1. First Grade Weekly News! What’s new?! This week we will be working on realistic fiction writing, identifying synonyms, working with graphs/graphing information, working with addition facts to 10, continuing our unit on living and non living things, discussing “Spring,” learning all about the life cycle of a chicken, and studying different habitats found around the world. April 4, 2016 Important Dates -Tuesday 4/5  4 th grade musical! -REMINDER: We will be on Spring Recess next week (4/11-15). School will resume on 4/18. Homework Dreambox: 15 min Monday and Wednesday nights Math Facts in a Flash: Practicing math facts EACH night for 5 minutes Lexia: Tuesdays and Thursdays for 15 minutes EACH sitting. *Be sure to correctly log out to save your work! Reading: Reading for 15 minutes Monday through Thursday night (students can also use Starfall) **ALL accounts are working here at school, please let me know if you are experiencing issues. Homework Dreambox: 15 min Monday and Wednesday nights Math Facts in a Flash: Practicing math facts EACH night for 5 minutes Lexia: Tuesdays and Thursdays for 15 minutes EACH sitting. *Be sure to correctly log out to save your work! Reading: Reading for 15 minutes Monday through Thursday night (students can also use Starfall) **ALL accounts are working here at school, please let me know if you are experiencing issues. Notes from First Grade Teachers Bell schedule – School starts promptly at 8:55 and ends at 3:05. Remember that Tuesdays are “early out” days, and students are dismissed at 1:40. Please refer to the Simonds Daily Schedule for recess and lunch times. Please be sure to take your student to the restroom BEFORE school starts at 8:55am. Bathroom Before School Please remember to take your student to the restroom before school starts. We have had many students in and out of the classroom once class has already started and it is becoming quite distracting to the other students. I completely understand that sometimes this is not avoidable, but reminders before the bell rings can definitely help out. Thank you! ( over ) In the upcoming weeks, you can review the details of our weekly classroom activities on page 2 of this weekly newsletter.

2. I hope you all had a great weekend with your families! Please feel free to see me before the morning bell or after school. However, it is best to send an email to set up an appointment… just in case! Thank you and have a wonderful week! Sincerely, Miss Rebecca Tucker rtucker@sjusd.org  Classroom Webpage  Remember, you can access my webpage through the Simonds Home Page online. This is also the best way to access the adaptive learning sites through “Student Links!” With the district driving us all toward equipping the students with 21 st century skills, we are implementing a new homework program this year in first grade. Your child will be using District Computer Applications in their weekly homework activities. Soon we will be adding a web- based program, Ticket To Read, funded by the PTA. These problem solving activities are a perfect way to address Common Core Standards and will prepare your children for the new wave of learning and testing they will face in their academic careers. Please remember that online homework is mandatory. District administrators, Mrs. Howell, as well as myself check these adaptive learning sites weekly for student progress. Thank you for your support and cooperation with this! Star Student: We do not have a star student this week since I was out at a grade level meeting last Friday. We will have a new star student for the week following the break!