Welcome To Curriculum Night Circulating Around Will Be: 1.Volunteering Opportunities 2.Conference Sign up

A Little About Mrs. Scelia

Curriculum In A Nutshell This document describes the objectives that students should master by the end of Gr. 1. These areas will be discussed during conferences in November and March.

Common Core State Standards We will be teaching using the Common Core State Standards as our objectives. The Common Core State Standards focus on College and Career Readiness.

Common Core State Standards Each standard utilizes skills from previous grades and builds upon them to meet the College and Career Readiness Standards. Count by 5’s Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes Tell time by hour and ½ hour Count & recognize numbers

Math Using Common Core Standards Digging Deeper into WHY WHY WHY? Trailblazers Materials & Teacher Created Materials to support learning Play, play, play!

Reading Bedrock Words (AKA Sight Words or “Popcorn Words”) and Word Rings We also cover 2 nd grade words with students who finish 1 st grade words. Word Rings will look different.  Dot Books-up to 5 per week -less than 5 if they are reading longer books

Reading The Reading Hand

Reading Phonics Charts *available on my website!

Reading Decoding vs. Reading Comprehension

Reading Reading is developmental… -just like crawling, talking, walking… We are all different!

Writing First Grade Spelling – Phonemic Spelling When should I correct it? Our 63 Core/Muscle Spelling Words Writing is Fun! (letters, shopping lists, keep a journal)

Science/Social Studies Our Curriculum -Famous People, Maps and Globes, Fire Safety, Thanksgiving, Pushes and Pulls, Kenya (studying animals), Insects, and so much more!

Homework Homework begins in October. Goes home Monday, Comes back Friday Reading at Home (RAH) Homework until December. Parents and students learn how to use the Reading Hand. Homework will change a bit from January- June and students should be able to complete most of it independently. Math Homework will go home all year. Remember - Homework is practice! It should not be difficult!

Early Keyboarding Awareness Prior to Grade 3: posture home keys overall letter placement use of mouse

FAQs Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find more information? Mrs. Scelia’s Website

SPEECH SOUNDS When should my child be able to make certain sounds? Please contact our Speech Teacher, Carolyn Golbabai, with any questions 

Differentiation Is my child being challenged/assisted at their level? Reading/Writing/Math Differentiation vs. Tutoring

Differentiation This is an example of differentiation. I am teaching the same skill, but in different ways!

Volunteering Volunteering begins the week of Columbus Day!

Last Minute Notes Being passed around... Volunteer List Conference Schedule Thank you for coming! We’re going to have a FANTASTIC year!