First Grade

 

Dear First Grade Families,

Happy January! We have some news and updates on what we are doing at St. Lawrence in 1st grade listed below. 

Reading: We are continuing to learn good habits readers use and how to solve and sound out words.  We revisted some past strategies that we can use for sounding out words when we read. Now, we are going to review the differences between nonfiction and fiction reading. We will continue with our nonfiction reading and discover how we can learn more about a nonfiction topic as a reader. We are assessing reading levels as we are in the middle of the school year too.

Writing: We are continuing to focus on capitalization and punctuation, adding details to our writing, using the pictures to bring our point across to our reader, and use the writing process. When writing, we are going to work on writing with all lowercase letters unless a capital letter is needed. While witing non fiction pieces, will be using nonfiction books as our mentor texts as well. Our writing has been exciting as students have chose their topics and are beginning to add details to their writing about them. We will also learn how we can learn about our topic through researching it. Currently as writers, we are learning how we can use strategies non fiction writers use when they write too. 

 

Math: We are wrapping up how we can use addition and subtraction strategies to solve word problems and equations. We have started learning how to represent and solve problems using addition and subtraction too. This is something we will continue with as well while we continue to understand and apply addition and subtraction properties to our learning. Our mid-year math assessment will be taking place during the week of January 21st - January 24th.




Religion: We are learning how Jesus shares God’s love. Students are learning about the Resurrection. 
 

Show and Tell: Please have your child select one item to bring in with them Friday for this. Then, if they have something else, they can share it next time! :) I will choose four students for each week. I am going to use our class list and it will be in alphabetical order so everyone is able to get a turn equally as well. This is optional too. If students do not feel comfortable doing this, they do not have to bring something in to tell us about. Either way they decide is great! 

On Friday, January 24th for Show and Tell we will have: Liam, Emma, Giancarlo, and Andrew.

Communication is very important. In addition to a weekly newsletter that will have important updates on it, weekly content information, and homework information, which is coming soon, I will be updating this site monthly and frequently.  This will be an important site for you to look at, as I will post important reminders, information about the content we are learning about, homework, and pictures of our class. 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns during this school year together.  I can be reached at Alexa.Wolf@dor.org

Important Dates:

January 20th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No School
January 24th - Second quarter ends
January 26th - Book Fair Begins
January 27th -31st - Catholic Schools Week
January 28th - Open House, Book Fair, Art Show, Family Fun Night
February 4th - Report Cards Available on MSP
February 5th - Quiet Mass 8:30am 
February 6th - Birthday Lunch for February and August birthdays

We are having a great year and I truly enjoy working with you and your children.
God's Blessings,
Alexa Wolf