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   News from the week of July 15

Quarter 1 Week 2

A note from Mrs. Chern… 

 Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out to OPEN HOUSE. If

you were not able to attend I will send home the ABC’s of First Grade

handout in your child’s D.O.T. notebook. It goes over a lot of what we

talked about. Thank you to everyone who signed up for DOJO already. If

you haven’t yet please see the sign up sheet in your child’s D.O.T.

notebook. The quarterly standards document that I shared at Open House

is now in your child’s D.O.T. 

Upcoming Week’s Standards… 

Reading: retelling beginning, middle, end and author's message from fiction texts

Writing: revising by adding details to narrative writing, spelling strategies

Spelling: Unit 3

Math: counting in an organized fashion, making 10’s when counting larger groups of

objects

Social Studies: ways to resolve conflict, authority figures

Upcoming Events… 

• 7/29-8/19 Track Out. We will be in room 207 when we return
• 8/2 No School! Memorial Day
• 8/15 Green Road Library Literacy Night 5:00-7:00
• 8/28 Apex Fun Run at Brassfield
• 9/26 Spanish Concert at 2:50 in the Learning Commons at Brassfield
• 9/30 No School! 

      

“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your

way!” ~ Dr. Suess

Welcome back to a new school year...

Email: kchern@wcpss.net

Blog: mrscherns1stgrade.blogspot.com

Twitter: @Chernschildren

Quarter 1 Week 1

   News from the week of July 9

A note from Mrs. Chern… 

WOW! What a great week we have had together. It has been so nice meeting new friends and learning about our new classroom space. We have learned about being Brassfield B.E.A.R.S. and earning tons of Pawsitive Paws. Hopefully your child has brought home their

paws to show you what they turned them in for. We have started launching work in

Writing, Letterland, Reading, and Social Studies. We are very excited for OPEN

HOUSE Wednesday, July 17th from 5:30-7:00. This will give you an opportunity to

hear what your child will be learning this year and ask questions. Lots of procedural

things will begin next week with communication between home and school. The focus

for this week was to get comfortable with our new class. Each week I will post a

newsletter on our class blog (mrscherns1stgrade.blogspot.com). Please

bookmark/favorite this page so you can keep up with classroom happenings. The thing

I love most about using this blog is the amount of information I can share with you. I

will also use Class DOJO. It is a class/behavior management communication tool. You

will receive instructions on how to sign up. It allows for immediate alerts so there is

no need to continually log into email accounts. 

Upcoming Week’s Standards… 

Reading: What do we read? How do we read? Setting a purpose for reading.

What does real reading look like?

Writing: Brainstorming Small Moment ideas, What is narrative writing? How to

plan a story with a beginning, middle and end. 

Spelling: Unit 2

Math: Data collection. PCAI (Pose, Collect, Analyze, Interpret)

Social Studies: We are citizens of a community. Communities have rules to keep

things safe, fair and 'resolve conflict.  

After much thought, research and debate 1st grade has decided not to do

homework this year. HOWEVER, we do want to encourage a love of learning

so there will be a monthly reading 'challenge for you and your child to

participate in that will support the curriculum focus for that 'month. The Math

Department provides homework that goes along with lessons at school. These will 'be sent home

periodically as they come up and they are completely OPTIONAL. You can choose to 'do them at

home if you want to have your child show you what they are learning in school. You DO NOT need

to return completed sheets to school. Instead foster that love of learning. Find things that interest your child and go with it. Read about it, experiment with it, build it, talk about it, share it with others. It’s

about QUALITY time together not the quantity of worksheets you can complete each week. Love of learning is going to make your child a stronger

student than completing worksheets. 

Upcoming Events… 

• 7/17 OPEN HOUSE 5:30-7:00
• 7/29-8/19 Track Out. We will be in room 207 when we return
• 8/2 No School! Memorial Day
• 8/15 Green Road Library Literacy Night 5:00-7:00
• 8/28 Apex Fun Run at Brassfield
• 9/26 Spanish Concert at 2:50 in the Learning Commons at Brassfield
• 9/30 No School! 

      

“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your

way!” ~ Dr. Suess

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  for the week of May 10

Quarter 4  Week 5

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. Thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes. 48 is feeling

pretty great :) Just a reminder that this Thursday is McTeacher night. I’ll be working from 5 to 6.

Hope to see you there. This week is Student Led conferences at Brassfield and Green Road Library.

