1. WELCOME TO Room 420 MRS. MATHIS’ CLASS
Find your child’s seat and take a look at the paper on their desk.
Write a little note to your child for them to find in the morning.
Look around the room to see what we have been learning this year.

2. Who am I? 4th year at Apollo Graduated from UW in 2004
11th year teaching
4th year at Apollo
Graduated from UW in 2004
Received Teaching Certification from WWU in 2006
Received National Board Certification in Childhood Literacy in 2011

3. My Favorites Family- grew up in Issaquah
My husband, John, our 2 kids, Max & Ayla & our dog, Baker
Reading anywhere
Hiking, biking,
Sunflowers
Chocolate
Kitchen remodeling

4. Why am I a teacher?
Connect with young people & form positive relationships.
Positive & active role model for kids.
Encourage children to have dreams and lifetime goals.
Make a difference in the life of a child.
My greatest strength is my positive mental attitude.

5. What is my job this year? Need to be at grade level
Get your child ready for 2nd
Organization and being prepared
Learn how to solve your own problems
Work completion
Asking for help
Following multi-step instructions
Taking responsibility for your actions

6. Apollo’s Positive Behavior Expectations
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Safe

7. Respect Leadership Making Decisions Solve Problems Honesty
Community Building
Respect
Leadership
Making Decisions
Solve Problems
Honesty

8. First Grade Curriculum
1st GRADE READING
*Read to Self each day: about 20 minutes of in-class reading and 10 minutes of at-home reading
*Conferences with students
*developing: phonemic awareness, decoding skills, word recognition, comprehension and oral reading fluency.
*The more sight words a student knows, the more fluently they will read.
*Fountas and Pinnell testing: Fall, Winter, Spring

9. First Grade Curriculum
Units of Study Writing Curriculum
4 Parts: Personal Narrative, Informational, Opinion, Fictional Narrative
We do lots of writing in first grade.
use phonetic spelling when they first start.
encourage risk taking and independence in writing.
As high frequency words and spelling rules are introduced children are expected to move toward more conventional spelling.

10. First Grade Curriculum
Eureka Math: Story of Units
Comprehensive curriculum written by a team of teachers & mathematicians
Flexible grouping
Hands-on- manipulatives & math games
Computers – Xtramath, IXL, Zearn
Seat work – journal page
Teacher time
Math review

11. First Grade Curriculum
Science
Sun, Moon & Stars
Force, motion & magnets
Plants & Animals
Hands on “Science to Go” instructions

12. First Grade Curriculum
Art
Art Docent program needs volunteers
Fantastic curriculum from PTA
Once monthly
Dates will be posted on website, dress students accordingly

13. First Grade Attendance
New state mandate
Being present is important for learning
You must report absences to the office or myself
Being on time helps students start the day off right

14. First Grade Homework www.issaquah.wednet.edu Team Homework
Menu of Activities
Goes home on Friday
Return following Friday
Earn warm fuzzies for the class
Class prize when jar is full
Reading At Home (RAH) & Math in Action!

15. Positive Reinforcement
Warm Fuzzies
*Gains: kind actions, following directions, being prepared & ready
*Homework completion
Whole school *Rocket Way slips Daily *Rocket Recognition Monthly

16. First Grade Grading
4 = Above Expectation of a 1st grader, at or near perfection, fabulous 3 = Meets the 1st grade Expectation, where they should be, great job 2 = Approaching the 1st grade Expectation, needs a little work 1 = Below the 1st grade Expectation, needs a big improvement *Not equivalent to the A, B, C, D, F

17. First Grade Field Trip Late Spring
Alki Beach with chaperones and naturalists
Further our study of Habitats
Our goal is to provide a “real life” connection to our curriculum

18. Fundraisers Step it Up: Apollo PTA Cookie Dough : Camp
-as well as others throughout the year

19. Helping Students Achieve

20. Be a part of PTA greatness
Be a part of PTA greatness. Sign up for YOUR Apollo Elementary PTA today at: apollopta.org or by completing a membership form today. When you do, you are supporting the nation’s largest volunteer advocacy group for children in this country.
Did you know? Your child is attending 1 of 3 schools in the
state awarded the School of Excellence Award for

21. Last Minute Business
Write down any questions or comments. Leave them on your child's desk.

22. Please call or email me if you have questions or concerns!
How to reach me?
Hayley Mathis
(425)
Please call or me if you have questions or concerns!