Jean DeLisle
First Grade Teacher
Courses Taught:
First Grade General Education
Welcome to First Grade
Week 5 Story → Koko & Penny How do people work with animals? How do adverbs change the meaning of a verb? How do I correctly use commas in my writing? What are compound words? How can visualizing help me become a better reader? How do I identify Main Idea & Supporting details? Spelling Patterns: Long e with y and ey Wonders Unit 5 Essential Questions: Week 1 Story → A Lost Button How do people work with animals? How do adverbs change the meaning of a verb? How do I correctly use commas in my writing? What are compound words? How can visualizing help me become a better reader? How do I identify Main Idea & Supporting details? Spelling Patterns: Long e with y and ey Week 2 Story → Kitten’s First Moon What can you see in the sky? What are adjectives and how can I use them to improve my writing? What is the inflectional ending “-er” and how does it change a word (ex. teach → teacher)? How do I identify cause and effect? What is the difference between questions and statements? Spelling Pattern: “Bossy r” Week 3 Story → Thomas Edison, Inventor What inventions do you know about? What is a biography? What are adjectives that compare (ex. fast/faster) and how can I use them to improve my writing? What is alliteration? What are abbreviations? How do I identify the problems/solutions in a text? Spelling Pattern: or, oar, & ore words WRITING FOCUS: Persuasive/Opinion Pieces SS/Science Unit: Life Science & Earth Science Unit Wonders Unit 4 Essential Questions: Week 1 Story → Little Rabbit How do animals' bodies help them? How can sequence (first, next, then, last) help me to retell a story in my own words? How do I put words in ABC order? How do I correctly use was/were in a sentence? What are contractions and how can understanding them help me to be a better reader? What is a folktale? Spelling Pattern: ai, ay, and oo Week 2 Story → Animal Teams How do animals work together? How can identifying the main idea and key details help me to understand a text? What are prefixes and how do they change the meaning of words? How do I correctly use have/has in sentences? Spelling pattern: e, ee, e_e, ea, and y Week 3 Story → Vulture View How do animals survive in nature? How do I correctly use go and do AND went and did in sentences? How do I identify Main Idea & Supporting Details? What are common and proper nouns? What are open syllables? Spelling Pattern: Long o with o, oa, ow, oe, o_e Week 4 Story → Fly Guy What insects do you know about? When do I use see/saw in sentences? Why are Titles of Books important? What is point of view? Spelling Pattern: Long i with y, i, ie, igh, and ide
OUR LEARNING FOCUS
Bio
First Grade Requires: Endurance, Focus, Kindness and Fun!! Get ready for a year when we all will grow!
My Class List:
BOYS:
Paul C.
Crixus C..
Joshua M.
Drexel E.
Korbyn N.
Zayden C.
Jaxon E.
GIRLS:
Eleanor D.
Maddelyn V.
Ruby W.
Kyrie W.
Mallory R.
Lydia S.
Isabella W.
Kennedy S.
Aurora. C
Supply List
- 3 boxes of Kleenex
- Boys:2 boxes of sandwich ziploc bags
- Girls: 2 boxes of gallon size bags
- HEADPHONES for individual use for Chrome books (not ear buds) -These are difficult to stay in a student's ear.
- WATER BOTTLE/PLASTIC with student name and flip top
- Thin black EXPO markers
Please do not send anything other than what is on this list. The school is providing our school supplies this year.
A BIG smile and positive attitude -These will be returned.
ALSO CHANGE OF CLOTHES MARKED IN A PLASTIC BAG FOR YOUR CHILD! ( Accidents?)
Watercolor trays
Classroom Wish List:
Classroom donations are always appreciated, but not expected. Thank you so much in advance for donating to our class. The following items are needed continuously throughout the school year:
-Mr. Sketch markers
TEACHER Flair Pens
-Band-aids ASSORTED SIZES
-Treasure box items (Happy meal toys, erasers, small toys, etc.)
-Astro bright colored paper
Colored outdoor chalk/ bubbles
-Snack donations as you wish
-Individually wrapped candy
Events
Homework
There is a newsletter and homework pack sent in the YELLOW Folder every week.
Reading each night
Math addition and subtraction
Math fluency timed tests
Journal Written Expression
SPECIALS SCHEDULE:
MONDAY:Music TECH
TUESDAY:LIBRARY
WEDNESDAY: ART 2ND
THURSDAY:PE (TENNIS SHOES)
FRIDAY:PE (TENNIS SHOES)