Mrs. Brieske

Phone: 480-467-5352

Degrees and Certifications:

BS Elementary Education with an emphasis in early childhood education. ESL Endorsement.

I am so excited to be back at Mirage for my 28th year! This will be an extra special year, as I will be team teaching with Mrs. Stewart. I have been working with her for 28 years. I look forward to a fun filled year of learning!

Mirage is a NEU (No Excuses University) campus. This program instills in students that everyone has the opportunity to further their education after high school. One of the pieces within this program is that each classroom represents a different university. Our classroom will be partnering with and representing the United States Naval Academy. Go Navy!

1st Grade Teachers

Our Schedule

Daily Schedule:

7:45-8:00 Breakfast in the Classroom
8:00-8:15 Morning Meeting
8:15-8:45 Writing
8:45-10:30 Reading
10:30-11:15 Recess & Lunch
11:15-12:00 Specials (see specials rotation below)
12:00-1:30 Math
1:30-1:45 Recess
1:45-2:40 Science and Social Studies
2:40 Dismissal

90-Minute Early Release Schedule:

7:45-8:00 Breakfast in the Classroom
8:00-8:15 Morning Meeting
8:15-9:15 Reading
9:15-9:30 Recess
9:30-10:00 Writing
10:00-10:30 Specials (see specials rotation below)
10:30-11:15 Recess & Lunch
11:15-12:15 Math
12:15-1:10 Science and Social Studies
1:10 Dismissal

Specials Rotation:

Rotation 1: PE (8/1-8/16, 9/16-9/27, 11/4-11/22, 1/27-2/7, 3/24-4/4, 5/5-5/22)
Rotation 2: Art (8/19-8/30, 9/30-10/18, 12/2-12/20, 2/10-2/21, 4/7-4/17)
Rotation 3: Music (9/3-9/13, 10/21-11/1, 1/7-1/24, 2/24-3/14, 4/21-5/2)

Learning Goals

First Grade Year-Long Learning Goals

Reading

- Strategies for fluency, comprehension, and accuracy will be worked on daily throughout the year.
- Small group instruction at individual level.
- Work on individual spelling patterns through sorts, hunts, and games

Writing

- Writing complete simple sentences.
- Use a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, spaces between your words, ending punctuation and lowercase letter throughout.
- Use a tree map to write at least 3 complete sentences on a single topic.

Sight Words

the	and	his	want	said	find	put	write	into	hold
a	can	here	for	so	many	takes	there	no	old
see	you	of	they	will	little	who	would	other	only
my	as	on	have	were	too	all	use	people	small
to	it	are	some	what	up	down	very	worked	under
by	he	was	we	this	wants	her	their	long	together
am	she	because	or	out	your	now	way	more	new
at	in	do	come	like	eat	saw	why	over	also
go	with	had	from	one	how	could	where	water	food
is	good	look	that	them	day	know	grow	always	been

Math

- Adding and subtracting within 20.
- Graphing, Time, and Measurement.
- Illustrating and solving story problems.
- Place Value to the tens and ones place.
- Counting to 120 by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's.

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