysitter or grandparents. I do not want you having to go back and retrace their steps every day.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-NOVEMBER 25-27, 2020: Thanksgiving Break
First Grade News
November 16, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Story Problems, Simple Solutions 52-56
-Reading: Simple Solutions Lessons 52-56
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 52-56
-Sight Words: Week 32 Words
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute, Tom the Turkey Fluency
-Science/Social Studies: Weather, Temperature, Wind Direction
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to practice sight words and read AR. They should be at 70-75% of their goal by Monday, November 30.
** Our daily Zoom meetings will be at 9:00, 11:00 and 1:00. You have done a great job so far at completing the work assigned! We hope that the schedule will make it easy on both students and parents to know when work should be completed and the expectation of the work turned in. All daily assignments can be found in your student’s Google classroom under that day’s heading. If you miss a Zoom meeting, the recording will be uploaded underneath that day as well.
**If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me. I hope that this NTI is short lived, and we are back to in-person learning ASAP.
First Grade News
November 9, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Add to/Take From, Missing Part Story Problems
-Reading: Decodable books (individualized reading level), Simple Solutions Lessons 47-51
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 47-51
-Sight Words: Week 31 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 47-51
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute, Veteran’s Day Fluency -Science/Social Studies: Parts of a plant, weather
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to practice sight words and read AR. They should be at 55% of their goal by Friday. I have written how many books your child needs in order to be on track on their behavior chart; if your child has a star that means they are already on track.
**Parent teacher conferences are scheduled for TOMORROW November 10th from 3:00-6:00. These can be done by phone, zoom or in-person. Please call Mrs. Jill in the office at 270-674-4820 to schedule your appointment time. All in-person appointments will be limited to one parent and each person will have to wear a mask and be temperature checked upon arrival. Most of these are being done via phone. I would love to have a conference with each of you about your child’s progress this year!
***IN YOUR CHILD’S FOLDER IS THEIR SCHOOL-TO-HOME REPORT. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NOTE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WE WILL DISCUSS THIS REPORT AT THEIR CONFERENCE TIME TOMORROW.
** Class picture day and picture remake day will NOT be Tuesday. At this time, we have decided with the rising number of COVID-19 cases we will be rescheduling this for a later date.
**On Thursday we will have hat day, if you send $1 in support of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. All profits will support our local Imagination Library. Website: bit.ly/gravesdpil
UPCOMING EVENTS
-NOVEMBER 10, 2020: Parent Teacher Conferences
-NOVEMBER 12, 2020: Dolly Parton Hat Day - $1.00 to wear hat donation goes to DP Imagination Library
-NOVEMBER 17, 2020: Red Cross Blood Drive 3:00-7:00
-NOVEMBER 25-27, 2020: Thanksgiving Break
First Grade News
November 2, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Add to/Take From, Missing Part Story Problems
-Reading: Carving a Pumpkin Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 43-46
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 43-46
-Sight Words: Week 30 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 43-46
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute, Election Day Fluency
-Science/Social Studies: Animal Groups- Life Cycle & Habitats
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to practice sight words and read AR. They should be at 45% of their goal by Friday. Some students have gotten behind and need to catch up this week on their AR goal; I have written how many books your child needs in order to be on track on their behavior chart.
**Parent teacher conferences are scheduled for November 10th from 3:00-6:00. These can be done by phone, zoom or in-person.Please call Mrs. Jill in the office at 270-674-4820 to schedule your appointment time. All in-person appointments will be limited to one parent and each person will have to wear a mask and be temperature checked upon arrival. Most of these are being done via phone. I would love to have a conference with each of you about your child’s progress this year!
