Welcome to Grade 1 with Ms. Gibson
How Can I Help My Child?
Ensure your child has a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast.
Pack a hat, healthy snack/lunch, and water for your child.
Listen to your child’s stories after school each day.
Ask questions about what, how, and why they learned.
Read the communication that comes home or via email.
Learn more about our studies as a family through
discussion, research, family field trips, or ???
Read with your child each night in English or in your Primary Language.
Ensure your child reads 20 minutes daily.
If your primary language at home is a language other than English, please read to your child in your primary language…AND in English. Why? Because research proves that developing literacy in a primary language facilitates second language learning.
English
Language
Arts
Math
Share how you use MATH every day:
•Compare prices and calculate change
•Measure ingredients in a recipe
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•Predict if it will rain and discuss your reasoning
•Use objects such as coins, dice, cards, or dominoes to increase basic
numeracy skills, pattern recognition, and fluency with math facts
•Believe in your child’s potential to learn and become a mathematical thinker
Go on a family field trip, read books, discuss and learn about the topic we are studying in class.
Social Studies
Do an experiment at home, go on a family field trip, read books, discuss and learn about the topic we are studying in class.
