Welcome to First Grade

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Welcome to First Grade

• Back To School Night
• Presentation
• September 10, 2007

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First Grade Team Members
Amy Ashmore Nancy Barker Kelly Clark Kayla
Johnson Caitlin Kolarsick Kelly Suber Megan
Hylock (IA) Mary Scott (Special Educator) Lindsey
Hartzel (IA)
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General Information

• School Hours 835-320
• School Lunch 2.25
• Milk .50 Juice .60 (note)
• Bottled Water .75
• Snacks .60 (place snack money inside lunch box)
• Lunch money may be borrowed

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General Information

• Label your childs personal belongings
• Money sent to school must be in an envelope and
  marked with name and purpose
• Activity Fee 15
• Late Arrivals
• Early Dismissal Plans
• Special Arrangements for Dismissal
• Friday Folders

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Parent Volunteers

• Classroom
• Phonics Games Group
• Cafeteria 1145-1215
• Friday Folders
• Copies
• Young Authors

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Daily Schedule
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Language Arts

• Words Their Way
• Targeted Phonics Instruction
• Spelling
• Vocabulary

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61 Traits of Writing

• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions
• Presentation

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Mathematics

• PROBLEM SOLVING (ongoing throughout the year)
• ALGEBRA, PATTERNS, AND FUNCTIONS
• MEASUREMENT (Calendar, time, etc)
• NUMBER RELATIONSHIPS (s to 100, place value,
  fractions, money)
• COMPUTATIONAL FLUENCY (basic facts)
• STATISTICS
• PROBABILITY
• GEOMETRY

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Mathematics

• PRE AND POST TESTS
• Unit Objectives Sheets
• Assessment Feedback Sheets for Parents

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Strategies at Work 2.1

• Facts with Zero and Ten
• Facts with One-More/Two-More
• Facts that Make Ten
• Doubles
• Near Doubles
• Make Ten and Some More
• Helping Facts

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Health

• MENTAL HEALTH
• SAFETY, FIRST AID INJURY PREVENTION
• DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
• NUTRITION AND FITNESS

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Social Studies

• Unit 1 Home, School, and Community
• Unit 2 Communities Yesterday and Today
• Unit 3 Children Around the World

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Science

• Unit 1 Space Science (Earth, Sun,
  and Moon)
• Unit 2 Earth Science (Rocks and Fossils)
• Unit 3 Physical Science (Forces)
• Unit 4 Life Environmental Science
  (Organisms and Habitats, Seeds)

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Educational Technology

• Technology class 1 hour/week with Mrs.
  Wenzel
• First grade classes will have 1 hour/week in the
  computer lab, taught by their homeroom teacher,
  on a rotating basis.
• Homeroom classes have computers available for
  student use.
• Teachers may barrow a wireless mobile lab to use
  in the classroom as well.

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Grading Codes
I Independent W With Assistance N
Not Apparent at this time
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Homework

• Read 15 minutes each night.
• Discuss what is read.
• Math Worksheet 4 nights a week (M-Th)
• Poetry Journal (Friday/weekend)
• Spelling More information to follow

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Field Trips

• Tobys Youth Theatre
• Baltimore Aquarium

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS)

• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible
• Be Ready
• On Track Tickets Ranger Club

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Classroom Visits

• Remember to take home your childs FIRST GRADE
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• Thank you for attending!