Please be sure to check your calendar for your date and time and don’t forget to bring your student.

They are super excited to share their learning with you.   

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Reading with fluency, accuracy, rate and expression, self correcting, retelling stories,

reading plays

Writing: How-To informational writing

Spelling: Unit 29

Math: Using partitioning of shapes to tell time, parts of clocks, time to the hour and half hour

Social Studies: Reducing and Reusing, Types of communities (rural, urban, suburban)

This week week’s character trait is CURIOSITY. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Write a list of all the things you are curious about and share it with Mrs. Chern.

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. It is a MAJOR part of this reading unit.  For Math there is one sheet for math reviewing

shapes.

Upcoming Events…

• May 20-23 Student Led Conferences
• May 22nd Conferences at Green Road Library from 5:00-7:00
• May 23 McTeacher Night: I will be there from 5:00-6:00 Hope to see you there
• May 27th: No School Memorial Day!
• May 31 Volunteer Luncheon and Spring Carnival: I will be doing the Nose Picking Game from 5:45-7:00 and the Dunk Booth from 7:30-8:00. Hope to see you there.

     

“Be thankful for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow”! ~unknown

Homework Help...

For math your child needs to use 3D vocabulary to describe solid shapes. Here is a page from one of our math journals to help them if they  need it. 

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  for the week of May 10

Quarter 4  Week 4

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. I hope everyone had a wonderful track out. Happy Mother’s Day!

The kids made you a special gift. If they didn’t already give it to them remind them to on Sunday. It’s

been a while and they may not remember where they “hid” it from you. We have 7 weeks left of 1st

grade. Let’s make them amazing.

So far, 7 families have signed up for Spring Student Led Conferences. The kids work really hard to get things to together to share with you what they are learning in school. Plenty of slots left. Click HERE to get to the Sign Up Genius at Brassfield Elem. If you need a time at Green Road Library let me know and I will let you know which slots are left.

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Reading with fluency, accuracy, rate and expression, self correcting, retelling stories,

comparing characters/adventures in stories

Writing: Author’s Choice (narrative, informational, opinion), what do you need to include which

each type of writing

Spelling: Unit 28

Math: Partitioning shapes into halves and quarters

Social Studies:: How do humans change the environment? How can we help the environment?

This week week’s character trait is LEADERSHIP. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Be a role model for others around you. Tell your teacher about what leadership skills you

need to be a role model.

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. It is a MAJOR part of this reading unit.  For Math there is one sheet for math reviewing

shapes.

Upcoming Events…

• May 27th: No School Memorial Day!
• May 20-23 Student Led Conferences
• May 23 McTeacher Night: I will be there from 5:00-6:00 Hope to see you there
• May 22nd Conferences at Green Road Library from 5:00-7:15
• May 31 Volunteer Luncheon and Spring Carnival: I will be doing the Nose Picking Game from 5:45-7:00 and the Dunk Booth from 7:30-8:00. Hope to see you there.

     

“Be thankful for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow” ~unknown

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  for the week of Mar. 15

Quarter 3  Week 7

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. What an amazing week. We finished our community, went on a

field trip, got our Donors Choose funded, received our Donors Choose games and did a Breakout

box. We got a lot done!  The kids want to publish our next piece of writing with paper and want to

have hard book covers. If you could please send in any used cereal boxes we would appreciate it. We

are going to cover them to make book covers.  

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Spot and Dot strategy to decode, feature of non-fiction texts

Writing: adding dialogue and details to narrative writing, revising, editing

Spelling: Unit 23

Math: subtracting 2 digit numbers, unit assessment, begin shape unit

Science: What are rocks? How are they alike? Different? How can they be sorted?

This week week’s character trait is HUMOR. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Think of someone who makes you laugh. What do they do that is funny?

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. For Math there are two sets of word problems practicing different strategies.. Number

lines and Quick Tens and Ones are the most efficient strategies. We are not using 10 Frames

because it takes so long to draw them. Please let your child choose between Number Lines or

Tens and Ones.

Upcoming Events…

• 3/20 Cultural Arts Program
• 3/22 Spring Learning Experience being planned by our wonderful Room Parents
• 4/ 5 Spring Pictures
• 4/12 Super Kid Day!
• 4/15 Super Kid Day! Rain date
• 4/18 Track Out

     

“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress. Working together is SUCCESS! ~unknown