Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade: May 16, 2025

I am so thankful to God for this school year. It has been a joy to share your children this year. I have seen them grow so much and feel blessed that I was given the opportunity to teach them. This is a class full of so many talented and unique personalities. Thank you for partnering with me this year.

I feel that your children and you have become part of my family. The last day is bitter sweet as I will never again have the same relationship with "my" kids this year like I had when they were in my class. I love them all dearly!

I will keep you in my heart and prayers. I am truly blessed and love coming to school everyday. To God all praise and glory.

A Look Ahead: (ONE LAST TIME for FIRST GRADE)

Religion: Pentecoste

Keep doing Family Devotion and encourage your child to lead

Memory: we are done :)

Phonics: lesson 99 using s and es Lesson 100 using er and est

Grammar: synonyms

Writing: personal narrative

Math: shapes

Look for a Silver Bag to come home on Monday.

The bag will include: special class picture frame art, writing portfolio and pictures, a gift from me, and yearbook if purchased!

The First- Third Grade musical Tuesday, May 20

Our 1st-3rd grade musical will be Tuesday May 01 at 2:15 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the Zion Sanctuary.

A special t-shirt will be worn with uniform bottoms for both performances as the costume.

I will keep the t-shirts after the 2:15 performance so just have your child come to the 6 p.m. performance wearing any light colored shirt and a uniform skirt or shorts and they will wear the special t-shirt over the other shirt.

The 2:15 p.m. performance is a dress rehearsal for Zion students but families are welcome to attend.

For the 6 p.m. performance, please have your child arrive at 5:45 p.m. in the church basement.

Teachers will not be in the church basement until this time, so please stay with your child until a teacher arrives.

FOR THE MUSICAL OUR CLASS WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, the PULPIT side, OF THE CHURCH WHEN FACING THE FRONT

Thursday, MAY 22, LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

We will have closing Chapel at 2:00 pm. Parents are welcome to attend and sit in the back of church. I do ask that our first grade class sits together during the service with me. Students will return to the classroom for final goodbyes .

Dismissal will be at normal time 2:55 pm!

Our class has worked so much on reading this school year. It is SO IMPORTANT to have your child continue reading and writing this summer. Based on last year's statistics, 69% of students going from K-1st grade experienced some summer slide in phonics test scores, 64% of students going from 1st -2nd experienced some summer slide in phonics test scores, and 58% of students going from 2nd- 3rd experiences some summer slide in phonics test scores.

Even just reading and/or writing 15 minutes a day will help prevent summer slide.

If you are interested more that just reading books this summer here are some summer programs you can purchase and download: (full disclosure I have not purchased these and just searched for summer reading on Teacherspayteachers site)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Focused-Review-Reading-Passages-Comprehension-1st-Grade-2nd-Grade-7996093?st=127a090ce09e3aa92f1a1a5ac2bc8181

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rising-Second-Grade-Summer-Reading-Packet-First-Grade-Review-5681298