welcome to 1cf! back to school night september 24, 2012

Welcome to 1Cf!Welcome to 1Cf!Welcome to 1Cf!Welcome to 1Cf!

Back to School NightBack to School NightSeptember 24, 2012September 24, 2012

Miss Cuffe

• All About Me

Daily Routine• Arrival – no earlier than 8:20 (8:45 tardy)

- drop off at blacktop• Schedule• Snack must be nut free!• Class Bingo & Behavior Chart• Appropriate clothing for recess• Dismissal – 3:05 front doors• Please send in a note if your child is going

home with someone else

Specials Schedule• Monday – P.E.• Tuesday – P.E. and Technology• Wednesday – Library• Thursday – Health and Music• Friday – Art

First Grade Curriculum• Math – www.pearsonsuccessnet.com• Language Arts

- Good Habits, Great Readers- Words their Way- Journal Writing- Writing Workshop

• Science - living and nonliving things, balance/motion,

changes, pebbles, sand, and silt, shadows

• Social Studies- communities / Second Step program

• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting

Homework• Handwriting – begins October 1st • Math – begins October 9th • Spelling – begins October 15th

• Reading – Reading folder – October 22nd

• *Reader Response – (Jan.)

“Fun" Stuff of the Week

• Student of the Week• Mystery Reader (Fridays @ 2:45)• Special Interest/Talent/Culture• Birthday Read Aloud

Museum on the Move• Van Gogh

• Renoir

• Klee

• Georgia O’Keeffe

• Hokusai

Field Trips

• To be announced

Looking Ahead…• November Conferences - Tuesday, November

27th, Wednesday, November 28th and Thursday, November 29th (early dismissal for students)

• First Grade Concert – December 11th at 9:00 a.m.

• First Grade Chat– January 23rd at 10:30 a.m.

• First Grade Picnic – June 20th

Sources of Information

• Home Page

• District Website• http://www.chatham-nj.org

• Class Newsletter

Contacting Miss Cuffe

• Email is best – ccuffe@chatham-nj.org• Emergencies call the office 973-457-2510

• (Voicemail – 973-457-2510 ext. 7857) • Notes work well, too!

YOUR Assignments• Parent Survey – My Child as a Learner

• Leave a note

• Sign up for Mystery Reader

• Giving Tree

The Finale…

• Thank you

• Room Mother Announcements-Lisa Devine

• Take Tour