SIMI VALLEY SCHOOLS
1st Grade
Light and Sound
Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles
Structures and Functions of Organisms
FIRST GRADE
Academic Vocabulary
Words of Focus
- ask
- category
- classify
- combine
- comment
- communicate
- decide
- discuss
- find
- investigate
- notice
- organize
- plan
- predict
- reason
- respond
- retell
- review
- select
- sequence
No Excuse Words
All first grade students are expected to spell these words correctly in their daily writing by the end of the year.
a, do, he, is, of, said, they we, and for, here, me, on see, to, what, are, go I, my one, she, too, who, because have in, not, play, the, was, you.
What a great year we have had in first grade ! Exciting changes at school! We are building a new excellent, state of the art MPR building and first graders have had a front row seat to every step!
Thank you for a chance to work with your student this year. Remember to always "proceed with kindness", and "dream big"!
Enjoy your summer. See you back August 17th!
