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School Picture Day: October 1 2025

Picture day is tomorrow: Wednesday, October 1st.
It is a free dress day for all students: no hats or costumes.

There are no order forms, as all families will have a link to order pictures sent to their email address the school has on file. At that time, families can select photos, choose backgrounds, customize with text, etc. Pictures that are ordered and paid for will be delivered directly to the students’ home.
 
Thank you,
Sara Gray

Look at the Week September 29-October 3 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at our 5th week of school:

Take Home Folders: This Folder is to be sent between home and school in your First Grader's backpack. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home.

Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet on Friday. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit Two in our Benchmark Curriculum. Unit To focuses on characters and story elements. We will be working on short “E” words, and we will work on writing complete sentences, using correct punctuation and capitalization. We will be describing the characters and the settings in the stories we read, and we will take a reading comprehension assessment on Friday.

This week spelling words are: leg, fed, neck, mess, sell, pet, bet, hen, red, & pen. Spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice these spelling words with your child nightly.

Math: This week we finish Unit One in our Everyday Math curriculum. Unit One focuses on foundational concepts for First Grade, including place value (especially tens and ones), number sense, and the development of addition and subtraction strategies within 20. We will take the Unit One assessment this week.

Social Studies: This week we will begin a unit on how cultures change over time.

Upcoming Events:

  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast: the deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30th
  • October 1, 2025: Picture Day
  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast
  • October 22, 2025: Unity Day
  • October 27-30, 2025: Book Fair
  • October 28, 2025: Bingo for Books

 

Reminders:

  • Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
  • Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
  • Send weather appropriate clothing with your child as we will go outside for recess daily.
  • Please make sure your child is reading and working on sight words every night.
  • Please communicate with the front office about any end of the day transportation changes by 2:00 o’clock PM.
  • Please make sure you are checking your child’s red take home folder nightly. Students should bring their homework folder to school daily.

The partnership in your child’s education is very valuable... please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time.

Thank you,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

Room 228

Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Email: [email protected]

Website: [email protected]

Look at the Week September 22-26 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here is a look at our 4th week of school:

Take Home Folders: This Folder is to be sent between home and school in your First Grader's backpack. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home.

Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet on Friday. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.

Language Arts: This week we will continue learning about life cycles and how living things grow and change. We will be working on short “o” words. We will work on writing complete sentences and capitalization, and we will be describing the characters and the setting in the stories we read.

This week's spelling words are; hot, for, pot, mop, one, log, dot, crops, log, & frog. Spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice these spelling words with your child nightly.

Math: This week we will continue our Everyday Math curriculum, "Unit 1” focuses on foundational concepts for first grade, including place value (especially tens and ones), number sense, and the development of addition and subtraction strategies within 20.

Science: We will continue our science unit on life cycles.

 

Upcoming Events:

  • September 26, 2025: MN Sports Day: free dress for all students
  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast: the deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30th
  • October 1, 2025: Picture Day
  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast
  • October 22, 2025: Unity Day
  • October 27-30, 2025: Book Fair
  • October 28, 2025: Bingo for Books

 

Reminders:

  • Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
  • Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
  • Send weather appropriate clothing with your child daily, we will go outside for recess daily.
  • Please make sure your child is reading and working on homework every night.
  • Please communicate with the front office about any end of the day transportation changes by 2:00 o’clock PM.
  • Please make sure you are checking your child’s red take home folder nightly. Students should bring their homework folder to school daily.

The partnership in your child’s education is very valuable... please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time.

Thank you,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

Room 228

Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Email: [email protected]

Website: [email protected]

Upcoming School Events

Upcoming Events:

  • September 26, 2025: MN Sports Day: free dress for all students
  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast: the deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30th
  • October 1, 2025: Picture Day
  • October 7, 2025: Grandparents Breakfast
  • October 22, 2025: Unity Day
  • October 27-30, 2025: Book Fair
  • October 28, 2025: Bingo for Books

Look at the Week September 15-19 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here Is a look at the week of September 15-19:

Take Home Folders: This Folder is to be sent between home and school in your First Grader's backpack. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home.

Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet on Friday. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.

Language Arts: This week we will continue to learn about life cycles and how living things grow and change. We will be working on short “I” words, and we will work on writing complete sentences and capitalization. We will also be describing the characters in the stories we read.

This week's spelling words are: lids, kids, him, hit, sit, big, with, pick, kick, & little. Our spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice these spelling words with your child nightly.

Math: We will be working on our beginning of the year FastBridge assessments, as well as beginning our McGraw Hill Math curriculum. We are learning to count forwards and backwards 1-100 and solving simple addition problems. We are discussing math strategies we can utilize to help solve math problems.

Social Studies: We will be learning about citizenship: about being good citizens in our school and our communities. We will plan our goals and our hopes and dreams for the school year and the future.

Reminders:

  • Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
  • Make sure your child has shoes for Fitness. We go to Fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
  • Send weather appropriate clothing with your child daily; we will go outside for recess twice a day.
  • Please make sure your child is reading and working on homework every night.
  • Please communicate with the front office about any end of the day transportation changes by 2:00 PM.

The partnership in your child’s education is very valuable... please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time.

Thank you,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

Room 228

Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Email: [email protected]

Website: [email protected]

Look at the Week September 8-12 2025

Hello First Grade Families!

Here Is a look at our 2nd week of school:

We had such an amazing time getting to know each other last week… I am so excited for this school year!

Take Home Folders: On Monday, September 8, I will be sending a red Take Home Folder home with your First Grader in their backpack. This Folder is to be sent between home and school. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home.

Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet on Friday. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.

Language Arts: This week we will be learning about life cycles and how living things grow and change. We will be working on short “A” words, and we will work on writing complete sentences and capitalization. We will also be describing the characters in the stories we read.

This week spelling words are: and, add, ask, bat, apple, has, pack, sat, dad, & mad. Spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice these spelling words with your child nightly.

Math: We will be working on our beginning of the year FastBridge assessments.

Social Studies: We will be learning about citizenship: about being good citizens in our school and our communities. We will plan our goals and our hopes and dreams for the school year and the future.

Reminders:

  • Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
  • Make sure your child has shoes for Fitness. We go to Fitness on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
  • Send weather appropriate clothing with your child daily; we will go outside for recess twice a day.
  • Please make sure your child is reading and working on homework every night.
  • Please communicate with the front office about any end of the day transportation changes by 2:00 PM.

The partnership in your child’s education is very valuable... please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time.

Thank you,

Sara Gray

Grade 1 Teacher

Room 228

Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Email: [email protected]

Website: [email protected]

Take Home Folders and Homework

Take Home Folders: On Monday, September 8, I will be sending a red Take Home Folder home with your First Grader in their backpack. This Folder is to be sent between home and school. This week, you will find our Homework for the week along with a list with the week’s spelling words to practice at home. 

Homework: Your student’s Homework Packet will be sent home every Monday. Your child may work on Homework each night of the week, and then return the Homework Packet to school on Fridays. Please read with your First Grader for twenty minutes each night, and practice the weekly Spelling Words.

Please reach out if you have any questions,

Thank you,
 
Sara Gray
Grade 1 Teacher
Room 228
Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809

Welcome to Mrs. Gray's First Grade

I am excited to welcome you to the 2025 2026 school year! I’m looking forward to having your child as a student in 1st grade. This year, students will be learning deeply across all subjects through a variety of interactive and engaging activities . In order to have a successful year, my most important goal is to create a community of learners in our classroom. I want your child to feel valued at school every single day.

About Me: I graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with my degree in Elementary Education and I have been teaching for over 35 years. I am a published Author/ Illustrator, and my book is Johnny Figures It Out. This is my third year at Athlos Leadership Academy, and I am so excited to get to know each student and their families.
 
Contact Me: I welcome and value parent communication throughout the year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have. Please subscribe to our class website to receive weekly information about what is going on in our classroom.
Phone: (763) 777-8942 ext. 8809
 
Looking forward to a great year,
Sara Gray