Mrs. Huska’s First Grade Class!

Welcome!!!

I hope you had a great summer.   This week I can say I understand the excitement or apprehension (or a little of both) your child may be feeling as they approach an important milestone in their life – the first day of First Grade!  I absolutely LOVE teaching young children.  Their enthusiasm about learning and their endless energy keeps me on my toes!!  Hopefully, this letter will help you know what to expect in First Grade this year and answer any questions you may have. We are a peanut/tree-nut free classroom.

Morning Arrival - 8:10 (2^nd chance breakfast will be available from 8:00-8:20)

Afternoon Dismissal – 3:00

Daily Take Home Folder

All mail (work, letters, etc.) will come home in your child’s 2 pocket daily take-home folder.  Please make a habit of checking your child’s folder daily to share and discuss what they have learned or created. 

Parent/Teacher Communication

Throughout the year I will communicate with you through email most of the time; but other ways may be through notes brought home, my website, behavior notes if needed, SeeSaw, weekly newsletters, telephone calls, report cards, and parent-teacher conferences.  If you need to contact me regarding questions or concerns, please feel free to call me before or after school @ 605-582-8590; send me a note or e-mail me at teri.huska@k12.sd.us.

Outdoor Recess

The children will be going out for recess daily.  We will not go out for recess if it is raining or below 0 degrees.  Please dress your child appropriately for the weather.

Routines

You will find on my website a copy of our class schedule for times of subjects, specials, lunch, etc.  I will try my best to keep to this routine, but as we all know things come up and routines need to be altered.

Breakfast/Lunch/Snacks

Your child may choose to participate in the school second chance breakfast, milk, snack, or lunch program.  Payments can be made online through your family access account.  Your child may choose to bring their own lunch and snack each day if they do not wish to participate in the school programs offered.  Your child should bring a water bottle filled with water that closes to school each day. 

Language Arts

Spelling – new list will be sent home Friday of previous week.  Spelling Tests will be on Fridays unless no school then they will be on Thursdays.  Lists may also be found on my website.

High frequency words – words to know by sight.  These words will be on spelling lists at the bottom.  Two of the words will be on the spelling test each week, but will be for extra credit.  Students will be expected to read visually all high frequency words by the end of the year.

Reading – new story each week and skills to work on.  Students will be taking a weekly reading test on Fridays or Thursdays if no school Friday.  Tests will consist of questions over stories read aloud/or to self; using sight words in sentences; phonics skills of week; writing to tell about the story using appropriate sentence structure and grammar.

Writing - conventions (nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, parts of a sentence); writing of complete sentences/stories using appropriate grammar and sentence structure.  Students will also be doing journal writing throughout the school year.

Math

Students will learn many math concepts throughout the school year.  Addition, subtraction, place value, 2D & 3D shapes, graphs, measurement, and time. 

Addition and Subtraction facts – students will be expected to know their addition facts to 10 and subtraction facts within 10.  Students will practice math facts in school and will be expected to practice as well at home.  Fact cards will be sent home to keep and practice.

I cannot wait to begin working with your child and build their excitement for learning.

Mrs. Huska

Mrs. Huska