Welcome to First Grade Orientation 2013-2014

First Grade Team Melissa Crain Rachel Rice Debbie Hunt Pamela Slote Sarah Genao

Parent Communication School and Teacher Email Phone Calls School, Team and Teacher Websites Parent/Teacher Conferences

Healthy Snacks Keep it neat! Pretzels Goldfish Crackers Fruit Water only (sport lids)

Homework Green homework folder Homework sent home on Monday- due back on Friday (10 minutes per night) Poetry notebook sent home on Friday- due back on Monday Take home readers

Behavior, dress code and birthdays Conduct sheets: Weekly behavior sheets will come home each Friday in the red folder. Positive reinforcement systems. Students earn “warm fuzzies” to trade in for valuable rewards! We will introduce earning coins very soon. Dress code: No flip flops on PE days. Shorts must be mid-thigh and no spaghetti strap tops. Birthdays: Birthday treats may be ordered from the cafeteria.

Writing Workshop Units Studied: Launching writing workshop Personal narratives Poetry Non-fiction writing Daily Journals

What is the Daily 4? Students will engage in literacy rotations consisting of: Listening to reading, reading to self, partner reading and journal writing. Students will receive small group reading instruction. Look for books to come home soon!

Word Study Focus on spelling patterns and rules Understand how words work High frequency sight words Dictation spelling tests will begin mid-year

First Grade Concepts Include: Math First Grade Concepts Include: Addition/subtraction Problem Solving Estimation Graphing Geometry Measurement Place Value Money Time Wow!!!

Science Weather Seasons Life cycles Gardening Hands-on Science Experiments

Social Studies Community Citizenship Culture Famous People Geography

Thanks for coming!