Welcome to First Grade 101 August 30, 2017

*Examples on the back table Curriculum *Examples on the back table

Reading Arizona State Standards Resources: Reading Street is an adopted program through our district. We will cover phonics, phonemic awareness, vocab, fluency and comprehension. *Focus on each child’s needs through leveled groups Assessments- Weekly reading tests, Dibbles testing 3 times a year, D.R.A. testing quarterly, phonics screeners bi-weekly.

Writing *Write from the Beginning is the district adopted program Focus: Writing across the content areas Thinking maps are taught and used to organize their thoughts. *working the first weeks on sentence structure and letter formation

Math *Eureka Math is the district adopted program *Emphasis is on problem solving *Understanding what the value of a number is *Math fluency drills

Science (Foss kits) Plants Silt, sand and rocks Balance and motion Animal Habitats (big emphasis in the Spring)

Social Studies American History Early Civilizations Civics and Government Geography Economics (goods and services)

Sanford Harmony New Program Designed to build classroom connections Focus: Social and Emotional behaviors and relationship building

Behavior P.A.W.S. is our school wide behavior program *focus on the positives rather than the negatives Classroom Behavior Management: -Clip chart (reds only are parent contact) -warm fuzzy jar (classroom incentive) -table points -pawsome awards

Grading and Assessments E, S, N and U’s in first grade and performance level based on the standards 1-4 DIBBLES and D.R.A. Quizzes and End of Module tests

Homework Reading- 80-100 minutes a week. *leveled readers, weekly story, raz-kids, library books *be sure to practice reading for fluency and retell *practice sight words ring if you have one Math- homework sheet to reinforce the skill taught that day in class Words their way- First week is sorting words, second week is practicing the spelling. Spelling test is every 2 weeks. *Homework should not take more than 40 min. If it takes longer contact me.

Student Responsibility *Take home folder back and forth each night *leveled books come back daily *Library books due on Monday *Homework due on Friday (latest Monday)

Science Museum World Wild Life Zoo (Spring) Field Trips Science Museum World Wild Life Zoo (Spring)

Parties End of the Year- May 23, Wednesday Fall Party-Tuesday, Oct. 31st (after lunch) Winter Party- Thursday, Dec. 21st Friendship Party- Wednesday, February 21st End of the Year- May 23, Wednesday

Volunteers Room Parents: Megan Herrera megzherrera@yahoo.com Carla Thomas carlamtho@yahoo.com, Tiffany Canipe tiffanycanipe@gmail.com, Katie Lacey klacey526@gmail.com, Volunteer Calendar: Is located on my website

Items needed *paper towel rolls Egg cartons Shoe boxes Prize box items erasers

Thank you for coming Parking lot for questions you may have Volunteers can stick around for a few minutes to talk about the schedule