1st Grade Mrs. O'Connor
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Welcome to 1A!
Family Turkey Project
Disguise your turkey for Thanksgiving!
Help Turkey to create a disguise that will keep Farmer Jake from eating him on Thanksgiving. All disguised turkeys are due by Tuesday, November 10th.
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Important Dates
Thursday, 11/12: Middle States: Half day of school: students dismiss at 12 PM No afternoon CARES
Wednesday,11/25: Noon Dismissal
Thursday, 11/26-11/27: Thanksgiving Break
Friday, 12/4: End of First Trimester - Report Cards -
Teacher ContactI 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.com .
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:
November 9th
Skills this week:
ELA: We will begin our next story, The Farmer in the Hat. We will segment and blend words with the vowel sound long a and identify proper nouns. We will identify g as the /j/ sound and c as the /s/ sound. Our reading strategy will focus on cause and effect in a story.Phonics: We will learn bonus letters f, l, s. Students will tap and blend words with bonus letters and scoop sentences.
Math: We will begin chapter 4 on Subtraction Related Facts. We will count back 1,2, 3 as a stategy and recall addtion facts to subtract numbers within 20.
Religion: We will begin Chapter 5, In this chapter the children will read and discuss the story of the Good Samaritan. They will learn that Jesus taught us that all people are our neighbors.
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 MathWe 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. Tomasetti'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
Computers: Monday 1:45PM
Library: Wednesday 1:15PM
Music: Thursday 10:45AMArt: Thursday 1:00PM
Gym: Friday 9:00AM
(Please make sure to wear gym uniform.)
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Homeroom Parent Representatives
Our Homeroom Parent Representitive for the 2019-2020 school year is Jennifer Corcoran and the Homeroom Assistants are Kelly Gust and Julia Stell. 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.