back to school night first grade southeast elementary
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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
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