Look at the Week May 27^th

Hello first grade families! Here is a look at the week.

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit 10 in our Benchmark curriculum. We will explore sound, light, and heat.  

We will work on reading and spelling Long “E” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: easy, sunny, starry, speedy, sleepy, silly, money, mommy, lucky, &, city.

Math: This week we will be reviewing skills we have learned this year.

Key Dates to Remember:

• Book Fair – May 27th – 30th
• Field Days – May 27th – 30th
• May Madness – May 29th
• Crazy Hair Day – May 30th
• Talent Show – June 3rd

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit nine in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit nine primarily focuses on the concept of "We Use Goods and Services". Students explore the idea of trading, and review what a community is. Unit nine builds upon the foundations established in previous units, focusing on strengthening students' decoding skills, spelling abilities, and overall reading comprehension.

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

We will work on reading and spelling “oi & oy” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: coin, join, joint, moist, point, noise, enjoy, joy, cowboy, & destroy.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• May 9^th No School
• May 12^th-16^th end of the year testing
• Father/Daughter Dance – May 14th
• Mother/Son Dance – May 15th
• PK-5th Music Programs – May 20th
• No School – May 26th
• Book Fair – May 27th – 30th
• Field Days – May 27th – 30th
• May Madness – May 29th
• Crazy Hair Day – May 30th
• Talent Show – June 3rd

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit nine in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit nine primarily focuses on the concept of "We Use Goods and Services". Students explore the idea of trading, and review what a community is. Unit nine builds upon the foundations established in previous units, focusing on strengthening students' decoding skills, spelling abilities, and overall reading comprehension.

We will work on reading and spelling “ou & ow” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: Clouds, shout, about, clown, frown, how, now, brow, plow, & meow.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day
• May 9^th No School
• May 29^th May madness

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will complete unit eight in our benchmark curriculum.  Unit eight focuses on Earth Science, specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling “ur” bossy R words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: term, ferns, girl, dirt, stir, burn, surf, brother, mother, & Father.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will start unit nine in math using the Everyday Math curriculum.  We will focus on foundational math skills like counting, number recognition, basic addition and subtraction facts, place value, and geometry. Students learn to add and subtract numbers up to 30, solve simple word problems, and develop an understanding of shapes and fractions. We will also review measurement, time, and money.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

• April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day
• May 9^th No School

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit eight in our benchmark curriculum.  Unit eight focuses on Earth Science, specifically exploring topics like climate, weather, natural hazards, attractions, and landforms.

We will work on reading and spelling “or” bossy R words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: organ, order, storm, story, coarse, bored, core, roar, chore, & store.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit eight in our everyday math curriculum. Unit eight focus on mental arithmetic, money concepts, and fractions, including practicing adding and subtracting larger numbers, working with fact families, and exploring the concepts of halves and fourths.

Science: This week we will continue an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

April 25^th: Beach Day/Free Dress Day

Our annual May Madness fundraiser is quickly approaching! As a reminder, this year the event will be held on Thursday, 5/29 from 4:45-7:00pm. Please donate items for the Camping /Fishing Theme.

Things such as:

• Cooler
• Tackle Box
• Bait and line
• Outdoor Games
• Camping Supplies
• Gift Cards to Outdoor Supply Stores

Free Dress/Spartan Sprit Days:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit seven in our Benchmark curriculum. We will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future, we will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “I” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ice, idea, bright, night, try, why, dime, climb, inside, & find.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit seven in math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Science: This week we will continue an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit seven in our Benchmark curriculum. We will focus on the theme of "past, present, and future, we will learn how the past influences the present and future by reading stories about historical events and people, essentially exploring the concept of history through texts.

We will work on reading and spelling long “e” words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: eagle, eager, even, equal, field, thief, sweep, sweet, money, & happy.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Friday.  

Math: This week we will continue unit seven in math. We will focus on geometry and attributes of shapes, where students learn to identify, classify, and compare different shapes based on their characteristics like sides, corners, and vertices. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction facts through related fact families.

Science: This week we will begin an economic unit focusing is on basic concepts like identifying wants vs needs, understanding the roles of producers and consumers in a community, recognizing how people earn money through jobs, and making simple choices about spending and saving to meet their needs and wants. 

Social Studies: This week we will complete our map unit. We have learned basic map concepts like identifying cardinal directions (north, south, east, west), using a map key to understand symbols, locating familiar places in their community on a map, distinguishing between land and water, and identifying our state and country on a simple map.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit 6, titled stores teach us may lessons. We will research different stories while describing the characters, setting and the main idea of the stories we read.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will begin writing narrative paragraphs.  

We will work on reading and spelling long I words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: tie, like, why, shy, high, time, life, light, right, & lie.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Thursday.

Math: This week we will begin unit six. Unit 6 primarily focuses on further developing addition facts, particularly strategies like "making ten" to solve more complex addition problems, applying these skills to number stories, and beginning to tell time to the hour on analog clocks; students will also continue building on place value concepts to solve 2-digit addition problems. 

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Key Dates to Remember:

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]

 Here is a look at the week!

Language Arts: This week we will finish unit five in our benchmark curriculum. This week we will learn how technology makes school and work places better and the impact of technology on daily life and the impact that it will make in the future.

We will write complete sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will introduce narrative writing.

We will work on reading and spelling soft G words.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: gem, gentle, giant, giraffe, age, page, huge, edge, bridge, &, dodge.

Spelling and reading comprehension assessments will be given Thursday.

Math: This week we will complete unit five in math. This week we will review place value. We will take unit five math assessment on Thursday.

Nightly student homework: spelling words, math activity worksheet, practice sight words, and read for twenty minutes. If you need another sight word list let me know and I can email one to you.

Parent teacher conferences. If you have not yet scheduled parent teacher conference please do so today!

For students in PreK – 5th Grade we will be offering online registration through pickAtime.com for Winter 2024-2025 Parent Teacher Conferences taking place on Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31. Follow the directions below to access/create your account and get to the Parent Teacher Conference Scheduler.

Instructional Video:

Here is a YouTube video of how to use pickAtime.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyl5kyZ7ubc

Enter (or Copy/Paste) this URL into your web browser: https://pickatime.com/athlosbrooklynpark/24-25WinterConferences

For new users - Register for an account

1. Enter your email address and push "Login/Create Account".
2. Fill in the required fields to register.

For returning users - Sign In to your account

If you have previously registered, all you need to do is enter your email and password. If you have forgotten your password, you can select the Forgot Password button and a new password will be emailed to you.

Identify Student

For each child, enter in the two prompts that your school requires. They are:

1. Your child’s Student ID number OR your student’s First and Last name
2. Your child’s birthday (in the format of MM/DD/YYYY)

Scheduling

Each colored square represents an available meeting time. The legend shows which teacher corresponds to which color, and the times increase as you go down the page.

(Note: you will not see all of the teachers at your school, just the teachers that your child(ren) have homeroom classes with.)

1. Click on a square to book that time
2. Click "Create Appointment".
3. Repeat this process until you have a time with each teacher you'd like to visit with.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s
• We will go outside twice daily for recess. Please make sure your student is dressed for the weather. 

Key Dates to Remember:

• January 6^th -31^st Flower Fundraiser Sales, (delivered Feb.14^th)
• January 30^th-31^st Parent Teacher conferences
• No school Jan. 31^st due to conferences
• Reading calendars are due Feb. 3^rd

Jeleah Kreminski

1^st Grade Teacher

[email protected]