1ST GRADE PARENT INFORMATION

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Welcome Parents!

WELCOME TO 1ST GRADE! Standards

Referenced Reporting

1st Grade Curriculum

1st grade information

WHAT IS STANDARDS REFERENCED REPORTING?

A way to inform parents about their children’s progress toward achieving specific learning standards. Students are measured on a standard instead of against other students.

This is nothing new. This is what we have always done in kindergarten and first grade. We always give specific feedback rather than a generic grade or score.

WHICH STANDARDS WILL MY CHILD BE MEASURED ON?

For each grade level, specific learning standards have been established. The standards determined for the grade level are called Power Standards.

The smaller increments of skills, knowledge and understanding to reach the Power Standards are called Learning Targets.

See Link Below for 1st grade Learning Targets: http://

www.raypec.k12.mo.us/DocumentCenter/View/6387

ACADEMIC DESCRIPTORSScore 4

Learning and performing beyond grade-level or course standards

Score 3 Meeting grade-level or course standards; independently; thoroughly; and accurately

Score 2 Progressing toward grade-level or course standards with some additional help and

support

Score 1 Experiencing difficulty meeting required grade-level or course standards;

consistently requiring assistance

IE

Insufficient Evidence

NA

Not Assessed at this time

M

Modified Standard

FOR EXAMPLESight word OlympicsStars and StairsWritingMath addition and subtraction

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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES WE FOLLOW WITHIN A STANDARDS

REFERENCED REPORTING SYSTEM Students learn in different ways Students learn in different time frames Mistakes are necessary and productive in learning Problem-Solving and critical thinking are integral Students must have ownership in their learning and

data Students must know the purpose of their learning Students receive frequent and specific feedback Student scoring is based on knowledge of a learning

goal, not attitude or effort.

“No two flowers bloom exactly the same way.”

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS BALANCED LITERACY PROGRAM

Reading: Good Habits Great Readers

There are 5 areas of reading instruction that proficient readers master: Phonemic Awareness is the ability to notice that spoken words contain

a sublevel of smaller sounds. This awareness allows one to segment, blend, and manipulate the sounds in words.

Phonics-Connecting spellings to phonemes in words. Together with Phonemic Awareness students develop independent decoding skills.

Vocabulary-The more children read on their own the more words they encounter and the more word meanings they learn.

Comprehension- understanding. Comprehension will not be strong without fluency and accuracy. Fluency and accuracy are the single greatest predictors of reading comprehension.

Fluency-independent decoding leads to the development of sight vocabulary. Sight vocabulary assists with the development of fluency.

GOOD HABITS GREAT READERS

Good Habits Great Readers provides instruction in vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency with authentic literature selections.

Good Habits Great Readers utilizes shared reading, independent reading, guided reading groups and conferring.

Great readers…… see themselves as readers. make sense of text. use what they know. understand how stories work. read to learn. monitor and organize ideas and information. think critically about books.

PATHWAYS TO READING   Pathways To Reading provides instruction in phonics, phonemic

awareness, and fluency through large and small group instruction.  Vowel Town!

~Phonemic Awareness is the ability to notice that spoken words contain a sublevel of smaller sounds (phonemes). This awareness allows one to segment, blend and manipulate the sounds in words. Phonemic awareness focuses on individual SOUNDS. 

~Phonics is the study of the letters/spelling that are assigned to phonemes. Phonics focuses on LETTERS/SPELLINGS.

 

Decoding

(Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Fluency)

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Comprehension

(Understanding, Vocabulary, Fluency)

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We cannot understand what we cannot decode. Therefore, Pathways to Reading uses both phonemic awareness and phonics instruction to teach your children how to become efficient decoders.

VOWEL TOWN

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HANDWRITINGKindergarten through Second Grade

handwriting consists of manuscript letter formations.

Handwriting instruction reinforces letter recognition, fine motor development, eye hand coordination as well as being linked to reading and spelling achievement.

WRITING Writer’s Workshop

mini lesson, independent writing and conferring.

These are the types of writing that we will do:1. Narrative2. Informative/Explanatory

3. Opinion

EXAMPLES OF WRITING PIECESNarrative, Informative, and Opinion Writing

Narrative* Students will write narratives in which they recount two or more sequenced events, including details.

Informative* Students will write informative text in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some closure.

Opinion* Students will write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason, and provide closure.

WRITING SCALESThis is an example of a piece of writing that would be considered a 3.

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MATH EnVisions interactive mathematics

Pre-test/post test formative tests to guide instruction

Daily math mats –this is completed as a whole group and also independently

Topic Family

Math Fluency practice

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SPELLING * The spelling curriculum is part of the Pathways to Reading program as part of one of its literacy components.

* Spelling will begin second quarter

* Please help your child practice their weekly words because they will be assessed on their words weekly.

* Words will come home as part of their weekly homework.

SCIENCE / SOCIAL STUDIES

Embedded throughout curriculum Science-light and sound, plants

and animals, and patterns and cycles in space

Social Studies- rules and laws, differences among people, U.S. historical figures, and national symbols.

HOMEWORK Homework provides feedback so students

have opportunities to learn. Homework is preparing for the game. Homework is assigned on Monday and due on Friday each week.

Spelling will be the primary focus of homework starting 2nd quarter.

Please make a plan with your child to manage their time effectively and complete their homework by Friday morning.

CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE AND

FAMILY TIME

“The School Family iscreated through routines, rituals

and structures.”Main Points: Self Regulation What to do with difficult feelings Breathing techniques: S.T.A.R, pretzel,

drain, balloon (insert picture or video) Safe Spot/Calm Spot (insert picture or

video) Brain State Modelhttp://consciousdiscipline.com/about/brain_state_model.asp

CELEBRATIONS Birthdays - you are welcome to bring

treats but they must be from the approved snack list.

Field Trips –we will take a fall and a spring field trip

Class parties – there will be three a year.

SPECIALS 4 Day Rotation

Remember shoes on gym day!

Library checkout is one day a week. Counselor?

LET’S HAVE A GREAT YEAR!