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The
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of First Grade
Back to School Night
September 11, 2013
Mrs. Campbell Room 26
Attendance
• Unless your child is ill, please make every attempt to have
your child present at school and on time.
• Our day begins at 8:40 and dismissal time is at 3:25.
Students that arrive late are missing valuable instruction.
• If your child absent, please provide a written note on the first
day that your child returns to school. If your child is out of
school for more than 3 days, please provide a doctors note.
Behavior
Every student is expected to follow the Falcon 5:
• Be Safe
• Be Respectful
• Be Caring
• Be Here, Be Ready
• Celebrate Success
• Students that choose to follow the rules will move up the
clip chart and earn rewards. Likewise, there will be
consequences for students the choose to break the rules
(moving down the clip chart, parent contact, time outs, etc.)
Curriculum
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Reading and Language Arts
Fundations
Everyday Math
Science
Social Studies
• In 1st grade, we will focus on
developing phonemic awareness,
decoding skills, word
recognition, comprehension and
oral reading fluency.
• The more sight words a student
knows, the more fluently he/she
will read.
• Practice reading the sight words
nightly.
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Read to Self
Read to Someone
Listen to Reading
Word Work
Work on Writing
A variety of grouping strategies will be utilized to deliver our
reading and language arts curriculum. Whole class and
small group lessons will be delivered to ensure mastery of
skills.
We will focus on the following throughout the year:
• Reading Strategies
• Comprehension Skills
• Reading Fluency
• Vocabulary and Word Analysis
• Spelling, Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Writing
• Listening and Speaking
We do lots of writing in first grade. Children are
encouraged to use phonetic spelling when they first
start. Our goal is to encourage risk taking and
independence in writing. Part of this process is to
stress to children that phonetic spelling is acceptable,
and to build their confidence in their ability to
communicate in writing even if they can’t spell the
word with “dictionary spelling.”
However, as high frequency words and spelling rules
are introduced children will gradually move toward
more conventional spelling.
By the end of first grade, students ...
•Understand and use the concept of “ones” and “tens”
•Add and subtract numbers to 20 with ease
•Tell time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour
•Count, write and order numbers to 100
•Count up and back starting at any number to 50
•Use graphs to answer simple questions and draw conclusions
•Identify change-to-more, change-to-less, and parts-and-total situations
• Each day begins with mental math and reflexes which are the secure skills
that will be tested that unit.
We will continue to work on concepts all year long. EDM is a spiral approach
to mathematics.
Discipline
Discipline is simple. We work hard as a class to make the
classroom a positive and safe place for all. The children
are encouraged to treat each other as they would like to be
treated, listen to the teacher and each other, keep our
hands to ourselves, be nice-use kind words, do your best
work, help your friends and take care of the things in our
classroom.
Early Release Days
There will be 4 early release days this year. The
dates of those days are:
• September 25
• October 23
• January 29
• May 7
Fundations
Fundations focuses on the word study portion of
reading and handwriting.
In the beginning of every Fundations unit, a parent letter will be sent home
explaining what the students will be working on. You will find this in your
child’s yellow folder in their binder. Included with the parent letter will be
activities that you and your child can complete at home. This work does
not need to be returned to school. We will introduce spelling during the
third Unit of Fundations. The spelling list will be sent home at the
beginning of each week, also in their yellow folder. The spelling test will
be on Fridays unless otherwise stated in the weekly newsletter.
Goals
Each unit of study has learning goals.
They will be stated on our board as ….
I Can Statements.
I can write a telling sentence using a
period.
Homework
Homework will be assigned on Monday for the week. You can
find the homework calendar in your child’s binder in the inside
front pocket. Please be sure to review your child’s homework
each night and sign the homework sheet daily.
In addition to reading and math homework it is important that
1st graders read EACH night. This may include practicing their
decodable readers, shared reading with an adult or older
sibling, and reading and decoding good fit books on their own.
Itinerary
• Oh, the places we will go and the things we will learn this
year as we sail through 1st grade!
