Welcome to our very first blog post! We are so excited for this school year! We loved meeting each of you at back to school night!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Our schools’ 50th birthday party is on September 8th from 5:30-7:30! It should be a wonderful time! Please come! We’d love to see each one of you there! Our first book order will be going home on Wednesday. We plan to submit the order on September 8th! We are only doing online ordering this year! If you need our class code, please email Ms. Terry for it! Bring your planner and folder daily to school! LUNCH CHOICES Wednesday: Chicken Drumstick, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Orange Chicken, Chicken Nuggets and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza Rippers, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Walking Taco, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: For the first 3 days of school, we will be learning the procedures, rules and responsibilities of what it looks and feels like to be a first grader. We will also be reviewing our short vowels. We will start reading. We will also start working on our writing skills! We have a writing notebook in our desk and our goal is to fill it up this year! For the first 2 in a half weeks, we are doing review from what the students learned in Kindergarten to help reinforce and review what they have learned so when we get to our first unit, we are able to keep moving forward and start learning our first grade standards! CHINESE: Our first week in Chinese will be so much fun! The students will learn so much this year! They will learn a lot through repeated practice, oral language activities and even modeling. We will be using sign language in both classes to help with identifying basic needs like drink, bathroom, me too, I agree, line up, who, what, when, where, why, and how. MATH: In math, the students will be reviewing skills they learned in kindergarten. We want to make sure they have all the foundational skills to build up in math! In English with Ms. Terry; we will review what the students have learned in Chinese with Ms. Mack. HOMEWORK: Reading 10 minutes a night! We will start “homework” on September 11th! QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please feel free to email us!
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TeachersMs. Terry and Ms. Mack are so excited for this year! In Ms. Terry's class, students will speak, read, and write in English. In Ms. Mack's class, students will be speak, listen, read, and write in Chinese. Archives
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