Ms. Lorelei Camejo
1st Grade
[email protected]
(when sending emails please include child's name and grade in subject line)

Welcome to First grade!

I am Ms. Camejo.  
We're going to have a wonderful year!
All homework and classroom updates will be posted here. 

***Students must have 2 folders.
Take Home folder-  will go home every night for homework or class updates.
In-class folder- will stay in class for on going assignments***

***Students will also need

• pencils
• 2 composition notebooks
• scissors
• glue
• crayons 

***Our class will have gym on Tuesdays.  Students will need to be in gym clothes.***

*** Students will need headphones to use with computers.  
 

Scholastic Book Order

CLASS CODE

Z4399

• Reading log

• Math hw book p. 191-192

• Write each spelling word 5x

• BX Zoo trip tomorrow.  Wear gym shirts.

• All hw due on Wednesday

• Leave bookbags at home tomorrow

• Only bring lunchbag if you're bringing home lunch

• Reading log

• Math hw p 193-194  

• Write each spelling word in a sentence

• Long E worksheet

• Reading log

• Math hw book p. 195-196

• Spelling worksheets

• Return signed quizzes

• Reading log

• Math hw book p. 197-198

• Long vowels review sheet.  Test tomorrow

• Reading log

• Math worksheet

• Reading log

• Book report

• Math worksheets.  

• Complete three tangrams and glue on construction paper

• Science review worksheet.  Test on Tuesday.  

• Family Heritage worksheet

• Math hw book p. 199-200

• Math hw book p. 201-202

• Marvel Comic Characters Dress Down Day on Friday

• Noon dismissal on Friday

• Math hw book p. 203-204

• Marvel Comic Characters Dress Down Day tomorrow

• Noon dismissal tomorrow

• Math hw book p. 205-206

• Science project due on Tuesday, June 6.  Will count as a quiz grade

• Math review worksheet.  Test tomorrow

• Science project due tomorrow.  Will count as a quiz grade

• Return signed quizzes

• Math worksheet

• Return signed quizzes

• Math hw book p. 207-208

• Return signed quizzes

• Math hw book p. 209-210

• Math hw book p. 211-212

• Return signed quizzes

• Red, white and blue dress down day on Monday

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Hello!  It is my pleasure to introduce myself.  I am Ms. Camejo and will be teaching first grade.  I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to a new year at St. Brendan's.  

I am looking forward to getting to know you and your child throughout the coming year, which surely promises to bring with it, many new experiences and challenges. In order to make the year a successful one, teamwork and cooperation will be required by all. As your son or daughter’s teacher, it is my goal to help him/her become a confident learner and I will do my best to help make this year a positive experience for your child.

In our class your children will receive instruction in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art and Religion in our classroom.  In addition to our everyday lessons in these subjects our class will have:

Gym- Tuesday

Music- Tuesday

Art and computers- alternating Thursdays

Our first grade class will be assigned homework regularly.  Students will write down homework assignments in the homework notebook.  In addition to homework it is important that the children read every evening, so please spend time reading with them.  They will have a nightly reading log to fill out.  Every month they will receive a new one.  They will receive weekly vocabulary words on Monday and have homework on them throughout the week.  On Fridays they will be tested on them.

If your child is absent, please check the class notes page to make up missed work.  Also check our google classroom page.  All assignment links will be there.

Your child will bring home a 2-pocket folder, supplied by you everyday for notices, papers etc.  Please check the folder daily.

I have attached our classroom rules as well as our goals for this school year.  Please review them and go over them with your child.

I look forward to working in partnership with you throughout the coming year and I am confident that together we can provide the support and encouragement needed to help your child excel. If you have any questions now or at anytime in the future, don’t hesitate to contact me at the school at 718-653-2292.  You can also send me an email at [email protected] or put a note in your child’s folder.  I will get in contact with you as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Ms. Camejo

 

First Grade Classroom Rules

Follow directions

Listen when Ms. C is speaking

Raise your hand to speak or stand

Keep your hands to yourself

Respect yourself, respect others respect our school

Be safe, be kind and be honest

Always do your best
 

When a student breaks the rules they have made a poor choice.  In an attempt to decrease instances of poor choice-making the students and I discuss the mistake and why it is necessary to follow the rules.  We make a plan to make sure that in the future rules are followed. Continued poor choices may result in loss of a privilege such as game time or quiet sit down during recess for 5 minutes.  Behavior is monitored and recorded in a behavior binder.

First Grade Goals

Academic

English Language Arts- Reading

Students will:

• read with fluency

• retell a story

• uses strategies to identify words

• understands what is read

• have command of grade level sight vocabulary

• read for enjoyment

English Language Arts- Writing

Students will:

• express thoughts clearly

• write on topic

• write pieces that have a beginning, middle, and end

• write neatly and legibly

• use punctuation and capitalization correctly

• apply grade level spelling skills

• use a varied vocabulary

Mathematics

Students will:

• understand number concepts/uses numbers appropriately

• understand and apply addition and subtraction

• compute accurately

• identify and use geometric shapes and concepts

• describe and create patterns

• understand and uses measurement

• understand and uses estimation

• use manipulatives to solve problems

• express ideas in pictures, numbers, symbols and words

• interpret and solve word problems

• interpret graphs

Science

Students will:

• organize themselves to do science investigations

• investigate attributes and properties of objects

• identify the states of matter

• develop an understanding of the difference between living and non-living things

Social Studies

Students will:

• identify their rights, roles and responsibilities of citizenship

• study the role of family

• study their own community and other communities and societies around the world

• study important historical figures

• identify the uses and features of maps and globes

Religion

Students will

• grow as disciples of Jesus Christ

• learn more about God’s love

• understand that we belong to the church

• celebrate and live our faith

Behavior

In First Grade our goal is for our students to be enthusiastic and energetic about learning.  We encourage students to actively participate in classroom activities.  Students are expected to be cooperative with the teacher and other students as well.  While their enthusiasm is wonderful it is necessary for them to practice following the class rules, specifically in the form of sitting quietly in order to listen to instructions and complete activities.

Test Policy

For all subjects the students’ grades will be taken from work samples such as classwork and homework as well as formal and informal assessments.  You will receive at least a 2 day notice to study for tests.  I will send a worksheet to review the material.  Surprise pop quizzes will also be given

Supplies

2 folders- one goes home nightly, one stays in class

2 notebooks- one for spelling, one for homework

Pencils

Crayons

Scissors

Glue

Pencil case

Pair of inexpensive headphones in a baggie with students name to be left in school