The Life of a
First Grade m&m
SEPTEMBER Newsletter
Highlights
Your m&m’s are adjusting well to a full day of school. Their
stamina is increasing and their overall love of learning is growing
daily.
Reader’s Workshop- We are finally in full swing for our
reader’s workshop. Guided reading groups have started and
individual high frequency word work has been put into place.
Students are responsible for completing their 3 literacy based
activities each day and are doing well at increasing their stamina as
independent readers.
Word Study- We have completed one unit of study title “Linking
Letters and Sounds” and are in the middle of our second unit of
study “Short and Long Vowels”.
Writer’s Workshop- We have been focusing on learning more
about each other through our “Special Student of the Day” writing
activity. With in this we are learning about letters, sounds and
words by examining each individual student’s name. We then
practice our communication skills by interviewing the “special
student of the day”. Once our interviews are complete, we take our
newly learning information and put it into complete sentences.
Math Workshop- We have completed 2 units for math
workshop. The first unit was Early Number Concepts. We used
this unit to get use to the structure of math workshop. In our second
unit, “Addition #1” we began switching amongst the grade level in
order to reach each individual child’s needs. The first graders really
seem to like intermixing with students from the other classes and all
show growth from their pre to post assessments.
Content- We completed our first social studies unit titled
“Citizenship, Rights and Responsibilities”. In this unit we focused
on learning how to be a good school citizen. Our current unit of
study falls under our health curriculum and it is all about how to be
safe.
Important Upcoming Dates
October 28th- Conference Night
Reminders as to when your day and time will come home a
week prior to conferences
October 29th- Harvest Party
2:45-3:30 PM
October 30th- NO SCHOOL 
Notes from Mrs. Murphy
* Please continue to try and read with your child
for 60 minutes a week.
* Reading envelopes should return to school and
come home everyday
Contact Information:
murphy_annie@dublinschools.net