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Hello! I am Mary Byrne, and I will be your child’s 1st grade teacher. I am so excited and honored to welcome your child to my classroom.  This will be my first year teaching at Athlos Leadership Academy but I have taught for many, many years at the primary level.  

 

I received my teaching degree from Mankato State University and my Masters' degree from St. Thomas University in Special Education.  In my most recent experience I served as a literacy coach.  

 

My most favorite thing about my job is teaching my Firsties to LOVE reading!!!!  I am beyond excited to Welcome all of my students and families to my classroom this year! 

 

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Week of October 8

Hello First Grade Families! 

We are entering our 6th week of school.  Hard to believe! Here's what's happening this week:

Math: We will complete unit 2 in math. This week we will be working on  partners of ten, adding by counting on starting at the biggest number, finding number partners on a tens chart, and compare numbers while using tally marks in graphs. Friday we will take the unit two assessment.

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

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit two in our Benchmark reading curriculum.  We will continue to work on the story element of character.  We will, also,  be working on end punctuation, when to use capital letters, and creating complete sentences. On Friday we will have a reading comprehension test.  

Homework: Make sure your child is reading nightly. 

Phonics: this week we will be working with words with the short sound of u. 

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

Reminders:

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

Students will come home with a yellow 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 worksheet to complete each night that is due the next school day. Completion of home work is required and graded. 

Up Coming Events:

Grand Parents breakfast Oct. 10th

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! The best way to reach me is by email, but I am always willing to have a phone conversation or in person meeting. 

Mary Byrne 

Upcoming Events

Please mark your calendars for the following events:

Grand Parents breakfast Oct. 10th

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

Minnesota Sports Day

Tomorrow is Minnesota Sports Day.  Dress in your favorite sports team's colors or tshirt, jersey, or sweatshirt.  Let's show some Minnesota Pride!

Week of September 17

Look at the Week September 17th

Hello first grade families!

We have had a great first couple of weeks! We are enjoying getting to know each other and school routines.

Math: We will continue unit one in our Everyday Math curriculum. We will be reviewing skills learned in kindergarten.  We will be reviewing number sense, adding on number lines and tally marks. We will have math homework every day.

 

LA: This week we will continue our new Benchmark curriculum. We will be learning about living things and life cycles. We will be working on sentence structure while creating complete sentences. We will find the main idea of the stories we read. On Friday we will be taking our second reading comprehension assessment.

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

Reading Skills: This week we will be reviewing letter names and sounds, short vowel i, and creating and CVC words and making 2 syllable words.

Science: We will begin our new science curriculum. We will be learning about life cycles.

Reminders:

Students will come home with a yellow 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. 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, if your child has mastered their sight words, they will not have any to practice for the time being.

Send a healthy snack with your student each day. No juice or pop in the classroom.  Only water is allowed in the classroom.

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 of bus or parent pick up changes.

Up Coming Events:

Grand Parents day Oct. 10th (deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 22nd)

Picture day is September 21st. This will be a free dress day for all students.

Have a great week.

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

Mary Byrne

First Grade Teacher

 Room 231

[email protected]

Week 2

Look at the Week September 11th

Hello first grade families!

We had a fun first week of school! It was so nice getting to know each other!

Math: We will begin unit one in our Everyday Math curriculum. In unit one we will be reviewing skills learned in kindergarten.  We will be reviewing number sense, adding on number lines and tally marks. We will have math homework every day.

LA: This week we will begin our new Benchmark curriculum. We will be learning about living things and life cycles. We will be working on sentence structure while creating complete sentences. We will find the main idea of the stories we read.

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

Reading Skills: This week we will be reviewing letter names and sounds, CVC words and making three letter words.

Reminders:

Students will come home with a yellow 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. 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.

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 of bus or parent pick up changes.

Up Coming Events:

Grand Parents day Oct. 10th (deadline for families to submit RSVP forms to is Friday, September 22nd)

Have a great week.

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

Mary Byrne

First Grade Teacher

Room 231

[email protected]

 

 

Week 1 of First Grade

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 begin reading and working on sight words for at least fifteen minutes each night with your child. 

Important reminders:

First day of school September 5th, 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!!!

Mary Byrne

[email protected]