Transcript Welcome to 1st grade Parent Night! September 6, 2007

Welcome to 1st grade
Parent Night!
September 10, 2009
Essential
Question:
What will your child
st
learn in 1 grade?
Georgia Performance Standards
(GPS)
• Reading
• Math
• Language Arts
• Science
• Social Studies
Pre and Post Tests
• Given at the beginning and
end of each 9 weeks.
• Scores are posted inside
school and on the Ware
County Schools website.
Pre and Post Tests give
teachers information on
skills your child already
knows and what they
need to work on.
Promotion Requirements
• 1st grade students must pass
reading and math with a yearly
average of 70 or higher.
• They must also pass at least two
of the following:
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Barrow’s
Basics
CRCT
Criterion Reference
Competency Test
What is the CRCT?
• The Criterion Reference Competency
Test is designed to measure how well
students acquire the skills and
knowledge described in the Georgia
Performance Standards (GPS).
• This information is used to diagnose
individual student strengths and
weaknesses .
When is the CRCT?
• This year the CRCT will be given
on April 26 through May 1. Two
weeks after Spring Break.
• Students will be tested on the
Georgia Performance Standards
in Reading, Language Arts, and
Math.
Homework
What homework should I look for?
 Your child will have homework on Monday’s,
Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. The homework
could consist of reading, math or language
homework.
 Please check your child’s folder each night!
Homework should be placed on the right
side of their folder!
 Right= Return to school / Left= Leave at
home!
 Please make sure that you check over your
child’s homework and make sure that it is
correct. If you see that some of the homework is
incorrect, please go back over the problems
missed with your child. Homework helps
reinforce the skills taught at home. Practice is
important!!!!!!!
 Reading notes are sent home on Monday’s.
This note tells the student and parent what to
read. You may see that your child needs to read
the story every night. Please make this as part of
their homework.
Accelerated
Reader
(AR)
What is AR?
• AR= Accelerated Reader
• AR is a reading program that we have to
encourage reading.
• Please read the library book with your child and
ask them questions about it.
• You may need to read the book several times
before your child fully understands !!! That is
O.k.!!!!!
• Your child will take a test on the book. The test
consists of 5-10 questions.
• Points will be awarded based on the number
correct.
• Each book is worth .5 points.
• Each student should take a minimum of 2 tests
per week!!!!
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