▪ Curriculum Overview

▪ Classroom Expectations

▪ Homework

▪ Assessments and Grading

▪ School Procedures

▪ Communication

○ Focus on providing levels of support through authentic reading and writing experiences

Interactive Read Aloud

Shared Reading

Guided Reading

Independent Reading

▪ Mini lesson▪ Whole group (10 minutes)▪ Focus on one specific skill or strategy ▪ Teach, Practice, Apply

▪ Independent Reading▪Students read leveled books▪Teacher meets with individual students and small groups

▪ Partner Reading/Share

First Grade Reading Workshop Units

▪ Readers Build Good Habits

▪ Word Detectives Use All They Know to Solve Words

▪ Nonfiction: Learning About the World by Reading

▪ Readers Get to Know Characters in Books

▪ Readers Can Be Their Own Teachers

▪ Reading Across Genres

▪ Dramatizing Characters and Book Clubs

▪ Mini lesson▪ Whole group (10 minutes)▪ Focus on one specific skill or strategy ▪ Teach, Practice, Apply

▪ Independent Writing▪ Students write▪ Teacher meets with individual students or small groups

▪ Author’s Chair

▪ Narrative Writing▪ Small moment stories

▪ Realistic fiction▪ Informative Writing

▪ Nonfiction chapter books

▪ Animal research reports▪ Opinion Writing

▪ Writing reviews

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▪ Letterland○ Phonics-based approach to teaching

reading and spelling

▪ Students work in groups based on learning needs. Each day, every student has:

▪ Activities are hands-on to allow for student exploration and open-ended discovery.

▪ Direct instruction and guided practice▪ Independent practice and skill review

▪ Students must experience and interact with a concept to develop a true understanding.

▪ Operations & Algebraic Thinking▪ Word problems▪ Addition and subtraction within 20▪ Relationship between addition and subtraction (8 + 2 = 10, so 10 – 8 = 2)

▪ Place Value▪ Read and write up to 120▪ Decompose two-digit numbers (45 = 40 + 5)

▪ Add and subtract multiples of ten

▪ Measurement & Data▪ Order and compare lengths▪ Tell and write time (hours and half hours)

▪ Organize and interpret data with up to three categories

▪ Geometry ▪ Understand defining attributes▪ Compose 2D and 3D shapes▪ Partition shapes into equal shares

▪ We alternate between Science and Social Studies by unit.

▪ We provide hands-on learning experiences (projects, experiments, art) and literacy integration (reading, writing).

First Grade Science Units

▪ Habitats

▪ Plant and Animal Needs

▪ Rocks, Minerals, and Soil

▪ Earth, Moon, and Sun

▪ Forces and Motion

▪ Magnets

▪ Humans and the Environment

First Grade Social Studies Units

▪ Importance of Rules

▪ Community Helpers

▪ Changes in Communities

▪ Holidays and Celebrations

▪ Goods and Services

▪ Supply and Demand

▪ Culture and Diversity

▪ Maps and Globes

▪ Natural Resources

▪ Positive reinforcement▪ Individual (clip chart)

▪ Small group (table teams)

▪ Whole group (compliment chain)

▪ Model procedures and expectations

▪ Provide specific feedback

▪ Students should read every night for at least 15 minutes.

▪ Listen and encourage conversation.▪ Leveled books will come home in your child’s reading bag at the end of the month.

▪Students will be asked to practice high frequency words as needed.

▪ Writing prompt homework will begin in October.

▪ Choose one prompt at your child’s level.

▪ Write the prompt on paper.

▪ Students should read the prompt and respond in writing using his or her leveled book.

▪ Students will complete at least one prompt each week to hand in on Fridays.

▪ DIBELS/TRC▪ Three times per year (K-3)▪ Administered one-on-one▪ Written Comprehension begins at Level F

First Grade Benchmark Reading Levels

Beginning Middle End

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▪ MAPs (Reading and Math)▪ Three times per year (K-5)▪ Administered on iPads

▪ Common Assessments▪ Created by grade level teams ▪ Based on grade level standards

▪ Arrival is between 7:15-7:45.

▪ Please send a note or e-mail for all student absences.

▪ Any transportation changes must be in written form and submitted the morning that the change will occur.

▪ For birthdays, we encourage families to consider bringing a book or a special item to share instead of a food treat.

▪ If any food will be brought to share at school, please notify me at least 24 hours in advance. All food must have an ingredient label and I must check the ingredient label before it is distributed.

▪ The yellow folder is our daily communication tool.

▪ Our blue Monday folder contains work completed throughout the week.

▪ I will try to respond to e-mails within 24 hours.

▪ Please send one small snack and a reusable water bottle each day.

▪ Empty and return yellow folders each day.

▪ Create a consistent after school routine and help children complete daily reading homework.