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My email: corradettig@eastgreenwich.k12.nj.us
My phone #: 423-0613 X 2117Weekly/Monthly Reminders:*The first day of school is Thursday, September 7th! It is going to be a 12:55 early dismissal day. Since the first day of school is a 12:55 early dismissal day, children will only have snack time and not lunch. Children may bring snack from home or purchase snack from the cafeteria.
*Please send your child with his/her Jeffrey Clark folder everyday. Children will get this folder on the first day of school.*Starting 9/8/23, please send your child to school with a peanut free/ nut free snack for the afternoon everyday. Please send your child with a snack that is easy to open and eat. I recommend sending your child’s snack separately inside his/her backpack, especially if your child brings a lunchbox/lunch bag when packing lunch from home.
*Children are allowed to bring a water bottle to school.
*On 12:55 early dismissal days, children will only have snack time and not lunch in the morning. Children may bring snack from home or purchase snack from the cafeteria. We will not have a classroom afternoon snack time as a result of the early dismissal.
*Library books due on or before Wednesday, 3/20. Please return your book inside your plastic bag. Thanks.*March 21: Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day! Wear colorful and/or crazy socks!*March 22: Buzz Buck Spirit Day: Inside Out Day!*Change of Daily Dismissal Form: Please complete the attached Change to Dismissal Form for a temporary change to student dismissal. This form helps us with a safe dismissal each afternoon.
https://www.eastgreenwich.k12.nj.us/cms/lib/NJ01912656/Centricity/Domain/9/Change%20to%20Dismissal%20Both%202021-22%20No%20TNT.docx.pdf5 Day Specials Rotation Schedule:Day 1 Physical Education
Day 2 Music
Day 3 Library
Day 4 Spanish
Day 5 Art and Physical Education
Week of 3/18/24 schedule:
Mon. Day 1 Physical Education (please remember sneakers)
Tues. Day 2 Music
Wed. Day 3 Library (please return the library book on or before inside your child's plastic bag)
Thurs. Day 4 Spanish
Fri. Day 5 Art and Physical Education (please remember sneakers)
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Scholastic Book Clubs: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXBHMFundations: Unit 10: We will begin Unit 10 on 3/12. We will read, sound out, spell, and write closed syllables that have five sounds. We will work with suffixes s, ed, and ing. We will also introduce the following vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, and aw. Unit 10 practice box words: many, any, how, now, down, out, about, our. Unit 10 story; The Skunk.
Journeys: Unit 4 Lesson 17: 3/18--3/25: theme ways to travel. Practice box words: about, by, car, could, don't, maybe, sure, these. Comprehension skills: compare and contrast: tell how two things are alike or different, dialogue: who is speaking in a story; visualize: picture what is happening as you read. Grammar; compound sentences. Vocabulary: define words. Phonics: long e like me, these, tree, eat; word family -ink, final ng and nk. Superstar words: complain, delighted, horizon, lonely, pleaded, shelter.Go Math: We will begin Chapter 9 Measurement on 3/12. There are 9 lessons in Ch. 9. We will compare, measure, and order objects from shortest to longest or longest to shortest, tell time to the hour, tell time to the half hour. Ch. 9 vocabulary: hour, half hour, hour hand, minute hand, clock, minutes, more, shortest, longest.
Science: we will learn about patterns in the sky (sun, moon, and stars) starting 9/21. November/December will include characteristics of living and nonliving things. January topics will include animal and plant adaptations, what animals do in winter, habitats, and seasons.
Social Studies: some September topics that will be included in read aloud stories include: what makes a good friend, growth mindset, the zones of regulation, citizenship, school rules, Fall/Autumn. We will begin our new series Young Citizens on 10/10. We will begin with Unit 2 and learn what you know about school. November will also include Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. December: we will learn about winter holidays. January: we will review citizenship and growth mindset, plan New Year goals, and learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and winter. We will begin Young Citizens Chapter 3: What do we find in our neighborhood? on 1/29. During February, we will also learn about African American heroes in celebrating Black History Month, 100th day, Valentine's Day, Groundhog's Day, and Presidents' Day. March topics will include St. Patrick's Day and spring. We will also finish Young Citizens Chapter 3: What do we find in our neighborhood? and complete Young Citizens chapter 4-What Makes a Town?Grammar skills: September: we will review proper sentence mechanics (starting each sentence with an uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation).Writing skills: September: we will review proper letter formation and will write one/two sentence(s) using various sentences starters or prompts. Focus will be placed on starting each sentence with an uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation. We will use various read alouds to learn how writers work. October/November: we will work on writing personal narratives. Focus will be placed on having a beginning, middle, and end to each story, using proper sentence mechanics (uppercase letter to start, finger spacing between words, neatest writing, and punctuation), and adding details to sentences and illustrations. We will begin Unit 5: nonfiction/informational writing on 1/8. We will begin Unit 3: opinion writing/writing a book review on 2/15.Wed. 9/13 HW: Please refer to the letter inside your child's school folder concerning a practice word box-you can use your old one from Beginners or make a new one for first grade-the word box is for home and does not have to be brought to school.Week of 3/18/24 Homework (Please refer to Return to school/yellow dot side of school folder.Mon. math practice pages (stapled together); Please review the new practice box word list.Tues. reading practice pageWed. math and reading practice pages (stapled together)Thurs. math practice pageFri. noneHomework: please refer to your child's Jeffrey Clark school folder...homework or papers that need to be signed and returned are placed in Return to School/ Homework pocket/yellow dot side. The other side of the folder is Keep Home/green dot side...please remove papers from this side each night.