1. Welcome to Mrs. Golding’s 1st grade
Please write a note of encouragement to your child in their writing journal.

2. Classroom Blog

3. Grading/Levels of understanding
4-Consistently
3-Usually
2-Inconsistently
1-Rarely
Types of Assessments in 1st:
-Observation
-Teacher/Student Interview
-Group Work/Project
-Classwork (Formative Assessment)
-Unit Test (Summative Assessment)

5. Language Arts We use “Daily 5” Read to self (self-selected text)
Work on writing (creative writing)
Word Work (SPELLING)
Listen to reading (Raz-Kids/PebbleGo)
Read with the Teacher (leveled)

6. Math Hands-on/Games Building number sense communication/collaboration
Problem solving
Real-world connections

7. Science and social studies
Subjects are alternated throughout the nine weeks
Topics and study guides for key vocabulary can be found on the weekly newsletter
We look for opportunities to incorporate topics across the curriculum

8. HOmefun=Homework Read 20 minutes a day with your child
Students choose 4 math and 4 lang. Arts activites a month to complete from the Homefun Menus.
We will start in October.
Check out the blog for a sample

9. Classroom behavior
Please initial nightly and return in your child’s folder.
Everyone has a bad day or bad moment :) I look for trends!