First Grade – PS115Q James J Ambrose School

October 2024

Thursday October 3, 2024 and Friday October 4, 2024: No school for Rosh Hashanah
Monday October 14, 2024: No school for Indigenous People’s Day
Tuesday October 15, 2024: Picture Day through Lifetouch
Monday October 21, 2024: In-person Coffee & Conversation at 8:25 AM
Friday October 25, 2024: PTA’s Pumpkin Patch
Wednesday October 30, 2024: Virtual PTA meeting at 6:00 PM
Thursday October 31, 2024: Character Day parade

First Grade Arrival & Dismissal – Door A
The school day starts at 8:10 AM and ends at 2:30 PM. Please make sure your child comes to school on time.
First grade Lunch is from 11:19 AM – 11:45 AM; Students have Recess from 11:45 AM – 12:09 PM
Please review and return your child’s Homework everyday; please clean out your child’s daily folder each day.

Into Reading: Unit 2 – My Family, My Community

Focus: Students will learn that we are all valuable members of our families and community, and together we make our class a place to learn and grow.

Essential skills include: ideas and support, text organization, retell, setting, speaking and listening: social communication

Into Reading: Writer’s Workshop: Unit 2 – Informational Text: Descriptive Essay

Focus: Students will write short descriptions of what makes their world wonderful.

Focal Text: Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo

Envisions 2.0

Kindergarten: Topic 2 – Compare numbers 0 – 5; Topic 3 – Numbers 6- 10

Grade 1: Topic 2 – Fluently add and subtract within 10; Topic 3 – Addition facts to 20: use strategies

Passport to Social Studies, Unit 1 – Families and Communities are Important (continued)

Focus: Students will identify why families are important and use personal experiences to help recognize how they influence who we are.

Amplify Science, Unit 1 – Animal and Plant Defenses (continued)

Focus: Students will identify and explain how plants and animals survive in their environment.

Students will explore: