First Grade Back to School Newton-Lee Elementary Miss Howland

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First GradeBack to SchoolNewton-Lee Elementary
Miss Howland
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About Miss Howland

• Northern Virginia native
• attended Ashburn Elementary
• graduated from Loudoun County High School
• graduated from Radford College (now Radford
  University) with a B.S. in Early Childhood Ed.
• is delighted to be working with you and your
  child this year

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First Quarter Overview

• Math
• Calendar/collecting data
• Count/Write numbers
• Coin Values
• Sort Classify
• Patterning
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Science
• What changes in Autumn
• Sun Earth

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First Quarter Overview Cont.

• Social Studies
• Citizenship
• Rules
• Safety
• Past, present, and future

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Literacy

• Pathways Components
• Shared Reading, Read Aloud, Guided
  Reading, Independent
• Reading, Word Study and Writers
  Workshop
• Two main assessments (given in September
  October)
• DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment)
• PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy
  Screening)
• These assessments help us find a starting point
  for reading and word study instruction.

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Specials

• Art (50 minutes)
• Music (30 minutes)
• P.E. (30 minutes)-Please have your child wear
  SNEAKERS on P.E. days.
• Library (30 minutes)
• Guidance (40 minutes)
• SEARCH (50 minutes)-Enrichment program for grades
  K-3. Focuses on thinking skills and encourages
  students to develop an excitement for learning
  and discovery.

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Homework

• Begins week of September 23rd
• Weekly reading log
• -read for 15-20 minutes each night
• -discuss prompts
• -find and discuss weekly word study feature
• Promotes the development of good work habits and
  responsibility.

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Attendance and After-School Plans

• Attendance
• Please make sure that your child eats a healthy
  breakfast and arrives on time each day
• Your child must have a note in the morning in
  order to change after-school dismissal
  arrangements
• If there are last minute (during the school day)
  changes to your childs after-school
  transportation plans, please contact the office
  (DO NOT RELY ON E-MAIL!)
• If you plan to pick up your child early, please
  contact the office BEFORE 1200 or send a note in
  the morning

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Classroom Citizenship

• Every child will be expected to follow our
  classroom rules and is encouraged to make right
  choices
• Each child will begin the day with the
  opportunity to show excellent effort and
  cooperation
• A child who is having difficult day will be
  encouraged to make positive changes and reflect
  on his/her behavior
• Every child has the right to be happy and safe in
  school. If another student is extremely
  disruptive to the well-being or safety of others,
  he/she will be sent to the office.
• Miss Howland will communicate to parents about
  classroom behavior on an as-needed basis.

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Lunch

• Please practice student numbers over the weekend
• Ice cream may be purchased on Fridays
• Parents must send a request via e-mail to Mrs.
  Nichols 48 hours in advance to join their child
  for lunch
• September menu is in your packet and includes
  payment information menus are sent home monthly
• Please discuss choices and monitor account!

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Parties and Birthdays

• Classroom parties
• Three parties TBA later
• Birthdays
• Non-edible birthday items ONLY (please consider
  donating a game or book to the class)
• Birthday invitations may ONLY be passed out at
  school when each child in our class is being
  invited.
• Lunch with your child Requires 48 hours notice
  via e-mail to Mrs. Nichols

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Snacks

• Snack will be eaten mid-morning
• Must be something that the child can open
  independently and eat in five minutes
• Dry, non-messy snacks, please!
• Students may bring water bottles
• NO PEANUTS or NUT PRODUCTS!

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Clinic Notes

• Mrs. Kreitzman is our school nurse
• Students will be sent to the clinic for an
  illness, injury, or medical emergency
• All medication must be labeled and kept in the
  clinic this includes cough drops as well as any
  prescriptions
• Mrs. Kreitzmans email Alyson.Kreitzman_at_lcps.org

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Communication

• Monthly School Newsletter
• Monthly First Grade Newsletter (online on Team
  Page)
• Weekly Newton-Lee Envelope
• Daily Purple Take Home Folder
• E-mail Gail.Howland_at_lcps.org

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Special Activities

• Star Student
• Begins in October
• Star Student bag will come home on Thursday
• Field Trip
• Morven Park Leesburg, Virginia
• Tuesday, November 13th

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Classroom Supplies

• The first grade team is requesting a few
  additional supplies
• 2 large boxes of tissues (boys)
• 1 large container of cleaning wipes (girls)
• 1 box of snack baggies

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Room Parents (help to organize three class
  parties)
• Banking (every other Friday)
• Computer Lab (every other week)
• Reading and Math (every other week)
• Special Activities (as needed)
• Teacher Helper (as needed)
• All parents MUST complete a brief training
  session with
• Mrs. Nichols before volunteering in the
  classroom.

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Conferences

• Will be held for each family beginning the Week
  of October 21st
• Assessments and first quarter progress reports
  will be discussed during this conference
• Please schedule a conference this afternoon