Welcome to First Grade We invite you to take a look at our day together here at school!

Welcome to First GradeWe invite you to take a look at

our day together here at school!

First Grade Info•Our day begins at 7:45•A phone call is appreciated, but a note is required for an absence•Please call front office for ride change by 2:00•Lunch is at 11:15-11:45, Please join us anytime!•Visitors-Background checks•Send all medications to school nurse

First Grade Info Cont.

* Boot Binder*Mandatory Parent Conferences

Oct. 2nd 3:15-6:00Oct. 4th 3:15-6:00

* Homework-Coming Soon-Reading nightly for 15 minutes-Math/Spelling

GRADES• Numerical Grades will begin the Second

Six Weeks• Check grades online• Progress Reports and Report Cards will

be online! • Some work will be sent home, other

grades will be in your child’s Notebooks• You are welcome to come visit us

anytime!

Our Schedule7:15-7:45 Arrival7:45-8:05 Morning Meeting/ Skills Block8:05-8:55 Writers Workshop8:55-9:50 Readers Workshop9:50-10:45 Specials / Teacher Conference10:45-11:15 Calendar11:15-11:45 Lunch11:45-12:15 Recess12:15-1: 15 Math Workshop1:15-1:50 Science/Social Studies1:50-2::45 Centers / Reading Groups2:45 Dismissal

Reading is what it’s all about!

Reading Goals/Readers Workshop* DRA Testing 3-16 (C-J)

Beginning, Middle, and End of Year

* Level C-JWhat does it look like?

* ComprehensionGuiding Questions; Make connections,

predictions, checking for comprehension

* FluencyReading just right

* Guided Reading Group- Books will be sent home in folder. Must be returned daily

*Spelling-Coming Soon!

The challenge is on!!Every 1st grader is to read 100

books…but we can do even better than that right?!

Speed to Read ChallengeGuided Reading Books: Will count when read independently. The same book can be written down up to 2 times on their log for each turn.

Non Fiction Books: Can be recorded as many times as read.

Nascar Themed Books: Can be recorded as many times as read and they count double!!!

Chapter Books: Each chapter counts as 1 book.

Speed to ReadReading Log: Mrs. Pollock will check the reading log and move your child’s car for every 10 books read. Even though each child is expected to read 100 books= 1million words, we want them to continue reading and logging books even if they have reached 100. Clara Love wants to win the challenge against Hatfield and Justin Elementary!

A “just right” book is a book on your child’s reading level.

Writers Workshop*Opening, Work Period, Closing

*The writing process-Planning-Drafting-Editing-Publishing

*Story Ideas

*Handwriting

*Inventive Spelling is good!-mi kat iz cut

MathAssessments- B, M, E of yearAssessing: Number Sense, Mental Math, Seeing and Counting GroupsHow can you help at home?*Play Dot Cards*Ask your child how many dots do you see? Can they see groups and not have to count by ones?

ScienceOngoing Process Skills- collect data, measure, sort, predict

Process, Inquiry, and Physical Systems – Parts of a whole, record changes in size, shape, mass, color

Earth Systems- Rocks, soil, water

Space- change occurs

Life Systems- parts of plants and animals, living/non-living

Social Studies

* Citizenship/Rules*Communities* Authority Figures* Traditions, Customs, Celebrations* Geography/Mapping* Texas Symbols* US Symbols

First Grade Behavior* Here at Clara Love we want to create a positive reward system (no colors)!

*Choice Celebration- for making good choices*Character Lessons

•Extra Incentives: taking your shoes off, lunch in the classroom, treasure box•School wide Expectations

Clara Love is a Pearson Model School!

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