To Miss Walker First Grade Class Jenks Southeast Elementary

Classroom Teacher – Emily Walker Site Principal-Lindy Risenhoover Building Principal-Lynette Talkington

About Miss Walker I am from Little Rock, AR. I went to undergrad at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and graduate school at The University of Central Arkansas. (I LOVE THE RAZORBACKS!) This is my 6th year to teach. I have taught Kindergarten and Third Grade This is my first year in First Grade!! About Miss Walker

Professional Development For a week this summer, I attended The Teacher’s College Reading Institute at Columbia University in NYC. I went to the Jenks and Union Writing Institute. I attended the K-2 grade English Language Learner training for JPS. Professional Development

Homeroom Coordinators Brooke Brann and Laura Cervi Homeroom Coordinators

Goals for my Students Love learning & coming to school each day! Be responsible Compassionate towards others Independent individuals Curious learners Express creativity Goals for my Students

Teacher Goals Support and Nurture Develop talents Meet Individual Needs Challenge/Restructure Stay connected to home Build a sense of community and belonging Teacher Goals

Oklahoma Academic Standards Jenks Curricula Continua Primary Teaching Tools

THE COMPREHENSION TOOLKIT *Focuses on “Reading as Thinking” *Builds key thinking strategies for increased comprehension *Supports time for shared reading, guided reading groups, small groups, independent reading, and collaborative discussions. *Students read a variety of genres. *Matches students with “just right” reading texts.

Word Study In class differentiated instruction Primary Tool: Fountas and Pinnell In class differentiated instruction Build word and vocabulary knowledge Develop Phonics skills Understand spelling patterns Learn high frequency words Word Study

Writer’s Workshop Write Source Additional Resources and Experiences: Process of writing Forms of writing Word study Additional Resources and Experiences: Personal narratives Descriptive writing Poetry Journal writing Writer’s Workshop and Writing Crafts Story writing Friendly letters Making their own books Writer’s Workshop

*Relates math to real life situations. *Hands-on activities EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS *Emphasizes conceptual understanding while building a mastery of basic skills. *Relates math to real life situations. *Hands-on activities *Practice through Games *Cooperative learning through partner and small-group activities *Home and School partnership

MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES The first step in our alignment process with the Common Core was to integrate the 8 mathematical practices into our daily work with EDM lessons Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. Model with mathematics. Use appropriate tools strategically. Attend to precision. Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

What does that mean for what you will see coming home or hear being talked about by your child? You’ll see a continued emphasis on the thinking reflected in the mathematical practices. You’ll see weekly work in open-response problem solving. You’ll see continued use of the EDM games….please access these online from home as well. What will be a little different is the focus on units of study….with an opportunity to go deeply into the standards during the unit. In order to do this with the resources of EDM, we are approaching the lessons a little differently. We’ve gathered the lessons from throughout the year that help us teach deeply and thoroughly into the standard (s) of each unit.

OPEN-RESPONSE PROBLEM SOLVING Ryan walked past the toy store on Tuesday. He saw some wagons in the window. Ryan counted 20 wheels. How many wagons did Ryan see in the window? ______________ wagons   Draw or write to explain how you know.

Log – in cards are on your child’s desk. EDM continued… Log – in cards are on your child’s desk. Please take this home and keep it somewhere safe! This is a wonderful activity to do on nights where there might not be a Math Homelink as well as just great practice! www.everydaymathonline.com

Math Reference Book (MRB) You can check out MRB books on a limited basis so we can keep better track of them. Of course, if someone does not have internet access, going on a trip, etc., you would be a great candidate for checkout. Please just let me know! 

Getting Along in School, Why do Schools Have Rules, Who Helps us at School?, What was School Like Long Ago? How are Families Special?, How do Families Change?, How do Family Members Care for Each Other? The Pre-K- Twelfth grade social studies curriculum is to develop responsible, action-oriented citizens with a personal, global, and historical understanding of cultural diversity and community. Primary Tool: TCI My School and Family SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE *Students make their own discoveries *Knowledge is actively constructed by the learner *Hand-on *Scientific reasoning skills *Units of Study -Sound and Light -Organisms Sky Watchers SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY Integrated into the daily routine of the classroom through: *Student productivity *Communication and collaboration *Delivery of lessons *Smart Board *Laptops *Audio Enhancers *Document Camera TECHNOLOGY

World Language *Emphasis on the Spanish Language *Integrated into the curriculum *Develops awareness *Appreciation of other cultures *Cultural comparisons World Language

CHARACTER EDUCATION *RESPECT- September *RESPONSIBILITY- October *COURAGE- November *COMPASSION- December *HONESTY- January *TEAMWORK- February *SELF-DISCIPLINE- March *PERSEVERANCE- April Trojans of the Week CHARACTER EDUCATION

Please wear tennis shoes on P.E. days!! Specials 11:30- 12:10: P.E., Art, Music Please wear tennis shoes on P.E. days!! Library:Tuesday 11:30 – 11:50 Computer Lab:Thursday 11:20 – 12:00

Check your child’s green Take Home Folder every evening! Reading Homework: Reading Log T/TH Math Homework: Math Homelinks/Math Games/Math Facts Homework will begin after Labor Day

Green Take Home Folders are sent home Monday-Thursday

I have a clip chart in the front of the room I have a clip chart in the front of the room. Students move their clips up and or down throughout the day. If it gets down to Parent Contact I will email.  Please ask your child daily where their clip was at the end of the day. Rewards: Trips to the treasure box and lunch with the teacher.

Students can earn fuzzies from me or by getting compliments from other teachers in the building. Once the jar is full we will celebrate by having a special day such as, pj day, crazy hair day, backwards day, crazy sock day, etc. Warm Fuzzies

8:30 – 8:55 Attendance/Unpack/Thinking Journal 9:00 – 9:10 Morning Meeting/Calendar 9:10 – 10:15 Reading Block 10:15 – 10:30 Snack/Restroom/Book Flix 10:30 – 10:50 AM Recess 10:50 – 11:50 Writer’s Workshop 11:50 – 12:10 Read Aloud 12:10 – 12:50 Lunch 1:00 – 1:25 Word Work 1:30 – 2:10 Specials 2:10 – 3:00 Math 3:00 – 3:30 Science & Social Studies

*Emails – emily.walker@jenksps.org *Online website via jenksps.org *Weekly Newsletters- sent via email on Friday afternoons *Phone Calls – 501-658-8664 *Conferences

Field Trip to the ZOO in April- details to come Class Trip to Jenks Planetarium- fall semester, details to come.

The also love when you come eat lunch with them!  On your child’s birthday, you are welcome to send a special goodie to help celebrate their exciting day! The also love when you come eat lunch with them!  BIRTHDAYS

Other Announcements Lunch costs $2.00 Free and reduced lunch forms are available to fill out on the Jenks Public Schools website. Yearbooks information will be on Peach Jar in a few days Other Announcements

I’m looking forward to a FABULOUS year! Take EDM sign-in card Class T-shirt money and order form Sign-ups Write note for your 1st Grader Guess your 1st Grader THANK YOU FOR COMING!