2. Please place questions on a sticky note and put them on the parking lot sign.
*These questions will be answered on my blog so all will be able to know the answers!

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6. Computer Lab PE
Science Lab
Art
Music

7. School day begins at 7:50 a.m.
Students arriving after this time MUST have a tardy pass.
After Independence Day, students will walk independently to class
Dismissal is at 2:10 p.m.
No check-outs or transportation changes are accepted after 1:45 p.m.
Please make sure that any transportation changes are in writing.
Please fill out your child’s transportation daily in your child’s folder.
Car riders must be picked up by 2:30 p.m.

8. Breakfast cost: $1.50
Time: 7:20 – 7:45 a.m.
Students stop by the classroom first to get their breakfast card.
Only late bus riders receive breakfast after 7:45.
If you do not want your child eating breakfast at school, please let one of us know.

9. Monday is extras day for first grade.
10:51-11:21 at Table 3
Lunch cost: $2.35
No fast food, please!
Monday is extras day for first grade.
Parents are welcome to come eat lunch with their child. Please sit at the tables on the stage. Please note that parents are only allowed to take their own child to eat at the outside picnic tables unless they have written permission from the parents of the other student.

10. We will be eating snack daily around 1:00.
Please send in a healthy snack with your child daily.
Extra snack donations for those who forget are always appreciated!

11. We have 1 party per year- our Winter celebration!
Birthday Celebrations
You are welcome to bring in a special treat for your child. Please bring it in during our lunch time (10:51) to pass it out.

12. We will be going on two field trips this year
We will be going on two field trips this year! The first grade team is in the process of planning them.
Please be sure to check your child’s folder and our classroom blog for information about field trips!

13. Remind info

20. Nickajack is a PBIS school, or Positive Behavioral Intervention and Strategies School.
We focus on positive behavior. Students will be rewarded for their positive behavior throughout the school by being given Braves Bucks by any staff member.

21. B3
Be A Better Brave
Students learn appropriate behavior of a respectful, responsible, role-model through instruction, practice, feedback, and positive reinforcement.

22. We love movement in our classroom
We love movement in our classroom! Check out the website GoNoodle at home to have some fun dancing time with your kiddo!

23. Level 3= Meets standards consistently and independently
Level 3+ = Exceeds Standards- In addition to the 3, makes applications and inferences beyond expectations.
Level 3= Meets standards consistently and independently
Level 2 = Progressing- The student is making progress toward meeting the standard.
Level 1 = Limited progress or does not meet standards.
*Report cards will be sent home at the end of every 9 weeks.
*Progress reports will only be sent home (at 4 1/2 weeks)

24. Students will not be receiving a weekly or monthly homework packet with practice pages. Students should be reading each night (20 minutes is the goal), practicing sight words (need to know 200 sight words by the end of 1st grade), and practicing math facts (addition and subtraction facts to 20). If needed practice pages will be sent home to review.

25. Georgia Standards of Excellence
Cobb Teaching and Learning Standards
Essential Questions
Cooperative Learning
Manipulatives
More hands on
Students engagement
Rigor
Fewer worksheets

26. Conferences will be help the week of October 16th through October 20th
Conferences will be help the week of October 16th through October 20th. Conferences will be scheduled for 20 minutes. If needed, additional conferences can be scheduled throughout the year.

27. Online Parent Resources

29. Quarter 3
Word problems within 20
Compare numbers based on greater than, less than, or equal to symbol
Find the missing number in any position
Add and subtract within 20
Add within 100
Quarter 4
Compare 2-digit numbers using symbols
Fluently add and subtract within 10
Use strategies to add and subtract within 20
Quarter 1
Word problems within 10
Count to 120 (read and write)
Addition and subtraction within 10
Place value (11-19)
Orders 3 objects by length
Quarter 2
Word problems within 20
Count to 120 starting at any number
True/false equations
Understanding the meaning of the equal sign
Addition and subtraction to 20
Place value (20-99)
Data

30. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Uses illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, settings, or events.
Describe the characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.

31. Daily 5 is the structure we use to plan our morning
Daily 5 is the structure we use to plan our morning. Children will be busy completing meaningful literacy tasks:
Read to self
Work on writing
Word Work
Listen to reading
Read to Someone
While the students are engaged in their literacy choices, we will be teaching small groups and individuals.
 CAFE is what we study during the Daily 5 time. CAFE is an acronym for the four major components of reading:
C for Comprehension
A for Accuracy
F for Fluency
E for Expanding Vocabulary
 Your child will learn reading strategies within each category. These strategies will become tools that help them become better readers and writers.

32. On Grade Level Reading Targets (DRA Levels used for Guided Reading)B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Kindergarten
On Grade Level Reading Targets (DRA Levels used for Guided Reading)
1st (Beginning at the end of the first nine weeks to the end of the year)
2nd (Beginning at the end of the first nine weeks to the end of the year)
3rd (Beginning at the end of the first nine weeks to the end of the year)

33. Allows you to log in from home and enjoy thousands of books.
Access books that are of interest to students and check out books that have been created that go with our curriculum!
School: Nickajack
Username:  Student ID number
Password: read

34. 1st Quarter– Personal Narrative: opening, sequenced events, closing
2nd Quarter– Informational: opening, facts, closing
3rd Quarter– Opinion: opening (your opinion), give reasons/examples, closing (restate your opinion)
4th Quarter– review of all 3 genres
All Quarters – capital letters, ending punctuation marks, spacing, spell unknown words phonetically, on topic

35. 1st Quarter
Weather
Forms of precipitation
Rain, snow, sleet, hailstones
2nd Quarter
Magnets
Sound
3rd Quarter
Light & Shadows
4th Quarter
Parts of Plants
Basic Needs of Plants and Animals
Compare and Describe Animals

36. 1st Quarter
Locate my county, state, nation, continent
Locate continents and oceans
Identify and describe landforms
Explains scarcity
Saving and spending money
2nd Quarter
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
3rd Quarter
Lewis & Clark, & Sacagawea
Theodore Roosevelt
4th Quarter
George Washington Carver
Ruby Bridges

37. 1st Quarter
Respectful vs. disrespectful
2nd Quarter
Food pyramid
3rd Quarter
Muscle groups
4th Quarter
Accident prevention strategies

38. 1st Quarter
75 sight words
2nd Quarter
150 sight words
3rd Quarter
175 sight words
4th Quarter
200 sight words

39. Gifted Eligibility Meeting - Friday, August 11 at 9AM in the Learning Commons.
Purpose: to share with the public the eligibility process in Cobb County.
All are welcome to attend.

42. Extended Day- August 21st
Labor Day- September 4th
Fall Break- September 25th- September 29th
Conference Week & Early Release- October 16th- October 20th
Thanksgiving Break- November 20th- November 24th
Holiday Break- December 21st- January 3rd
MLK Jr. Holiday- January 15th
Winter Break- February 19th- February 23rd
Spring Break- April 2nd- April 6th
Last Day of School- May 23rd
Early Release Days- August 30th, October 12th, December 19th, December 20th, March 14th, May 22nd, May 23rd

43. Extended Day will be August 21st for the solar eclipse.
School will be dismissed 45 minutes late.
Check out the Cobb County website for more information.

45. Please place questions on a sticky note and put them on the parking lot sign.
*These questions will be answered on my blog so all will be able to know the answers!