• To find out exactly where we are headed each week you will
want to read our weekly newsletter. All weekly schedules,
upcoming events and important information will be listed on
our newsletter. Your weekly newsletter can be found in your
child’s W.O.W binder in the front pocket. Newsletters will
also be emailed to all those who would like.
Just Right Books
• Studies have shown that those children whose
parents are actively involved in the reading
process will become the best readers.
• Reading to your child and listening to them read
to you, taking them to the library and providing
quality just right books at home is of the highest
importance.
Keeping Informed
• Be sure to check your child’s WOW
binder every night for all school and
class mail.
• Be sure to read our class newsletter
each week.
• Watch for emails.
Lunch
• Lunch is from 11:40 – 12:10 each day.
Lunch is $2.55 and comes with milk.
The students are encouraged to memorize their
student ID number that came home in the summer
letter. This will help the lunch line run smoothly.
Mystery Readers
I would like to invite all parents, older siblings, grandparents,
or other special people to surprise your child by being a
“Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom.
Mystery Readers will visit us on Friday afternoons at 2:40 for
approximately 20 minutes. Remember this is top secret!
Sign up calendar is in the back!
Nightly Reading
Students are ALL encouraged to
participate in the 100 book club.
You will find a book log in your child’s red reading folder. Each book
that your child reads should be logged on that paper. Once your
child has read 25 books please turn in the log. In 1st grade 20
pages = a book if reading a chapter book.
Books can be read by the child or to the child depending on their
reading level or mood that night 
Other Items:
• Birthdays
• Class Parties
• Scholastic Book and Highlights Orders
• 100 Book Club
• Money (lunch/snack)
Parent-Teacher Conferences
•Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on November 25
and 26th. During this conference, we will be discussing
your child's academic performance, homework, behavior
and any additional concerns you may have.
•A sign up schedule will come home closer to the date.
Questions
Please feel free to contact me anytime you
have questions. You can do this in a variety of
ways:
• Write a note
• Send an email
• Call me at school
• Make an appointment for a conference
Report Cards
• Report cards will be distributed once
each trimester.
• November (at conferences)
• March
• June
Student of the Week
Each child will have a special time during the school
year to be the “Star of the Week” person!
Your child will bring home a bag on Friday. Students
need to fill the bag with five items to show to the class.
Please return the bag by Monday of their week. Every
child will have a turn! A list of assigned dates will be
sent home shortly.
Tests
• All tests will be announced in our weekly
news letter. Most spelling tests will be on
Fridays. All tests will be corrected and sent
home to be reviewed in your child’s take
home folder.
Up Up and Away!!!
It is so exciting to see what AMAZING readers our
children blossom into in 1st grade! Our class has
already begun to build our Reading Stamina!!!
STAMINA is being able to do something for a long
time without getting tired or giving up. We are trying
to build up our STAMINA when we are practicing
reading to our self.
Visitors and Volunteers
• If you have time or talents to share with us, please
complete and return the volunteer form.
• Our school policy requires all visitors/volunteers to check in
at the school office. Visitor Badges are required if you will be
in the school hallways or entering a classroom.
Also, anyone that wishes to help in the classroom is required
to fill out our Pottsgrove Volunteer form. Information is
available in the office.
Websites
• EDM Online
• Starfall.com
• Tumblebooks.com
EXtra Supplies
In order to provide your children with the program I believe they
deserve, I supplement the curriculum with extra projects. These
projects are not funded by the regular education budget.
Please take the time to look at my Giving Tree. I have posted
apples on the tree in the classroom this evening. Any and all
donations are truly appreciated!
If any additional supplies are needed throughout the school year
they will be noted in our class newsletter.
You……
You are your child’s first and most
important teacher.
I hope that we can work together this year
to make your child’s 1st grade school year a
huge success!
Zzzzz…
Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep
each night, so that he/she is well rested and
ready for the challenges of first grade. It is
recommended that 5 and 6 year olds get 10 to
11 hours of sleep a night.
This year will ZOOM by, so let’s make the most
of it.
Once again, thank you for coming this
evening and for showing an interest in your
child’s education.
If you should have any questions or would
like to speak with me further about your child,
please contact me by email at
[email protected] or call the school to
schedule a time for us to meet.