Newsletter for Week of January 22nd   

Hello first grade families!  

Math:  

This week we will finish unit 5. We will take the unit 5 assessment on Wednesday. Then we will begin unit six. In unit six we will be learning about telling time, adding two-digit numbers in story problems, and place value. We will also review fact families and partners of ten. This week we will work on telling time to the hour and half hour. 

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student completes their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: 

We will begin unit six titled, Stories Teach Many Lessons. We will draw inferences in the stories we read.  

Language Skills:  

We will start verb-subject agreement. We will learn how the verb must agree with the subject of a sentence.  

Writing:  

This week we will make sentences with “not” contractions.  

Spelling/Phonics:  

We will be making and sounding out long “I” words. This week's spelling words are; mine, nice, line, ride, time, white, spice, slide, life, bike. 

We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Reading at home:  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account twenty minutes each night! These are books I have assigned to each student at their current reading level.  

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login   

Teacher: jhodgman0 (last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders: 

We go outside twice daily. Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for the weather. Please make sure your student has some kind of uniform approved long sleeve shirt either under their uniform shirt or an approved zip up sweatshirt every day, the classroom temperature does vary over the day!! Please make sure your student has a winter hat, gloves, coat, snow pants and boots every day.  

Upcoming events:  

Jan. 8-31, Flower Fundraiser Sales  

Jan. 26, Pajama Day  

Feb. 5-8, I Love to Read Parent Readers 

Feb. 8, Parent Conferences From 3:45-6:45 

Feb. 9, NO SCHOOL! Parent Conferences From 7:15-12:45 

Feb. 14, Flower Delivery 

Feb. 19, No School  

Feb. 20, World Culture Fair 

Feb. 23, Red, White, and Blue Day  

Have a wonderful week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected]  

Newsletter for Week of January 16th    

Hello first grade families!  

Math:  

This week we will complete unit five. In unit five we will be learning about place value, comparing numbers, and adding two-digit numbers.  

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: 

We will learn about technology in the non-fiction texts we read and discuss. We will work on comparing and contrasting the stories we study.  

Writing: 

This week we will become authors and illustrators and create our own books.  

Language Skills: This week we will be learning about prefixes.  

Spelling/Phonics:  

We will be making and sounding out soft G and C words. This week’s spelling words are; strange, race, giant, huge, city, circle, center, cent, brace, & space. Please study and practice these at home each night! 

We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Science:  

We will continue unit three in science. We will become scientists and learn all about light and how it works.  

Reading at home:  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account twenty minutes each night!  

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login    

Teacher: jhodgman0 (last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Please make sure your student brings a winter hat, gloves, coat, snow pants and snow boots to school every day! Students can leave boots and snow pants at school. Please make sure students bring a healthy snack to school. Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.  

Upcoming events:  

*Order your child’s yearbook online

Jan. 8-31, Flower Fundraiser Sales  

Jan. 26, Pajama Day  

Feb. 5-8, I Love to Read Parent Readers 

Feb. 8, Parent Conferences From 3:45-6:45 

Feb. 9, NO SCHOOL! Parent Conferences From 7:15-12:45 

Feb. 14, Flower Delivery 

Feb. 19, No School  

Feb. 20, World Culture Fair 

Feb. 23, Red, White, and Blue Day  

Have a wonderful week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected]  

Newsletter for Week of January 8th    

Hello first grade families!  

Math:  

This week we will continue unit five. In unit five we will be learning about place value and comparing numbers.  

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: We will learn about technology in the non-fiction texts we read and discuss.  We will work on the central message of the stories we study.  

Writing: This week we will write complete sentences with each kind of punctuation.  

Language Skills: This week we will be working on root and base word endings.  

Spelling/Phonics: We will be making and sounding out long O words. We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday. This week's spelling words: home, rode, those, close, hole, bone, stone, spoke, broke, and note.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Science:  

We will continue unit two in science. We are learning how light works.  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login   

Teacher: Jhodgman0 (the last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders:  

The temperature in the classroom/school can vary at times, please make sure your student has long sleeves under their uniform shirt. They can also bring an Athlos uniform approved sweatshirt or sweater, they can put on as needed. Several students get cold at times and it is to hard to wear big bulky winter jackets during class!

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Please make sure your student has a winter hat, gloves, coat, snow pants and boots everyday! The weather is getting colder, we want the kids to stay warm outside! Students can leave boots and snow pants at school. Please make sure students are bringing healthy snacks to school. Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.  

Up coming events:  

*Order your child’s yearbook - These can only be ordered online- Informational Flyer came home this past week!

