August 27-31

Dear Parents, 
   We had another successful and busy week in First Grade! As the fourth week of school approaches, we are ready to take on new challenges and adventures. Here is what your child will be exploring this week.


                                                            I.B. Working Together.

Reading: Identifying Sequence of events, short i sound.

Social Studies: Discovering different types of Landforms. Mountains and Valleys will be our focus this week.

Phonics: Reviewing Poppers and Leakers. Introducing Nosey Neighbors (m, n, ng) Huffy Neighbors ( h, w, wh) and Liars ( l, r )

Math: Identifying strategies to solve Story Problems.

Writing: Continuing to use graphic organizers and the First Grade Editing Checklist to write stories.

A few announcements:

• If you are sending lunch money to school, please make sure that it is in a sealed envelope with your child's name, grade level and my name included. 
• If your child has a change of transportation, please e-mail me by noon. This will help us to continue our smooth dismissals. A note from your child in the morning is great!
• Field Trip permission slips and money are due to Luci Phillips on Thursday, August 30th.
• If you haven't already, check out our amazing Shutterfly website that Luci Phillips created for our class! You will find many ways to stay connected to our classroom through this resource.

Thank you for your continued support at home! I am grateful for each day I get to spend with your child!

Sincerely, 

       Mrs. Peake 

August 20-24 "Team Work Makes the Dream Work"

Hello Everyone!

     Thank you for making Orientation such a success! So many of you volunteered to chaperone our upcoming Field Trips and also offered to help our class in any future projects. We talk a lot about how we are a "team" in our classroom. We know that when we are working together we can accomplish anything. YOU are a huge part of that team. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you throughout the year.

    I will be meeting with our Room Parents tomorrow morning, where we will discuss many topics. One topic will include making a sign up sheet/calendar for Mystery Reader. I cannot wait to see the students' reactions to our Mystery Readers. I know they will love it...

Here is what your child will be learning about this week:

Reading- Making predictions, Identifying sequence of events

Social Studies- Comparing our country and our state. Identifying map of the USA.

Phonics- Review Poppers. Introduce Leakers 

Math- Examine class calendar, Comparing pairs of whole numbers, Read Temperature ranges.

Writing- Reread writing to self and others. Continue using the First Grade Editing Checklist.

I.B.- Working Together

*Before reading aloud to your child, please encourage them to make predictions before and during the reading. Ask them why they made their prediction. Great readers make predictions!*

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! I am looking forward to another GREAT week!

Sincerely, 

Jean Peake 

jpeake@atlanta.k12.ga.us

What a GREAT week!

Hello Parents!
   What an amazing first week of school! I could not have imagined it going any better :) We were very busy getting to know our school, our classroom and each other. This week we spent a lot of time on routines and establishing a sense of community within our class. I have to say, each of them provide something very positive and unique to our classroom. 

Here are the "Essential Agreements" that your children came up with to follow throughout the school year. I am very proud of these three agreements and know they will allow us to have a wonderful year.

1.Be Caring.
2.Be Safe.
3. Be Responsible.



Next week we are diving right into the curriculum. Here is what to expect:

I.B.- "Working Together"

Reading- Identifying character and setting, and the short "a" sound.

Social Studies- "Our Great State"-GA

Phonics-Poppers (p,b,t,d,ch,j,k,g)

Math-Number line review (one more and one less), tally marks

Writing-We will begin using the First Grade checklist to write stories.

Thank you so much to those of you who provided items from our class "Wish List". Some of the items we received were bandaids (Toy Story and Princess themed) ink cartridges for our classroom printer, a soccer ball, dodgeball, and basketball for recess! We are also finding a need for emergency snacks. If you are able to send any extra items, that would be wonderful!


Please send in a picture of your child with his or her family for a special project we are doing in class. I am extending the due date to Thursday, August 16th. We will be writing stories that go along with our "Working Together" theme.

Please also check out the "Homework" tab to see what your child will be bringing home. Homework is designed to review skills taught in the classroom and should only last 10-15 minutes. Your children work very hard during the school day so our goal for homework is a quick brush up of skills.


Have a wonderful weekend! I am looking forward to another successful week and seeing you all at Open House on August 16th.


Thank you,

      Mrs. Peake
      jpeake@atlanta.k12.ga.us

WELCOME!

Welcome to our classroom blog! 

"Celebration of Learning" was a HUGE success! What an amazing group of children and parents! Thank you to those of you who brought supplies and visited our classroom. It was such an exciting experience seeing all of the bright and shining faces of our First Grade class. This year is going to be wonderful! 

A few announcements:

Please make sure that your child comes to school with a snack each day this week. They are allowed to bring water, only. Something nutritional is highly recommended.

August 16th- Open House 6 PM