TEMPLATE/DRAFT Backgrounds can be changed and content should be edited for your grade level. **Thanks to Julie F and first grade for the draft from which we are working.

Teacher Introductions Mr. So-and-so Miss Collaboration

 Learn expectations for content (literacy, math, etc.) and behavioral learning  Become familiar with my child’s schedule  Learn about the new Learner Compact Outcomes from this Evening

A Parent’s Influence You may not know it but you are your child’s first and most important teacher. Whenever you take the time to talk, read, or sing with your child, you are teaching language. Likewise, when you count or match items up while setting the table, you are modeling math. You are the center of your child’s world – just showing that you care tells your child that she or she can learn.

Student Expectations What students expect of each other Red and Green Folders Reading Log/ Math Homework Home Conversations My expectations for students Behavior Management Plan

Parent Expectations Reading Log – comments Fitzgerald Free Times Home Conversations (M & W) Reading Strategies Hand

Doing whatever it takes to help your child succeed!

Literacy Major Goals/Essential Outcomes 1.Goal 2.Goal 3.Goal Parental Support

Literacy Curriculum Breakthrough to Literacy Reading Program Take Home Books Home Conversations Individualized Software Instruction - Shared Reading Guided Reading Workstations Being a Writer

Everyday Math Curriculum In the classroom you will see Problem solving based on everyday situations Revisiting of concepts regularly Frequent practice of basic skills through games Content beyond basic arithmetic

Everyday Math Curriculum Skills your child will learn Counting, place value, fractions, money, fact families, problem solving, collecting and using data, using tools to measure length, capacity and weight, clocks, calendars, timelines, thermometers, ordinal numbers, 2- dimensional shapes, 3-dimensional shapes, patterns, sequences, finding missing numbers…

Parent Letters & Homework

Social Studies & Science Units

Clive’s Learner Compact Student learning and high achievement Effective and frequent communication between school and home Building capacity for the family/school partnership through volunteering and training.

Positive Behavior Supports PBS pamphlet School-Wide System; it ensures a safe orderly learning environment Benefits of program and how it will help our students Classroom reinforcement system (marble jar, etc.) Teachers teach, monitor, and reward appropriate behavior. Classroom management plan aligns with the school-wide PBS system. Communication

Other Resources Guidance Counselor Simonne Stricker Reading Resource Rachael Binder, Connie Seery, Anne Olson Title One Math Micah Rayner

Volunteer Opportunities List here (math game day facilitator; class newsletter publisher; mystery reader; etc)

Learning can be tough but try, try again because you can get it right! (pic of class)

Thank you for coming!