Hello first grade families!

Here is a look at our 7th week of school!

Language Arts: This week we will work on characters, settings and the main idea of the stories we read.

This week spelling will be review words we have already learned this year. This week review spelling words are; you, sell, neck, frog, kids, with, pick, kicks, pack, ask, stuck, & must. Spelling test will be given on Wednesday.

Math: This week we will continue unit two in our Everyday Math curriculum. Unit two focuses on counting and number models, reviewing skills like counting on, making pairs to 10, using ten-frames, and basic addition and subtraction within 20. It also includes topics such as writing numbers, tally marks, and telling time by the hour. The curriculum builds a conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction while reinforcing number patterns and place value.

Social Studies: This week we will continue a unit on how cultures change over time. We will learn how human culture changes in the past, present and future.

Science: We will review life cycles. We will learn the life cycle of a pumpkin. We will make a pumpkin craft and open a real pumpkin and plant pumpkin seeds.

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Upcoming Events:

• October 16^th and 17^th MEA Break-No school for students
• 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 Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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 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 blue take home folder nightly. Please take out student work nightly and remember to help your student complete and return their math homework daily. 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!

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X8812

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

Here is a look at our 6th week of school!

Language Arts: This week we will continue unit two in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit two focuses on characters and story elements. We will be working on short “U” words. We will work on writing complete sentences, using all punctuations and when to capitalize. We will be describing the characters and the settings in the stories we read. We will take a reading comprehension assessment on Friday.

This week spelling words are; run, must, stuck, tug, mud, huff, duck, plus, yum & shut. Spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice these spelling words with your child nightly.

Math: This week we begin unit two in our Everyday Math curriculum. Unit two focuses on counting and number models, reviewing skills like counting on, making pairs to 10, using ten-frames, and basic addition and subtraction within 20. It also includes topics such as writing numbers, tally marks, and potentially telling time by the hour. The curriculum builds a conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction while reinforcing number patterns and place value.

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

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Upcoming Events:

• October 7, 2025 Grandparents Breakfast
• October 16^th and 17^th MEA Break-No school for students
• 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 Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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 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 blue take home folder nightly. Please take out student work nightly and remember to help your student complete and return their math homework daily. 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!

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X8812

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

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

Language Arts: This week we will begin unit two in our Benchmark curriculum. Unit two focuses on characters and story elements. We will be working on short “E” words. We will work on writing complete sentences, using all punctuations and when to capitalize. We will be describing the characters and the settings in the stories we read. We will take a reading comprehension assessment on Friday.

This week spelling words are; leg, fed, neck, mess, sell, pet, bet, look, are, & you. 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 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. We will take the unit one assessment this week.

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

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Upcoming Events:

• Grandparents Breakfast on Tuesday, October 7^th! The deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30^th
• October 1, 2025 Picture Day
• October 7, 2025 Grandparents Breakfast
• October 16^th and 17^th MEA Break-No school for students
• 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 Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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 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 blue 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!

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X8812

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

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

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. We will be describing the characters and the setting in the stories we read.

This week spelling words are; hot, for, jump, 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.

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Upcoming Events:

• September 26^th MN Sports Day! Fee dress for all students
• Grandparents Breakfast on Tuesday, October 7^th! The deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30^th
• 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 Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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 blue 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!

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X8812

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

Here is a look at our 3rd week of school!

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

This week students will be taking the Fastbridge reading assessment.

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

Math: This week we will begin 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 begin our science unit on life cycles.

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Upcoming Events:

• September 26^th MN Sports Day! Fee dress for all students
• Grandparents Breakfast on Tuesday, October 7^th! The deadline for families to submit RSVP forms is Friday, September 30^th
• 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 Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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.

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

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X8812

[email protected]

Hello first grade families!

Here Is a look at our 2^nd week of school!

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

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. We will work on writing complete sentences and capitalization. We will 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: This week we will be doing our beginning of the year Fastbridge assessments.

Social Studies: This week we will be working on citizenship. We will learn about being good citizens in our school and our communities. We will plan goals and our hopes and dreams for the school year and the future.

Nightly student homework:

spelling words, math activity worksheets, practice sight words, and reading for twenty minutes each night.

Reminders:

• Send a healthy snack with your student daily.
• Make sure your child has shoes for fitness. We go to fitness on Monday’s and Tuesday’s.
• 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.

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

Jeleah Kreminski

First Grade Teacher

 Room 233 X 8812

[email protected]