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Back to School NightBack to School NightBack to School NightBack to School NightFirst GradeFirst Grade

Southeast ElementarySoutheast Elementary

Student Goals• Love of Learning• Independent• Responsible• Compassionate• Resourceful• Knowledgeable

I have come to a frightening conclusion.I am the decisive element in the classroom.It is my personal approach that creates the climate.It is my daily mood that makes the weather.As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a

child’s life miserable or joyous.I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.In all situations, it is my response that will decide

whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or dehumanized.

Hiam GinottTeacher and ChildAvon Books, 1976

Teacher Goals• Support and Nurture• Develop Talents• Meet Individual Needs• Integrate Learning Styles • Connect Curriculum to the

Real-World• Challenge and/or Restructure• Stay Connected to Home

Curriculum- Where does it come from?

ReadingThe

Comprehension Toolkit

• Focuses on “reading as thinking”

• Builds skills and competence in key thinking strategies for increased comprehension

• Supports time for shared reading, guided reading (small groups), independent reading, and collaborative discussion and sharing

• Provides opportunities for students to read in a variety of genres including nonfiction.

Fountas & Pinnell Word Study

• Builds students word knowledge through instruction in phonics, spelling patterns, high frequency word knowledge, vocabulary development, and word-solving actions

ReadingDaily Five Integrate reading

and writing activities. Participate in lessons

on phonics and word attack skills.

Participate in lessons on using many reading strategies.

• Listen to and respond to good literature.

• Select material at the appropriate level.

• Focus on comprehension.

• Match students with “good fit” reading texts

Reading at Home

READ, READ, READ!

Read out loud, to an adult.

At least 10 to 15 minutes every night.

• Home readers will go home in October

• Reading logs document books read and time spent reading.

• Class Reading Goal: 40,000 minutes.

Language ArtsTraits of Good

Writing:• Meaning• Structure• Detail• Voice• Conventions

Writing Experiences:• Personal narratives• Descriptive writing• Poetry• Journal writing• Story writing• Report writing• Friendly letters

Spelling

• Begins after conferences

• Start slow, work through spelling patterns together.

• Spelling words sent home on Monday.

• Option for challenge with 2 bonus words

• Test on Friday.

Social Studies and Geography

Integrated Units of Study:

• All About Me• Cultures • Economics• Neighborhoods• Past, Present, and

FutureIntegrated into our reading and writing.

MathematicsEveryday Mathematics:• Emphasizes conceptual

understanding while building a mastery of basic skills

• Explores the full mathematics spectrum, not just basic arithmetic

• Based on how children learn, what they’re interested in, and the future for which they must be prepared

Program Highlights:

• Data and Chance• Geometry• Measurement• Operations and

Computation• Patterns,

Functions, and Algebra

ScienceScience and

Technology for Children:

• Students make their own discoveries

• Knowledge is actively constructed by the learner

• Hands-on experimental environment

• Scientific reasoning skills

Units of Study–Weather–Changes

Character Education and Tribes

Character Education:• Compassion• Honesty/Integrity• Respect• Self-Discipline• Courage• Perseverance• Responsibility/

Accountability• Teamwork

Tribes- Ways of cooperating

with each other:• Attentive Listening• Appreciation/No

Put-Downs• The Right to Pass• Mutual Respect

Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking. – JC Watts

Chinese• Students will speak only Chinese by

October• Recognize 75 characters by the end of

the year• Build vocabulary through songs and

visuals• Strengthen proficiency through games

and opportunities to converse with peers

Specials

•Art•Music•Physical Education

Additional Information• Communication• Conferences• Star of the Week• Birthdays• Homeroom moms

TechnologyIntegrated into the daily routine of the

classroom through:– Information retrieval– Student productivity– Problem solving– Decision making– Communication and collaboration– Delivery of lessons– Classroom management