Cpen Pouse 20112012

Welcome Lo llrsL Crade

LLendance/ 1ardles/ 8reakfasL
lassroom olors
W We are uslng a schoolwlde color sysLem Lo encourage good cholces durlng Lhe school day 1he colors are as
follows
u8LL erfecL anLhers
8LuL 8eLLer holces
C8LLn Cood holces
?LLLCW Warnlng
C8nCL 1lme CuL
8Lu noLlfy parenL
W SLudenLs begln each day on Creen (good cholces) SLudenLs can move up and down Lhe color sysLem LhroughouL
Lhe day olors are moved up when sLudenLs are caughL" maklng good cholces When sLudenLs make poor
cholces Lhelr colors are moved color down SLudenLs earn Lhelr colors dally
W CpporLunlLles for sLudenLs Lo demonsLraLe excepLlonal behavlor lnclude 8lue (8eLLer holces) and urple (erfecL
anLhers) SLudenLs LhaL need remlnders for approprlaLe behavlors may move Lo ?ellow (Warnlng) Crange (1lme
CuL ln Lhe class or ln anoLher class) and 8ed (noLlfy arenL)
W Lach Leacher uses Lhe color code sysLem Lo reward and admlnlsLer consequences Lo hls/her sLudenLs
arent] 1eacher
Commun|cat|on
W Lssent|a| for a successfu| schoo| year!
W Notes v|a ema|| or agendas work best
W Send a note |f transportat|on changes
W Check your ch||d's fo|der da||y
Cur ually Schedule
1he reason we have a dally
schedule for our sLudenLs ls
Lo help Lhem sLlck Lo a
famlllar rouLlne and sLay
sLrucLured LhroughouL Lhe
day
1hen Lhey know whaL Lhelr
expecLaLlons are ahead of
Llme and have a feellng of
securlLy each day
ur Schedu|e
800830 L ] Morn|ng Meet|ng]Soc|a|
Lessons
83090S Sc|ence]Soc|a| Stud|es
90S93S I|ne Arts
93S1030 Math
1030112S Wr|t|ng
112S11SS Lunch
12001230 |||
1230100 Who|e Group kead|ng
100200
Gu|ded kead|ng]L|teracy Centers
,aLh
ur f|rst grade math curr|cu|um prov|des students w|th
mathemat|ca| exper|ences that w||| he|p them deve|op
number sense by exp|or|ng number patterns order|ng and
compar|ng numbers and comp|et|ng add|t|on and
subtract|on prob|ems up to 18
1hroughout the schoo| year our students w||| a|so be
|ntroduced to threed|mens|ona| shapes patterns and
measurement 1hey w||| have the opportun|ty to exp|ore
these new concepts through gu|ded and |ndependent
pract|ce w|th handson exper|ences us|ng man|pu|at|ves
1hese strateg|es w||| he|p our students deve|op
mathemat|ca| |ndependence and foster a pos|t|ve att|tude
towards mathemat|cs
WrlLlng
1
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1rlmesLer
WWe wlll be focuslng on senLence sLrucLure/grammar and
handwrlLlng every ,onday
W1uesday Lhrough lrlday we wlll use Lhe Lucy alkln's
WrlLer's Workshop ,odel
Wln unlL 1 Launchlng WrlLers Workshop we wlll begln
wrlLlng lnLroduce supplles lnLroduce bookleLs (wrlLlng on
more Lhan one page) sLreLchlng/wrlLlng words personal
word walls and publlshlng
Wln unlL 2 Small ,omenLs we wlll lnLroduce small momenL
sLorles longLerm parLnershlps sLreLchlng a small momenL
skeLchlng vs drawlng plannlng a sLory across flngers"
parLners and wrlLlng words ln a snap
WrlLlng onLlnued
2
nd
1rlmesLer
WWe wlll conLlnue Lo work on senLence sLrucLure/ grammar and
handwrlLlng and we wlll focus on Lhe alm 8each WrlLes We wlll be
pracLlclng narraLlve wrlLlng for our flrsL alm 8each WrlLes
W ln unlL 3 WrlLlng for 8eaders we wlll lnLroduce skllls and
sLraLegles Lo relnforce concepLs of good wrlLlng We wlll pracLlce
skllls ln unlL 2 as well as begln Lhe revlslon process and peeredlLlng
wlLh parLners
WunlL 6 wlll lnLroduce nonflcLlon wrlLlng where we wlll creaLe Pow
1o 8ooks and ll bouL 8ooks We wlll focus on LexL feaLures such
as labellng dlagrams maklng LexLs LhaL Leach flLLlng lnformaLlon
lnLo wrlLlng and becomlng resourceful word flnders
WrlLlng onLlnued
3
rd
1rlmesLer
W We wlll explore unlL 4 1he rafL of 8evlslon We wlll learn how Lo revlse
addlng and Laklng away from LexL addlng dlalogue revlslng leads and
endlngs and showlng noL Lelllng" Lo our readers
W unlL 3 uLhors as ,enLors wlll lnLroduce sLudenLs Lo Lechnlques LhaL
oLher well known auLhors use ln Lhelr wrlLlng
WWe wlll pracLlce exposlLory wrlLlng for our second alm 8each WrlLes
WunlL 7 oeLry wlll lnLroduce Lhe wonderful world of poeLry Lo our
sLudenLs We wlll Lry Lo see Lhrough Lhe poeLs eyes hear Lhe muslc of
poeLry flndlng Lhe lngredlenLs ln a poem hearlng Lhe volces of poeLry
flndlng Lhe paLLerns ln poeLry and conLrasLlng poems wlLh sLorles
8eadlng
1st 1r|mester
hon|cs
ShorL vowels
ulgraphs
8lends
kead|ng
1exL leaLures
Schema
1exL connecLlons
reaLlng ,enLal lmages
whlle 8eadlng
Cenres (lalry 1ales lolk
1ales lanLasy
2nd 1r|mester
hon|cs
8lends
Long vowels
kead|ng
roblem vs SoluLlon
Sequenclng
,aln ldea
ause and LffecL
lnferrlng
onLexL lues
uLhors urpose
sklng quesLlons
llcLlon vs nonllcLlon
3rd 1r|mester
hon|cs
Long vowels
8conLrolled
ulphLhongs
varlanL vowels
kead|ng
8hymlng words
SynLheslzlng
8eadlng omprehenslon
SLraLegles
Synonyms/nLonyms
ompound Words
onLracLlons
nouns verbs d[ecLlves
Pomework
1h|s year your f|rst grader w||| have a week|y homework packet to comp|ete
throughout the week n Mondays a homework packet w||| be sent home
|n your ch||ds homework fo|der Lach n|ght on|y NL page shou|d be
comp|eted
In add|t|on to the n|ght|y homework your ch||d w||| need to read for 1S
m|nutes every n|ght and record the t|t|es of the books read on the kead|ng
Log |ocated on the front cover of the homework packet
1nL nMLWkk ACkL1 NLLDS 1 8L kL1UkNLD 1 CLASS N IkIDAS 1
8L kLVILWLD AND CnLCkLD
our ch||d shou|d be ab|e to comp|ete the homework |ndependent|y but be
sure to go over |t together A|| homework w||| be a rev|ew of the prev|ous
weeks work so |f you not|ce that your ch||d |s strugg||ng p|ease contact me
r|ght away so we can work together to prov|de extra support to ensure your
ch||ds success
1hank you for comlng LonlghL!