What We Are Learning in February

In the month of February we will be very busy learning. 

We will be learning about adding and subtracting double and single digit numbers. We will be doing this by using base ten blocks and pennies and dimes. A way you can help at home is by working with your student adding cents. (pennies and dimes) This will help strengthen their math and money skills.

In reading we will be learning central message (what a story is trying to teach us), as well as comparing and contrasting books and characters. How you can help at home is during your daily reading just talking with your student about each character and what they liked or did not like about the story.

In Science and Social Studies we will be learning about light, shadows, good and services, as well as Lewis and Clark. As for writing we will continue learning about opinion writing. 

February Break is the week of the 19th. Please keep up all the hard work you do at home.

Mrs. Mitcham

Panther Parents,

              Our school’s mission is “Every Student. Every Day.” That statement applies to every aspect of our school, especially ensuring that our students are safe. At this time, there is a concern for student safety in the parking lot that faces our front door, located on Utica Dr. That parking lot is our bus parking lot only, and is not to be used for student drop off in the morning or pick up at dismissal.  We do allow some of our students with disabilities to use this parking lot in the morning which is indicated with a colored card from Sedalia Park Administration.

              On any given morning, we have nearly twenty buses and day-care vans driving through this lot and dropping off students at the front door. Due to the high volume of bus and day care traffic, it is unsafe for students to walk through this parking lot. Despite our best efforts, students are consistently let out of cars and sent to the front door unattended. Due to this increasing safety concern, it is necessary to make some changes to our school procedures.

·       The front parking lot will no longer be used for student drop off or parent parking until 8:00 am.

·       Sedalia Park staff will no longer be at the corner of Utica and Old Sewell to escort students to the front door.

·       Parking on Old Sewell is prohibited. Students who walk to school must be escorted to the front door by a parent or guardian.

·       The car line is the only way to bring students to school or pick them up in your vehicle.

Thank you for understanding the importance of keeping our students safe and supporting this decision. I would like to ask that you please strongly consider putting your students on the bus in the morning which will ensure safety, punctuality, and attendance.  If you have any questions, concerns, or need information about bus transportation, please contact the front office.

County Resources, just for you!

Click here to see videos to help your student in math.

http://academics.cobbk12.org/index.php/ad/tl/iandi/math/#1499264912378-ed85d9a5-4977

If you click on first grade (the link is located next to the videos) you will find guide that breaks down the standards, as well as parent letters that explain what your student will be learning in 1st grade math.

Unit 2 Parent Letter

Picture Day!

Parents,
Picture day is Friday, September 22nd. If you plan on purchasing pictures for your child please return the envelope before Thursday, September 21st.
Have a wonderful day,
Mrs. Mitcham

Comprehension Questions

Reading

 

***Please read to your child and/or have your child read to you EVERY day for at least 10-15 minutes.

Fiction Questions: 

Who was the main/most important character in the story?

  

What was the main character trying to do?

  

What was the problem and solution?

  

What was the setting (where did the story take place)?

  

What was your favorite part and why?

  

What character traits did the characters have? How do you know?

 

Retell the most important events in your own words.

  

What is the author's purpose?

 

Nonfiction Questions:

What facts were in the book?

   

What new facts did you learn?

    

What questions do you have after reading?

   

What is your favorite fact and why?

On Wednesday, September 6th, Thursday, September 7th, and Friday, September 8th, your scholars will be taking the the CoGat test. Please have them here no later than 8:00.

In math we have been working on counting to 120 and last week we started doing work problems. For word problems we have been focused on adding mostly, but in the next few weeks we will be introducing some subtraction work problems. If possible please review addition and subtraction flash cards at home with your child. The more practice they recieve the more successful they will be with the skill. Last week I introduced making a group of 10, this week we are working on how to make teen number using groups of tens and how many ones.

The last two weeks we have focused on characters and setting in Reading. We will continue practicing this skill as well as recalling facts from the book. Thank you for all of you that are reading with your child every night, I enjoy seeing this on the homework. For writing we will continue working on small moment, or narratives (telling a story). It has been a enjoy hearing from your students all of the wonderful adventures you had this summer. I am pleased with the progress we have already started making.

We start Social Studies this week, we will be talkiing about where we live. Specifically, what city, state, country, continent, and plant we live on. This is also a good time for you to work with your child on his or her home address.