Transcript Curriculum Night North Buncombe Elementary School

Curriculum Night
First Grade
North Buncombe Elementary
School
Welcome
Agenda:
What is Common Core?
Math
Language Arts –Reading and Writing
Science/Social Studies
Kindergarten to 3rd Grade: Read to Achieve
Daily Homework
Questions?
What is Common Core?
A set of standards that drive the curriculum of each
grade level in the school. These standards
address the content of what should be taught in
individual grade levels and build upon each other
so that learning deepens each year.
For more information on the Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts and Literacy, go to http://www.corestandards.org/thestandards/
english-language-arts-standards.
Math
• In grade one, students will work with whole numbers to 120 and place
value—including grouping numbers into tens and ones as they learn to
add and subtract up through 20. Students will also use charts, tables,
and diagrams to solve problems. Activities in these areas will include:
• Quickly and accurately adding numbers together that total up to 10 or
less and subtracting from numbers up through 10
• Understanding the rules of addition and subtraction (for example,
5+2=2+5) Understanding the meaning of the equal sign (=) and
determining if statements involving addition and subtraction are true or
false (for example, which of the following statements are true? 3+3=6,
4+1=5+2)
• Solving word problems that involve adding or subtracting numbers up
through 20 with an unknown AND AN EQUATION THAT MATCHES.
Examples of Grade One Word Problems
• Addition - 6 bunnies sat on the grass. Some more bunnies hopped over.
Then there were 14 bunnies. How many bunnies hopped over? 6 + __ = 14
• Subtraction - 14 bunnies were sitting on the grass. Some bunnies hopped away.
Then there were 5 bunnies. How many hopped away? 14 - __ = 5
• Comparison -Lucy has 12 apples. Julie has 9 apples. How many more
apples does Lucy have than Julie? 12 – 9 = ___
Continuum of Solution Strategies for First Grade
Counts all
with direct
modeling
Combination
of counts all
and counts on
Counts On or
Counts Back
Counts on
from the
bigger number
and uses a
combination
of counting by
ones and
groups
Internalized
fact or uses
relationship
between
addition and
subtraction
Makes a ten
by
decomposing
a number;
builds up
through ten.
Creates an
easier
problem with
known sums.
• Comparing two-digit numbers using the symbols > (more
than), = (equal to) , and < (less than)
• Adding one and two-digit numbers together using a variety of
strategies besides counting all.
• Measuring the lengths of objects using a shorter object as
a unit of length
• Putting objects in order from longest to shortest or shortest to
longest
• Organizing objects into categories and comparing the
number of objects in different categories
• Dividing shapes into halves and quarters/fourths
Literacy Standards
In English language arts and literacy, there are
three major comprehension objectives:
• Students will continue reading and writing. But
in addition to stories and literature, they will
read more texts that provide facts and
background knowledge in areas including
science and social studies.
• They will read more challenging texts and be
asked more questions that will require them
to refer back to what they have read orally
and in written format.
• There will also be an increased emphasis on
building a strong vocabulary so that students
can read and understand challenging material.
Grade Level Reading Expectations
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
D/E
E
F/G
G
H
H
I
I
J
J
This is a table for monitoring progress of Instructional Reading Level
based on mClass Reading 3D Benchmarks. Instructional level
means it can be read with instructional support. Buncombe County
Schools are using this to monitor the expected reading performance
for the 10 month school year. This table only shows First grade
levels. Students will be assessed a minimum of 3 times a year. Extra
support in weak areas will be given if he/she is below grade level
expectations as well as progress monitoring assessments.
Baggy books sent for homework are to be on your child’s
Independent reading level. The independent level is usual a level
below the instructional level so students can read with more
confidence and fluency. Homework should not be a struggle. Please
let me know if you have questions.
Examples of Language Arts
• Reading stories and showing they understand the lesson or moral of the
story
• Asking and answering questions about a story, including characters,
settings, and major events
• Comparing and contrasting the experiences of different characters
• Identifying the reasons an author gives to support a point
• Explaining differences between texts that tell stories and texts that provide
information
• Learning and using new words
• Participating in class discussions by listening, responding to what others are
saying, and asking questions
• Describing people, places, things, and events, expressing feelings and ideas
clearly
• Learning basic rules of spoken and written English
• Working with others to gather facts and information on a topic
• Writing to describe an event, give information on a topic, or share an
opinion using details and transitional words.
• Use correct letter formation, spacing, punctuation and capitalization .
Science and Social Studies
are integrated into
Reading and Writing
Main Science Concepts:
• Ecosystems (needs of plants and animals and how they are met through their
environments)
• Forces in Motion (how forces affect the motion of an object)
• Earth in the Universe ( features and patterns of the earth, moon and sun as
seen from Earth)
• Earth Systems, Structures and Processes (rocks and soil)
Main Social Studies Concepts:
• Geography and Environmental Literacy (mapping, terms, landforms and
taking care of our environment)
• Civics and Governance (importance of and need for rules)
• History (how history tells a story of how people and events change society)
• Economics (understand basic economic concepts)
• Culture (understand the diversity of people in a local community)
Read to Achieve
North Carolina Legislation G.S. 115c83.1A
GOAL:
• All students be proficient readers by the end of third
grade.
• Give students multiple opportunities to show
proficiency
• Give extra support to third and fourth grade students
Read to Achieve
At the end of 3rd grade the “Read to Achieve” legislation requires that 3rd graders read
at a proficient level on the end-of-grade test. Here is what will happen for those
students who are not proficient:
• First, your child will be retested to make sure that s/he did not have a bad day on
the day of the test administration.
• Second, if your child is not proficient on the retest, s/he may attend a no charge
summer reading camp organized by the school district to help improve his/her
reading skills.
• At the end of summer reading camp, your child’s reading will be retested. If s/he
tests proficient, your child will be eligible to be promoted to fourth grade.
• If your child does not score proficient, s/he will be placed in:
– A three/four transitional class (Third grade “retained reading level”)
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Fourth grade standards and curriculum
90 minutes uninterrupted literacy instruction/day
Retested for Mid-Year Promotion.
4th grade End of Grade Test
Read to Achieve
Grade 1
• Reading is the core of all instruction
• Foundational reading skill build deeper comprehension skills
and success in other content areas.
• Teachers and parents understand reading skill development and
levels
• Design instruction to help students read, comprehend, integrate
and apply complex texts needed for secondary education and to
be successful independent readers.
• mClass Reading 3D Assessments
– Listen to child read from books and use one minute skill tasks
– Home Connect letters, Progress Monitoring and PEPs
Homework
• Monday-Friday students will read a Baggy Book, a
fluency passage and study the weekly spelling
words.
•A math activity will be given once a week.
•Please sign your child’s work nightly.
Ways to Help at Home
• Provide time and space for your child to read independently. This reading time
should be free from distractions such as television.
• Ask your child what topics, events, or activities he or she likes. Then look for
books,magazines, or other materials about those topics that would motivate your
child to read.
• It is also helpful when your child sees other people reading at home. You could
share what you have read.
• Be sure your child has a library card. Children should select books they are
interested in to develop a passion for reading. Many libraries have book clubs and
family activities that make reading fun for the entire family.
• Use technology to help build your child’s interest in reading. There are several
websites where students can read books or articles online. NBES has an exciting
and effective online reading program that your child is enrolled in called RAZKids. The computer will help with words the student cannot read independently.
Libraries also have computers students can use to access those sites.
Questions
Thank you for coming!
This PowerPoint will be posted on the NBES
website under first grade academics.