1. Lake Wilderness Elementary School Welcome to Back to School Night!
Mrs. Dunham
First Grade
Lake Wilderness Elementary School
Welcome to Back to School Night!

2. Code of Cooperation/Behavior
School Wide Behavior Plan
I am Safe
I am Respectful
I am Responsible
I am a Learner
I am a Wildcat!
Student Behavior Chart/ Weekly News

3. Reading: Centers
The students are divided into homogeneous groups for about five to six weeks to receive specialized instruction at their reading level. I assess the children and regroup them as necessary throughout the year.
Netbooks- RAZ-Kids and Starfall
Independent Reading
Guided Reading
Whole Group reading lessons
Literacy Centers
Read at home books… read and return each night

4. Writing Workshop Writing meetings: Lessons and modeling of skills
Sharing: Celebrating work
Conferencing: Setting goals to improve skills
Writers Celebrations: End of Units
Keep “favorites” send home others

5. Math Whole Group Lessons: Math expressions
Homework Packets
Daily Routine: Working with numbers and math words
Problem Solvers: Word problems and Habits of Mind
Rubric Scores: 3, 2, 1, 0
Math Fluency: Timed tests: addition/ subtraction
90 seconds- beginning in October
Pass= 90% or better (Can miss two)

6. Integrated/Science Units
Communities
Sky Patterns
Light and Sound
Plant and Animal Parts

7. Second Step Skills for social and academic success Skills for Learning
Empathy
Emotions
Problem Solving

8. Homework
Math Packets- one page, correlating to the in classwork sheet sent home
Usually every night or every other night
Look in the Friday newsletter for weekly homework assignments
Read At Home Books
Nightly
Second Step Home link
Occasionally
Sight Words (Coming soon!)
me for a new list once your child has mastered the old list