2. Ms. Brand WELCOME to Room 12! First Grade

3. About Me! Earned my BA in Liberal Arts & a minor in Spanish at the University of California, Riverside Earned my Teaching Credential (with a CLAD/BCLAD) at Cal State San Marcos Masters from National University in Reading: Language Arts (in progress) Teaching for 7 years ( 1 yr. in Kindergarten and 6 in 1 st grade) all at KH A beautiful son – Aaden (3 1/2) & Twin Boys (William & Jackson, 14 months) 2

4. Daily Routine 8:45 - 9:00 Opening/Calendar 9:00 - 9:30 Target Time 9:30 - 10:00 Phonics 10:00 – 11:35 Reading Groups 11:35 - 12:20 Lunch 12:20 - 12:40 Writing 12:40 - 1:45 Math 1:45 - 2:05 Recess 2:05 - 3:05 Social Studies/Science 3:05 – 3:10 Clean up 3

5. During the Week Library with Mrs. Miller on Mondays P.E. on Tuesdays and Fridays (and every other Wednesday) ~Make sure they wear sneakers on P.E. days Fridays we have Flag Salute twice a month ~1 st Friday of every month is “The Hawk Way” ~Last Friday is the “Hawk High Flyer” 4

6. Language Arts Students are expected to come in being able to read at a “C” level. http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/ I begin reading groups the second week of school, which consists of rotations (seatwork, centers, teacher) two of which are independent. Group students by reading level to meet their needs. 5

7. Word Club Words There are 226 First Grade “Sight Words” A student should come in knowing the first 30 words (Kindergarten sight words) Students will get a prize for learning these word club words. They get a prize for the first 30 words and then it increases to every 50 words after that. 6

8. Word Club Words Students must meet a goal each trimester in order to be proficient in their sight words. Goals for each trimester: Trimester 1 ~ 80 words Trimester 2 ~ 160 words Trimester 3 ~ 226 (all) words http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons /sight/index.html 7

9. Accelerated Reader (AR) What is AR? Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading program to enrich our language arts curriculum while fostering a love of reading. Students read books at their reading/interest level and take an online quiz to reinforce reading comprehension. Each book and quiz has a given point value that students accrue throughout the school year. Basically… 8

10. Accelerated Reader (AR) 1.Students read an AR book at their reading level (not all books have an AR quiz). http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx 2. They log into AR and take a reading comprehension quiz (independently). 3. The students accumulate points only if they score 80 - 100% on their quiz. 4. After a student accumulates 5 points (10 books @ 100% each) they receive a prize at flag salute or library. 9

11. 10 Writing Descriptive Writing : select a focus when writing and use descriptive words when writing Personal Narrative : fictional, autobiographical; describing an experience Fictional Narrative : descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event, using sensory details

12. Math Read, write and count to 100 Counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100 Math facts (addition and subtraction) to 20 by memory Place Value (tens and ones) Time (to the hour and half hour) Money ( name and value) 11

13. Home/School Communication Wednesday Hawk Envelope - school wide events and notices Please review papers and return envelope the next day with your initials Parent/Teacher Conferences - mark the date Monday, November 14 th all day conferences 12

14. Homework Goes home on Mondays and returned on Fridays  Word Club Words  Reading Log  Math  Phonics  Writing Once each trimester, the class will do a project 13

15. Before School: please send a note After School: set up a meeting (760) 290-2080 ext.3012 E-mail: veronica.brand@smusd.orgveronica.brand@smusd.org Class website: http://www.smusd.org/1668206101 15528750/site/default.asp? http://www.smusd.org/1668206101 15528750/site/default.asp Ways to Contact Me 14

16. Don’t Forget… Volunteer Sign up Parent Questionnaire Wish List 15

17. Let’s get started on this journey! Thank you for coming!