1. WELCOME TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!

2. Agenda: School Communication Curriculum Overview Grading Policies
Homework
Conferences
Classroom Visit

3. School Communication
A written message or MUST be sent to school if there is a change in the normal dismissal routine.
Please place notes and lunch money in your child’s Daily Folder, which should go back and forth to school each day.
Wednesday Communicators come home every Wednesday. Please review materials and return by Friday each week.

4. School Messenger
Class s will be sent out using School Messenger Notifications.
If you have NOT received an already from your child’s teacher, please let her know.
School Messenger App will be used to post pictures of classroom activities.

5. Curriculum Overview
Standards of learning and topics that are being currently taught will be posted on the First Grade Team Webpage.
pecialists/1st_grade

6. How can I help my child become a better reader?
Read, read, read……and read some more!!
Research proves that when children read and are read to daily, their comprehension, vocabulary, and oral language is increased dramatically.
Students have access to Myon at home and school.
Five Finger Retell focusing with Beginning, Middle, and End

7. Book Room Books
Small group reading instruction takes place using books from our school’s book room. These are books specifically designed for reading instruction.
Students are allowed to take these books home to practice as long as they are returned in good condition. It is essential that students spend time reading in easy to read, known books to develop their skills and confidence as readers.
These books are expensive and run anywhere from $5.00 a book to $ a set, so please treat them carefully and return them promptly to your child’s teacher.
We recommend that you take the books out of the backpack, read them, and then return them to the backpack to make sure they are returned daily to the classroom.

8. Writing: Phonetic spelling  conventional spelling
High frequency sight words
Use Word Walls to help support spelling correctly
Being a Writer program and Lucy Calkins

9. What should my child’s writing look like and how can I help?
Perfect spelling is not the goal!!
Encourage students to write the letters for the sounds they hear.
Make writing fun by writing back to your child in their Family Journals each weekend. It’s not the quantity, but the quality!

10. Simple Addition Problems
New Grading Policies
S+ Superior Work- shows full mastery of objective
S Good Work- shows some mastery of objective
S- Fair Work- shows partial understanding of objective
N Needs Help- The student needs extra practice in a small group setting for this objective.
Final assessments will have a letter grade and a grade sheet will be used
1.2b
Compare
Sets
1.2c
Order Sets
1.3
Ordinal Numbers
1.6
Simple Addition Problems
GRADE:

11. New Grading Policies, Cont.
Quick checks will be given throughout the unit and will be assessed with a check or check minus. A check means your child is making good progress towards that skill.   A check minus means your child still needs support with that skill and would be something to work on at home as well. 
WRITING
1.12 c- Focus on one topic
1.12 g- Use letters to phonetically spell words
1.13b- Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation

12. Homework
Your child’s homework will be written down in their agenda on Monday- Thursday. We do not give out homework on Fridays. Homework will only be 15 minutes a night and will consist of reading (MyOn), Word Study, or math (Dreambox). Please sign the agenda to indicate that homework was completed and return to school each day. Homework is not graded.

14. Conferences
Parent/teacher conferences will be held for the first quarter.
A sign up genius will be sent out soon! Please make sure your child’s teacher has a current address.

15. Thank you!
YOU are your child’s first and most important teacher! We are looking forward to working with you to make your child’s first grade year a successful one!
Please continue to your child’s classroom at this time.