Waters Landing Elementary School
First Grade
October
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Birthdays;
Wow, can you believe it is already October? Data notebooks will be
coming home the last Friday of every month. It will show your child’s
current reading level, sight words they know and math tests they have
taken. Please make sure you take the time to look over the data notebook and discuss its contents with your child.
A letter will be coming home soon about our upcoming Halloween party
on October 31st. All parents are welcome to come to this celebration.
What’s Happening:
Reading:
In first grade we will be
nuances. During the whole group and small
identifying ways to represent
group reading we will be working on reading
numbers and story problems
and understanding prose and poetry. We will
using addition and subtrac-
also use before, during and after reading
tion.
strategies in order to comprehend texts.
We will then move on to
informational texts while focusing on the use
of conventions, editing and peer conferencing. We will also continue reading and writing
high frequency words.
Ava Foster
5th
Dylan Lisboa
23rd
Autumn Davis
16th
Mia Ortega
8th
Rane Gibson
10th
Angel Valdez-Torres
13th
April Adams
24th
Miguel Rodriguez
26th
Andrew M.
18th
3rd
Math:
panding their vocabulary by focusing on word
In writing workshop children will be creating
3rd
Javier A.
During this month students will work on ex-
Writing:
Christien Ferrel-Ward
identifying, displaying and
interpreting data that is displayed through bar graphs
and pictographs.
Calendar Check
 10/11 Field Trip to
Green Meadows
 10/14 Open House
9:30-12:00
 10/18 No School for
students
 10/ 29 Student Picture
Day
 10/31 Halloween Party
2:00-3:00
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First Grade
Science:
In science we will be classifying of animals based on
basic food needs we will also be identifying the various
parts of animals. Students will be identifying the ways
animals survive and stay safe.
Social Studies:
Students will be learning about the contributions of
people important to the American political system.
Teacher Donation Requests:
Ms. Ray-none at this time
Ms. GalluppiMrs. Harrigan– none at this time
Mrs. Hinsvark– Clorox/Lysol wipes
We will also identify symbols and practices associated
Mrs. Merritt– socks for white boards
with the United States
Mrs. Murnane- Antibacterial wipes
Resources for Home:
http://nrich.maths.org/content/id/4725/balancer.swf
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/kids/kids_game.html
http://www.foodchamps.org/
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html
Mrs. Lavo– Stickers of animals, transportation, action figures, and/or sports,
Expo (wipe off) markers and Tissues.