1. Welcome to First Grade!!
Room 9
ARCOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2. Introduction
Meet Mrs. Perez

3. Good morning! *Students begin walking to class at 7:35am.
*The late bell rings at 7:50am followed by morning announcements.

4. PBIS
Respectful
On Task Acting safely
Responsible.

5. Goals Develop self-control & self discipline
Develop good listening skills
Develop independent working skills
Develop responsible individuals
Develop social skills

6. Expectations Follow Directions Be Kind and Respectful
Take Care of our Classroom and our School

7. Pathways
Word Study
Students will learn the different spelling patterns
Literacy Centers
Students work independently or in small groups on literacy activities
Read Aloud
Students listen to a story read to them and respond in a variety of ways
Shared Reading
Choral reading to develop fluency and expression
Guided Reading
Leveled small group reading instruction
Independent Reading
Students will read just right books independently
Writers’ Workshop
Students will become authors and learn about different genres

8. Word Study
Word Study is Loudoun County’s spelling program. Words are sorted into groups based upon their features. Students are assessed on placing the words is the correct feature, not on perfect spelling.
gr br pl
green brush place
grape broom play
grade breakfast plate

9. Mathematics Patterns Money Fractions Geometry Time Measurement
Graphs/Charts
Problem Solving
Addition
Subtraction
Place Value
Probability and Statistics

10. Science Units Scientific Process Weather Seasons Matter
Force, Energy, and Motion
Habitats
Cycles
Scientific Process
Asking Questions
Communicating
Gathering Data
Making Sense of Data

11. Social Studies Units Map and Globe Skills Communities/Citizenship
Virginia
Famous Americans
Economics

12. Homework Policy Homework should take 20-25 minutes each day Reading!!
And other optional activities to enrich your childs
learning
IXL
Dreambox
RAZ KIDS
Fun Internet Links on my webpage
Optional Learning Activities on my webpage
Addition/Subtraction Flash Cards
Reading/Writing Sight Words
Begins the first week of October

13. *If a • is placed in an area of the report card,
Grading
The report card will have the following letters as indicators of development:
B- Below
*With assistance, student struggles to demonstrate partial mastery of
current grade level expectations.
P- Progressing
*With assistance, student demonstrates partial mastery of
M- Meets
*Student consistently meets and demonstrates mastery of
E- Exceeds
*In addition to meeting the standard, the student makes application
beyond grade level expectations.
*If a • is placed in an area of the report card,
this means that the skill was not assessed during that particular quarter.

14. Food
Breakfast: Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast in the morning.
Snack: We have snack daily. Please send in a small, NUT FREE, healthy snack each day. Nothing too messy or cheesy. We will often have “working snacks”.
Lunch: We have lunch at 11:35 each day.
*joining your child for lunch
*adding money to their account
*ice cream(Thursday) and a la carte items

15. Our Schedule 11:35-12:05 LUNCH Monday 7:35-7:50- Running Club
10:30-11:00- PE
11:00-11:30- MUSIC
Tuesday
10:30-11:00- Library
11:00-11:30- Dreambox
1:15-2:15- Computer Lab
Wednesday
Thursday
10:00-10:30- Music
10:30-11:00- Guidance (A week)
Friday
9:45- 10:30- SEARCH (B week)

16. Housekeeping Class celebrations *three each year
*1st Fall Harvest Party
Birthdays
*No food
*Goodie bags
*May donate a book to class or to the library
*May donate a piece of equipment for recess
CONFERENCES– I will be using Sign-Up
Genius for conferences. Please check my website to sign up

17. Communication Email Cristina.Perez@lcps.org Arcola Website My website
Please follow us on Twitter at @First_Grade7 
Daily folder
Black Thursday folder

18. Remind Instructions