Welcome to First Grade

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Welcome to First Grade

• 1A Mrs. Linda Barich
• 1B Mrs. Kathy Thomann
• 1C Ms. Jeni Marinello
• 1D Ms. Terry Goebel

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A Transition Year

• Your children will thrive on more structure!

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LANGUAGE ARTS(four components)

• READING
• PHONICS

• SPELLING
• WRITING

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READING

• Journeys Reading Series
• A series of six hard-cover text books
• Individual take-home decodable readers for each
  student that follow our weekly skills
• Reading Groups

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READING continued

• Our goal is to produce students who read with
  fluency, comprehension and joy!
• Practice workbooks that follow our weekly skills
• Leveled reading books for small group instruction
  at school

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Phonics

• Review consonants and short vowel
  sounds
• Blends ( sh, dr, bl, cr, fl, str)
• Long vowels
• Long vowel pairs ( ee, oo, ea, ie)
• Vowel digraphs (oi, ou, oy)
• 300 new high frequency words (popcorn words)

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Explode The Code
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SPELLING

• Weekly spelling list
• Spelling words follow our weekly reading skills
• High frequency words will appear on spelling list
• Optional challenge words
• Dictation sentences on weekly quiz

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WRITING

• Complete sentences
• Proper punctuation
• Paragraph form (beginning, middle, and end)
• Creative writing
• Writing is included in our Journeys program

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Legos in Learning
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HANDWRITING

• Proper formation of letters and numbers

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MATHMy Math (McGraw-Hill)
Traditional Series -Chapters are individual
concept based -Teach to mastery
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First Grade Concepts

• Counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s to 120
• Problem solving
• Place Value
• Money
• Time
• Measurement (standard and nonstandard)
• Shapes/geometry

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MATH MANIPULATIVES
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MATH FACTS!!!!

• -Addition and subtraction math facts from 0 and
  -0 through 9 and -9
• -weekly math fact test
• (20 problems timed for two minutes, beginning
  second semester)

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Social Studies

• Community and neighborhood
• Rules and laws
• Introduction to United States history
• National holidays and celebrations
• World cultures and customs
• Map skills
• Goods and services

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SCIENCE

• Living and non-living things
• Human body systems
• Plants
• Rocks and soil
• Animals
• Forces and Motion (push/pull, magnets)
• Solar System

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RELIGION

• The Mass
• The Church Year
• The Saints
• The Seven Sacraments
• Stations of the Cross
• Life and teachings of Jesus
• Prayer and Rosary

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ASSESSMENTS

• Weekly spelling tests
• Weekly Journeys reading tests (comprehension,
  phonics, vocabulary)
• Math fact quizzes
• Chapter math tests at the end of each chapter

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STANDARDIZED TESTS

• Dibels Reading Benchmark Test in September,
  January, and May measures phonemic awareness and
  reading fluency
• Gates MacGinitie beginning and end-of-year
  reading assessments to measure phonics skills and
  reading
• comprehension

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HOMEWORK

• Homework sheet with weekly assignments sent home
  each Monday
• Nightly reading of decodable reader/text book
• Reading worksheets
• Math Practice
• Practice math facts
• Spelling assignments

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Monthly Book Reports or Projects!
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How can we help our children prepare for First
Grade?
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Social and Work Habits -practice listening to
and following multiple directions -help
children develop skills for sustained independent
play without electronic devices -practice good
manners (not interrupting others) - Practice
waiting and taking turns -play family games to
encourage interacting with others, following
rules and sharing -continue to encourage
independent skills -personal responsibility
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First Grade Report Card Skills

• Work Habits
• -works independently
• -completes classwork
• -exhibits organizational
• skills
• -listens attentively
• -follows directions
• -accepts responsibility
• -uses time wisely
• -seeks help when needed

• Social Growth
• -observes rules
• -respects personal and
• school property
• -works and plays cooperatively
• -exhibits self-discipline

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Attend weekly Mass and promote reverance
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Support Staff
Classroom Assistants 1A
Mrs. Carolyn Tillman 1B Mrs.
Maria Moran 1C Mrs. Darlene
Rawlins 1D Learning Support
Teacher Mrs. Trina OConnor Learning Enrichment
Activities Program Mrs. Lynn Ruff
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We are looking forward to working, learning, and
growing with your children!