First Grade Newsletter
Curriculum Corner
In Reading, students
will read nonfiction
texts. They will distinguish between information provided by pictures and text. Students will also sharpen
their comprehension
skills by asking and answering questions about
the key details in text.
well as writing more
details. Students will
write to inform readers as well as state and
support their opinions.
In math, first graders will solve story
problems using various
strategies such as
modeling with manipulatives, counting on,
In Writing, first
counting back, drawing
graders will continue
pictures, etc. Stuusing their writer’s
dents will also be able
notebooks. They should to collect information
be using correct capital- and display data in varization and punctuation ious types of graphs.
more consistently, as
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In Social Studies,
first graders will learn
October 2015
about past and present
leaders in the American
Important
political system. Studates:
dents will also learn
about family, communi- 7th– Persaud/Roach
Field Trip!
ty, and school leaders.
In Science, students
will develop an understanding of how animals
depend on plants and on
each other. They will
identify animals that
eat plants, animals that
eat other animals, and
animals that eat both.
Tips for Parents

Read with your child
15 minutes every
night. Encourage
them to ask questions about the
characters, setting,
and events of the
story.

Help your child
generate thoughts
when writing, but
let them sound
out the words
and write by
themselves.
Jackson Road
Elementary School

If your child gets
stuck on spelling an
unknown word, have
them underline
their spelling, move
on, and come back
to fix it later.
12th-Open House
13th-Hudik/Mitchell/
Ross Field Trip!
14th-Rucker/Whalen
Field Trip!
16th– NO SCHOOL!
Other
Important Notes:
 Please return
Take Home
folders every
day!
 Please remember to turn in
homework on
Fridays!
Technology Tidbits
Cool websites that parents and kids can visit:

www.pebblego.com
username: jackson
password: school
Pebble go has Animals, Biographies, Dinosaurs, Social Studies, and
Science articles.
Communication
You can email your child’s teacher or call the school office at 301-989-5650.
Mrs. Whalen
[email protected]
Ms. Mitchell
[email protected]
Mrs. Persaud
[email protected]
Ms. Hudik
[email protected]
Mrs. Rucker
[email protected]
Mrs. Ross
[email protected]
Ms. Roach
[email protected]
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