Waters Landing Elementary School
Birthdays
Adriana H.
Wow, can you believe it is already October?
Hopefully you will be able to visit our classrooms during Open
House on Oct. 12th from 9:30-12:30pm. We look forward to
seeing you there. A letter will be coming home soon about our
upcoming Halloween party on October 30th. All parents are welcome to come to this celebration.
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Samuel J
21
Siena S.
27
Jaheim T.
28
Chelsee C
21
Moises G.
7
Elijah B.
10
What’s Happening:
Reading:
Math:
This month we will focus
on the genre of informational text. Within a given
text, we will work on asking and answering questions about key details in
text. We will also learn to
distinguish between information given in pictures/
illustrations and information given in the text.
This month we will be
working on addition
and subtraction situations Such as counting
on, counting back,
putting together, taking apart, adding to,
taking from, comparing
We will also work on
categorical data such
as bar graphs and pictographs.
Calendar Check
 10/05 Interims go home
 10/09 Field Trip! - Green
Meadows 9:30-2:00
 10/12 Open House
9:30-12:30
 10/05 Book Fair Week
 10/16 No School
 10/ 23 Family Engineering
Night 7-8pm
 10/30 Halloween Party
2:30-3:30
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First Grade
Science:
Writing:
Our focus will be classification of
animals based on basic food
needs. We will also learn how animal body parts help an animal
Our writing style this month will be
informative. We will work on focusing on a topic and supplying facts
through shared research.
Survive and stay safe.
We will also add drawings and describe our writing with relevant
Social Studies:
This month we will learn the contributions of people important to
the American political system. We
will also learn about symbols and
practices associated with the
United States.
details.
We will enhance our writer’s voice
by including closure and using peer
feedback.
Please see the attached parent newsletters for a more detailed example of what we are teaching this quarter in grade 1.
We thank you for your support!
The First Grade Team,
Mrs. Hinsvark
Ms. Tung
Ms. Galluppi
Mrs. Harrigan
Ms. Merritt
Ms. Miller