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FIRST GRADE. Remember …. “ Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself! ” ~John Dewey. Focus On…. Standards Standards define end-of-year expectations and progression.
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FIRST GRADE Remember …. “Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself!” ~John Dewey
Focus On… Standards • Standards define end-of-year expectations and progression. • Professional Learning Communities (PLC) provide you with input from various person(s).
Focus On… • Integrated Literacy • Students, who meet standards, develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening that are foundations for creative and purposeful expression.
Focus On… • Great News • Teachers are able to be flexible when planning activities for teaching standards. • Teachers are able to utilize information they already have.
Focus On… • Standards • The standards for the first unit are basically a pacing guide. These standards do not have to be taught in any given order. • These are year-end expectations.
First Step Organization… • Personalize your binder. • Tab each area using the following headings: • Standards • Resources • Themes • Strategies 3. Add materials, activities, etc., to your binder as materials become available.
Teachers * Constantly Modeling Students * S.L.R.W.! Speaking Listening Reading Writing NOTICE STANDARDS!
Awesome Resources! • The Daily Five and The Café both by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser “the sisters” • Literacy Work Stations – Making Centers Work, by Debbie Diller • Co-Workers • PLC (Professional Learning Communities) • Leveled Library *Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts
Mini-Lessons • Easily incorporated by: • Morning Message • Large and Small Group Time • Kagan Strategies • Carpet Time • AR Time • Leveled Learning Stations
Finally • “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” ~Sydney J. Harris