1. Principal: Mrs. Hud-Kirk Assistant Principal: Dr. Lawyer
Welcome to the WONDERFUL World of Fountain Elementary School Curriculum Night 2017 \
Principal: Mrs. Hud-Kirk
Assistant Principal: Dr. Lawyer

2. Meet the First Grade Team
Ms. Foster for Ms. Linton
Ms. Martin
Mrs. Marshall
Mrs. Relerford
Mrs. Tidwell

3. The mission of Clayton County Public Schools is to be accountable to all stakeholders for providing a globally competitive education that empowers students to achieve academic and personal goals and to become college and career ready, productive, responsible citizens.

4. The vision of Clayton County Public Schools is to be a district of excellence preparing ALL students to live and compete successfully in a global society.

5. School Expectations School-Wide Discipline Plan (Bear Paw Program)
Uniform Policy
Attendance Policy (attendance letters)
Daily Schedule

6. Attendance Instructional school day begins at 7:45 a.m.
Students should arrive each day on time
Doctors note or parent note required for all excused absences
Tardies effect achievement
Students must be checked out by 1:45 p.m. for early checkout

7. School-wide Academic Focus
SIOP
Literacy across the curriculum
Numeracy across the curriculum
Integration of technology

8. Reading/ELA
Imagine It weekly assessments on Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Grammar
Reading Logs

9. Math Math problem of the day Mandatory interactive notebooks
Mountain Math
Fact fluency
Units
*Creating Data
*Base Ten Number Sense
*Addition and Subtraction Problems
*Measuring
*Place Value
*Shapes and Fractions

10. SCIENCE Mandatory interactive science notebooks Science Fair
Unit 1 Weather and Water Unit 2 Light Unit 3 Sound Unit 4 Magnets Unit 5 Plants and Plant Needs Unit 6 Animal Needs and Types of Animals
Mandatory interactive science notebooks
Science Fair
450 minutes Hands on investigations

11. Social Studies Units Where I Live Maps and Globe Skills Landfills
Benjamin Franklin
Children Around the World Document-based questions every 9 weeks

12. Assessments
Common Assessments
Unit Assessments
DIBELS/MClass
Brains

13. Technology
Starfall
Edmodo
Brainpop
ABCya

14. Homework and Grading Policy
Assigned Monday-Thursday
Please assist your child with their homework if needed and review for accuracy
Grading Policy
Classwork-50%
Quiz-15%
Tests-15%
Projects-15%
Homework-5%

15. Classroom Management Green – I am doing the right thing. Yellow – okay
Red – Need to make better choices

16. SPECIALS
Art
Music
Physical Education
Arts Clayton

17. Afternoon Dismissal School ends at 2:15 p.m.
NO early check-outs after 1:45 p.m.

18. Field Trips Pumpkin Patch Center for Puppetry Arts Georgia Aquarium
Imagine It Children’s Museum
Fernbank Science Center

19. Volunteers We need Parent Volunteers for All Field Trips!
Please see Ms. Quiroz for the required information.

20. THANK YOU…
For taking the time to attend Fountain Elementary School’s Curriculum Night! We look forward to working with you to ensure your child achieves academic success!!