Videos to help with remote learning...

Parents and families this is a list of videos to help you navigate the platforms we will be using for remote learning. Please click the link to see a video. If you need more help please do not hesitate to reach out to me. 

Finding Wake Remote Learning 

Logging into Wake ID 

Logging STUDENTS into DOJO

Logging into iStation Practice

How to use Google Classroom and find assignments

How to get back to documents already started in Google Classroom


How to log into SeeSaw

COVID19: Five Helpful Responses for Families: Conscious Discipline 

Dreambox...

Parents and Families, 

As you are exploring different opportunities for your child to continue to practice skills learned in school do not forget about Dreambox. Please click the link below for more information about Dreambox and how to use it at home. 

DREAMBOX link

Newsletter...

Email: kchern@wcpss.net

Blog: mrscherns1stgrade.blogspot.com

Twitter: @Chernschildren

   News from the week of Mar. 1

Quarter 3 Week 6

A note from Mrs. Chern… 

It has been a crazy track in but I think we are finally getting back

on track. I did love the snow. Hope you did too. There are a lot of

upcoming events this next week. Please be sure you are checking the

Brassfield website, DOJO, and marking the dates below so you don’t

miss anything. Interims will be going home on Wednesday. Please be on

the look out for them in our new GREEN Wednesday folders. 

Upcoming Week’s Standards… 

Reading: Comparing fiction and non-fiction on the same topic,

identifying the reasons why an author writes about a topic. 

Writing: Choosing our own topic, researching and writing our own All

About book digitally or on paper, student choice. 

Spelling: Unit 21

Math: 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, l less automatically

Social Studies: Finishing our Performance Task (the kids are in LOVE

with this project). Starting Science unit on Earth’s Systems,

Structures and Processes.  

I will be putting some double digit math word problems in your child’s

folder. We have been working on using 10 sticks and ones and/or

number lines to solve these. The strategy they use is their choice. 

Upcoming Events… 

• 3/2-3/6 Dr. Suess Week! Happy Birthday Dr. Suess. See copy of flyer sent home last week for details about each day and the copy at the bottom of this newsletter. 
• 3/3 Book Fair Preview from 10:45-11:05. If you can come and help us fill out wish lists we would LOVE your help. 
• 3 /4 Switching lunch. We will eat lunch at 11:50.
• 3 /5 Book Fair Shopping 9:30-9:55. We would love help if you have some extra free minutes. 
• 3 /8 Daylight Savings. Spring forward 1 hour. 
• 3/9 No School. County Wide Teacher Workday
• 3/27 Field Trip to Raleigh Little Theater 10:15-12:45. We have 4 slots open for chaperones. You must be cleared by Wake County. Here is the link. 
• 4/9 Super Kid Day!! 

      

“You have brains in your head, and feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any

direction you choose” ~ Dr. Suess. 

Newsletter...

Email: kchern@wcpss.net

Blog: mrscherns1stgrade.blogspot.com

Twitter: @Chernschildren

   News from the week of Jan.6

Quarter 3 Week 1

A note from Mrs. Chern… 

Happy New Year! It is so nice being all together again. Did you know as of

January 10th we are officially halfway done with 1st grade? Pretty

unbelievable! That being said we are now 1st graders getting ready for 2nd

grade. Therefore, our classroom consequences have changed a bit. Since

we have had lots of chances and opportunities to learn and practice

classroom/school rules and procedures from now on instead of getting a

reminder, getting a time out and then losing a DOJO NOW we will get a

reminder and then lose a DOJO. You may notice an increase in DOJO loss

as the students adjust to getting less chances to be accountable.

Hopefully it will happen only a few times and they will get right on track.

Report cards came home today along with iStation information. You will

find a report in black and white as well as log in instructions on how your

child did during the December assessment window. There are lots of

resources on iStation for your child to practice and review skills learned.

Take advantage of it. At the top of your child’s report there is a number

of minutes per week recommended by iStation for how much time they

should spend working in iStation. Let me know if you have any questions. 

Upcoming Week’s Standards… 

Reading: Identifying text features and what we learned from them,

identifying main idea and key details 

Writing: Using research to write informational “All About” books with

an introduction, details and facts, and closure

Spelling: Unit 18

Math: balancing equations to make them equal, commutative and

associative property

Social Studies: Income, money, the difference between goods and

services 

There will be a math sheet on equality if you choose to do it. 

