First Grade News!

Estimados padres:

Mi nombre es Evelyn Quiñones y seré la maestra de sus hijos este año 2008-09. Le garantizo que en nuestra clase sus niños van aprender muchas cosas nuevas entre ellas a leer con fluidez, a escribir, ciencias, estudios sociales y por supuesto inglés.

Todo esto será posible con la ayuda de ustedes, necesito que traigan a sus hijos todos los días a la escuela a tiempo, que lean con sus hijos en la casa y que motiven a sus hijos hacer su trabajo escolar. Entre ustedes y yo lograremos que sus hijos tengan una linda experiencia educativa este año, pero sobre todo que tengan un año lleno de aprendizaje.

Cualquier duda o pregunta estoy a sus órdenes.

Evelyn Quiñones
First Grade Bilingual Teacher

Grade Level Chairperson
equinone@houstonisd.org

"As a teacher it is important for me to constantly remember that:

Students will differ in the level of sophistication of their thinking at a given time.

Each year, students reinforce teachers that the journey is a shared endeavor and that the best-laid plans of the best teachers are just that – plans, subject to change.

A teacher who arrives in the classroom with elegant curriculum is likely to stand before students of advanced ability and students who come trailing disabilities, students from poverty and students from plenty, students who dream bold dreams and students who do not believe dreams are worth their time, students who speak the language of power and students to whom that language is unfamiliar, students who learn by listening and those who learn through application, students who are compliant and those who challenge authority on every hand, students who trust and those who are damaged and devoid of trust. To pretend those differences do not matter in the teaching/learning process is to live an illusion. "

Tomlinson and McTighe

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school” Albert Einstein

Freddy Viafara
First Grade Bilingual Teacher
fviafara@houstonisd.org


Maria Bocanegra First Grade Bilingual Teacher mbocaneg@houstonisd.org

Hurt no living thing

Ladybird, nor butterfly

Nor moth with dusty wing,

Nor cricket chirping cheerily.

Nor grasshopper so light of leap.

Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle flat,

Nor harmless worms that creep.

Christina Rossetti

Jacquelyn Franklin
First Grade Teacher
jfranklin@houstonisd.org

All children are important.

They are our future

so teach them well.

Gloria Estes
First Grade Teacher
gestes@houstonisd.org

HOME CONNECTION

t's a team effort; parents, child, and teacher! In order to get good results, we ALL have to work together. Following are some helpful hints on how to work with your child.

Helpful Hints:

Read 20-30 minutes every night.
Practice counting and writing numbers 0-100.
Practice counting backwards from 20.
Practice the first grade High Frequency Word List.

Testing time is right around the corner. Please stress the importance of coming to school and putting forth the best effort possible with your child!

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Study the first grade high frequency word list DAILY!

Practice writing complete sentences that start with a capital letter and end with correct punctuation!

Practice reading a calendar: days, months, weeks, dates, and years!

Updated November 9, 2009 Contact Webmaster at ppesquer@houstonisd.org

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