WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE North Topsail Elementary Schools Curriculum Night September 1, 2011.

WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE

North Topsail Elementary School’s Curriculum Night

September 1, 2011

We are happy that you are here!!

What are we going to talk about tonight?

Homework School Wide Behavioral Plan Classroom Expectations Parent Participation Curriculum Expectations for the First Quarter

Math Writing Reading Social Studies/Science I & E Time

HOMEWORK

Homework is due dailyIt is a review of the work we do in class

that dayReading homework will be out of the blue

reading workbook- following the story of the week

Math homework will correspond with the daily math lesson from Envisions

STOP and THINK!!

New School Wide Behavioral Plan Stop and Think-reinforcing positive behaviors

and giving children a chance to chose their outcomes

On Fridays a note will be sent home marking areas that your child needs to work on based upon the SWIM rules

There will be a daily chart that monitors behaviors in and out of the classroom

STOP and THINK Expectations for First Grade

1st offense-verbal warning 2nd offense- gives one “buck” to the teacher 3rd offense or more- the behavior is documented

on the grid and the overall school behavioral plan is followed from there

School expectations: 4 written offenses in one day = a trip to the office OR 6 written offenses in one week = a trip to the office

Every day starts a new grid Bucks are rewarded daily

WHAT’S A BUCK????

We reward good behavior by handing out bucks

Bucks are given out daily- clean slateBucks are taken after the first warningChildren can “buy” prize box items with

their bucksPrize box rewards from parents are always

greatly appreciated and help to keep the children on track

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

Be prepared and on time to class Bring homework in daily-writing weekly Have a snack daily Sick notes need to be sent the day that the students

return to class Vacations have to be approved by Mr. W using the form

from the student handbook Please do not send medications of any type with your

child Communications to us can be email or written notes We are open for conferences except for Wednesdays

Parent Participation This Year

CVCs Center Activities PTA-they need volunteers and we need parent

members ($5.00 a year) Field Trips

Background checks Limited spaces Limited field trips

No Time to share??? Donations are always appreciated.

CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS

By the end of the year: Reading fluently and comprehend a 1.8 book or higher Write at least 3 complete and complex sentences based upon

one topic with conventions and spelling in place Spell basic words, identify basic words and use them correctly Pass all AIMS Web assessments either on grade level or above Know rhyming words, parts of words, alphabetical principles,

segmenting words, creating and building words All math concepts including: addition, subtraction, number

sense, sets, graphing, shapes, patterns, and much more Understand the basic concepts of soil, rocks, balance, motion,

liquids, solids and needs of plants and animals Understand the big idea of Communities, how they work, why

they do what they do in the sense of Social Studies

MATH

First Quarter: Basic number skills Numbers to 20 using a ten and five frame Writing numbers and identifying number words Basic Shapes Simple addition and subtraction Patterns Ten more and ten less

READING

Start our first basal story Nightly basal reading homework Guided reading groups Basic sight words, cvc words Reading simple sentences and comprehending

their meaning Reading different types of books as a class and

discussing them There’s just so much we can’t list it all!!

WRITING

Using correct conventions Capital letters Punctuation Spacing Handwriting Complete sentences Sentences that are on one topic Transitional Words such as First, Then and

Finally Adding on extension sentences

Social Studies/Science

Social Studies will be our focus this quarter Thanksgiving Holidays Communities Constitution Day

SCIENCE- we will do some of the basic needs of plants, sink and float

THANK YOU FOR COMING!!