Mrs. Drolet's First Grade Explorers!

We had a wonderful first week of school! The students are getting well adjusted to the rules and routines in the classroom and other places in the school. This is going to be an amazing year! 😀

What will your child be learning this week?

Math: We are working on graphing. We will be working with tally charts, picture graphs, and bar graphs.

Phonics: The phonics focus for the week is l-family blends.
Spelling words this week: blot, plot, clap, flap, slip, glad, are, but, could, each

ELA/Daily 5: We are working on Read to Self in Daily 5. We are working on building our independent reading stamina. Our goal is to hit 20 minutes of independent reading by the end of this week!

Writing: We will be completing a writing about Summer Break.

Science/Social Studies: We are talking about weather, seasons, and types of precipitation.

*Reminders:
- Homework starts on Monday. The students will be bringing home their homework notebooks. Please make sure they come back to school with them every Friday so I can check their progress on their homework.
- Spelling tests will be on Fridays. Please practice spelling words with your child.
- Last day to send in money for Addison t-shirt is Friday, August 16th.
- Please join Class Dojo if you haven't already! I sent the activation code home with your child on Friday. We will start using this on Monday. 😊

Important Dates:
August 13: Zaxby's night! Come out and support our school! 👍