 Jan. 15 No School-MLK Day 

Jan. 26 Pajama Day 

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 233 

[email protected]  

Newsletter - Week January 2nd    

Hello first grade families! Happy New Year!  

Math:  

This week we will begin unit five. In unit five we will be learning about place value.  

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: 

We will learn about technology in the non-fiction texts we read and discuss.   

Writing: 

This week we will write complete sentences with each kind of punctuation.  

Language Skills: This week we will be working on root and base word endings.  

Spelling/Phonics:  

Spelling words this week: take, brave, came, game, made, plate, skate, late, make, and save. 

We will be making and sounding out long “A” words with a final e (silent E). 

We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Science:  

We will start our science unit about light. This week students will learn how light reflects and how it can affect objects. 

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login    

Teacher: jhodgman0 (Last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Students can leave boots and snow pants at school. Please make sure students bring healthy snacks to school every day.  Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.  

Upcoming events:  

Jan. 5 Animal Day  

Jan. 26 Pajama Day 

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected]  

Newsletter for Week of December 11th

Hello first grade families!

This week and next week are FREE DRESS DAYS!!!!!!!! The students do not need to wear uniforms if they do not want to! Have fun and enjoy these days!

Math:

This week we will review ten more and ten less of a number, money value, addition fact families and adding 3 numbers.

Homework: We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.

Language Arts

Reading:

We will compare and contrast characters in the texts we read, while identifying who is telling the story.

Writing:

This week we will continue to write sentences with each kind of punctuation and include all the parts of a complete sentence. 

Spelling:

Spelling words this week are; string, screen, split, strap, scrub, squid, sprint, splash, square, and sprout.

We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Thursday.

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.

Science:

We will continue our science unit about sound. This week students will describe different sounds such as pitch and volume. Also we will explore how sound helps us communicate.

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account.

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login   

Teacher: jhodgman0 (the last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders:

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Students can leave boots and snow paints at school. Please make sure students are bringing healthy snacks to school. Lately, I have had to tell students they may not eat the snack they brought to school because it was candy or cookies. Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.

Up coming events:

Dec. 19th Winter Tree Parade at school.  If you have any extra Christmas décor, please send it to school with your child.  The students will be decorating me as a Christmas tree for the parade.

Dec. 20th- Jan 1st Winter Vacation-No School.  HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!!

Have a great week!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.

Jennifer Hodgman

First Grade Teacher

Room 232

[email protected]

Newsletter for Week of December 4th   

Hello first grade families!  

Math:  

This week we will review length, measurement, ten more and ten less of a number, and addition fact families. We will take the unit four assessment on Thursday.  

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: 

We will compare and contrast characters in the texts we read, while identifying who is telling the story.  

Writing: 

This week we will write sentences with each kind of punctuation. We will also be finishing our Narrative Stories. 

Spelling: 

Spelling words this week are; whip, when, whale, match, lunch, crunch, beach, chill, check, & chase.  

We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login   

Teacher: jhodgman0 (the last digit is a zero) 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Science:  

We will begin a science unit about sound. This week students will describe different sounds such as pitch and volume. 

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Students can leave boots and snow pants at school. Please make sure students are bringing healthy snacks to school. Lately, I have had to tell students they may not eat the snack they brought to school because it was candy or cookies. Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.  

Upcoming events:  

Dec. 19th Winter Tree Parade 

Dec. 20th- Jan 1st Winter Vacation-No School 

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected] 

Newsletter for Week of November 27th   

Hello first grade families! I hope you enjoyed the long holiday weekend. 

Math:  

This week in math we are focusing on length, measurement, ten more and ten less of a number, and addition fact families.  

Homework:  

We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: 

We will work on identifying who is telling the story in the texts we read.  

Writing: 

This week we will write a narrative paragraph.  

Spelling: 

Spelling words this week; hope, late, hike, make, rule, cute, line, nine, take, & bone. Please practice spelling words at home with your student. 

We will take a spelling assessment on Thursday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Social Studies:  

This week we will complete our geography unit. We will be taking the unit assessment on Tuesday. We will review learning to read maps and take the reading a map assessment on Wednesday.  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login   

Teacher: jhodgman0 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Students can leave boots and snow pants at school. Please make sure your student is bringing healthy snacks to school. School policy states snacks must be a healthy choice. Lately, I have had to tell students they may not eat the snack they brought to school, because it was candy or cookies. Water is the only drink students are allowed to have in the classroom.  

Upcoming Dates: 

Friday, December 1st- No school for students 

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected]  

Newsletter for Week of November 13th   

Hello first grade families!  

