First Grade by Nicole Pentore https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65 en-us 2022-09-27 20:59:22 UTC 2025-10-16 23:23:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317326435 We send:
1. MiF parent letters at start of each chapter
2. Fundations parent letters at start of each unit
3. depending on the writing unit, we send parent letters for ideas (ex: make a list of 5 things your child knows how to do and is an expert, when we start opinion writing we ask for a collection of objects to be sent to class for Bend 1 writing...)

]]> 2022-09-28 11:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317326435 As a first grade team at Holmes, we send the Math in Focus and Fundations parent letters home at the start of each new chapter. We also have begun drafting a homework letter that gives the parents an idea of the reading work their child is doing. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317326569 2022-09-28 11:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317326569 For informing parents of work in units we send home MIF letters and Fundations letters. We also send home newsletters. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327049 2022-09-28 11:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327049 I do a weekly newsletter. About once a month I write up an "academic update" and list what units we are on and some skills we are working on. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327183 2022-09-28 11:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327183 At the end of the math units I send home the MIF chapter. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327655

]]> 2022-09-28 11:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317327655 At the end of writing units I send home their drafts with a parent cover letter. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328054 2022-09-28 11:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328054 We send home work as it is corrected. We send home writing at the end of each unit. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328156 2022-09-28 11:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328156 https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328807 1. writing portfolios go home after each unit - contains all published and unfinished pieces
2. math independent practice workbook pages go home throughout chapters
3. just right reading bags go home weekly for homework and provide input to parents on child's reading level]]> 2022-09-28 11:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328807 MIF parent letters are sent home at the start of every unit. Same with fundations. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328966 2022-09-28 11:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328966 We write comments on papers and reach out to parents as needed about progress via phone calls home. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328987 2022-09-28 11:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317328987 At Holmes we asked each parent to create a 'Sunshine Folder' during open house. This will be the folder that their student will bring home at the end of writing units with their work. There will be a letter attached letting parents know the skills their child practiced during that unit. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317329100 2022-09-28 11:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317329100 https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317329416 we communicate via emails/phone calls prior to the December progress report and conference]]> 2022-09-28 11:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317329416 We communicate via email and phone calls throughout the trimester. Parents will see work and their progress through their Sunshine Folder. We also try to send positive notes each week on a rotating basis. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317334058 2022-09-28 11:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317334058 If there are issues then I will contact parents, but I always think of the conferences as the time and place for these conversations to take place. I have often wished we had a fall conference in mid-October to touch base with parents b/c in first grade the parents do tend to be more anxious and nervous. But that would be a district determination to change the calendar. https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317335570 2022-09-28 11:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/darienps/7f2bexg0totxhr65/wish/2317335570