Grade 1A - Mrs. O'Connor
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Welcome to Room 1!
Thank you to our Chaperones and parents that attended our field trip to Highland Orchards! It was a beautiful day enjoyed by all.
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Teacher Contact
I make every effort to stay in communication with parents and check my email daily.
I check my email at least twice a day. I always check in the early morning before school and at the end of the day. My email is doconnor@stdots.org .
You can always call the school office at 610-789-4100 to relay a message.
If you send in a note with your child, please make he/she aware that they have a note for me so that I will receive it.
Absences
If your child is absent, please call the school before 8:30 a.m. Leave a message that includes your child’s name, grade, homeroom number, and reason for absence and check the Attendance policy for further information. -
Announcements: Week of October 23, 2017
I would like to say a big thank you to our chaperones and parents that attended our field trip to Highland Orchards. It was beautiful weather and a great day for Room 1. From the hayride, to the apple cider classroom, to the building of our scarecrow and the cold room storage were fond memories for everyone!
If you have not signed up for conferences for next week, here is the link below.
www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c4fafa82ea02-parentteacher3
Parent -Teacher conferences are scheduled for October 25th, October 30th and October 31st in Room 1.
Skills this week:
ELA: We will learn about adjectives and use adjectives to write about our pumpkin story. The students will also take their Benchmark Assessments for Unit 1. We do Benchmark assessments every 6 weeks in first grade. We will take our Benchmark test on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Math: We will begin chapter 3 on Addition Strategies. We will use discuss the changing of addends in addition problems. The students will use counting on and doubles as an addition strategy
Religion: We will begin Chapter 4, Jesus Works Among the People in our Religion book. In this chapter the children learn that the word trust means "to believe in someone's love for us." They also learn that Jesus wants us to trust God the Father.
Please take some time to review math facts with your child this week and use the websites listed below to help with fact fluency.
Pirate Math
We will begin our Pirate Math Program in class this week! First grade curriculum requires that all first graders demonstrate mastery of addition and subtraction facts within sums to twenty. This memorization must be done through consistent and regular practice at home.Below are websites you can visit to help your child learn and memorize their math facts.
http://www.aaamath.com/add.htm#topic6
http://mrnussbaum.com/speedmath/
http://www.mathplayground.com/
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/mc_minutes.cfm?grade=2&sp=student
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Please check the Weekly Communications/Upcoming Reminders page under Parent Resources often during the school year for the latest updates on school happenings. Also, don't forget to read Mrs. Sheehan's Principal's Newsletter which is released every Thursday during the school year.
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Room 1 has lunch from 11:40am -12:00pm and recess from 12:00-12:20pm
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Specials Schedule
Wednesday - Computers 9:00-9:45
Library 9:45-10:15
Thursday - Art 9:00-9:45
Friday - Music 8:15-9:00
Gym 10:45-11:30 -
Homeroom Parent Representatives
Our Homeroom Parent Representitive for the 2017-2018 school year is Mrs. Zajac and the Homeroom Assistants are Mrs. DeMaio, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Corr They will be reaching out to you via email during the school year to coordinate volunteers and special events on my behalf. For further information regarding some of these events please check the Homeroom Parent Representative pages.