** Class picture day and picture remake day will be next Tuesday. Please make sure your child is at school that day, unless they are sick so they can be in our picture for the yearbook.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-NOVEMBER 3, 2020: Presidential Election Day NO SCHOOL
-NOVEMBER 10, 2020: Picture Remake & Class picture day Day AND Parent Teacher Conferences
-NOVEMBER 12, 2020: Dolly Parton Hat Day - $1.00 to wear hat donation goes to DP Imagination Library
-NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Red Cross Blood Drive 3:00-7:00
First Grade News
October 26, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Add to/Take From, Missing Part Story Problems
-Reading: Carving a Pumpkin Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 38-42
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 38-42
-Sight Words: Week 29 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 38-42, Handwriting Assessment
-Fluency: Second quarter goal 40 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: Animal Groups- Life Cycle & Habitats
NOTES:
** Your child’s homework is to practice sight words and read AR. They should be at 30% of their goal by Friday.
** Please remember to send a water bottle with your child to refill each day. They can leave it at school, or bring a new one each day. These are especially important on PE days, as we cannot use the water fountains.
** If you volunteered to send a Halloween treat, please send those by Wednesday this week. We would like for them to be at school 48 hours prior to our Halloween snack to follow COVID guidelines.
** This week we will be dressing up as part of our Red Ribbon Week. You can find the dress up days on your child’s behavior chart. On Friday, we WILL be allowing students in the 1st grade to wear their Halloween costume; not all grade levels are wearing their costumes!
**Parent teacher conferences are scheduled for November 10th from 3:00-6:00. These can be done by phone, zoom or in-person. Please call Mrs. Jill in the office at 270-674-4820 to schedule your appointment time. All in-person appointments will be limited to one parent and each person will have to wear a mask and be temperature checked upon arrival.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-NOVEMBER 3, 2020: Presidential Election Day NO SCHOOL
-NOVEMBER 10, 2020: Picture Remake & Class picture day Day AND Parent Teacher Conferences
First Grade News
September 28, 2020
This week's content:
-Math:Graphing & Answering Questions about Data
-Reading: Fall Fun Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 23-27
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 23-27
-Sight Words: Week 25 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 23-27, M-Q
-Fluency: First quarter goal 25 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: Animal Needs
NOTES:
** Your child has sight word homework this week. Their sight words and sentences can be found on the back of their behavior chart. Please review those nightly. They can also be found on their Google classroom in a daily Slides presentation for extra help in practicing!
**Please make sure your child is reading their AR books nightly. They should be at 100% of their goal by Friday. All goals must be met by Friday, October 2. Your child should be reading the book to your first. If they have words that they struggle with please help them to break down the word using the phonics rules, and by remembering their sight words. You can read the book to your child after they read the book to you. The main goal in 1st grade is to have your child do as much of the reading as possible! We are really working to build fluency. ALL STUDENTS WHO MEET THEIR GOAL WILL RECEIVE A DRINK AND POPCORN REWARD!
**All submitted assignments from last week have been graded and returned to your child. Most assignments are being completed together, right now. As the year progresses, these assignments will become more independent. We are really working to understand how to access assignments in Google classroom, how to type in text boxes, submit assignments, etc. Please take a look at what your child is accomplishing! I am so proud of how they have jumped in and tackled their work this year. Our hope is that if we were to have to transition to NTI it would be a smooth transition for all students and parents!
** Please remember to send a water bottle with your child to refill each day. They can leave it at school, or bring a new one each day. These are especially important on PE days, as we cannot use the water fountains.
UPCOMING EVENTS Our class blog: sduren.blogspot.com
-Fall Break: October 5-9 My Email: sarah.duren@graves.kyschools.us
First Grade News
This week's content:
-Math:Graphing & Answering Questions about Data
-Reading: Fall Fun Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 23-27
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 23-27
-Sight Words: Week 25 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 23-27, M-Q
-Fluency: First quarter goal 25 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: Animal Needs
NOTES:
** Your child has sight word homework this week. Their sight words and sentences can be found on the back of their behavior chart. Please review those nightly. They can also be found on their Google classroom in a daily Slides presentation for extra help in practicing!
**Please make sure your child is reading their AR books nightly. They should be at 100% of their goal by Friday. All goals must be met by Friday, October 2. Your child should be reading the book to your first. If they have words that they struggle with please help them to break down the word using the phonics rules, and by remembering their sight words. You can read the book to your child after they read the book to you. The main goal in 1st grade is to have your child do as much of the reading as possible! We are really working to build fluency. ALL STUDENTS WHO MEET THEIR GOAL WILL RECEIVE A DRINK AND POPCORN REWARD!
**All submitted assignments from last week have been graded and returned to your child. Most assignments are being completed together, right now. As the year progresses, these assignments will become more independent. We are really working to understand how to access assignments in Google classroom, how to type in text boxes, submit assignments, etc. Please take a look at what your child is accomplishing! I am so proud of how they have jumped in and tackled their work this year. Our hope is that if we were to have to transition to NTI it would be a smooth transition for all students and parents!
** Please remember to send a water bottle with your child to refill each day. They can leave it at school, or bring a new one each day. These are especially important on PE days, as we cannot use the water fountains.
UPCOMING EVENTS Our class blog: sduren.blogspot.com
-Fall Break: October 5-9 My Email: sarah.duren@graves.kyschools.us
September 21, 2020
This week's content:
-Math:Graphing & Answering Questions about Data
-Reading: Fall Fun Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 18-22
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 18-22
-Sight Words: Week 24 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 18-22, H--L
-Fluency: First quarter goal 25 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: Plants & Animals Unit Google Classroom
NOTES:
** Your child has sight word homework this week. Their sight words and sentences can be found on the back of their behavior chart. Please review those nightly. They can also be found on their Google classroom in a daily Slides presentation for extra help in practicing!
**Please make sure your child is reading their AR books nightly. They should be at 75% of their goal by Friday. All goals must be met by Friday, October 2. Your child should be reading the book to your first. If they have words that they struggle with please help them to break down the word using the phonics rules, and by remembering their sight words. You can read the book to your child after they read the book to you. The main goal in 1st grade is to have your child do as much of the reading as possible! We are really working to build fluency.
**All submitted assignments from last week have been graded and returned to your child. Most assignments are being completed together, right now. As the year progresses, these assignments will become more independent. We are really working to understand how to access assignments in Google classroom, how to type in text boxes, submit assignments, etc. Please take a look at what your child is accomplishing! I am so proud of how they have jumped in and tackled their work this year. Our hope is that if we were to have to transition to NTI it would be a smooth transition for all students and parents!
** Please remember to send a water bottle with your child to refill each day. They can leave it at school, or bring a new one each day. These are especially important on PE days, as we cannot use the water fountains.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-Fall Break: October 5-9
First Grade News
September 14, 2020
This week's content:
-Math:Graphing & Answering Questions about Data
-Reading: Life Cycle of an Apple Tree Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 13-17
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 13-17
-Sight Words: Week 23 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 13-17, C-G
-Fluency: First quarter goal 25 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: Plants & Animals Unit Google Classroom
NOTES:
** Your child has sight word homework this week. Their sight words and sentences can be found on the back of their behavior chart. Please review those nightly. They can also be found on their Google classroom in a daily Slides presentation for extra help in practicing!
**Please make sure your child is reading their AR books nightly. They should be at 50% of their goal by Friday. All goals must be met by Friday, October 2. Your child should be reading the book to your first. If they have words that they struggle with please help them to break down the word using the phonics rules, and by remembering their sight words. You can read the book to your child after they read the book to you. The main goal in 1st grade is to have your child do as much of the reading as possible! We are really working to build fluency.
**All submitted assignments from last week have been graded and returned to your child. Most assignments are being completed together, right now. As the year progresses, these assignments will become more independent. We are really working to understand how to access assignments in Google classroom, how to type in text boxes, submit assignments, etc. Please take a look at what your child is accomplishing! I am so proud of how they have jumped in and tackled their work this year. Our hope is that if we were to have to transition to NTI it would be a smooth transition for all students and parents!
