1 / 19

First Grade Intervention and Learning Support - Mrs. Kurtz and Miss Bucci

Mrs. Kurtz is an intervention teacher who co-teaches with the first grade team at Earl. Miss Bucci is a learning support teacher for K-2 at Earl. They provide support and interventions to help students achieve their academic goals.

denisebradford
Download Presentation

First Grade Intervention and Learning Support - Mrs. Kurtz and Miss Bucci

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome to First Grade Mrs. Heeney Mrs. Korenkiewicz Mrs. Kurtz –Intervention Teacher Miss Bucci – Learning Support

  2. Contact Information • Miss Lauren Bucci • lbucci@boyertownasd.org • Mrs. Polly Heeney -pheeney@boyertownasd.org • Mrs. Janette Korenkiewicz • jkorenkiewicz@boyertownasd.org • Mrs. Marcia Kurtz • mkurtz@boyertownasd.org

  3. Who is Mrs. Kurtz? • Mrs. Kurtz is an Intervention Teacher • Mrs. Kurtz co teaches with the First Grade Team at Earl and provides interventions to students. • Allows for another professional educator to be involved in the learning process and assisting student achievement

  4. Benefits • Two first grade homerooms each with their own homeroom teacher • InterventionTeacher available to push in to assist students with instruction, pull students for individual help or instruction, and team teach with the two homeroom teachers

  5. Who is Miss Bucci? • Miss Bucci is a Learning Support Teacher for K-2 at Earl. • Regular Education and Learning Support teachers working hand in hand • Two professionals instructing students together • More opportunities for small group and individualized instruction

  6. First Grade Curriculum • First grade demands are much different now • Common Core Standards • You will be amazed at what your first grader is learning and is able to do

  7. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5s0rRk9sER0

  8. Curriculum Revisions • In progress – working toward our curriculum goals align to the PA common core in each grade level • Curriculum details are available on the district website by grade level

  9. I can…. • Standards written in student friendly language • Quarterly brochures are being updated for the end of quarter goals • Resource for parents to understand exactly what your child is learning and what the expectations are

  10. Homework • Guided Reading Homework M-Thurs • Reread story from class, discussion • Parent Signature • Word Book –vocabulary sight words • List glued in to word book and an activity will be assigned by the teacher by numerical menu included inside front cover on Monday morning. Assignments will be checked Friday.

  11. Classwork • Students will have Independent work that they are responsible for completing. • Independent work will be collected daily and students will be held accountable for that week’s work. Any unfinished work will be sent home for weekend homework. • Students may occasionally be held accountable for additional classwork/homework during the week.

  12. Classroom Rules • We use language that is quiet, polite, and not harmful • We keep hands, feet, body, and objects to ourselves • We follow directions when given. • We care about others’ feelings. We treat others the way we want to be treated

  13. Behavior Incentive • Cards • Green, Orange, Yellow, Red, Blue • Students receive a stamp on their daily calendar for keeping a green card for the day • Brief explanations for card changes will be written on the calendar as well

  14. Report Card • Boyertown grades on a standards based goals • 4, 3, 2, 1, scale – • “3 is where you want to be” • Conferences after First Quarter; additional conferences available after successive quarters as needed

  15. Interventions • Title One • Speech Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Physical Therapy • Hearing Impairment Therapy • RtI (Response to Intervention)

  16. Helpful Information • Snack/Water Bottle • Lunch • Hawk Folders • Field Trip Chaperones • Proper Shoes required • Free /Reduced Lunch • PTO Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16th

  17. The First Grade Garden • “First Grade is very much like a garden….some flowers will be blooming right away at the beginning of the school year and others will progress and bloom in the spring…”

  18. Classroom Visit • Parents are invited and encouraged to come back to your child’s classroom and visit our learning space

  19. Together we can help make your child’s educational experience positive and successful

More Related