One Week Down...

Wow! Can you believe that school has started and that we've already been in school for seven whole days? This group of kids is great and I know that we're going to learn a lot and have a lot of fun while doing it. :)

We have been reviewing mainly this past week. We have reviewed how to write the different letters of the alphabet. We have also been reviewing our colors and our numbers.

This week, we started using our math textbook and are working on Chapter 1, which is about addition. This is a tricky concept for anyone, but especially when we are just starting first grade. I will be sending home a packet of extra practice for the kids to work on at home. **This does not need to be returned! It is just to help the kids practice at home.**

We have also started tracking our reading minutes with our blue tracking sheets, which are in the yellow homework folder. These sheets need to be returned every Monday so that I can check them off and return them by the end of the day for the next week. I have already seen some sheets being used (the kids are so excited to show me that they've been reading!), so keep up the great work!

We have started our DIBELS Next Assessments this week and will continue with these for the next week or so. Please make sure that your kids are at school every day prepared to do their best so that they perform well on these assessments. The DIBELS Next Assessment helps me to see where your child is with their reading ability and their letter knowledge.

This is definitely a fun class and I am excited to work with them this year!!

Welcome!

Wow! Can you believe that in just over three weeks we'll be meeting on the first day of school for the 2014 - 2015 school year? I sure can't! Summer has just flown by! I am so excited to get to know every single one of you, and I'm so glad that you are all in my class! Come ready to learn and have some fun while doing it - it's going to be a great year! Sincerely, Miss J.