Welcome to Welcome to First Grade!First Grade!

Mrs. Hall’s Class

Our Class ScheduleOur Class Schedule 8:00-8:25 Skills Practice, Problem of the Day, RAP,

Handwriting

8:25 – 9:25 Math 9:30-11:00 Language Arts (Reading, Phonics &

Wordwork, Spelling, Health/Science/ Social Studies)

11:11-11:41 Lunch 11:45 -12:15 Recess, Recess & Pack-up 12:15-1:10 Language Arts - Writing 1:15-2:05 Specials 2:10 Announcements

& Dismissal

Report Cards & Grading

3+ = consistently meets the standards and works beyond grade level expectations

3 = consistently and 3 = consistently and independently independently meets the meets the standardstandard

2 = progressing toward meeting the standard 1 = limited or minimum progress toward

meeting the standard

These marks will be applied to the areas of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Technology, and Health.

What is a standard? A standard is a specific, major skill within a subject.

Here is an example of a Reading standard: ELACC1RF4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

According to the Cobb County 1st Grading Period Guidelines…

A “3+” would mean a child can read accurately, fluently & with expression, and comprehend text that is higher than the required grading period reading level.

A “3” means the child can read multiple text at Fountas and Pinnell level C with expression, comprehension and at least 95% accuracy.

A “2” would mean the child can read multiple text at Fountas and Pinnell level B or above with expression, comprehension and at least 95% accuracy or higher.

A “1” would mean the child reads Fountas and Pinnell level B at 94% accuracy or below.

Other Grades on the Report Card

S=Successful The student displays appropriate learner skills

and behaviors.

P=Progressing The student applies appropriate learner skills

and behaviors most of the time.

N=Needs Improvement The student does not display learning

skills and behaviors that lead to success.

These marks will be applied in the areas of Art, Music, P.E., Learning Skills, Learning Behaviors, and Rules & Procedures.

Reading Example Skill SetsFor a complete list www.cobbk12.org Click on PICASSO (Parents), then the subject area & grade

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Explain differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.

Retells Stories with Beginning, Middle and Ending Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences

of characters in stories. Describe the connection between two individuals,

events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Identify reasons an author gives to support points in a

text. Expands Vocabulary Through Reading

Phonics & SpellingExample Skill Sets For a complete list www.cobbk12.orgClick on I-Parent/Picasso

Blends and/or Segments phonemes in words.

Demonstrates understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Decodes consonant blends, consonant digraphs, and vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Identifies Syllables (word parts) Applies Phonics Skills to Writing Reads & Spells High Frequency Words

(word wall words) in Writing

Writing & GrammarExample Skill Sets For a complete list www.cobbk12.orgClick on I-Parent/Picasso

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or the name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Write informative/ explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Participate in shared research and writing projects. Capitalization, Punctuation – end marks (? . !)

& commas in a series. Basic Subject and Verb Agreement

MathExample Skill SetsFor a complete list www.cobbk12.org Click on I-Parent/Picasso

Use strategies to add and subtract Use strategies to add and subtract within 20within 20

Understand whole number relationships and place value (grouping tens & ones)

Understand linear measurement and lengths as repeating units

Attributes of shapes, composing & decomposing shapes

ScienceUnits Integrated Into Language Arts Instruction

Plants and AnimalsWeatherWater CycleSoundLight & ShadowsMagnets

Social StudiesUnits Integrated Into Language Arts Instruction

Our Earth & Our Country Landforms, continents & oceans

American Heroes Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and

Clark, Sacagewea, Harriett Tubman, Theodore Roosevelt,

and George Washington Carver

American Folktales John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crocket, Paul Bunyan, Annie Oakley

Producers & Consumers/ Goods & Services

Homework The homework packet goes home on Mondays, and should

be returned the following Monday. Your child should work on one page during a session.

The homework packet and reading log should be stored in the purple take-home folder, and turned in EVERY Friday for the teacher to check. Homework is not graded, but study skills and accuracy/difficulty are noted.

Homework provides your student the opportunity to practice learned skills & build responsibility.

Homework needs to be completed by the student. You may read the directions to your child and provide further explanation as needed, but please encourage him/her to do the work independently. Homework is a review of what has already been taught and should be completed by your child.

Reading LogReading is a skill that improves with

practice, so encourage regular reading.Please read at least one book per night

with your child and list it on the Reading Log.

Read to your child, take turns reading with your child, and listen to your child read to you.

Ask your child to retell details, such as his/her favorite part, who the important character was, and where the story happened.

Media Center

We will have a Media Lesson weekly.

Children may go to the media center to check out books in the mornings, before announcements, and when given teacher permission during the day.

New School-wide Reading Program(No Accelerated Reader Program)

T.I.G.E.R. Reading ClubT.I.G.E.R. Reading ClubSchool Wide Reading School Wide Reading ProgramProgram

Teasley’s Initiative to Guide Early Readers Student reads 15 books each month Answer 5 out of 10 questions on the Tiger

Card. (Each question is worth a different amount of points.)

Turn the card in to the Media Center. At the beginning of the next month they

will receive their prize and certificate. Points will be tallied for the end of the

year awards.

Classroom VolunteersMany Opportunities

Room Parents Materials Preparation (Home & School) Celebration Activities or Holiday Party

Field Trip Chaperones Chick-fil-A Biscuit Sales

Classroom Visitors and ObservationsAll visitors must sign in through the

office.Parents wishing to observe the

classroom must give 24 hours notice and the visit must be approved by the principal.

Parents should not “hang out” in the classroom. Classroom observations may last 20-30 minutes.

Conferences

Conferences are the week of October 22.

Please Schedule Other Conferences in Advance (minimum of 24 hours notice, please)

Avoid “mini-conferences” in the morning while dropping off children or when volunteering.

Testing Schedule

CoGAT testing September 4 - 6

- Measures abilities and is used in identifying children for special programs.

NO CRCT this year. We will have some other form of

assessment for determining your child’s strengths and weaknesses.

1st Grade T-Shirts

Each 1st Grade class will have the same Tiger logo on a different colored shirt. We will wear these shirts for special activities and Spirit Days. Our class color is green.

Please return order forms and $7 by Friday, September 7th.

Odds & Ends Write Your Student’s Name on Everything (jackets,

sweaters, hats, mittens, bookbags, lunchboxes, etc).

Your child needs to know how to tie his/her own shoes.Your child needs to know how to tie his/her own shoes.

Check your child’s folder every single night for notes and information

Build Responsibility – allow your student to put his/her Build Responsibility – allow your student to put his/her own folder in the bookbag or pack his/her snack.own folder in the bookbag or pack his/her snack.

We have snack time each day. Students who eat a snack seem to be more alert and focused on their work instead of their hungry tummies. Please send only healthy snacks for your child to eat during this time each day, but avoid juicy items such as oranges and fruit cups. We do not snack spills to result in ruined work or happy ants.

THE END

Thank you for coming tonight.

Email address & blog:mary.hall@cobbk12.org

http://teasleyes.typepad.com/mary_hall