Purefoy Paradise

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Purefoy Paradise First Grade Curriculum
Night
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Language Arts

• Shared Reading
• Concepts of print
• High frequency words
• Punctuation
• Oral expression
• Letter-sound links and
• basic story structure
• Beginning Comprehension Strategies

3
Language Arts

• Comprehension Strategies
• Connections to Text
• Predicting
• Fix-up strategies
• Narrative text structure
• Asking questions
• Inferring
• Creating sensory images
• Determining the importance of text

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Guided Reading

• Flexible grouping based on strengths
• Book levels
• Decoding text
• Fluency
• Fluency/Comprehension Strategies using a variety
  of text
• Guided reading books will be sent home every
  night.
• Often, the same book is sent home for multiple
  nights, as students are working on improving a
  specific skill such as fluency.
• The cost for a lost guided reading book is 10.

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Language Arts

• Handwriting
• DNealian
• Writing
• Independent Writing
  (Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and
  publishing)
• Connections between reading and writing
• Stages of writing
• Six Trait Writing

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Spelling

• The goal of spelling instruction is to develop
  independence, fluency, and accuracy in writing.
• Students in 1st grade do not begin taking formal
  spelling tests until the 2nd nine weeks.
• Regular spelling lists vs. challenge spelling
  lists will be based on Pre-test on Mondays.
• Spelling strategies using at least two word
  families per week along with sight words.

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Math

• Manipulative based
• Place Value
• Fractions
• Geometry
• Time
• Double Digits
• Skip Counting
• Story Problems
• Measurement
• Money
• Building Vocabulary

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Science

• Science Journals
• Weather (daily)
• Rocks and soils
• Oceans (Dallas Aquarium)
• Plants (cycle and parts of a bean plant)
• Life Cycle (butterfly)
• Living/Nonliving Organisms
• Building Vocabulary
• Magnets
• Day and Night
• Light and Sound Energy

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Social Studies

• Community Citizenship Skills
• State symbols
• Holidays, Goods and Services
• Maps/Landforms
• Cardinal Directions
• Citizenship
• Cultures/Beliefs/Customs/Folktales
• Historical figures
• Economics (needs and wants)
• Building Vocabulary
• Voting
• Jobs
• Government
• U.S.

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Homework

• Homework is an integral
  part of the learning process to support, enrich,
  or reinforce topics covered in class.
• PARTNERSHIP-parents and teachers working together
• READING-nightly reading of guided reading book
  and completing a response in guided reading
  journal
• SPELLING-Optional brief spelling activities to
  practice the spelling chunks of the week
  available on website

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Grading

• Academic checklists will reflect a childs
  academic performance and mastery of the TEKS.
• Academic Checklist Dates
• Oct. 28, Jan. 20, Mar. 31, Jun. 3

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Attendance Policy

• Regular school attendance is essential for
  students to make the most of their education.
• Students must be present for 90 of the school
  year. All absences and tardies, both excused and
  unexcused, count against the 90 attendance rule.
• When students are sick or out, a written note is
  required. The absence will be unexcused if a
  parent/guardian fails to provide a note within 3
  days of the absence.
• Calling to let us know that a student will be
  absent is great, but all absences must be
  followed up with a note.
• Students may be retained based on attendance
  records.

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Tardies

• The tardy bell rings and the security door is
  shut at 800 am.
• Students arriving after 800 must get a tardy
  slip from the front office.
• If a student is tardy 10 or more times in a 9
  month period a failure to attend school action
  will be filed with a judge.

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Purefoys Promise

• Our Purefoy Promise is to choose
• the me I want to be, by
• being SAFE everyday.
• I will Show respect, Act responsibly,
• Focus on learning and Expect the best.

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HALL Procedures

• School wide initiative to promote consistent
  expectations.
• Hands to Your Side
• All Eyes to Front
• Lips Sealed
• Low Speed

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LUNCH Procedures

• School wide initiative to promote consistent
  expectations.
• Low Voices
• Use your manners
• No sharing food
• Clean up after yourself
• Hands raised for permission to get out of seat

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Daily Schedule

• 750-800 Pick Up in Café/Unpack
• 805-815 Announcements/Morning Work
• 815-845 I E with Daily 5/Stations
• 845-915 Calendar Math
• 915-945 Handwriting, Grammar, Spelling
  Phonics
• 945-1030 CAMP
• 1030-1045 Snack/Read-Aloud
• 1045-1115 Science
• 1115-1200 Math
• 1200-1230 LUNCH
• 1230-100 RECESS
• 100-210 Readers Workshop, Guided Reading,
  S.S.
• 210-250 Writer's Workshop
• 250-300 Reflection Time/Pack-Up
• 300 Release for Dismissal

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Housekeeping

• Library time is Friday at 100-130
• If you would like to volunteer please contact the
  volunteer coordinator.
• Cindy Badon
• cindybadon_at_yahoo.com
• Log onto www.lotsofhelpinghands.com
• Sign up for parent/teacher conferences on Oct.
  11th 10am-6pm

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Communication
Conference 945-1030 Before School
730-750 After School 315- 330
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Contact Information

• Ms. Davidson Mrs. Bonn
• [phone] [phone]
• davidsca_at_friscoisd.org bonnk_at_friscoisd.org
• Mrs. Carlson Mrs. Arterburn
• [phone] [phone]
• carlsona_at_friscoisd.org arterbuc_at_friscoisd.org
• Miss Myers Miss Winkler
• [phone] [phone]
• myersb_at_friscoisd.org winklert_at_friscoisd.
  org
• Mrs. Atkins
• [phone]
• atkinsf_at_friscoisd.org