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First and Second Grade Classes

First and Second Grade Classes. Welcome , parents!. Welcome to Park Street!. We would like to introduce you to your child’s classroom and some of our routines. If you have any questions, please stop us. Our Goals. To give your children the academic and social skills they need.

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First and Second Grade Classes

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  1. First and Second Grade Classes Welcome, parents!

  2. Welcome to Park Street! • We would like to introduce you to your child’s classroom and some of our routines. • If you have any questions, please stop us.

  3. Our Goals • To give your children the academic and social skills they need. • To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment. • To help your children make new friends and discover new interests. • To foster a love of learning.

  4. Our Classrooms: “Home Away From Home” • We want your children to feel safe and cared for when they are away from you. In our “Home Away From Home”, we have rules to help us get along with each other. • Our class rules are: • Treat others how you would like to be treated. • Listen to the speaker and wait your turn. • Come to school on time and with everything you will need for the day.

  5. Class Subjects • The subjects your children participate in are: • Literacy • Math • You and Your World • Physical Education • Art • Music • French Culture

  6. Reading • Our team follows a balanced literacy approach, including: -Read alouds, -Shared reading, -Flexible guided reading groups -Independent reading

  7. Writing • Continuing with the balanced literacy approach, writing consists of: -Word work -Spelling practice -Modeled writing -Shared writing -Flexible guided writing -Independent writing

  8. Fast ForWord to Reading Fast ForWord is a computer reading series that targets essential reading skills: -Phonemic Awareness -Phonics & Decoding -Spelling -Fluency -Vocabulary -Comprehension It is based on research on how the brain learns and brain plasticity including the connection between reading and language.

  9. Empowering Learners Intervention This intervention targets students in Grades 1 and 2 who are reading slightly below their grade level. A small group of students is taken out of the class for a portion of the day for a twenty-day intervention to boost their literacy skills. Students have shown great gains as a result of participating in this intervention. If your child is participating in this intervention, there will be homework given by Mrs. McKenna-Dacres each week day in lieu of regular Literacy homework.

  10. Math Students will work on monthly outcomes, as well as, regularly review concepts learned in previous months. The students will also work with mental math and number and word problems.

  11. You and Your World • This subject incorporates health, personal development, career planning, science and social studies all in one.

  12. Physical Education We are very pleased to have Physical Education specialists, Erin McAuley and Jonathan Crossland, in the school to teach your children. Your child receives Phys. Ed. instruction in the gym 3 times each week.

  13. Art We follow the prescribed outcomes using many different art materials that relate to stories we have read, favourite illustrators, science and the world around us.

  14. Music • Mr. Jeffery Zaat is a musician and your child’s teacher. Your child receives Music instruction twice each week.

  15. French Culture • Your child will receive exposure to French culture through music, books and vocabulary 30 minutes each week.

  16. Homework • We will assign homework each Monday. Math and Literacy will be the focus of homework. Please have your child read each night. • The Homework duo-tang is due each Friday morning. • If your child needs extra time to work on the homework assignment, write us a note in the Agenda saying that you would like to keep the Homework duo-tang over the weekend.

  17. Agenda • We will be checking the Agenda each morning for your initials and any notes that you want us to see. Loose notes often get missed.

  18. Tardiness • School starts at 8:10 A.M. and ends at 1:55 P.M.; Wednesdays at 12:10 P.M. • Did you know? If your child arrives at 8:30 each morning, over the year, it is the equivalent of 14.5 days absent. That’s almost 3 entire weeks of valuable learning time…GONE!

  19. Snacks • Please send along a healthy recess snack with your child’s lunch. • Please enjoy your peanut butter and nut snacks at home. Parents with severely allergic children thank you.

  20. Field Trips We have some fun field trips planned for this year! Kings Landing Ducks Unlimited Hospital Visit (Grade 1) Year-end Class Trips *Please note: For every field trip, we will need at least 1 adult for every 5 students, with at least 1 of the adults being male. Please sign up for as many as you like!

  21. Contacting Us • You may contact us any of three ways: • Write in the Agenda • Call the school at 453-5423 • E-mail us at: lucie.brown@nbed.nb.ca kelly.davidson@nbed.nb.ca mary.mcconaghy@nbed.nb.ca tanya.burke@nbed.nb.ca monica.logue@nbed.nb.ca jennifer.kelly@nbed.nb.ca krista.tracy-gould@nbed.nb.ca tessa.walsh@nbed.nb.ca laurie.mckenna-dacres@nbed.nb.ca (Literacy Lead) marla.mccarthy@nbed.nb.ca (Methods & Resource)

  22. Thank you for coming this evening. Let’s Have a Great Year!

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