Mrs. Lognion’s First Grade Class Folsom Elementary Open House
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Mrs. Lognion’s First Grade Class
Folsom Elementary
Open House
Meet the Teachers
Hi, I’m Mrs. Lognion! I have been happily teaching first grade at Folsom Elementary since 2017. Before that, I taught 4th grade math and science in Calcasieu Parish. I was recognied as FES’s 2020-2021 teacher of the year and absolutely love my job!
Mrs. Newell is Folsom Elementary’s first and second grade special education teacher. She comes and goes in our classroom throughout the day to provide intervention and support to my students. We are super lucky to have her! She is FES’s 2021-2022 teacher of the year!
Handbooks
Folsom Elementary Parent and Student Handbook:
http://folsomelementary.stpsb.org/documents/handbook/fes_parent_student_handbook21_22.pdf
District Handbook for Parents and Students:
http://www.stpsb.org/districthandbook/DistrictHandbook.pdf
Transportation Changes
– Transportation changes must either be sent as a note with your child to school or faxed to the office.
– We can no longer accept e-mail or phone transportation changes.
– If your child goes home different than their regular transportation that is on their emergency card, you need to send in a transportation change even if it is weekly.
Take Home Folder
– Please check your child’s red folder everyday.
– Please put all notes and money in the in the front sleeve of the folder. I do not look through all the papers in the folder until Friday.
– Your student’s folder needs to be cleaned out daily.
– Please complete all homework by Friday and return it in this folder.
Behavior Chart
– We use a colored clip chart to monitor behavior during the school day.
– Students clip up for positive choices and may clip down for choices they need to reflect on. A clip down only comes after a verbal redirection or warning was given.
– I do not have students circle their color each day to take home. If there is an ongoing behavior issue, we will discuss it privately.
Lunch
– Students only have about 20 minutes once we enter the cafeteria to wash hands, get their tray, and eat.
– Please do not send any cash or coins with them to school for buying items in the cafeteria as this slows down the lunch line. Instead, you may put money on their lunch account via My Payments Plus which is hyperlinked on the cafeteria page on our school website.
– https://www.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome
– The breakfast and lunch menus can be found on the FES website.
– http://folsomelementary.stpsb.org/page3_cafeteria.htm
Snack
– Please send a quick snack with your child each day.
– Please do not send any drinks for snack time.
– Only water is allowed in our classroom.
ELA Curriculum
– ReadyGen is our district-wide first grade ELA curriculum.
– Unit Design – students will not have an assessment every Friday but will instead be tested on skills taught during each module.
– Assessments will assess skills taught in curriculum lessons.
ELA HomeworkPractice to Achieve Student Success
– Purpose: to build reading fluency and comprehension1. One-minute fluency read – increases student's reading rate
and accuracy. Complete comprehension questions on Thursday night.
2. Decodable readers - Read each night for your child to build automaticity related to the phonics skill of the week.
3. Phonics focus page - Practice segmenting and blending the words on this page to reinforce the week’s phonics skill.
4. Handwriting page - Research shows there's something special about language
development and the act of handwriting. In studies, kids who practice handwriting do better at reading and spelling. ... Some experts believe that forming letters by hand while learning sounds activates reading circuits in the brain that promote literacy.
5. Homework is never taken for a grade.
Math Curriculum
– Eureka math is our district-wide curriculum. It teaches students to use several research-based math strategies that have been proven to increase student achievement in math.
– number bonds, tape diagrams, vertical number lines, etc…
– These strategies teach conceptual understanding of numbers and are necessary for students to master the standards and perform well on state standardized testing.
– Zearn is an amazing online platform that reteaches lessons and skills to students, and works at their individual pace. Students will complete 20 minutes of Zearn in class each day.
Math HomeworkPractice to Achieve Student Success
– Purpose: to practice or review skills previously taught
– Your child will have math homework every week. You can always practice basic fact fluency in addition to the assigned math homework.
– Any homework sent home will be something your child should be able to do with minimal to no assistance.
– Homework will only be sent for skills taught in class. No new materials will be sent for homework.
– Homework is never taken for a grade.
Assessments and Grades
Student grades are entered weekly in the student progress center. which can be accessed via the FES website. If you need login information, please contact Mrs. Suzanne in the front office.
– For math, reading, and language each grade level will administer district-created assessments that align to grade level standards. Each grade level will score these common assessments using the same criteria.
– Students will receive 9 grades per quarter for reading, language, and math. Students will receive 5 grades per quarter for science and social studies.