** In your child’s folder is a note from the Family Resource Center about assistance for Christmas. If you are interested in the program, please contact the Family Resource Center using the information on the form.
** Spirit Days
Wednesday, September 16: College DayThursday, September 17: 'Merica DayFriday, September 18: Blue and Gray Day
First Grade News
August 31, 2020
This week's content:
-Math: Addition & Subtraction Within 10 & Number Formation
-Reading: School Rules Fluency Passage, Simple Solutions Lessons 4-8
-Language Arts: Simple Solutions Lessons 4-8
-Sight Words: Week 21 Words
-Handwriting: Proper Letter Formation Numbers 1-8
-Fluency: First quarter goal 25 words per minute
-Science/Social Studies: All About Me Google Slides Presentation
NOTES:
** Your child has sight word homework this week. Their sight words and sentences can be found on the back of their behavior chart. Please review those nightly. They can also be found on their Google classroom in a daily Slides presentation for extra help in practicing!
**Your child took the STAR Reading and Math test last week. Their reading level can be found in their AR Book bag. This year we will be checking out 2 books at a time. Your child will be reading on their own schedule, not on assigned days. When reading, your child needs to be the one doing the reading. PLEASE DO NOT READ THE BOOK TO YOUR CHILD FIRST! Have them read the book first, then you may re-read the book to them and discuss it. Your child should read the book 2-3 times before taking a test to ensure that they can keep their quiz average above a 90%.
When they are ready to take a test, please write the title of the book on their recording sheet located in their book bag. After taking their test, they will write down their score along with their cumulative total of points for this 9 weeks. The 9 weeks will end at fall break, so your child needs to meet their AR goal before then; we have taken the shortened time period into account when setting goals for this quarter.
**In your child’s folder you will find a school picture order form. LifeTouch Photography will be taking pictures this year. Picture day will be on Tuesday, September 8. If you would like to go ahead and return the order form along with money I will keep that until picture day here at school.
**This week in class we are working on an All About Me project on your child’s Google Classroom page. They are using Google slides to create a virtual poster all about themselves. These are going to be awesome! If you want you can login and take a look as we are working throughout the week, just be sure not to help at home as we will be doing a little bit each day in class.
**Important Days:
-September 7: NO SCHOOL, Labor Day
-September 8: Picture Day
First Day Note August 26, 2020 Today was a great first day! I will upload pictures to our class blog from our first week by Friday afternoon. My blog/webpage can be found at http://www.sduren.blogspot.com. I will also post weekly notes on this page, as well as in your child’s Google classroom. Google classroom can be accessed using the login card you received at Back to School night. Just go to www.google.com and use the login information on the card. If you need assistance with this please let me know. If your child is going to be a car rider, our car line workers are asking that you display a sign on your dash with your child’s first and last name to help them learn the cars associated with each child at the beginning of the year. There will be no school on Monday, September 7 as we will be observing Labor Day. Tuesday, September 8 will be school picture day! Be sure to bring your brightest smile! We will send home information soon about packages available for purchase. Please make sure your child has a clean mask each day for school, as well as an extra in their backpack. We never know when an accident might happen and they will need a clean mask. We will just leave the clean mask in their backpack for emergencies all year. Due to updated guidance, the cafeteria is not allowed to handle cash or checks at this time, so you will need to open an account in My School Bucks for any extras your child may want to purchase. This is not required, but is necessary for the purchase of extra food or snacks. https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home Our water fountains cannot be used this year, and we recommend that each student bring a water bottle to school. These can be sent and left at school, or brought daily. Students will be allowed to refill these in the classroom from the sink, and we will eventually have water bottle refill stations installed throughout the school. Students will only have the water they bring to drink when going to PE on Wednesday and Friday. Reusable water bottles or packaged pre-bottled water are both great options (we can always refill a Deerpark or Dasani bottle as needed).
