Grade 1

2016-2017

Ms. Sierra Waldman

swaldman@bifskorea.org

11th year of teaching

Bachelors Degree in History, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City
Virginia State teaching license
Masters Degree, Curriculum and Instruction,
George Mason University, Virginia

Class Goals
Comfortable learning environment for all!
To be independent learners!
Inquiry-based learning
Students have ownership over their own
learning
Open communication between school
and home!

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Homework
Homework!

ELC Students do not receive homework, though

we encourage all ELC families to read regularly at
home.
Grades 1 and 2: Maximum nightly homework
of 10 minutes plus reading
Grades 3, and 4: Maximum nightly homework of
20 minutes plus reading
Grade 5: Maximum nightly homework of 30
minutes plus reading

Mathematics!
Linked to units of inquiry as
much as possible!
Linked to everyday life
Problem solving strategies
Games, Games, and more
Games!

Mathematics!
Term 1
Place value
Measurement
Add and Subtract to
10
Simple graphing
Comparing numbers
Counts by tens

Language
Writing

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(ideas, organization,
voice, word choice,
sentence fluency,
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poetry

Conferencing
A teacher (parent) fixing up
students drafts no more helps
them grow than a coach standing
in for players in a basketball
game helps those players
improve.
- Carl Anderson, Hows it Going?

Language
Reading
Conferencing
7 Keys of
Comprehension
Visualization, making Connections,
Questioning, and Making Inferences

Take home readers

Language

Spelling
(Words Their Way)

Word Study
Word Investigations

Important Information
Parent helpers (Class
Parent)
Classroom
celebrations
Healthy snacks

PYP Handbook (Digital Access)

http://goo.gl/HGzRx9
http://goo.gl/YRHciF

Important Information
Class
blog:

http://bifselementary.wee
bly.com