– Science and social studies grades will come from a variety of sources including Scholastic News articles, concept-based passages, Guaranteed Curriculum resources, etc.
– Continued on next slide
Assessments and GradesContinued
– Reading and Language grades are district-created and determined by Central Office. Reading grades are designed to gradually release reading responsibilities to students as the year progresses.
– 1st Quarter Reading: 4 listening comprehension (teacher reads passage, questions, and answers aloud), 1 reading comprehension (student reads passage, teacher reads questions and answers aloud), 2 fluency (students read grade-level passage aloud for 1 minute, 2 phonics
– 2nd Quarter Reading: 3 listening comprehension (teacher reads passage, questions, and answers aloud), 2 reading comprehension (student reads passage, teacher reads questions and answers aloud), 2 fluency (students read grade-level passage aloud for 1 minute, 2 phonics
– 3rd Quarter Reading: 2 listening comprehension (teacher reads passage, questions, and answers aloud), 3 reading comprehension (student reads passage, teacher reads questions, students read answer choices), 2 fluency (students read grade-level passage aloud for 1 minute, 2 phonics
– 4th Quarter Reading: 1 listening comprehension (teacher reads passage, questions, and answers aloud), 4 reading comprehension (student reads passage, questions, and answer choices), 2 fluency (students read grade-level passage aloud for 1 minute, 2 phonics
– Continued on next slide
Please read this slide
carefully as it outlines
how ELA grades are
administered in first
grade.
Assessments and GradesContinued
– Reading and Language grades are district-wide and determined by Central Office. Language grades are designed to gradually release reading responsibilities to students as the year progresses.
– Language grades are as follows for each quarter:
– 4 writing grades from the End-of-Module ReadyGen writing tasks
– 2 writing conventions grades
– 2 writing task grades
– 2 vocabulary grades from ReadyGen selection tests
– First semester: Teacher will read vocabulary questions and answer choices
– Second semester: Teacher may read vocabulary questions. Students will read answer choices.
– 1 speaking and listening grade based on district-created rubric
– 2 dictation - The teacher will dictate words orally. These are words students have not been given to memorize (except for high frequency words). The teacher will also dictate two sentences. The sentences should include words that address the phonics pattern(s) that have been explicitly taught and will include a mix of previously taught skills and high frequency words.
Please read this slide
carefully as it outlines
how ELA grades are
administered in first
grade.
Report Cards and Progress Reports
- Students receive A, B, C, D, and F grades in first grade.- Paper copies of progress reports are not sent home, but student grades will come
home weekly and can be checked regularly via Student Progress Center.- Paper copies of report cards will be sent home at the end of each quarter.- First Grade Promotion Requirements: If a student in first grade receives an “F”
(Unsatisfactory/Not grasping stated goals) in reading or math as indicated on the fourth grading period, the Student Building Level Committee (SBLC) shall review available data pertaining to the student’s reading or math proficiency to determine promotion or retention. The reading or math proficiency of the student shall be determined by using the informal teacher assessment portfolio which includes a collection of the following: DIBELS assessment results three times per year, writing sample, word recognition test, basal reading series assessments, math sample, spelling test, and any other pertinent information. A variety of assessments shall be included, i.e. portfolios, journals, written tests, projects, checklists, writing samples, interviews, observations and anecdotal records. Students with characteristics of dyslexia, who are served in a multisensory structured language program, follow the same criteria for promotion as all other students.
Student Progress Center
- You can check students’ grades via Jpams, also called the Student Progress Center. It is hyperlinked on the FES website or can be found here: https://jpams.stpsb.org/progress/
- Grades are typically input within 24 hours of assessment administration.
- These are the same grades that come home in Tiger Roar envelopes.
Tiger Roars
– Tiger Roars are white envelopes that contain graded papers.– These usually go home on Wednesdays so please check your
child’s book bag for this envelope.
– Please sign the front of the envelope and take out all the papers. You may keep the graded papers.
– Send the Tiger Roar back to school with your child on Thursday.
– I know there is a spot for comments/concerns, however I don’t always see these. If you have a concern, it is best to put a note in the front sleeve of your child’s red folder or email me.
Google Classroom
-In the event that students are quarantined, I maintain a Google Classroom with Google Slides for each lesson for each subject.
-Students know how to access my Google Classroom from their Chromebooks and practice this regularly in class.
Thanks for stopping by!
• I hope this information has been informative for you!
• Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about behavior, homework, grades, etc.
• If you have any questions about your child specifically, please email me to schedule a phone conference.
• I look forward to working with you and your child and making this the best year yet!
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