First Grade Newsletter - February, 2026
Posted January 15, 2026
Upcoming Events
- February 13: Friendship Parties
- February 16: No School
- March 2: Conferences 4-8 p.m.
- March 5: Conferences 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- March 6: No School
- March 19: Family Night (more information to come)
What Students Are Learning
UFLI: Spending a few minutes each week reviewing the home practice sheets leads to automaticity in reading and spelling words with the phonics skills taught. We have learned short vowels, long vowels with silent e, consonant digraphs and will begin to learn to read longer words.
Reading: Reading fiction stories helps students make connections to their own lives. We will be reading stories in which characters travel to new places and also celebrate differences. There are many opportunities during classroom discussions for students to share their thinking and learn lessons from the message in the stories.
Writing: Students will write question and answer books in which they develop understanding on how to write factual text from listening to mentor texts read aloud. Writers continue to develop and apply the conventions of capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
Math: Students will use place value understanding and properties of operations to add within 100. Students will add within 100 with and without composing a ten. Having a good understanding of number order to 100 is important for learning to add within 100.
Don't Forget
Parent-teacher conferences are the first week in March. Pick-a-time will be open mid-February.
Party times differ for each classroom. Check SeeSaw for your scheduled time.
Parents are welcome to attend Friendship Parties.
Questions to Ask Your Child
- What is your favorite book to read and why?
- What is one thing you did today to help a friend or teacher?
- What is an example of a kind action at school and at home?
- What is the best thing that happened today?
