Welcome!

Communication: I will communicate through Class Dojo, Skyward, and my website. You can reach me at [email protected] or call the school at 815-443-2715. 

Here is what to expect in 1st Grade

Arrival: First grade will come in from outside at 7:50am. School starts at 8:00am. 

Communication: I will communicate through Class Dojo, Skyward, and email. You can reach me at [email protected] or call the school at 815-443-2715. 

Homework Folder: Please have your child bring their homework folder and book bag back and forth to school every day. Please check for homework, notes, and work completed.

Eureka Math: There is homework for each lesson that will be in their math homework workbook. It will go home each night marked with a sticky note which lesson is to be completed. Please return completed the next day. I do not send math homework home on Fridays or holidays. When we get to module 3, we will do some homework in class because we need specific materials for the homework.

Orton Gillingham & Wit and Wisdom: Orton Gillingham is the curriculum we use to teach phonics. Wit and Wisdom is the curriculum we use to teach reading comprehension skills. I will be sending weekly reading sheets to help practice reading, gain confidence, and improve reading fluency. One weekly fluency homework sheet will have a timed reading and 4 questions to answer. The other weekly sheet will also have a timed reading and work on the phonics skills we are learning for that week. Please follow the directions on the fluency homework sheets and return on Friday.

Spelling: Spelling will be taught through Orton Gillingham. We practice a new phonics rule each week. Spelling words will go with the phonics rules we are learning for the week. Red words are taught weekly, also. These words are sight words or words that do not follow a phonics pattern. Examples: the, our, they, you. We will take a spelling test each Friday, unless it is an early release day. Then, the spelling test will be on Thursday. There will not be a set spelling list that goes home each week. We test on the phonics rule/pattern that was learned using words that follow the rule/pattern. Practice tests will go home on Thursdays. (See attached sheet on Orton Gillingham.)

Snack: Please provide a snack for your child each day. Include them in the process of picking out their own snacks for the week. It will be exciting for your child. Please remember to send healthy snacks. (No candy or candy bars.) 

Dismissal: First Grade will dismiss at 3:00 pm. The busses will leave at 3:15 pm.

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