Ms. Marsh's First Grade Class

Alright everyone, here are the things I need your kiddos doing this week! Please refer to the last slide for my personal cell number to send me videos and pictures of your kiddos!

Activities/Lessons for March 16th-20th

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Thank you for all you do!!!

Parents, below are the pdf documents that I sent to you in email. Please encourage 20 minutes of reading EACH day! This can be you reading to them or them reading to you!

Guided Reading Books Set Red

Guided Reading Books Set Yellow

Guided Reading Set Purple

Dear Families,

I wanted to include some ways that you can keep your child busy and active for the next 2 weeks!

• Read every day. Have your child read to you but also you read to them.
• Practice sight words. (Practice reading, spelling, and using the words in sentences.)
• Allow writing time each day. Journaling about anything! If this is frustrating to your child, have them pick a sight word and write a sentence about it.  You can help them stretch the sounds out but let them try it by themselves.  Help when necessary!
• Math: practice telling time, start looking at coins and figuring out which coin is which and how much is it worth…then practice counting sets of coins (this will be new to them but will be fun to do at home with real coins!!!)
• Write a book: staple 6 pages of paper together and let them create books!!! They are great at this!!! Tell them to bring any finished books to school with them when we open back up and I’ll hang it up for all their friends to read!!
•  addition and subtraction problems (answer equaling up to 20)
• Try to check my blog and Remind regularly: I plan on posting read-alouds and other activities to be able to do at home!

Just some ideas of course!  I will be posting some websites later also!  Thank you and I will keep you updated on any new information!

Parents,

Please see the letter from Mr. Gray regarding the school closure. We will return to school on March 30th.

School Closure

Please click the link below for a COVID-19 update from our Superintendent, Brian Gray

Covid-19 March 11th

Thank you all so much for attending our Frog and Toad performance today! The kids worked so hard and really enjoyed you being there to support them!!! As for the rest of this week, encourage your kiddo to come to school ready to work hard and focus – we have so much to do in the next 3 days!!!

IMPORTANT DATES

~ Spring Break is NEXT WEEK! March 9th – 13th — students will return to school on Tuesday, March 17th

~ Spring pictures are Wednesday, March 18th

~ Park fun day, Tuesday, April 7th

~ EASTER PARTY, Thursday, April 9th // Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade parties will be at Penick Park!

~ Easter Holiday, Friday, April 10th AND Monday, April 13th — we will return to school on Tuesday, April 14th

I cannot believe this school year is going by so quickly! Each day I am amazed at how much your kids have grown! You should be SO SO SO proud of them… I know I am! 🙂

Please contact me with any questions!!!!

-Morgan Marsh

IMPORTANT DATES

** World’s Best Chocolate fundraiser money is due TUESDAY! **

— Wednesday, February 26th is an EARLY RELEASE DAY! Students will release at 11:30!

 ** Book orders are due FRIDAY! (These will come home with your kiddo tomorrow) **

— Tuesday, March 3rd is the 1st grade performance, Frog and Toad in Texas. The program will begin at 9 AM!

Frog and Toad in Texas Information

— Spring Break is March 9th – March 16th. Students will return on Tuesday, March 17th!

–> We are TWO WEEKS away from Spring Break!!! <–

Spelling – down, only, way, because. Spelling test Friday

Phonics – synonyms, words that have the same meaning! fast and quick, happy and glad, sleepy and tired, etc…

Reading – we will begin a unit on folk tales with a focus on what all folktales have in common

Writing – we will spend a lot of time in Writer’s Workshop this week to let our kiddos work on creating their own stories

Math – we will be learning about 2D shapes and their attributes (sides and vertices). To build on this we will  compose and decompose shapes… Click here for a short video on composing shapes. Assessment Friday

Social Studies – Texas symbols

Thank you all so much for being flexible last week while I was out! As always, if you need anything at all, please let me know!

-Morgan Marsh

IMPORTANT DATES

— Wednesday, February 26th is an EARLY RELEASE DAY! Students will release at 11:30!

— Tuesday, March 3rd is the 1st grade performance, Frog and Toad in Texas. The program will begin at 9 AM!

Frog and Toad in Texas Information

— Spring Break is March 9th – March 16th. Students will return on Tuesday, March 17th!

–> Can you believe we are already talking about Spring Break?!?! <–

Spelling – made, over, went, did. Spelling test Friday

Phonics – compound words! We will direct our focus on how a compound word is made up of 2 words, not 2 syllables! For example… hot + dog = hotdog, sun + flower = sunflower. You can practice this at home!!

Writing – the parts of a letter / how to write a friendly letter. Our campus Wee Deliver program begins this week! We will learn how to use a directory, address a letter, and write a friendly letter and then students will be able to write letters to anyone on our campus — they always have so much fun with this! Click here for the parts of a letter song we will be using this week.

Math – Telling time to the half hour. This is a little more difficult for students to understand than time to the hour. I will send you all an example on Remind this week of how we are learning in class so you can practice with your kiddo at home! Assessment Friday

Social Studies – George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

Thank you all so much for making our Valentines party a success! The kids really enjoyed themselves! If you need anything at all, please let me know!

-Morgan Marsh

Happy Valentine’s Week everyone!! I hope all of your babies have got plenty of rest this weekend and are feeling better! You may begin sending valentine cards with your child tomorrow — please send them no later than Thursday! We will pass them out before Friday so they can look through them all during the party.

IMPORTANT DATES

— VALENTINE’S PARTY FRIDAY, February 14th // 11:30-12:30

This is not an early release day, but you may check your child out after the party! 😀

— Monday, February 17th // NO SCHOOL in honor of President’s Day

— Wednesday, February 26th // PLC half day // students release @ 11:30

Spelling – no new spelling words this week! We will review all words throughout the week.

Phonics – we will finish up our unit on r-controlled vowels with er, ir, and ur. Then we will introduce and work with compound words and their meanings. Here is a great compound word song —> Compound Boogie

Reading/Writing – we will begin a unit on Author’s Purpose — to persuade, to inform, to entertain. Each kiddo will bring one “special something” from home on Tuesday. We will use this “special something” to practice writing to persuade, writing to inform, and writing to entertain! ASSESSMENT THURSDAY

Math – we will begin a unit on telling time! This week we will learn and identify analog vs. digital clocks, the parts of a clock, and time to the hour (o’ clock). We will make our own clocks in class to use for the duration of this unit. BrainPopJr. has a great video for telling time to the hour with additional resources. Click here to access the video. TIME ASSESSMENT THURSDAY

Social Studies – we will learn about U.S. Symbols this week including the American Flag, the White House, the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, and Mt. Rushmore.

Please continue to read with your kiddo each night and have them complete their response in their journal! Graded paper folders will come home tomorrow — please keep their papers at home with you 🙂

If you have any questions/concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at any time! See you all on Friday!