An Open Letter to Students

Dear Students,

Welcome to first grade! I am very excited to have you join me this year. We are going to have so much fun as I am going to make learning hands on for everyone. I am hoping to make learning fun and memorable for everyone. Some examples of what I plan to accomplish while you are in first grade are

• Language Arts
• Knowing the names and sounds of all the consonants and vowels
• Understanding phonics concepts such as consonant combinations
• Following along, reading, and summarizing simple stories with pictures
• Developing an understanding of composition
• Math
• Counting to 100 by 1’s and skip counting
• Knowing the addition math facts
• Adding and subtracting small numbers
• Understanding the value of money
• Knowing the units for measurement, time, and weight

And a lot more! I can't wait to enjoy this school year with you.

Sincerly,

Mrs. Kilgore

**This letter is part of an assignment to write a letter to my students. We watched this very interesting video by Dan Brown. He has a lot of good points and I'm excited to see what else he has to say in his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4