June 2026
Upcoming Events
- Thursday & Friday, June 4, 2026 & June 5, 2026: Clerical Day (no school)
- Wednesday, June 3, 2026: Marking period 3 ends
- Wednesday, June 11, 2026: PTA’s Carnival
- Wednesday, June 9, 2026: Coffee and conversation virtual meeting at 6 pm
- Thursday, June 19, 2026: Juneteenth (no school)
- Friday, June 26, 2026: Last Day of School (wear your school t-shirt)
Reminders
- 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.
- Students have Recess from 10:28 AM – 10:50 AM; First grade Lunch is from 10:50 AM – 11:18 AM
- Please review and return your child’s Homework everyday; please clean out your child’s daily folder each day.
Learning Focus
Literacy
Into Reading: Unit 10– Dare to Dream
Focus: Students will recognize that good things can happen when a person is brave enough to try something new. They will read about inventors, architects, and others who have been brave and tried new things.
- Essential skills: topic and central idea, retell, setting, research: present information
Writing
Into Reading: Writer’s Workshop Unit 10 – Informational Text: Biographical Essay
Focus: Students will be able to write an essay about someone who inspires them.
- Focal Text: The Girl Who Could Dance in Outer Space: An Inspirational Tale About Mae Jemison by Maya Cointreau
Math
Illustrative Math
- Kindergarten:
- Topic 14: Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes, Working with Money
- Step-Up to Grade 1
- Grade 1:
- Topic 14- Reason with Shapes and their Attributes
- Topic 15- Equal Shares of Circles and Rectangles
Social Studies
Passport to Social Studies, Unit 4 – Community Economics, continued
Students will be able to understand the differences between needs & wants, goods & services, and producers & consumers.
Science
Amplify Science Unit 3 – Spinning Earth, continued
- Students will become sky scientists. They will record, organize, and analyze observations of the sun and other sky objects as they look for patterns and make sense of the cycle of daytime and nighttime.
First Grade and K.1-118A Teachers
- Mrs. Hernandez, K.1.-118A
- Ms. Walsh, 1-120
- Mrs. Romano, 1-119
- Ms. DeCanio, 1-207
- Ms. Yeung and Ms. Cuevas, 1-205