Welcome to First Grade

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Welcome to First Grade!
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General Procedures

• School begins at 750am.
• Please have your child here on time.
• Snack is needed each day.
• Lunch can be purchased daily or monthly.
• If your child is going to be absent, please call
  the nurse and send in a note the day y0ur child
  returns to school.
• If your child will be going home via a different
  way than usual, please send in a note to let us
  know.

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Language Arts

• Thematic integration
• Author Studies
• Journals/Writers Workshop
• Language Workshop
• Reading Groups
• Book Buddies
• Spelling
• Handwriting
• Homework

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Math

• Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s
• Addition subtraction to 20
• Graphing
• Place Value to the hundreds
• Time to the hour half hour
• Coins and their values
• Geometry
• Measurement (non-standard, standard, metric)
• Fractions (1/2, 1/3, ¼)
• Patterns
• Note We have just begun to use a new Math series
• so the homework pages may not always be
  consecutive.

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Social Studies

• We are all different/we are all the same
• Holidays around the world
• Community Helpers
• Fire Safety
• Beginning map skills
• Weekly Reader

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Science

• Observational skills
• Seasons
• Living, non-living
• Seeds and plants
• Fur, feathers and scales
• Weather
• Five Senses
• Nutrition
• Life cycles (tadpoles)
• Wind
• Great Body Shop
• National Geographic Young Explorer

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Computers

• Computer lab
• Computers in the
• classroom
• Pen Pals

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Specials

• 1B Specials
• Monday-Library
• Tuesday-Gym
• Wednesday-Art
• Thursday-Music
• Friday-Gym

• 1M Specials
• Monday-Gym
• Tuesday-Library
• Wednesday-Music
• Thursday-Gym
• Friday-Art

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Miscellaneous

• Birthdays a small snack such as cupcakes or
  cookie cake. Not a big party please.
• Invitations
• Field Trips
• Parent Volunteers
• Book Talk
• Backpacks/Folders

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We look forward to working with you and your
children. Please do not hesitate to contact us
for a conference, either by note, phone or email
to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.
Tbruno_at_ccsd.edu Dmazzaro_at_ccsd.edu