Transcript Welcome to Parents’ Night!

Welcome to “1Ge”
Curriculum Night
 Please find your child’s desk and take a minute to
browse through their journals and notebooks.
 Please take the Curriculum Night packet home for
your review.
 If you have any questions please feel free to write
them down on the white note card provided and
place
your card in the basket on the reading table before
you
leave tonight!
Welcome to
Curriculum Night!
Mrs. Gerike’s
1st Grade Class
Welcome Parents!
 I look forward to each
and every day with your
children! It is a joy to
come to work!
 I will introduce you to
1st grade and our
classroom.
 Please write down any
questions you may have
during the presentation
on your notecard!
All About Me
 My background
 I grew up in Downers Grove, IL.
 I played volleyball, badminton, and sang in choir.
 My education and experience
 Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from
Illinois State University
 Master of Arts in Curriculum & Instruction from
Illinois State University
 7 years in 2rd grade and first year in 1st grade
 Personal
 Married
 2 daughters one born in July and the other just
turned 2
 Love watching sports and reading
Specials
 Special Classes
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Pe – Everyday for 25 minutes
Music – Twice a week for 25 minutes
Art – Once a week for 50 minutes
IMC – Once a week for 50 minutes
PBIS
 Learn more about our expectations
 Be Respectful
 Be Responsible
 Be Safe
 Bear Growls
 Bear Bucks
Classroom Behavior
Management
 Class Dojo
 Earn Points
 Trade Points in
 Clip Chart
 Earn Bear Growl
 Consequences
 Weekly Behavior Sheet
 Secret Student
 7 Habits
 Bucket Filling
8:45-9:00
9:00-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-10:55
10:55-11:20
11:20-11:50
11:50-12:40
12:40-1:25
1:25-1:50
1:50-2:50
2:50-3:20
Calendar/
Announcements/Rusty
Reader’s Workshop
Intervention
Word Study
PE
Word Study
Lunch
Writer’s Workshop
Special
Math
Science/Social
Studies
Reader’s Workshop
 Begins with a mini-lesson
 Students read books at their
own level independently
 Practice the strategies that I
teach them
 Reading Responses
 Guided reading and strategy
groups
 Involves conferencing and goal
setting
 Assessments
 End with share time
Writing
 Writer’s Workshop
 Begins with a mini-lesson
 Students are given a genre to write
about and move freely through the
writing process
 Many different genres
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Narrative
Informational
Autobiography
Opinion
Book Review
 Goals
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Capitals and periods
Complete Sentences
Variety of sentences
Details
Main idea
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Math
Math Workshop
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Common Core
Mini-lessons
3 Groups
Games
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Sumdog
IXL
Everyday Math Online
Big Ideas
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Time
Coins
Facts
Problem Solving
 Rocket Math
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Fastt Math
Math Leader
Calendar Math
Math
 Operations and Computation
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Solve single digit, addition and subtraction problems, using multiple
strategies.
Make reasonable estimates of answers for addition and subtraction
problems.
Identify change applied to numbers to represent concepts of more/less/part
to totals.
Practice telling and solving number stories.
 Numbers and Numeration
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Count back from 120 with visuals (number grid, number lines, etc)
Count to 120 from a given number
Recognize numbers up to 120
Count collections of objects to 20
Estimate number of objects in collection
Place values to 3 digits
Identify 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 as part of a region
Identify odd and even numbers
Use tally marks to record and collect data
Count on by a multiple of 2,5,10 to 100
Identify equivalent names for whole numbers
 Data and Chance
Math
 Read and interpret data using various tables and graphs.
 Describe events using basic probability terms, such as probably,
impossible.
 Geometry
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Identify and describe hexagon, rhombus, oval and trapezoid.
Identify, describe and compare solid figures.
Identify shapes that are symmetrical.
Complete symmetrical shapes and designs
 Algebra
Extend, describe and create numeric, visual and concrete patterns.
Sort by multiple attributes.
Identify rules for patterns and use them to solve problems.
Use words and symbols to write rules for functions involving + or and use these rules
to solve problems.
 Read, write and explain number sentences using mathematical
symbols (+,-,=,<,>)
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Math
 1st Grade Grade Level Goals for Pilot Group...
 Everyday Mathematics third-edition Grade
Level Goals have been revised to align with the
Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (CCSS-M), which were widely
adopted in 2010. Both versions of the
curriculum's goals are available below.
 http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1stgrade/goals/
Social Studies & Science
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Science
LIFE SCIENCE
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EARTH SCIENCE
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Land, Water, Air
Weather
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Living and Nonliving
Habitats
How Plants and Animals live
Life Cycles
Food Chains
Observing Matter
Movement and Sound
Learning About Energy
SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Day and Night Sky
Science In Our World
 Social Studies
 Rules and Laws
 Where People Live
 Our Changing
World
 Meeting People
 The Marketplace
Spelling
 Words Their Way
 Spelling Inventory
 Analyze Spelling Features
 “Just-Right” Groups
 Weekly Sorts
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Open Sort
Closed Sort
Speed Sort
Blind Sort
Spelling Test
 Main Features
 Long – Short Vowels
 Syllables
 Consonants & Vowels
Technology
 Integrated throughout the
curriculum
 Skills
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Log on
Math Websites
Smartboard
Age-appropriate software
Assessment
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Map (Reading & Math)
Fountas & Pinnell
Benchmark Running Records
Writing Pieces
Reading Conferences & Letters
Running Records
Math Pre-tests
Homework
 The same every week!
 Homework Policy
 If students turn in all of their homework they are
then able to play homeworkopoly
 If they are missing any homework for the week they
will not be able to play
 Should only take around 10-15 minutes
 Skills should be review
 Checked for Completion Stamp
 Absent Student? Work can be sent home with a
sibling or neighbor or picked up at the office.
Please request the homework before noon.
Homework
 Weekly homework will consist of:
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Sight words
Reading
Writing
Math
 In addition to the above items, your child
may also have the following items for
homework:
 Study for an upcoming test
 Unfinished work from class
 Uh-oh Slips
 Study basic math facts
 Study Spelling
Grades
 Skyward Family Access
 Math
 Social Studies
 Science
 Reading & Writing
 Anecdotal Notes
 Running Records
 Individual Conferences
Ways to Support Your
Child at Home
 Read for 20 minutes everyday
 Reread for fluency practice
 Ask factual, evaluative, and inferential
questions
 Practice spelling
 Play math games
 Make a homework routine
 Have them write their name on the paper
 Encourage your child to check their work
Communication Between
Home and School
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Take Home Folder
Classroom Newsletters
Conferences
Progress Reports
Phone calls
Notes
Emails
 Usually able to respond within 24 hours
 Classroom Website:
http://www.unit5.org//Domain/1646
Thank You!
 Go to the IMC to sign up for a Parent-Teacher
Conference preference time if you have not already
done so.
 Room parent and IMC sign-up are on the board.
 Check out your child's "I fill a bucket.." writing on the
wall near the first grade bathrooms and their "All
about me Math" posters on the wall to the right as you
walk out of the commons!
 Please write a quick note back to your child!
 Please write any questions you may have on the
notecard and place in the basket on the table.
Questions? Comments?
Please do not hesitate to contact
me at any time. Check the
classroom website- it has a lot of
valuable information.
E-mail: [email protected]
School Phone: (309) 557-4410
Let’s Have a Great
Year!