Academic Update
Our first week was absolutely fabulous! All the girls looked great in their uniforms all week, they bounced right back or learned quickly the classroom routines, and jumped right into learning! Here are some highlights from this week and the upcoming week!
- This past week we created our class agreements: 1-To be polite, 2-To be safe, & 3- To have fun. We signed that we would all commit to follow these over the course of the year. In math, we took a quick assessment to see what we already know and what we will need to work on in first grade. We also discussed many math routines for calendar and weather, number sequence in the number line and the hundreds chart, and applied our discussions to create and explore our own versions. Come see examples on our bulletin board outside the classroom! In IB, we began our first unit, Heroes. We read some stories to see if we could identify and define 'heroes,' agreed on a definition and recorded it in our vocabulary notebooks, and compiled a list of what we want to learn about heroes. We also took a one minute sight word to test, completed three have-to labs, and used our agendas to self-evaluate each day and the week. It was really a great and productive first week of school!
- Next week, we will start looking and discussing everyday heroes like those in our community, add to our vocabulary notebooks, and have a full week of have-to labs. We will begin reading groups, begin reviewing sight words and sounds we have already learned, and have a spelling list. In math, we will begin using our math tool kits (PLEASE SEND IN TEN PENNIES), get our math journals, and play a few math games.
Info to Know
- Thank you for all of the supplies, support, and help to make our first week a success! The girls were amazing!!
- If you haven't signed up for a snack day in August, please do so. We will go to a regular schedule in September. The password for the writeboard is "imagine."
- Use of folders: Please read and if you have any questions, please ask!!
- Red: Homework--will come home Monday (or the first day of the week). Should be completed at your convenience or as directed and all returned on the following Monday.
- Purple or Pink--Poetry Notebook--will come home on Friday (or last day of the week). Should be reviewed with your daughter, initialed & dated, and returned before Thursday (preferably on Monday)
- Orange--Vocabulary Notebook--will come home sporadically; return the following day
- Blue--Working On It folder--for in-class use to house assignments in progress
- Green--It Goes Home folder--folder to take home assignments and projects; when it comes home, please empty and return the following school day
- Yellow--Chinese--for use by the Chinese teacher
- Clear--Home/School Communication--most important folder; used to house agenda and important school documents, must be returned everyday, no exceptions
- Agenda Usage: As of now, we are using the agendas to record our self-evaluation of our day, communicate any teacher or parent information, and display a sticker to show we had a good day. Parents please sign everyday. Also, a paper clip is placed on the monthly calendar page. Please use this page to record nightly reading. You can choose to color the book, write the number of pages read or write the number of minutes read. As the year progresses, we will use the agenda for more....actually starting next week with recording our spelling words.
- Please send in your summer reading log.
- Sign up for PTA!! Let's be one of the first classes to have 100% participation. Thanks to those that have already signed up!!
Dates to Know
- Monday, August 16: PTA Dine Out @ Morelli's
- Week of August 23: Mrs. P. Kok absent
- August 16 - September 3: IWIA Fall Fundraiser
- September 11: Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival
- September 14: 1st PTA General Meeting @ 6:30
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