Welcome to Our First Grade Parent Night!

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Welcome to Our First Grade Parent Night!

• Moseley Elementary

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Welcome to First Grade!

• Arrival Instruction begins at 810 a.m. The
  first bell rings at 800 a.m. Students should be
  dropped off in the cafeteria. Parents wishing to
  walk their child to class must enter through the
  front office and sign-in.
• Tardies Each child is counted tardy after the
  810 bell rings. Excessive tardies can interfere
  with your childs daily academic start. Multiple
  tardies can keep a child from being awarded a
  Perfect Attendance or Excellent Attendance award
  at the end of the school year.
• Absences (Excused/Unexcused) Parents must call
  in before 1000 a.m. on the day of the absence
  AND provide a note within four days of the
  absence.

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• Dismissal Time First grade dismissal is 320PM
  outside, under the awning. Each class has a
  designated window to sit under. Children must go
  to the window and then say goodbye to their
  teacher to ensure safety. If students are not
  picked up by 330, you will need to sign them out
  from the office.
• Doctors Appointments Please try to schedule in
  the afternoon, if possible.
• Special Needs Please inform us of any health
  concerns, changes at home, etc.
• Changes in Work or Home Phone Numbers Please
  keep us up to date on any changes in numbers for
  emergency reasons.

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• Lunch Money You can put money in your childs
  account any morning. Parents may specify how
  money is to be spent (breakfast, lunch, and/or
  snacks). Please put your drivers license number
  on all checks. Also, consider putting a little
  money in the lunch account even if you always
  send a lunch (in case he/she forgets the lunch).
  There is no borrowing of lunch money from the
  office or staff. If your child does not have
  money in the account, a sandwich and milk will be
  provided.
• Birthdays Due to district policy, birthday
  treats are no allowed at lunch. You may send
  cupcakes or cookies which will be passed out by
  the teacher later in the day. Please do not send
  items that need to be cut or plated.

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• Background Check A background check is required
  to be on file for any adult who volunteers in
  Grand Prairie schools. It must be filled out
  yearly. Please feel free to fill it out online
  here at school if you do not have a computer at
  home.
• The background check is located at
  https//webapps.gpisd.org/hrproject/tssp/tsspvol.c
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• You may not attend field trips or volunteer at
  the school without a completed and current
  background check. Because the background checks
  take time to process, please do not wait until
  right before a field trip to complete.

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Class Subjects

• The subjects we cover during first grade are
• Reading and Writing (English Language
  Arts/Spanish Language Arts)
• Math
• Science/Health
• Social Studies
• Music, Physical Education, and Art

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Reading

• Balanced literacy program based on the ELA/SLA
  TEKS
• Phonemic Awareness-sounds of the language
• Phonics-sounds letters
• Reading Comprehension-understanding what one
  reads
• Word Work-vocabulary development word wall
  words
• Fluency-read like you talk with accuracy
  expression

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Reading

• How can you help with reading at home?
• Be sure your child reads every night. We will
  send home leveled books on most homework nights,
  but any additional reading time will pay off in a
  big way.
• Take your child to the local libraries. Your
  interest in books will help your child see the
  importance of reading.
• Work on the word wall words with your child to
  help him/her learn to read them automatically.
• Encourage your child to try different reading
  strategies when he/she gets stuck. Some great
  strategies that we will be working on in class
  are listed on the following handout.

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Writing

• Writing Instruction mechanics of writing, the
  writing process (pre-writing, rough draft,
  revising, editing, published draft), and proper
  penmanship based on the ELA TEKS
• We will also be implementing the Write from the
  Beginning writing program this year. The program
  will be used in all grades at Moseley.

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Math

• TEKS to be covered
• Number Concepts-comparing, ordering, place value
  to 99, coins
• Fractional Parts-whole objects, sets
• Addition and Subtraction-up to 9 9 18 and 18
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• Patterns-repeating additive patterns
• Number Patterns-skip counting by twos, fives,
  tens odd and even numbers order numbers by
  place value addition subtraction
• Geometry Spatial Reasoning-two- and
  three-dimensional figures
• Measuring Using Nonstandard Units-length, area,
  capacity, weight/mass temperature
• Time-on the hour and half-hour ordering events
  by duration
• Probability Statistics-graphing, identifying
  events as certain or impossible
• Problem Solving

