Our next book fair is coming up!

Mon, Jan 27 – Fri, Jan 31 we will be open during school each day and during parent teacher conference evenings.

We need Volunteers! Please visit our Scholastic Quest Homepage to sign up.

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/questac0120

1st grade is doing a S.T.E.M Challenge this month for which we need some cardboard tubes, so please consider dropping them into your child’s backpack to donate to our 1st grade by Monday, January 13 . Thank you!! 🙂

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent teacher conferences will be Tuesday January 28 and Thursday January 30. Please take a minute and sign-up for a time to meet about your child and their successes in the classroom. I look forward to meeting with each of you!

Parent Teacher Conferences Sign-up Sheet

Optional Review 1/6 – 1/10

We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading.

Middle of the year reading timed testing:
We will be doing middle of the year reading testing this week. I highly encourage your child to read the passage pages and complete the comprehension activity daily if possible so that they will be able to reach their benchmark goals during testing, timing your child for 1 minute and asking them to provide as much retell back to you about what the story is about.

Just a reminder about our reading preparation for middle of year testing. You’ll see below links to print reading passages for your students to practice. We begin testing the week we return from Winter Break. Please have your student practice these passages and complete the activities over the Winter Break so they can be better prepared for their testing session. It is very difficult without daily reading to achieve reaching the middle of the year required benchmark.

Students should read this passage three times each day Monday – Thursday.
This counts towards the recommended 20 minutes of reading each day.
This is suggested reading homework, but is not required.
Parents may sign the worksheet and return it to school on Fridays. Students who completed and return their homework will be entered into a weekly drawing.

You will just print one page double sided for the week. Lower level readers use the C Set, mid level readers user the E, High level readers print the F or G below:

3 Level C Set 2
4 Level D Set 2 5
Level E Set 1
6 Level F Set 1
7 Level G Set 1

1- Optional Math Practice:

The family letter below provides review in math that you can do with your student. Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together.

Optional: for extra math practice, play any of these Math Fact Activities 2018

2- Reading 20 minutes per day. No need to submit minutes, but we strongly encourage you to make reading a priority. Reading comprehension strategy: Help your child read a story and then retell the events from the story in the correct order while they are focusing on the characters, setting, and events. As well as, making and confirming predictions.

This is what we will be working on in Language Arts:

Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Bischoff's 1st Grade Blog

YMCA Date Night on Valentine’s Day

Grands and Goodies

Elephants, Tigers, and Books OH MY!

Animal Reports Link

POQA Fundraiser

Cardboard Tubes Needed

Parent Teacher Conferences

Optional Review 1/6 – 1/10

We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading.

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