1. FIRST GRADE Remember …. “Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself!” ~John Dewey

2. Focus On… Standards Standards 1.Standards define end-of-year expectations and progression. 2.Professional Learning Communities (PLC) provide you with input from various person(s).

3. Focus On…  Integrated Literacy 1.Students, who meet standards, develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening that are foundations for creative and purposeful expression.

4. Focus On…  Great News 1.Teachers are able to be flexible when planning activities for teaching standards. 2.Teachers are able to utilize information they already have.

5. Focus On…  Standards 1.The standards for the first unit are basically a pacing guide. These standards do not have to be taught in any given order. 2.These are year-end expectations.

6. First Step Organization… 1.Personalize your binder. 2.Tab each area using the following headings:  Standards  Resources  Themes  Strategies 3. Add materials, activities, etc., to your binder as materials become available.

7. NOTICE STANDARDS!  Teachers * Constantly Modeling  Students * S.L.R.W.!  Speaking  Listening  Reading  Writing

8. Awesome Resources!  The Daily Five and The Café both by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser “the sisters”  Literacy Work Stations – Making Centers Work, by Debbie Diller  Co-Workers  PLC (Professional Learning Communities)  Leveled Library *Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts

9. Mini-Lessons  Easily incorporated by: 1.Morning Message 2.Large and Small Group Time 3.Kagan Strategies 4.Carpet Time 5.AR Time 6.Leveled Learning Stations

10. Finally  “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” ~Sydney J. Harris ~Sydney J. Harris