Ms. Marsh's First Grade Class

Hi everyone! I cannot believe we are nearing the end of September already, but I am so excited that today marks the first day of fall! That means tons of fun fall learning in first grade! 😀

IMPORTANT REMINDER – WEDNESDAY IS A HALF DAY!                                                                  STUDENTS WILL BE RELEASED AT 11:30!

Spelling – his, they, be, this; spelling test Friday! This spelling test will include word families (listed below) as well, so please ask your kiddo about these at home

Phonics – We will continue focusing on word families this week! -ing, -ack, -eck

Reading – During reading, we will begin a unit on fiction vs. nonfiction. At the end of the week, your kiddo will pick between three African animals to research and write a story about

Writing — We are working hard on using finger spaces and punctuation. Students will also focus on characters in their writing ; their expressions, feelings, clothing, and setting

Math – We will focus on determining which operation to perform (+/-) in both number sentences and word problems. Students will learn to look for key words in word problems and to circle the sign in number sentences to determine if they are supposed to add or subtract. Test on Friday!

Social Studies – We will be learning about inventors! Our focus will be on Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone

Graded paper folders will be coming home tomorrow! Please return on Wednesday.

Please be looking for a letter from our principal, Mrs. Koonce, in your child’s folder that will come home tomorrow.

Have a FANTASTIC week and please let me know if I can help you in any way!

-Morgan Marsh

Happy Monday! We have a busy, busy week ahead with LOTS of learning! 😀

TPRI testing begins this week so there will be subs in and out to help us finish testing quickly!

Spelling – in, he, for, was; spelling test Friday! This spelling test will include word families (listed below) as well, so please ask your kiddo about these at home

Phonics – We will continue focusing on short vowels and the sounds that they make. To begin building on this we will be working hard with word families -am, -an, -ed, -en, -in, -it, -og, -ot, -un, -ug

Reading – During reading, we will have discussions about the importance of characters and their feelings

Math – We will use the strategies we have mastered the past two weeks to solve subtraction problems. Subtraction assessment Thursday!

Science – We will be learning about living and nonliving things this week

Graded assessments will come home Tuesday with your child in a RED FOLDER! Please take out the papers, sign that you have seen his/her grades, and return the folder the next day. I will send this home every other week.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Have a great week! 🙂

-Morgan Marsh

We made applesauce in class today to enhance our learning about our 5 senses!

Click the link below to learn how! 🙂

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What are we learning this week?? 🙂

Reading – We will continue working with rhyming words and reading various rhyming books

Phonics – We are beginning a unit on vowels; this week we are focusing on the short vowel sounds

Spelling – it, is, you, that; spelling test Friday

Math – We will build on the math strategies we learned last week; this week we will begin using our math strategies to solve word problems. Ask your kiddo about the strategies we have learned!! 😀 (drawing a picture, tally marks, dots, tens frame, number bond, number line) math strategy assessment Friday

Science – We will be learning about our 5 senses! Please send an apple with your kiddo by Thursday to contribute to the applesauce we will be making IN CLASS! 🙂

Character Ed will begin on our campus this week! Our trait for the week is kindness

I will be sending home graded assessments next week! Be on the lookout for these every other week – they will come home with your kiddo in a RED FOLDER. Please send the folder back the following day.

We are also still really working hard on self-control of our talking in the classroom, cafeteria, restroom, hallway, and enhancements. You can help with this at home by reminding your kiddo that he/she is in control of the choices he/she makes! We have made AWESOME improvement with this.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me! During the school day I will get back to you as soon as I can!

Thank you for all of your help!

-Morgan Marsh

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! This is going to be a great week as we begin more of our daily routines and procedures in our classroom. 😀

Tuesday night your child will come home with math homework – be looking for this in their White Oak folders

Friday will be our first spelling test – the words for this week are the, at, to, of

IMPORTANT DATE: School holiday Monday, September 2nd for Labor Day

I am enjoying getting to know your sweeties more and more each day! 🙂

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me through e-mail or Remind!

Hey everyone! We had the BEST first two days of school!! I hope you have had heard about all of the fun we are already having in our classroom!!!

Just a few things I wanted to remind you:

— Please subscribe to REMIND! I have entered everyone in myself, but some people still have not accepted. This will be my primary way of getting in touch with you!

— If you have not sent a family picture with your student please do so next week

— If you have not sent a change of clothes with your student please do so next week. This is just in case we have an accident or get wet at recess one day!

— There is a “me bag” in your student’s folder. Please send back with 3 SMALL things they love from home. One can be a toy, but I am encouraging the kiddos to be creative. We will use this like a show and tell and to begin prompting our writing.

If you have ANY questions please do not hesitate to contact me! Have a relaxing weekend 🙂

-Morgan Marsh

HEY HEY HEY! I am SO excited to meet my new firsties!!!

Meet the Teacher is Tuesday, August 13th from 4-5!

I can’t wait to see you all there!!! 🙂

-Morgan Marsh