1. Mrs. Williams- Classroom paraprofessional
Mrs. Hartman
Mrs. Williams- Classroom paraprofessional
Ms. Faillace – PDS Intern

2. 20th year in the district (17 years in 3rd or 4th grade, 3 years in 1st and 2nd)
Graduated from State High in 1991
Graduated from Penn State in 1995
Received my Masters Degree in Reading in January 2014
Children: Ryan (senior) & Lauren (sophomore)
I love traveling, reading, gardening, and spending time with my family.

3. 8:30-8:50 Arrival/Morning Meeting 8:50-9:50 Math
9:50-10:00 Brain Break & Snack
10:00-11:25 Reading Workshop
11:25-11:55 Recess
*except PE days
11:55-12:00 Wash hands/read aloud
12:03-12:33 Lunch
12:33 –1:10 Writing
1:10 – 1:50 Specials
*except Friday
1:50-2:25 Science/Social Studies
2:25-2:45 Partner Reading/Read to Self/Read Anything
2:50 Dismissal

4. Monday – Physical Education – Mrs. McDermott
1:10 – 1:50
Monday – Physical Education – Mrs. McDermott
Tuesday – Art – Mrs. Wassom
Wednesday – Music – Mrs. Begg
Thursday – Library - Mrs. Collins
*This is a great time to start encouraging your child to have some responsibility with remembering library books, sneakers for gym etc.

5. *A year of tremendous growth and change for your 1st grader
*Beginning the year district expectation – Level D
End of year - Level I
*Focus on accuracy, fluency, and comprehension
*Building sight word recognition and decoding
*Important for your child to have opportunities to read to self, read with someone, and listen to you read (all have a different purpose)
*MOST OF ALL – reading should be an enjoyable experience
*I do allow books from the classroom to go home to be enjoyed. Please help your child remember to return these to school when finished.

6. *Narrative, Informational and Opinion Writing
*Focus on telling your story (small moments)
*Instruction is based on the Lucy Calkins writing resource
*Big focus on getting ideas down on paper
(with a quick sketch and words )

7. *Time spent on both using manipulatives and paper/pencil practice
*Focus on number patterns, addition/subtraction strategies, place value, geometry, measurement, and data
*Time spent on both using manipulatives and paper/pencil practice
*Working to build conceptual understandings, not just procedural steps
*Focus on many ways to solve a problem and being able to communicate thinking

8. & Science Integrated Science and Social Studies units
*Great Pizza Mystery - plants, ingredients in pizza and where they come from
*Going Green - recycling
*Community Playground – construction/simple machines

9. *Piggie and Elephant – May 2017 – hopefully
*Dairy Barns – end of October – more information coming home soon as it becomes available
*Piggie and Elephant – May 2017 – hopefully

10. *Reading – average 10 minutes a night if possible
*Sight words – depending on what your child needs, some may start to bring home sight word lists to practice at home
*Math – learning addition and subtraction facts 0-20 with fluency is a goal at the primary level
*Please make time for: playing, spending time outside, arts/crafts, exploring, sleeping and spending time together

11. *Please call the SAS line if your child will be absent or late to school – 231-5017
*Please make sure you send an excuse in within three days of your child’s absence. Please put the excuse in your child’s folder.
*Trip forms should be sent in prior to your trip. The secretary will notify you via when we have received your form.

12. *Please visit the district website for information regarding the volunteering policies for our district. All forms must be on file with the district and parents must be in the database before volunteering.
*If you submitted all of your Clearances last year, you still must complete the Volunteer Policy and Procedure form. When you have everything submitted correctly, the Volunteer Office will notify you by (please provide your on the Volunteer form).
*Lunch visits – You may visit your child at lunch without having clearances on file, please sign in at the office and meet us in the cafeteria

13. *Weekly newsletters via email
*Family Message Journal – sent home on Friday -- please read, respond, and return on Monday
*Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences – October and April
*Progress Reports – December, March, and June – sign on to home access center to view progress reports
*Feel free to me:
*Free free to call me: (school)

14. Scholastic Book orders
*Orders sent home about once a month.
*Can either return the order with a check to the classroom OR order online. You can search by my name at or use the code H24C9

15. **Please feel free to look around the room, notice art work & pictures hanging on the walls and in the hallway.
Thank you so much for sharing your eager learners with us. We love our days together and can’t wait for an amazing year of learning.
*Please enjoy our little slideshow to see what our first few weeks have been like.

16. Thank you for coming!
Have a great evening