Upcoming Events… 

• 1/20 No School Monday in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King 
• 1/27 - 2/18 Track Out. We will be in room 207 when we return
• 2/18 the 100th day of school!!!!
• 2/18 Day we will exchange valentines if you choose to send them in with your child
• 3 / 8 Daylight Savings. Turn clocks ahead one hour. 

      

“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit” ~

Aristotle

Spirit Week is coming up...

Holiday Spirit Week December 16-20

Merry Monday- Dress yourself up like a present! (show Kindness by writing a nice note to someone) Tacky Tuesday - Ugly sweaters, elf socks, jingle bell accessories, light necklaces, santa hat, etc. (show Open Mindedness by complimenting others wacky choices!)
Winter Wonderland Wednesday - Wear white and dress like a snowman, snow angel, polarbear, arctic animal, etc. (show Creativity by making a paper snowflake for someone)
 The Grinch Thursday: Dress like the Grinch (or characters from it) (show Love like the Grinch and give someone a hug)
 Festive Slumber Party Friday- Wear your holiday PJs! (show Humor and write someone a holiday joke!)

Semana de Espíritu Festivo diciembre 17-21
 Lunes feliz- ¡Vístete como un regalo! (Muestra Bondad al escribir una nota bonita para alguien) Martes pegajoso- Viste suéteres feos, calcetines de duendes, accesorios de cascabeles, collares de luces, gorro de santa, etc. (¡Muestra Mentalidad Abierta felicitando a otros por sus opciones extravagantes!)
 Miércoles de invierno maravilloso- ¡Vístete de blanco, como un muñeco de nieve, ángel de nieve, oso polar, animal ártico! (Muestra Creatividad haciendo un copo de nieve de papel para alguien) Jueves de Grinch- Vístete como el Grinch (o sus personajes) (Muestra Amor como el Grinch y dale un abrazo a alguien)
Viernes de pijamas festivas- ¡Viste tus pijamas festivos! (¡Muestra Humor y escribe a alguien una broma festiva!)

Newsletter...

Email: kchern@wcpss.net

Blog: mrscherns1stgrade.blogspot.com

Twitter: @Chernschildren

 News for the week of Oct. 7 

Quarter 2 Week 2

A note from Mrs. Chern… 

The kids are doing a great job taking more responsibility for their things.

They are unpacking everyday and getting packed up at the end of the day with more and more ease and less and less reminders. I knew

they could do it! :) Lots of things coming up in the next two weeks

before track out. Please make note of the Upcoming Events section.

New things made it into your child’s D.O.T. book. Assessments are in

Reading, Writing, Math and Social Studies. Science will make it in there

tomorrow along with another reading and writing tri weekly assessment.

Please check it often to see how your child is progressing. Also, the

quarterly standards document was updated. It has a Q2 in the corner to

represent Quarter 2 standards.  Don’t forget to log your minutes and

books into READvolution! 

This Week’s Standards… 

Reading: Characters, how authors use words to show feelings, retelling, author’s message

Writing: Using a plan to write opinion, revising and editing opinion pieces

Spelling: Unit 10

Math: Building large numbers with 10 sticks and ones. 

Social Studies: Learning goals for the Geography and Environmental

Science unit, different geographic representations, tools we use with

maps, different types of maps and what they show, cardinal directions  

This week’s focus is: Gratitude

The reading challenge is in your child’s D.O.T. This one will carry over track out and not

be due until we track back in. It has parts for you to read with your child and for your

child to read to you. We will not do a November calendar since by the time we track in

we only have about 2 weeks. A math game was added to the back pocket. We played

this today. Hopefully it will become a family favorite on Game Night at your house.

Upcoming Events… 

• 10/9 Cultural Arts Program and…. MRS. BURTON IS COMING FOR
• LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!
• 10/16 Ag in the Classroom in house field trip (no chaperones needed)
• Curriculum Cafe night  5:00-7:00
• 10/17 McTeacher Night (sorry I won’t be there I am working that night)
• 10/18-11/11 Track Out
• 11/12 Track in day and Fall Track Out reading challenge DUE! 

      

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~ AESOP

Readvolution...

The READvolution contest has begun. ------------------------>
I know we have not received any written details about it. They have not yet come out; however, the amazing Mrs. Monroe has made a video to show you how you can log in and start logging in your child's minutes. 

To get to the Wake Id Portal you can go through the Brassfield Website. Under the picture all the way to the right is the Wake Id Icon. Just click that and you are there. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/149nsqNUM7zk0cu57TX1_9CAkuygRoCaS/view