1A - Miss Grunau

My name is Miss Grunau and I am thrilled to start this adventure into First Grade with all of you!  While this school year may look a bit different, we are still going to make the most of the time we have together.  Through prayer, singing songs, playing with hand-on manipulatives, listening to and reading stories, socializaing with your peers, and exploring new concepts in a variety of subjects, we will make this a fun and memorable school year, together!

Since we are starting our school year virtually, first grade will be using a special SBCS First Grade Virtual Learning Website, as our way to communicate with students and parents, daily.  From that website, you will receive the link to our daily Zoom meetings, our daily schedule, information about assignments, and links to every resouce we will be using this year including: Class Dojo, Seesaw, Xtra Math, Spelling City, Scholastic readers, Raz Kids, Boom Cards, and more.  You will recieve an email with the link to our website and we ask that you save/bookmark the site so that you have it handy for you and your child.

Agian, welcome to First Grade and please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have!  Wishing you all a safe, happy, and enjoyable school year!

<3, Miss Grunau

     Greetings and Happy New School Year!  Our 44 little ones have made their first big transition from Kindergarten, located at the Early Learning Center campus, to first grade, located at the St. Benedict Catholic School campus!  However, this year things look a bit different.  We've started the school year virtually, which means students are at home, attending school through live video chat!  While this may not be the method of school one would prefer, we are making the best of the time we have together each day!
     While working togeher, Rooms 1A and 1B have already immersed themselves in the core subject areas.  We have started off the year in Religion by discussing Jesus and how He is a friend to all of us, while practicing our daily prayers.  In Math, we have been reviewing the differnt ways we can skip count, while creating a giant graph to represent our students' favorite popsicle flavors.  In Phonics, we are engaged in our daily ABC Bootcamp, where the students review a letter sound for the day.  In Handwriting, we have started off the year practicing how to write our names neatly.  Finally, in Science, we are discussing the difference between living and non-living things.  Overall, it has been a memorable start to the 2020-2021 school year and we look forward to meeting our little ones in the near future!