First Grade September S Welcome Back!

Waters Landing Elementary School
First Grade
September
S
We l co m e Ba ck !
Welcome back to school! We are excited to be working with
your child this year. Each month you will receive a newsletter
highlighting some of the things your child will be working on in
each subject. If at anytime you would like to contact your
child’s teacher, please feel free to contact the school @ 301353-0915, or send an email using the link from the Waters
Landing home page.
What’s Happening:
In reading, first
graders are immersed in
a print-rich environment!
We are learning how to
use the word wall, literacy centers, and much
more. Additionally, we
are reading poems,
songs, and books together.
During this month
we will use before, during, and after reading
strategies. Good readers
use these strategies to
make meaning from text.
We will also make per-
sonal connections to the
text.
to discuss writing ideas
with your child.
In writing, we are writing
to express personal ideas. The students will be
writing about events in
their lives. We began
by writing about our
summer vacations. The
students will be learning
to write stories with a
beginning, middle, and an
end. They will learn to
write complete sentences
with correct capitalization and punctuation. It
would be helpful for you
This month in math, the
first grade team will be
working with students on
a variety of strategies
that they can use to
solve mathematical operations (more than, less
than, equal to) The
strategies include direct
modeling with fingers or
physical objects, counting
on, and derived number
strategies. These strategies will help students to
develop number sense,
counting skills and addi-
Birthdays;
Mckinzie Gray
6th
Dave Gatcham
6th
Mason Mizzer
14th
Michelle Espinoza
15th
Isabella Kiger
16th
Katherine Vine
21st
Max Young
22nd
Jana Al Najjar
27th
Maliyah Morris
28th
Kell Maglo
30th
Calendar Check:
 9/06: Back to School Picnic!
 9/09: K-2 Back To School Night
@7pm
 9/10: 3-5 Back to School Night
@7pm
 9/27: Early Release Day
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First Grade
Helpful resources for
home:
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/
curriculum/2.0/
Teacher Donation Requests:
If blank, there are no needs at this time.
Ms. Ray–
www.sesamestreet.org
Mrs. Lavo–
Mrs. Harrigan–
www.pbskids.com
Mrs. Hinsvark– Clorox or Lysol wipes
Mrs. Merritt–
www.mathplayground.com
Mrs. MurnaneMs. Galluppi-
Wha t to do wh e n r e a di n g a t h om e:
Make reading part of your
child's world. Read books with
Ask deeper questions. Help
them and to them, aiming for a
total of 30 minutes of book-sharing
time each day. Also incorporate
reading into everyday activities.
Post a chore list on the refrigerator, ask them to read signs as you
drive, and play board games like
Scrabble Junior.
build comprehension
skills by asking questions
about the story, such as why
they thinks a character did
something and what may
come next. Talk to them
about which books are their
favorites and have them try
to explain why.
take but is close, quickly repeat the word correctly and
let them continue without interrupting the flow. If they
guess wildly on a word, help
them get the right meaning
from the context of the sentence. Answer questions
about the meaning of words,
but don't drill them on vocabulary words as you read.
Read different-level
books. It's okay if they
Praise your child. Learning
Take turns. When they are
ready to read to you, start by taking turns. You read one page,
they reads the next, and so on.
Be patient. Wait quietly as your
child tries to sound out a word
they’re unfamiliar with.
choose an "easy" book to
read. Reading a familiar favorite is a good confidence
booster. Read more advanced books to them to
introduce new words and
challenging stories.
Help your child when its
needed. If they make a mis-
to read smoothly is hard work
and might frustrate them at
times. Encourage them by
praising their efforts, paying
attention when they want to
read, and making your reading time together fun.