Things to Know About First Grade

  • Best way to contact me: [email protected]
  • First Grade Newsletter: each Friday an updated newsletter is posted on the website and a hard copy is sent home in the Friday Folder.
  • Friday Folders: all papers form the week are sent home in the Friday Folder each Friday. Parents are asked to review the work and sign and return the folder on Monday.
  • Agendas: students write their homework in their agendas daily. Parents are to review the homework, sign, and return the agenda each day.
  • Homework folders: homework will be placed in the homework folder daily and should be returned to school the following day.
  • Sight words: new sight words are added each Monday to the sight word bag to study at home. Sight word bags must stay in your child's back pack.
  • Spelling pre tests: spelling pre tests are given on Thursday. If a 100% is earned then the student is exempt from the  Friday test.
  • Weekly AR test: students are required to take an AR test each week. After your child has read the book or after the parent has read the book with the child, the parent will write a note or email to the teacher stating the name of the book and that their child is ready to test.