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Science

• TEKS to be covered
• Scientific Processes
• investigations following safety procedures
• developing scientific inquiry
• developing critical thinking
• using scientific tools in observations
• Science Concepts
• properties and patterns of organisms, objects,
  events
• systems have parts and are composed of organisms
  and objects
• changes that occur
• living organisms and nonliving objects
• the needs of living organisms
• natural world of water sources rocks and soil

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Social Studies

• TEKS to be covered
• History-origins of customs, holidays, and
  celebrations concepts of time and chronology
• Geography-relative location of places purpose of
  maps and globes human and physical
  characteristics of the environment
• Economics-goods and services not being able to
  have all the goods and services one wants value
  of work
• Government-rules and laws role of authority
  figures and public officials
• Citizenship-good citizenship as exemplified by
  historical figures and ordinary people customs,
  symbols, and celebrations
• Culture-how families meet basic needs importance
  of family beliefts, customs, language, and
  traditions
• Science, Technology, and Society-how technology
  has affected daily life in the past and present
• Social Studies Skills-critical thinking skills
  communicating in written, oral, and visual forms
  using problem solving and decision-making skills

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Dual Language

• Purpose
• The purpose of the dual language program is to
  create bi-literate students who will be able to
  work successfully in cooperative settings as well
  as independently.
• First graders that participate in the Dual
  Language Program receive Spanish Science and
  Social Studies instruction from Mrs. Nester and
  English Mathematics instruction from Mrs. Timms.
  Students will receive Reading and Language Arts
  Instruction in their native language.

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Enrichment

• Our first graders alternate between Music, P.E.,
  and Art classes each day.
• Our music teacher is Iris Bich.
• Our P.E. teacher is Jason Bentley.
• Our art teacher is Jessica Ivory.

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Grades

• Report Cards
• Numerical grades are given in first grade.
• Grades will be reported online. Parents may visit
  Skyward online from www.gpisd.org to view their
  childs grades.
• It is the parent and/or guardians responsibility
  to check their childs progress online through
  Skyward in addition to checking the grades sent
  home on work in the Homework Folder.
• Printed report cards are only sent home if a
  student has an average below a 73 in any subject.
• Progress Reports
• A printed progress report will be sent home for
  students who have an average below 73 in any
  subject.
• If the student begins to show failing grades
  after the initial progress report, another
  progress report will be sent home.

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Discipline

• Character Counts
• We encourage the pillars of Character Counts!
  which are Respect, Responsibility,
  Trustworthiness, Fairness, Citizenship, and
  Caring.
• One student exhibiting the Character Counts!
  pillar of the week will be selected from each
  class to be honored during announcement time on
  Fridays. Students may also be honored during our
  quarterly Pride Rally.
• Your childs behavior will be reported every day
  in the homework folder. Please sign the behavior
  sheet each night.
• The behavior expectations are based on the class
  specific Social Contract of rules they agreed to
  follow. The Social Contract is a part of
  Capturing Kids Hearts.

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Behavior Sheet Example
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Homework

• Homework Folder
• Homework is an important way for first graders to
  practice the skills learned at school. We will
  send various assignments home for you to do on
  Monday through Thursday nights.
• Homework typically consists of reading the weekly
  poem and leveled reader, a short word
  wall/phonics activity, and a short math practice.
• Nightly homework also helps to teach the children
  responsibility. The homework should not take more
  than 30 minutes.
• Please have your child read every night even if
  it is not listed on the homework assignment sheet.

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Homework Sheet Example
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Lets Keep in Touch!

• Parent Conferences Conferences can be scheduled
  in advance with your childs teacher from
  145-235PM or after school on Mondays or
  Thursdays from 330-410PM. Tuesdays are set
  aside for tutoring (more info coming soon) and
  Wednesdays are set aside for staff meetings.
• E-mail
• Hayley Bishop- hayley.bishop_at_gpisd.org
• Lisa Francis lisa.francis_at_gpisd.org
• Rachel Guzman rachel.guzman_at_gpisd.org
• Edna Nuno-Nester edna.nuno-nester_at_gpisd.org
• Leeann Timms leeann.timms_at_gpisd.org
• Moseley Office- 972-522-2800

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Lets Keep in Touch!

• For more information during the year
• GPISD Website www.gpisd.org
• Moseley Website http//moseley.gpisd.org/

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Lets Have a Great Year!
Moseley Elementary 1851 Camp Wisdom Rd. Grand
Prairie, TX 75052 972-522-2800