FIRST GRADE

AGENDA

Introduction

Curriculum

Policies

Schedules

Homework

Web Page

INTRODUCTION

Emily Wood ( Miss Wood )

I taught Kindergaten for 2 Years here….LOVED IT

This will be my second year teaching first grade….I’m EXCITED

Love teaching at Snow Horse Elementary!

MISSION STATEMENT

I will provide a warm, nurturing, and stimulating environment where each child will reach the highest possible level of academic, social, and emotional development while experiencing the joy of learning.

Developing good readers involves the cooperation of families and communities with schools.

Parents are a child’s first and most influential teachers, and they continue in the role, along with the schools and the community, in nurturing a child to adulthood.

Parents should read to their children,

…read with their children.

…and read for themselves, modelingfor the child that reading is important.

LANGUAGE ARTS

LANGUAGE ARTS READING:

Phonological Awareness and Phonics: Sounds

Read 107 sight words (50% words we read)

Read grade level text fluently with accuracy to support comprehension (60 wpm)

Vocabulary: Learn meanings of words and use them in speech and writing

Understand: Question, retell, analyze, and transfer

LANGUAGE ARTS WRITING:

Knowledge: Answer a question with information gathered from experiences or shared research.

Communication: Stay on topic and add details in response to peers’ questions.

Product: Write about a topic using reasons, facts or details and a conclusion. Informational paragraphs,

Opinion statements, Narrative writing

Language: Use basic skills to write words; produce and expand sentences in response to prompts. Spelling, Penmanship, Grammar

MATH

Build student mathematical thinking and problem solving aptitudes by developing a foundational understanding of:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Use and understand properties of operations to solve equations to solve addition and subtraction equations

Numbers and Operations in Base Ten: Understand and use place value

Measurement and Data: Measure lengths, represent and interpret data, tell and write time Geometry: Understand shapes and their attributes

MATH STRATEGIES

Combinations to 10 (5+5, 3+7, 8+2)

Counting on (number line, fingers, abacus)

Teen numbers (10+3=13, 7+10=17)

Adding doubles (6+6, 8+8)

Doubles plus one/Associative property (6+7=6+[6+1])

Commutative properties (if 5=2+3, then 5=3+2)

Inverse relationships (if 2+3=5, then 5-3=2)

Six year old children need at least 10.75 hours of sleep each night!

Some children need more!

Children who have a good breakfast are more alert at school.

POLICIES

Safe School Policy

•Every child has the right to be safe at school. If you feel that your child is not enjoying this right, please let me know. Call Me!•Neither bullies nor weapons are allowed at school. Toys that look like weapons are not allowed at school.

Grading SystemWe will be using Davis District’s grading system. It is standards based. Progress Reports will be sent every Monday and a

Report Card at the end of the term.

3= meets or exceeds grade level standards

2= progressing toward grade level ………………………………..standards- strategic help needed

1= far below grade level standards-intensive help needed

THINGS TO BRING TO SCHOOL

Backpack

Personal Afternoon Snack

Reading Books

Library Book (Wednesday)

Water Bottle (stays in the backpack)

Homework Folder on Fridays

THINGS TO LEAVE HOME

Toys Gum, Candy, Lip Gloss3-ring bindersPencil boxesPencil sharpenersColored pencilsMarkersCrayonsFoldersHand Sanitizer

THINGS WE NEED:

BIRTHDAYS

Please do not send birthday treats or invitations to parties.

I will have a birthday gift for your child.

STAR OF THE WEEK

•We have a bulletin board that spotlights a student each week.

•It will be a different week than their birthday.

•The chart paper will be sent the week before your child’s turn.

DAILY SCHEDULE- EVERY DAY IS IMPORTANT!SCHOOL GOAL- 100% ATTENDANCE

Morning

Language Arts SkillsIntegrated Science and Social Studies

AfternoonPE Computer MusicArt Library

MathWriting

FRIDAYS are so important! Progress testing is done Friday mornings before lunch.

HOMEWORKRESPONSIBILITY AND LEARNING

Sent on Mondays

everything on the homework check-off sheet. 10 minutes of word work and 20 minutes of reading is required.

Reading for Enjoyment-Parents listen, read to, or read with child.

CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS

Please sign-up outside the door

Weekly Reading Moms

Folktale/Fairytale

Fun learning Activities

I’ll also send a reminder or plea for more help on the weekly homework.

IN SUMMARY:

What is the single most important academic thing your child can

learn to do this year in first grade?

Learn to READ!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Before school, meet outside at the teacher

lineup.

Lineup is on the playground at the East doors.

When the bell rings, parents should say “good-bye” as students enter the building with their teacher. I will take a photo of your child in the classroom.

At the end of the day, all students will exit out the East doors.

It would be very helpful if each child had a written note as to where they will meet their group/carpool after school.

PTA