1. Welcome to First Grade 101
August 30, 2017

2. *Examples on the back table
Curriculum
*Examples on the back table

3. Reading Arizona State Standards
Resources: Reading Street is an adopted program through our district.
We will cover phonics, phonemic awareness, vocab, fluency and comprehension.
*Focus on each child’s needs through leveled groups
Assessments- Weekly reading tests, Dibbles testing 3 times a year, D.R.A. testing quarterly, phonics screeners bi-weekly.

4. Writing *Write from the Beginning is the district adopted program
Focus: Writing across the content areas
Thinking maps are taught and used to organize their thoughts.
*working the first weeks on sentence structure and letter formation

5. Math *Eureka Math is the district adopted program
*Emphasis is on problem solving
*Understanding what the value of a number is
*Math fluency drills

6. Science (Foss kits) Plants Silt, sand and rocks Balance and motion
Animal Habitats (big emphasis in the Spring)

7. Social Studies American History Early Civilizations
Civics and Government
Geography
Economics (goods and services)

8. Sanford Harmony New Program Designed to build classroom connections
Focus: Social and Emotional behaviors and relationship building

9. Behavior P.A.W.S. is our school wide behavior program
*focus on the positives rather than the negatives
Classroom Behavior Management:
-Clip chart (reds only are parent contact)
-warm fuzzy jar (classroom incentive)
-table points
-pawsome awards

10. Grading and Assessments
E, S, N and U’s in first grade and performance level based on the standards 1-4
DIBBLES and D.R.A.
Quizzes and End of Module tests

11. Homework Reading- 80-100 minutes a week.
*leveled readers, weekly story, raz-kids, library books
*be sure to practice reading for fluency and retell
*practice sight words ring if you have one
Math- homework sheet to reinforce the skill taught that day in class
Words their way- First week is sorting words, second week is practicing the spelling. Spelling test is every 2 weeks.
*Homework should not take more than 40 min. If it takes longer contact me.

12. Student Responsibility
*Take home folder back and forth each night
*leveled books come back daily
*Library books due on Monday
*Homework due on Friday (latest Monday)

13. Science Museum World Wild Life Zoo (Spring)
Field Trips
Science Museum
World Wild Life Zoo (Spring)

14. Parties End of the Year- May 23, Wednesday
Fall Party-Tuesday, Oct. 31st (after lunch)
Winter Party- Thursday, Dec. 21st
Friendship Party- Wednesday, February 21st
End of the Year- May 23, Wednesday

15. Volunteers Room Parents: Megan Herrera megzherrera@yahoo.com
Carla Thomas
Tiffany Canipe
Katie Lacey
Volunteer Calendar: Is located on my website

16. Items needed *paper towel rolls Egg cartons Shoe boxes Prize box items
erasers

17. Thank you for coming Parking lot for questions you may have
Volunteers can stick around for a few minutes to talk about the schedule