Pajaro Valley Unified School District
Calabasas Elementary School
a standards-based school, where creativity flourishes . . .
¡una escuela basada en estandares, donde la creatividad florece!
Mrs. Longoria’s First Grade Class
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Welcome to Mrs. Longoria’s web site at Calabasas Elementary School. I teach first grade in room 24.
Pajaro Valley Unified School District in Watsonville, California.
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| We have finally culminated our year as first graders. Please continue to help your children withtheir studies over their summer vacation so they are ready for second grade when they start in August. Here are some homework ideas: Read from book bags everyday and log it in your Cougar Readers. Discuss the stories your child reads to you. Possible areas of discussion would be I wonder why the author wrote this book? Do you agree with_______? Do you disagree with_______? Why? How could the ending be different? What else could the characters in the story have done to solve the problem?Practice High Frequency words. Keep a journal (write about what you do everyday.Practice your numbers from 1-100(look for patterns in your numbers and place value). Let your child help you with cooking. Play games with your family. Make observations of nature around you and draw a picture of your observation. Below you will find a writing sample and a writing Rubric that the District uses to grade writing. We are starting a new genre in writing. We are working in Personal Narrative Writing such as A long time ago when I went to________________________. Next I saw___________________. My mom looked at me and said, “_____________”. I said, “__________________”. Then___________________. It was the ____________.You can practice writing like this with your child at home to help them excel in school. |
| Have a wonderful Summer Vacation and see you all on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009. |
| Yasmin_Longoria@PVUSD.Net (831)728-6368 extention 3319. |
 Calabasas students have begun writing using Step Up To Writing Program. Here on the right side you can find an Expository Writing Exemplar for first GradeHere on the left side what our Expository Writing Rubric looks like for First Graders. This is Step Up To Writing Rubric that PVUSD uses and your children’s writing is graded using this Rubric. They need to get a score of 12 to be proficient in writing. |