Welcome Sycamore Creek Open House Mrs. Condron July 16 th, 2015

Weekly Update & Class Newsletter

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Parent Communication OWL Binders – Sent home Monday through Friday Return the next day! – This is my daily form of communication Place all notes inside (transportation, absent notes) – Homework is sent home nightly Monday - Thursday. Friday Folders (Green folders) – Sent home on Friday – Student work, school notices, etc. – Return on Monday

Homework

Conduct / Behavior evaluated by: Being Responsible – OWL Binders, homework, cleaning up Mindful – listening, following procedures On Task – paying attention, working quietly and independently Classroom Management – Owl Clip Chart

8:00-8:30 Arrival 8:30-8:40 Announcements/Morning Meeting 8:40-9:00 Letterland 9:00-9:10 Bathroom Break 9:10-9:55 Specials 9:55-10:10 Snack & Problem of the Day 10:10-11:10 Math 11:10-11:45 Social Studies/Science 11:45-11:55 Bathroom Break 11:55-12:25 Recess 12:30-12:55Lunch 1:00-2:15 Daily Five 2:15-2:45 Writing 2:45-2:50 Planner/Pack Up 2:50-3:00 Dismissal Daily Schedule

Day 1 – Physical Education (PE) Day 2 – Science Day 3 – Music Day 4 – Guidance Day 5 – Math Day 6 – Art Day 7 – Media Specials

The Daily Five is a structure that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working with peers that leads to a lifetime of independent literacy. 1.Read to Self 2. Read to Someone 3. Work on Writing 4.Word Work 5. Listen to Reading Daily Five

CAFÉ is an acronym that stands for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding vocabulary. The system includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, developing small group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs and fine tuning one-on-one conferring. CAFE

Letterland is a phonics approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling. Children are taught shapes and sounds of letters by assigning them imaginary names and shapes and presenting them as living in the fictional land of Letterland. Letterland

We will have a spelling test each Friday. I will test on: – Sounds – Current words (List A) – Words that follow the pattern/rule – Current Tricky Words – Review Tricky Words – Review Words – Application of Words Weekly Spelling Tests

Writing Instruction – Lucy Calkins First 25 Days of Writing – Empowering Writers (narrative, expository, informative, and opinion) – Editing Checklists for each quarter Math Instruction – Math Expressions – Wake County Alignment Lessons – Weekly “Show Me What You Know” assessments Social Studies/Science – Harcourt Social Studies Program – Wake County Science Kits First Grade Instruction

Report Cards – 1 st quarter: » Interims & report cards » Conferences – 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th quarters: » Interims & report cards – Student led conferences in Spring Report Cards & Conferences

4 = “Since I can do/get this, I can figure out new things!” 3 = “I can do it well!” 2 = “I almost get it but I need help.” 1 = “I don’t get it yet. I need help.” Standards Based Grading

LEVEL DESCRIPTOR 4 - Exemplary Student consistently demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the standards, concepts and skills taught during this reporting period. 3 - Proficient Student consistently demonstrates an understanding of the standards, concepts and skills taught during this reporting period. 2 – Approaching Proficiency Student is approaching an understanding of the standards, concepts and skills taught during this reporting period. 1 – Non-Proficiency Student does not yet demonstrate an understanding of standards, concepts and skills taught during this reporting period. Standards Based Grading

Raz-kids.com is a wonderful website that has a library of leveled nonfiction and fictional online books. The site has incorporated reading comprehension assessments at the end of each book. Each student will have an account. They will be able to access this at school AND at home! *Details will be sent home with students soon Reading – Raz Kids (raz-kids.com)

Arrival starts at 8:00 am If a student arrives after 8:30 they are considered tardy and need to sign in at the main office. Dismissal starts at 3:00 pm If you wish to pick up your child earlier, you must sign them out in the main office. Teachers cannot release children to any adult from the classroom. **Students cannot be checked out after 2:30!** Transportation Any changes in transportation need to be sent in writing. Last minute changes can also be reported to the office. Attendance & Transportation

If your child has a birthday that you wish to celebrate during lunch, please let me know at least a day ahead of time via or note. (I have to let the TA’s know for lunch duty). All treats must be store-bought. We have 23 students.  Please be mindful that we do have a tree nut allergy  An alternative would be a treat bag with pencils/stickers, etc. Birthday invitations cannot be sent home through school (unless the entire class is invited) Birthdays

Sycamore Creek Main Office: Mrs. Condrons’ Contact Information

…to join P.T.A. …to register as a volunteer …to pickup your carpool tags …to signup for lunch accounts Stop by the Media Center!

Please write any questions on the given post-it notes and place them in the tin. I will answer your questions by sending home a note in your child’s Daily Folder or by . Questions