First Grade December Newsletter

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Dates to Know:

• Dec. 13- Winterwonderland at 4 p.m.
• Dec. 20- Early Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.
• Dec. 23-Jan 7- Winter break, no school 

Reminders:

• Please label sweatshirts, jackets, lunchboxes, hats, gloves, etc. with your child's name. 

English/ Language Arts 

Big Question:

• What changes over time?

Essential Questions:

• How do we measure time? 
• How do plants change as they grow? 

Focus Target Skills:

• Fantasy texts
• Creating a complete sentence

Sight Words to Practice: 

• boy, girl, sign, there, their, were

Math

Essential Questions:

• How can we use tens and ones to help us add and subtract? 

Focus Target Skills:

Making ten to add and breaking a two-digit number to make it easier to add. 

Practice:

• Counting to 120 going forward and practice counting backward from 30. 

Science:

Essential Question:

• How do you make brighter or darker areas? 
• How do you make a dark area in a bright puppet show scene? 

Chapter Focus:

• How do you make different parts of a surface brighter or darker?
• Students will understand the properties of light 

Social Emotional Learning:

Skill: Social Awareness and Responsible Decision Making 

Social awareness places importance on how we promote kindness and equity and how we value and treat others, especially others who may be different from us.

Responsible Decision Making helps students demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts. 

Students should be able to: 

• Recognize and understand safe behaviors
• Learn steps to solve a problem
• Understand consequences and choices
• Demonstrate responsible behaviors 

Contact Information

Note: Best Contact is REMIND

• Science: Email Shannon Wright 
• Math: Email Natell Cox
• Reading and Writing: Email Melissa Graney