Dear First Grade Families, March 26, 2020

We hope you are all doing well despite such difficult circumstances.  The First Grade teachers have been thinking of you and your children as each day brings new changes to our lives.  When we parted ways before spring break we never imagined things to be altered so drastically. We are aware of the continuous updates from the DOE. Currently, schools will remain closed to students until April 30th 2020 so please remember we will be communicating with you regularly throughout this time through email. (Teacher emails are located at the bottom of this letter).

With regards to our school schedule, we, like you, continue to watch daily state press conferences for updates.  Your child's education is a very high priority for us and we have collaborated as a grade level team to discuss what we can do for them. The DOE has suggested a daily scheduling that your child could follow to provide a more structured time. For the schedule, please follow the provided link below. The following are suggestions to help provide your child with more specific support as they work on their Reading, Math, and Science.

Daily Schedule Days 1-5 

First Graders should have a firm foundation on the following skills: 

Reading

• Ask and answer questions about a fiction and nonfiction text.
• Describe the elements in a story (e.g. beginning middle and end, characters, setting, problem/solution, central message ect.)
• Know and apply phonics/spelling rules (i.e. phonics/spelling rules from weekly spelling lists such as short vowels, 2-3 letter blends, long vowels, silent letters, etc.) to read and decode words.
• Identify , write, and apply all letter sounds
• Identify and write all capital and lowercase letters
• Use correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.
• Produce rhyming words
• Identify beginning, middle, ending sounds of a word
• Identify sight words (Fry First 100 Sight Words)

Math

• Read, write, and count numbers from 0-120
• Count to 120 by ones and tens
• Count forward from any given number
• Add and subtract fluently within 1-20
• Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems
• Tell/show how many tens and ones are in a number
• Determine 10 more and 10 less
• Determine the missing number in an equation (e.g. 7+ ? =12 , 12- ? = 7)
• Compare 2-digit numbers using < , > , and  = signs
• Tell and write time to the hour and half hour

Please have your child complete at least 1 hour of reading and 1 hour of math OR 2-3 lessons in each subject.Use the QR code (Clever badge) that was sent home with your child before the break.  If QR code is lost, your child can login using student ID (found on previous progress report cards). 

**Password is your child’s birthdate (MMDDYYYY).

To check for system requirements you can go to cdn.i-ready.com

Instructions on how to log in using Clever badge:

Desktop Computer:

Step 1: Go to Clever URL: https://clever.com/in/hawaii

Step 2: Click “Clever Badge Log In”

Step 3: allow camera access, scan clever badge

Step 4: Click iReady

Step 5: Choose Reading or Math

iPad Tablet: Please note- ONLY iPad tablet is supported.  

Step 1: Download Clever and iReady app

Step 2: Open Clever app

Step 3: allow camera access, scan Clever badge

Step 4: Tap iReady

Step 5: Choose Reading or Math

• Website Link: https://soraapp.com/welcome
• To log in you will need your child's ID# which can be found under their name on any progress report card, or email your child’s teacher to retrieve your child’s ID#. 

• Website Link https://play.prodigygame.com/
• To log in use your child’s Prodigy username and password. Please contact your student’s teacher if you need login information.

      - Use your clever badge and look for the Stemscopes picture. 

      - Username: child’s first initial followed by last name.

      - Password: webling  

      - Some of these activities will need an adult’s assistance.

Additional Resources:

-Curriculum Associates: Printable At-Home Activity Packs for K-8 math and reading

 -Scholastic: Learn at home with day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.

-Daily STEM: 77 MORE STEM activities for Families (PDF)

-101 FUN Things to do in COVID-19 Isolation

-Storyline Online (YouTube) - Read Alouds by celebrities

- 101 FUN Things to do in COVID-19 Isolation

- GoNoodle - Using the power of movement at home to improve student performance.

You may have heard about the DOE School Food Service Branch Grab-and-go Student Meals providing breakfast and lunch to anyone from 5-18 years old.  The location closest to Webling is Makalapa Elementary. Grab and go breakfast is from 7:30-8:00 A.M. and lunch is from 11:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

 Until we are able to meet face to face, please stay safe and well.  Give our love to your child and let them know we look forward to seeing them again when all is safe.    

Thank you for your partnership.  We truly appreciate you. 

Mrs. Kasai, Ms. Dougherty, and Ms. Sadowski 

Ciara Dougherty, 1st Grade Teacher, Room C6

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Sharel Kasai, 1st Grade Teacher, Room C2

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Subrina Sadowski, Special Education Teacher, Room A2

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