First Grade
First Grade Teacher: Miss Vanessa Silva
EMAIL: v_silva@sttheresaschool.org
PHONE: 510-547-3146
HOURS: I am available for scheduled appointments before and after school.
Welcome to St. Theresa School and First Grade. I am Vanessa Silva the First Grade teacher. This year marks my 12th year of teaching. I am excited about this brand new school year.
To supplement the regular curriculum I will be adding fun and interesting topics that will be integrated across the curriculum. The units will incorporate Math, Language Arts, Art, Music and Science.
These are the themes that are covered during the school year.
September - Friendship and All About Me
October - Where the Wild Things Are
November - Bears
December - Advent and Christmas
January - House/Community Unit
February - Dental Health
April - Insect Unit
May - States Unit
Students also learn about holidays and people who have shaped our country.
Students will be creating a Wild Thing monster and a building for the community project. Also, students will create a project and a written report for the Insect Unit and States Unit.
Student Projects | |
| First Grade studies the States | Each of us were assigned individual states. We did a report and a project |
September 7, 2010
First Grade News
First Grade NewsSeptember 7, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,
Mrs. Rojas, Mrs. Carrion, and I enjoyed meeting all of you at Back to School Night. We have completed our first long week! The children tried very hard adjusting to the longer days in the heat! I am very pleased with the way the children have adjusted to being First Graders. We even had our first scoop party on Friday! Now that we are in our longer days it is very important that children have a snack and lunch. Thank you so much for completing the family tree project! They are so creative! I just wanted to let you know that I will be saving and compiling some of your child's work throughout the year for his or her first grade memory journal.
Here's the scoop for this week:
Religion:
We will be learning about the concept of being a Disciple.
Language Arts:
 counting and blending syllables
 final consonant sound
 listening for vowel sounds
 literature Unit: Curious George
story retelling
poetry
rhyming activity
Math:
• review counting and writing numbers to 20
• identify ordinal numbers to 10th
Science:
 healthy snack
 how does exercise help your body
 how do muscle and bones work together
Social Studies:
 identify feelings
 solving problems
 rules and laws: community and school rules
Dates to Remember:
 Wednesday, September 8th: 12:10 dismissal
 Friday, September 10th: Book Report due
 Friday, September 17th: No school
Student Links | |
| www.mhschool.com/math | This math site provides extra support and activites. |
| Lets Talk About Insects | Cute animated site that lets students learn about insects in either English or Spanish. The site explains key words like species, arthropods, explains characteristics of an insect, and explores body parts of insects. |
| Yuckiest Site | Choose Flash or No Flash and then kids can explore worm world, roach world or play fun games. There is also an Ask the Expert feature. |
Welcome to First Grade!
If you have any questions about the supply list you may email me at v_silva@sttheresaschool.org. The supply list will be posted on the school website-www.sttheresaschool.org.
FIRST GRADE SUPPLY LIST-2010-2011
Please only label the following items with your child's name or initials: pencil case, folders, scissors, markers, and ruler
➢ One - cloth zippered pencil case
➢ Four - plastic coated folders with bottom pockets (no side pockets)
➢ Two - children's scissors
➢ Two - large erasers
➢ 5 large and 5 small glue sticks (non-gel)
➢ One wooden 12" ruler with inches and centimeters
(non - decorated)
➢ Two sets each: 8/10 pack "wide" markers
No more than 24 count "skinny" markers
➢ Two-Vinyl cloth coverings 18"x24"(can be purchased at Long's on 51st Street or any fabric store)
➢ Four containers of sanitizing wipes (Please don't send baby wipes.) One of the containers will be used for art class.
➢ Two - family size boxes of tissues
➢ Backpack without wheels
➢ No pens of any kind