Sight Words
Homework Tip
Build Confidence
thought
along
don’t
something
always
often
carry
light
walk
both
might
head
• Help your child with
time management!
• Be positive about
homework.
• When your child
does homework, you
do homework.
• When your child asks
for help, provide
guidance, not
answers.
TEAMWORK – Alone we
can do so little, but
together we can do so
much!
I Can
Upcoming
Happenings
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May 2-6- Teacher
Appreciation Week
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May 3th - PTA Meeting
6:30 pm
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May 5 New Kindergarten
Families Welcome Night
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May 13 - Multicultural
Fashion Show 2:30 pm
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May 14th- Multicultural
Day 11 am to 3 pm
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May 17 Spring Concert
Assembly 10:00 am
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May 19 Spring Concert
7:00 pm
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May 27 Volunteer
Breakfast 9:30 am
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May 30 Schools Closed
Memorial Day
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Reading: Student w i ll read i nformati onal texts.
They w i ll be able to i denti fy and use vari ous text
features such as: table of contents, glossary,
ti tle, photographs, i ndex, headi ngs, capti ons, and
bold print. The fi rst graders w i ll be taki ng MClass (Montgomery County Assessment for
Primary Reading). The results of thi s assessment
w i ll let us know the fi nal readi ng levels four our
students.
Writing: We are on formati ve/explanatory
w ri ti ng as w ell as stati ng and w ri ti ng an opi ni on.
They w i ll w ork on organi zati on-closure, publi shuse di gi tal tools, conventi ons, capi tali zati on,
punctuati on, i deas, i ntroduci ng a topi c, supplyi ng
reasons, and sentence fluency.
Math: Students w i ll conti nue to w ork on our
geometry uni t. Students w i ll be able to i denti fy
attri butes of flat and tri -di mensi onal shapes, as
w ell as draw i ng shapes based on the gi ven
defi ni ng attri butes. Furthermore, students w i ll
be able to solve addi ti on and subtracti on
equati ons that i nclude 2-di gi ts numbers.
Classroom
Connections
Things you can do at
home to help your child
• Read every night for at
least 20 minutes.
• Practice the first
grade high-frequency
words every night.
• Discuss what materials
at home can be
recycled.
• Count and write
numbers to 120.
Science: Students are learni ng how human
acti ons affect the envi ronment. They w i ll be able
to provi de reasons as to how and w hy people
should take care of the envi ronment.
• Practice addition and
subtraction facts
within 10
Social Studies: We w i ll conti nue w orki ng w i th
Economi cs. Thi s i ncludes the study of natural and
human resources used to produce goods. We w i ll
also di scuss goods and servi ces and places i n the
communi ty that provi de goods and servi ces.
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Look around the home
and neighborhood find
and discuss flat and 3D shapes with your
child.