Ms. Gieseke's Community of First Graders

**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  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 the day after we return from Winter Break.  I highly encourage your child to read the passage pages and complete the comprehension activity daily if possible during the break 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. A packet will be sent home with each of the students and they will get to go to the prize box when they return their completed passages after the Winter Break. :o)

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 
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• 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:
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Parents,
Several students have had their headphones break and need a new set.  Please check with your student and ask them if they need a new set and provide them with a good durable pair as soon as possible.  If they do not have a good pair it really makes their individual learning path on the computer more difficult.  

Thank you!
-Mrs. Gieseke

Library books are due every Monday morning.  

Checking out books from our school library is a privilege.

To check out books students are expected to:

1- Follow the library rules (be respectful, follow directions, use a library voice, etc.)

2- Return library books (no outstanding books)

3- Select a book during the allotted time

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.  

**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading.  

Although we have optional review, we very seriously encourage you reading with your children, reading to your children, and reading as a family.  We have learned that the public library has a wonderful app to access amazing books online called Libby. You can access the app information at this link:  Libby Link   By using your public library account, your students can log in and choose from thousands of books online for free to read to you, you to read to them, your family to read together, etc.  Audio books followed along also are a great source to develop this love for reading with your child as they follow along in the book.  

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.

We are learning this standard this week:

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: 

**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading.  

Although we have optional review, we very seriously encourage you reading with your children, reading to your children, and reading as a family.  We have learned that the public library has a wonderful app to access amazing books online called Libby. You can access the app information at this link:  Libby Link   By using your public library account, your students can log in and choose from thousands of books online for free to read to you, you to read to them, your family to read together, etc.  Audio books followed along also are a great source to develop this love for reading with your child as they follow along in the book. 

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.

We are learning this standard this week: