Newsletter Week 5- October 2^nd 

Hello first grade families! 

Math: We will continue unit 2 in math. This week we will be memorizing partners of ten, adding by counting on starting at the biggest number, comparing numbers while using tally marks in graphs.  

Homework: We will have math homework activity every day. 

LA: This week we will begin unit two in our reading curriculum.  We will be reviewing what the character looks, feels, acts like and something the character says in the story.  We will be continue working on end punctuation and complete sentences.  On Friday we will have a reading comprehension test, spelling and an end punctuation assessment. (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.  

Reading Skills: This week we will be learning to spell three letter words with short "e".  We will read words with “th” sound. If your child does not know their letter names and sounds PLEASE review them daily.  

Science: We will be learning about patterns in animal behavior. We will continue to learn about the life cycle of plants.

Science experiments: We have planted seeds, we will observe the plant life cycle as it moves through each state. The students are very excited to see their seeds growing!

Reminders:  

Students will come home with a red homework folder daily. The side marked school needs to be completed and come back to school. The items on the home side should be taken out each night and left at home. Students will have a math activity to complete each night that is due the next school day. Please make sure to send return the red folder to school every day. Completion of home work is required and graded.  Students will have a set of the sight words they need to learn kept in homework folder, please work on sight words nightly with your student.  Students will be tested on their sight words this week they should be passing on to the next level, if passed your student will come home with a new set of sight words to learn.   

Send a healthy snack with your student every day.

Make sure students have gym shoes daily. Students can leave an extra pair at school if they’d like.  

Fall Weather: As the weather is getting cooler, please make sure to dress your student accordingly. I have several students who get cold and don’t have long sleeves or a zip up sweatshirt to put on. Please send a sweater or zip up sweatshirt with your student, they can leave it in their cubby, so they have it every day. Please make sure it is Athlos uniform approved. If it is not uniform approved, they will only be allowed to wear it during recess. Also make sure your student is in uniform daily. Under shirts must be an approved uniform color as well.

Make sure you let the front office know of changes to bus or parent pick up schedules, as necessary.

Up Coming Events: 

Oct. 10 Grand Parents Breakfast   

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

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

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]  

Look at the Week September 24th 

Hello first grade families! 

Math: We will finish unit one in our Everyday Math curriculum. We will be reviewing for the unit assessment Monday and taking the unit one assessment on Tuesday. Wednesday we will begin unit two. We will be learning about partners of ten this week.  

Homework: We will have math homework activity every day. Completion of homework is required and graded!

LA: This week we will complete unit one in our new Benchmark curriculum. We will be learning how living things grow and change. We will also be describing characters in the stories we read. We will be working on end punctuation and sentence structure while creating complete sentences. We will be working on short o and spelling short o words. On Friday we will be taking our third reading comprehension and end punctuation assessment.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night. Sight word levels will be tested this week. Each student has a goal to pass their sight word list by the end of the week.  

Please have your student read online on their Razkids account. 

To use student account login to: 

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

Teacher: jhodgman0 (0= zero)

Click their name  

Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.  

Students use this sight at school so they should be familiar with login in.  

Reading Skills: This week we will be learning to spell three letter words with short o.  We will read words with "ch" in them. If your child doesn't know their letter names and sounds PLEASE review them daily.  

Science: We will be learning how parents are similar to their off spring. We will learn about the life cycle of plants. Science experiment: We have planted seeds, we will observe the plant life cycle as it moves through each state.  

Reminders:  

Students will come home with a red homework folder daily. The side marked school needs to be completed and the red folder needs to come back the next school day. The items on the home side should be taken out each night and left at home. Students will have a math activity to complete each night that is due the next school day. Completion of home work is required and graded.  Students will have a set of the sight words they need to learn kept in homework folder, please work on sight words nightly with your student.  Students will be tested on their sight words this week they should be passing on to the next level, if passed your student will come home with a new set of sight words to learn.  

Send a healthy snack with your student each day. 

Make sure students have gym shoes daily. Students can leave an extra pair at school if they’d like.  

Make sure you let the front office know of changes to bus or parent pick up.  

Up Coming Events: 

Sept. 29 Minnesota Sports Day-Free dress day for all students 

Oct. 10th Grand Parents Breakfast   

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

Oct. 18 Unity Day-wear orange to spread unity 

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]  

       Hello first grade families!

Welcome to the first week of school! It was so nice meeting all of you at welcome night!

This week we will be working on getting to know one another, classroom routines, and assessing student levels in reading and math. There will be no math homework this week.

Please began reading and working on sight words for at least fifteen minutes each night with your student. 

Important reminders:

First day of school September 5^th, 2023.

Please send gym shoes daily, students can leave an extra pair at school.

Please send a healthy snack with your student daily.

If you did not attend open house please send school supplies with your student on the first day of school.

Student Hours:

Monday – Thursday 7:30AM-3:30PM

Friday 7:30AM-12:00PM (Lunch Provided)

EXTENDED DAY HOURS:

Monday – Friday 6:30AM – 7:30AM

Monday-Thursday 3:30-5:00PM

Friday 12:00-5:00PM

Please email me if you have any questions!

Looking forward to an amazing school year!!!

Jennifer Hodgman

Room 232

First grade teacher

[email protected]