Welcome to First Grade Orientation Jody Caroll Rachel Palmer Amaris Guerrero Virginia Garcia (Dual Language)

Attendance and Tardies When a student is absent, a written note from the parent/guardian must be provided upon the return to school. When a student's absence for personal illness exceeds four consecutive days, she shall present a statement from a physician or health clinic verifying the illness or other condition that requires the student's extended absence from school. The student presents the note to the attendance office for an admit slip. The slip must be signed by each of the student’s teachers, and must be turned in to the attendance office for filing. If the student established a questionable pattern of absences, the attendance committee may also require a physician's or clinic's statement of illness after a single day's absence as a condition of classifying the absence as one for which there is an extenuating circumstance.

Rules and Behavior Agenda Rules: –Listen carefully…raise hand to speak –Follow directions…finish all work –Work Quietly…let others do their work –Respect others…be kind Consequences: –Positive: verbal praise, positive notes, student helpers and special treats –Negative: notes in conduct folder, lose of privileges, and principal’s office Points taken from conduct grade Behavior Agenda: –Sent home every day –Needs to be initialed by parent each week

Curriculum Reading Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Health/Art

Reading Texas Treasures Reading Adoption –Letters and sounds- vowels and consonants –Blends, chunks, beginning and ending sounds, rhyming –Story elements and relationships Assessments –TPRI: need to be developed on all tasks including reading comprehension and fluency. –DRA: need to read level 18 at end of year –Texas Treasures Reading Tests –Fluency Checkpoints: need to be reading 60 wpm end of year

Beginning vs. End of year At the beginning of the year, on level 1 st graders should be reading a level 3 DRA (short repetitive sentences) and leave 1 st grade reading a level 18 DRA (small paragraphs making a short story and be able to answer comprehension questions from that story).

Helpful hints to help your student read… Daily reading…15 minutes Re-reading Ask essential questions –Who, what, when, where, why –Does it make sense? Retell Story Come to make and take and Reading Nights!!!

Language Arts Grammar –Sentence structure and parts –Types of sentences –Uppercase vs. lowercase letters –Word and letter spacing –ABC order Composition –Use complete and well structured sentences –Write a summary and descriptive paragraph –Write a story with a beginning, middle, and end –Revise and edit

Math Investigations –Manipulatives, games and discussion HSP Math –Manipulatives and discussion

Math Students will be able to: –Write in order –Make and extend patterns –Skip counting: 2s, 5s, and 10s –Place value –Odd/even –Graphing: read and create –Tally marks –Number sets –Add and subtract numbers to 20 –Solve story problems –Name shapes –Greater than and less than –Number combinations and Turnaround facts

Science/Social Studies Science: Students take a hands on approach to learning new concepts and ideas. Social Studies: Students will learn general historical ideas and character traits that branch onto 2 nd grade.

Grades 2 grades a week in Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies 3 grades a week in Language Arts 3 grades a 6 weeks for Art Health Graded Papers –Go home with report cards and progress reports Report Cards –Every 6 weeks –Need to be signed and returned Progress Reports –Every 3 weeks –Need to be signed and returned

Grading Periods 1st Six Weeks Aug 27 – Oct 5, nd Six Weeks Oct 8 – Nov 9, rd Six Weeks Nov 12 – Dec 21, th Six Weeks Jan 8 – Feb 22, th Six Weeks Feb 25 – Apr 12, th Six Weeks Apr 15 – Jun 6, 2013

Parent Conferences October 11 th and January 16 th are early release Anytime during the year you may call and schedule a time with your student’s teacher Conference time is 1:13-2:03