It was so nice meeting with all of you for conferences! Thank you for all your support at home.  

Math: This week we begin a new unit in math. In unit 4 we will be focusing on length and addition facts. This week we will be working on length and measurement. 

Homework: We will have math homework activity every night. This is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

Language Arts 

Reading: This week we will begin a new unit in our Benchmark reading curriculum titled, Stories Have a Narrator. We will work on identifying who is telling the story in the texts we read.  

Writing: This week we will learn how to write a narrative paragraph.  

Spelling: Spelling words this week are; thing, teeth, hatch, whip, path, when, rich, bench, chin, chip. Please help your student review these at home.

We will take a reading comprehension and spelling assessment on Friday.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login 

Teacher: jhodgman0 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

 Social Studies: This week we will start chapter two in social studies. We will learn about the geography of communities.  

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather.  

Students will come home with a red homework folder daily. This is where their homework and sight words will be kept. Completion of homework is required and graded. Please work on sight words nightly with your student! 

Up Coming Events: 

Nov.14th Sampson Brothers Performance 

Nov.17th Crazy Hair Day 

Nov.22nd-24th Thanksgiving Break-No School  

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected] 

Hello first grade families!

Math: This week we will begin unit 3 in math. We will be working on number partners.

Homework: We will have math homework activity every day. This is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.

LA: This week we will begin unit three in our Benchmark reading curriculum. We will learn about being responsible citizens. We will work on the main idea of nonfiction text. We will be continue working on end punctuation, when to use capital letters, and creating complete sentences. On Friday we will have a reading comprehension and spelling assessment. Help your child spell and read r blend words. Such as: brush, brick, crab, cross, drill, drum, frog, frame, grill, gray, prize, pray.

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account.

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login 

Teacher:Jhodgman0

Click their name

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.

Social Studies: This week we will begin our social studies unit. We will learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Reminders:

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Please remember to send a sweater or sweatshirt with your child daily!

Students will should come home with a red homework folder daily. This is where their homework and sight words will be kept. Completion of home work is required and graded. Please work on sight words nightly with your student!

Up Coming Events:

Oct. 27 Super Hero Day-Free dress day for all students

Oct. 30 Book Fair-students may bring money to purchase books.

Nov. 2 Picture Retake Day

Nov. 9 – 10 Parent teacher conferences- Please schedule your conference today! Here is the link to schedule! https://www.pickatime.com/home 

Parent/Teacher conferences are:

Thu. 11/9 (3:45pm - 6:45pm) and

Fri. 11/10 (7:15am - 12:45pm).

Have a great week.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.

Jennifer Hodgman

First Grade Teacher

Room 232

[email protected]

Newsletter for Week of October 16th 

Hello first grade families!  

Math: This week we will be reviewing lessons we have learned so far this year. We will be learning doubles and practice counting on, when adding.  

Homework: We will have math homework activity every day. This is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student is completing their math homework nightly.  

LA: This week we will finish unit two in our Benchmark reading curriculum.  We will be reviewing how the character looks, feels, acts like, and something the character says in the story.  We will be continue working on end punctuation, when to use capital letters, and creating complete sentences. On Wednesday we will have a reading comprehension and spelling assessment. Help your child spell and read l consonant blend words, such as: black, blast, clam, clap, glad, glee, plan, play, slam, slap. (Spelling assessment will not be in the grade book at this time).  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.  

Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account. 

To use student account login to: 

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login 

Teacher: jhodgman0 

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Science: We will complete our science lesson on life cycles and living things. We will have a science assessment on Wednesday.  

Reminders:  

We go outside for recess twice daily, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Please send a uniform approved sweatshirt or sweater (soild black, light grey, dark grey, red or navy blue) with your student everyday. (They can leave it in their cubby so they have it!) There are several students who get cold during the day and do not have a sweatshirt to put on. 

Students will come home with a red homework folder daily. This is where their homework and sight words will be kept. Completion of homework is required and graded. Please work on sight words nightly with your student! 

Up Coming Events: 

Oct. 17 Bingo for Books-families are welcome for after school event 

Oct. 18 Unity Day-wear orange to spread unity. This is NOT a free dress day. Students can wear orange under their uniform, orange socks and orange hair accessories. 

Oct.19th-20th No school MEA Break  

Oct. 27 Super Hero Day-Free dress day for all students  

Oct. 30- Nov. 3 Book Fair-Students may purchase books  

Nov. 2 Picture Retake Day 

Have a great week. 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.  

Jennifer Hodgman 

First Grade Teacher 

Room 232 

[email protected]