Greeting

Morning Meeting

Focus on developing listening skills and eye contact

• Leader• News of the Day• Special Classes• School Events• Mystery Word of

the Day/Daily Edit

•PRINCIPLES

•Community of Learners

•Teaching kids to care

•Do your personal best

•Develop our own rules –achieve hopes and dreams for first grade

•Use of classroom and supplies

•Develop work habits

Word Study

PROGRAM GOALS

•Use high frequency words for writing

•Understand use of word families in spelling

•Developmentally appropriate spelling vocabulary and personal choice words

Writing Workshop

CHART

1. Focus

2. Content

3. Organization

4. Style

5. Conventions

*Free Write (journal writing) *Writing Process (1sttry–good copy) *Portfolio Collection *Young Author Story

SHARING

•Writing and projects

•Morning Meeting

•Star of the Week

LITERACY STATIONS

• Creation Station (story responses)

• Making words

• Magnetic letters, words and sentences

• Read/Write around the room

• Book browsing

• Puzzle Mania

• I Spy words

•Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company

Invitations to Literacy

Book Box, Big Books, and thematic hardcover books

Four Reading Blocks

1. Story vocabulary, word skills, and reading comprehension

2. Guided reading and small group instruction

3. Read Aloud

4. Self-selection

Self-Selection

•Choice based on interest

•Books on level

•Book browsing

Read Aloud

•Poetry

•Chapter books

•Stories related to themes

• Lunch tickets made payable to CRSD Cafeteria Account.

• Questions? Call Mrs. Roller in cafeteria

• Money must be sent in envelope with name or kept in purse or bag. Recess is before lunchtime.

•Daily schedule of times and subjects (in packet)

•Homework (establish routine at home-need guidance-not returned unless corrections needed)

CLASS SCHEDULE

•Scott Foresman – Addison Wesley Publishers

•Problem of the Day

•Homework Practice page (see notes to parents)

•Chapter Review -Test

•Investigations-TERC (focus on thinking skills)

•Hands on materials for problem solving

HARCOURT HORIZONS

•About My World

•The World around Us

•Mapping

•Seasons and Holidays

•Other cultures

•Key Questions

Social Studies

• Weather (Earth and sky) • Organisms –living and

non-living (aquariums and terrariums)

• Balance and Motion

*Kits *Inquiry based approach and discovery

learning)

Health

• Health and safety (home and school)

• Nutrition and food groups

• Fire Prevention• Dental Health

SPECIAL CLASSES• SPECIAL SUBJECT SCHEDULE• MS. MCCOLLUM-FIRST GRADE

• MONDAY LIBRARY (send back books)

• TUESDAY COMPUTER (sign up-volunteers) *instruction-January (Humanities-extension activity program)• WEDNESDAY GYM (sneakers) • THURSDAY MUSIC • FRIDAY ART (comfortable clothes)

1st Grade Upcoming Events

• First Grade Bear Show-Wed. Oct. 26th

• Spring trips to Howell Farm (4/20)and Keswick Theatre(5/11)

• Planetarium?

Star of the Week –note sent home-parents and siblings welcome to attend presentation

–ME bag and Pet Journal

Absences – excuse note required - missed schoolwork will be sent homeBirthdays – may send in a treat (class only)

Communication-newsletters and message book (please check and initial nightly)

Folders – School, Homework, and Weekly Keep Home (empty and return on Monday)

*Remember to sign up for November conference.

Thank you for coming to

Back to School Night!