WELCOME TO CURRICULUM NIGHT!!! 1 st Grade

D AILY 5 I NDEPENDENT L ITERACY 1. Read to Self 2. Read to Someone 3. Listening to Reading 4. Word Work 5. Work on Writing

R EAD TO S ELF Two Strategies 1. I PICK –Good Fit Books I look at a book Purpose Interest Comprehend Know all the words 2. 3 Ways to Read a Book a. Read the pictures b. Read the words c. Retell the story

R EAD TO S OMEONE 6 Ways to Read with a Friend 1. EEKK –Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee 2. I Read, You Read 3. Choral Read 4. Reading One Book 5. Reading Different Books 6. Check for Understanding

L ISTEN TO R EADING  Books on tape  Raz-Kids  Public Library: good selection of books on CD

W ORD W ORK S PELLING AND V OCABULARY Program: Words Their Way  Students will sort a set of word/picture cards  Students to compare, contrast, & analyze words  Leads students to make generalizations & learn rules that they can apply to new words found in books they read  Types of sorts  Sound sorts  Spelling Pattern sorts  Meaning sorts

W ORK ON W RITING  Children will spend time writing about things that matter to them.  Comics  Poems  Riddles  Letters to friends and family  Lists  Stories  Separate writing time: focus on phonics and proper writing technique/conventions.

G UIDED R EADING o During each Daily 5 round o Teacher will be working with small differentiated literacy groups o Students will be reading and discussing books on their level o Students will increase their fluency and enhance their reading comprehension skills

W RITING Our Standards  Opinion Writing  introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, & provide some sense of closure  Informative/Explanatory Texts  name the topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure  Narratives  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  Focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing.  Shared Research and Writing Projects  how to books: games, instructions, recipes, etc.  Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

H OW C AN Y OU H ELP A T H OME ?  When your child is writing at home:  help him/her to take the time to write a first draft that you can check. Then mark the spelling, capitalization and punctuation errors for him/her to correct.  Make it FUN!  Mechanical pencils and gel pens are fun for kids  PLENTY of paper: both lined for your child's grade level and unlined (should be available for spontaneous writing play and projects)  Cute note cards & stationery make writing letters & notes to friends & relatives a regular writing habit.  Let your child write the shopping list before a trip to the store.  Encourage journal keeping for special times such as a family trip.

M ATH  Numbers & Operations in Base Ten  Operations & Algebraic Thinking  Geometry  Measurement & Data Analysis

N UMBERS & O PERATIONS IN B ASE T EN  Understanding place value (1’s, 10’s, & 100’s)  Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract  Composing & Decomposing #’s  Comparing #’s  Balancing equations  Extending counting sequence: up to 120

O PERATIONS & A LGEBRAIC T HINKING  Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction (story problems)  Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction  Add and subtract within 20  Work with addition and subtraction equations

G EOMETRY  Names of shapes & attributes  Composing/decomposing of shapes  Fractions (parts of a whole)

M EASUREMENT & D ATA  Tell time & write time in hours and half- hours using analog and digital clocks  Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units  Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories  Ask and answer questions about the data

1 ST G RADE S CIENCE U NITS  Science Inquiry1-2 Weeks  Force and Motion4-5 Weeks  Understand how forces (push and pull) affect the motion of an object  Earth and the Universe3-4 Weeks  Recognize the features patterns of the earth/moon/sun systems as seen from Earth  Earth Systems3-4 Weeks  Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways.  Ecosystems4-5 Weeks  Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive  Molecular Biology3-4 Weeks  Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth  Review 1-2 Weeks

5 E’ S OF S CIENCE  ENGAGE  EXPLORE  EXPLAIN  ELABORATE  EVALUATE

S OCIAL S TUDIES  NYSTROM program: Neighborhoods Near & Far  Activity-based lessons  Hands-on materials to encourage student exploration and learning  Literacy library, atlases, desk maps, & globes (no textbooks)  Program promotes partner and small group learning as well as classroom discussions  Unit 1 Looking at Our Neighborhood  Places to live, work, learn, & play  Our own neighborhoods AND compare & contrast to others in the US & world  Unit 2 Identifying Neighborhood Needs  Unit 3 Exploring Neighborhood Maps  Unit 4 Exploring Globes  Unit 5 Looking at Our Country  Unit 6 Looking at Our World

I NTEGRATED S OCIAL S CIENCES : S.S. C URRICULUM S TANDARDS  Civics – ID traits of a good citizen, working cooperatively, need for rules and laws, identifying local and national figures, recognize symbols and landmarks  Culture – appreciate that each person is unique, recognize cultural diversity, identify similarities between our culture and others around the world  Economics – needs and wants, goods and services, recognize that people work to produce goods and provide services, explain the need for and uses of natural resources, recognize the importance of community service  Geography – Compare our neighborhood with others, identify common characteristics of all communities, locate countries, continents, oceans, state and communities on a map  History – Distinguish past, present and future time, recognize the significance of national holidays, identify factors that influence human settlement, define history as a record of change over time o Nystrom/ Herff Jones Education Division

T HE NEW R EPORT C ARD The new CMS report card will align with the North Carolina Common Core Standards Your child’s report card will show a grade, ranging on a scale from 1-4, demonstrating progress each quarter. 1 – goal not met, teacher support & continued instruction needed 2 – inconsistently demonstrate the goal, but needs teacher support 3 – child can INDEPENDENTLY meet the goal (*The 3 is the goal & considered ON grade level) 4 – child is independently functioning ABOVE grade level, parents will be contacted & extension is needed for instruction

H OMEWORK P OLICY  Read every night for at least 20 minutes:  parent reading to child  your child reading alone/to self  listening to reading (listening websites, Raz-kids, books on CD/tape)  Color in the smiley for the areas completed EACH day!  Raz-Kids: 2 times a week  Student completes the monthly homework calendar & turns it in on time.  Let students work as independently on assignments as possible. Only guiding them when needed.  Homework is NOT part of your child’s grade  It is an extension on their learning throughout the month. It serves as a guide to help your child further progress.  Teachers may have a homework incentive for turning in homework.

T HANK YOU FOR COMING & BEING ACTIVE IN YOUR CHILD ’ S LEARNING !!! Any Questions????