Red Oak Elementary 1st Grade Curriculum Night 2019-2020

1. Red Oak Elementary 1st Grade Curriculum Night 2019-2020 Welcome, families & students!

2. Items to Discuss Tonight • Learning expectations for this school year • 1st Grade Report Card • Curriculum • Accelerated Reader • Classroom Routines • T shirts/Field Trip

3. 1st Grade Learning Expectations • Mastery of at least 220 words from Fry’s 1st 300 words • Fluent reading at level J or higher and a Lexile score of 350L-450L or higher by the end of the year • Strong math reasoning/strategy use-explaining reasoning verbally and in writing: Why the answer is what it is and how did you get that answer? • Proficiency is at least an average of 80% on each domain on the 1st grade report card.

4. 1st Grade Learning Expectations • MAP test (Measure of Academic Progress) • Average 1st grade scores: Beginning of Year Mid-Year End of Year Reading 161 172 178 Math 162 174 181

5. First Grade Report Card • Students in grades K-4 receive a report card every 9 weeks. • Report card grades are Exemplary (90-100), Proficient (80-89), Approaching (74-79), Limited Progress (70-73), Insufficient Progress (Below 70). • Items that are not evaluated in a term will be shaded. • It is possible for a student to move levels ( ex: from Proficient to Approaching, etc…) when more rigorous elements of a standard are introduced.

6. Curriculum • We use the Henry County Teaching & Learning Standards: • https://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/Page/119112 • Another resource is www.georgiastandards.org • Math – count & represent #s to 120, addition & subtraction facts to 20, word problems, place value, add/sub 2 digit #s, measurement, time to hour & half hour, interpret data on charts, shapes – 2D & 3D, fractions – ½ & ¼ • Science – weather, magnets, light, sound, plants & animals • Social Studies – continents & oceans, our city, county, state, country & continent, goods, services, scarcity, producers, consumers, cardinal directions, describe key historical figures

7. Curriculum • Writing – narrative, informational, & opinion • Use conventions of capitalization, punctuation, & spelling • Use conventions of English grammar & usage • Reading – compare/contrast stories, explain difference between fiction & non-fiction texts, retell stories using key details and identify the main idea • Decode words using our new resource Open Court Phonics • Read with accuracy and fluency (60 words per minute)

8. Accelerated Reader (A.R.) • A.R. is a program that measures your child’s comprehension abilities after reading a book. • Tips for a successful experience with A.R. • Home Connect • Repeated reading (at least 3 times)/discussion of text • Green dot & star = kindergarten, blue dot & star = 1st grade, orange dot & star = 2nd grade, red dot & star = 3rd grade • At the end of 1st grade, students should be able to independently read blue dot/star books. • Students cannot look in the book during the test. • Class volunteers would be appreciated from • 7:20-7:45.

9. Classroom Routines • Discipline Plan (PBIS & Monarch Bucks) • Homework • Tardiness • iPads • Online/technology resources • Dreambox(math), Odysseyware (reading & math) Mobymax(reading & math)

10. Questions • Please let us know if you have any questions or need clarificationon any subject. Red Oak’s First Grade Team

11. Let’s Have an Awesome Year! Thank you for attending Curriculum Night!