Welcome!

1. Welcome! • Before we start, feel free to • Find and explore your child’s desk • Look through book bag • Introduce yourself to other parents!

2. Welcome Parents! • Goals for tonight: • Give us the tools we need to set up year-long conversations between parent and teacher focused on student learning. • To share information about how families can support your children’s learning.

3. Mrs. Friesen and Ms. Milliman

4. Literacy: Strategies for Success! • Phonemic Awareness • 5 Big Ideas in Reading • Phonemic Awareness • Phonics (Accuracy) • Fluency • Comprehension • Vocabulary • Core of 1st Grade Literacy • Vocabulary • Phonics (Accuracy) • Comprehension • Fluency

5. Literacy: Strategies for Success! • Phonemic Awareness • Journeys • Second Year of the Adoption • Selected to best meet the needs of all kids in the 5 Big Ideas • Vocabulary • Phonics (Accuracy) • Comprehension • Fluency

6. Literacy: Strategies for Success! Whole Group Small Group Child Curriculum

7. Literacy: Strategies for Success! • Phonemic Awareness • Journeys Highlights: • Daily practice with phonemic awareness • Daily direct instruction around phonics skills • Strategic comprehension lessons • Multiple exposures to vocabulary • Grounded in great books! • Small groups include: • Leveled practice with skills • Guided Reading • Writing connected to Reading • Phonics (Accuracy) • Vocabulary • Comprehension • Fluency

8. Literacy: Strategies for Success! • Practice is key to 1st grade reading success! • First Grade Reading Levels • Beginning of Year: C • Middle of Year: E • End of Year: I • Let’s look at some books!

9. Literacy: How Can You Help? • How can you help?

10. Literacy: How Can You Help? • Woodridge: On Camera!

11. Literacy: How Can You Help? • Help your child to: • Check folders! • Complete Weekly Reading Log • Read and return library books each week • Read and return Just Right books • Read new paper Take-Home books and practice previous weeks’ frequently

12. Handwriting Without Tears • Goal: Help students learn proper handwriting habits and then apply these habits to writing experiences. • Songs, Skywriting, Chants • Letter Formation • Starting Corner • Frog Jump Capitals • “Magic C” • Fixing Reversals

13. Math Curriculum - Math Expressions

14. What is Math Expressions? • What does a Math Expressions lesson look like? • Quick Practice • Daily Routines • Whole Class Activities • Independent Practice • Differentiated Small Group Work • Math Talk • Homework and Remembering

15. What is Math Expressions? • What will we cover in First Grade? • Numbers, Patterns, and Shapes • Seeing Fives and Ones • Partners and Unknown Partners • Addition and Subtraction – moving through children’s developmental stages • Money • Ten groupings, tens and ones • Graphs, Measurement and Shapes • Time

16. What is Math Expressions? • Breaking Numbers Up…

17. What is Math Expressions? • …and Putting them Together.

18. What is Math Expressions? • Building an understanding of tens

19. What is Math Expressions? • Using tens to solve • Building method • New group above • New group below

20. How Can You Help in Math? • Daily Homework and Remembering • Look for Family Letters • Practice counting all the time • Up to 100 and back to 0 • Skip count (2s, 5s, 10s, etc) • Count coins • Make up and solve story problems

21. Science • Units of Study: • New Plants • Air and Weather • Solids and Liquids • Scientific Inquiry • Building Vocabulary

22. Science • How can you help? • Ask about the week’s investigations and WHY they work – “Why did the plunger fly across the room?” • Encourage your child to investigate questions—give them opportunities to explore and try out theories • Read! Read! Read! Magazines, books, online resources, etc.

23. Social Studies: My School and Family • Families and Groups: • Families change • Family traditions • What groups do we belong to? • Needs and Wants (Economics) • Maps

24. Second Step: Social Emotional Learning • Skills for Learning • Focusing attention • Listen Carefully • Empathy • Identify and understand their own and other’s feelings • Emotion Management • Calming down when experiencing strong feelings • Problem Solving • Brain Builders

25. Virtues at Woodridge The Virtues Project creates a climate of safety and caring in the school by identifying and teaching positive character traits.

26. Virtues at Woodridge Components: • Teacher education • Parent education • Class activities, including writing, role-play, reading, songs, art, current events and appreciation of those who practice Virtues • Monthly assembly • Bulletin boards • Mayseum!

27. Class Information • Report Cards • Homework and Folders • Parent-Teacher Conferences: October and November– Sign Ups Available now!

28. Class Information Snack Thank you for your snack donations! We ask each first grader to send in a snack for the whole class. We request healthy foods that can be eaten with fingers and require no preparation. We will let you know if we need more snacks in the coming months. No nuts or sugar*, please!

29. Get Involved! • What kind of volunteer are you? • Things you can get involved in: • Read with students • Work with small groups • Morning Routines: Check in homework (10 min) • Friday afternoon paperwork passer (10 min) • Bring a favorite book to read aloud • Material Prep: Cutting things out and making copies! • Take-home projects • Take-home books • PTSA: Check out woodridgeptsa.org • Sign up for E-Blasts!

30. Questions? • I’m still wondering about… • This presentation will be available on my website for you to refer to in the future. • If you have any questions after tonight, please feel free to make an appointment with me, or email me at any time. • Contact me! • friesenm@bsd405.org • 425 456 6236 before and after school • During school hours, call the office 425 456 6200

31. THANK YOU FOR COMING!