First Grade News
Sargent Shriver Elementary School
Jennifer Ranney
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Liz Ludgin
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Harper Denhard
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Rachel Dwyer
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Details on Upcoming Events
Winter Break: No school on Thursday, December 24th through Friday, January 1.
School returns on Monday January 4.
Snuggle Up and Read Night will be Thursday, December 10th at 7:00PM. Please join
us for cookies and reading in your pajamas at the school!
Thank you for donating the canned food and the Pennies for Patients!
Jessica Jones
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Rosario Miranda
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Diane Demers
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Patti Hoath, ESOL
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Katy Friedman, Reading Focus Teacher
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Messages that Promote a GROWTH MINDSET…
* We believe in all of our children’s potential and are committed to helping
everyone get smarter.
* We value and praise taking on challenges, exerting effort, and surmounting
obstacles.
*We encourage all children to work hard and try their best.
*We want school to be a fun, exciting place where teachers help your brain grow
and make new connections.
Catherine Kern, Reading Focus Teacher
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Kara Sivick, ESOL
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Linda Alban, SPED
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Important Dates
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Monday, December 9
Interim Reports are sent home
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Friday, December 4th 6:30PM
PTA Community Dinner
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Thursday, December 10th 7:00PM
Snuggle Up and Read Night
Wednesday, December 16th 6-8PM
Arts Night and Winter Concert
Thursday, December 24th-Friday,
January 1st
No School for Winter Break
SSES
December 2015
301- 929- 4426
Curriculum Highlights This Month!
Math: Students will continue to solve addition and subtraction
word problems as well as work on fluency with addition and
subtraction within 20 . We will use our doubles and doubles plus
one strategies as well as ‘fact families.’
Reading: Students will identify the characters, setting, problem
and solution in fictional texts.
Writing: Young authors will write opinion pieces about favorite
books.
Science: Students will be exploring the movement of objects and
exploring with magnets.
Social Studies: First graders will study the traditions and holidays
of different cultures.
Spotlight on the First Grade Teachers
What are your plans for the winter break?
Dwyer –I plan on visiting my family in New York!
Jones - I plan to bake cookies and spend time with my family :)
Denhard- singing, hanging out with my friends and family, and celebrating my New
Year’s Eve birthday!
Ranney- Relaxing with my family and HOPEFULLY playing in the snow!
Demers- Spending time with my twins and visiting my family in New York!
Ludgin-We are taking our daughters to Disney World!
Miranda- I plan on spending more time with friends and family!
Sargent Shriver Elementary School wants to keep our parents informed. We use Microsoft Word to
translate our notes home to you. If our translated documents are hard to understand, please contact the
office at 301-929-4426. Thank you.
* Sargent Shriver Elementary School quiere mantener a los padres informados. Utilizamos Microsoft Word
traducir nuestras notas con usted. Si nuestros documentos traducidos son difíciles de entender, por favor
póngase en contacto con la oficina 301-929-4426. Gracias.