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Welcome to Our Pad!

Welcome to Our Pad!. First Grade, Track 4 Thursday, August 8, 2013. 4?. 3 ?. 2 ?. 1 ?. Wake County Grading Scale. Standards Based Grading. “ A ” vs. “ P ”. You may see some of your child’s work marked with a “ P .” This means that the activity was practice , and not graded.

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Welcome to Our Pad!

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  1. Welcome to Our Pad! First Grade, Track 4 Thursday, August 8, 2013

  2. 4? 3? 2? 1? Wake County Grading Scale

  3. Standards Based Grading

  4. “A” vs. “P” You may see some of your child’s work marked with a “P.” This means that the activity was practice, and not graded. You will see assessments marked with an “A.” (EX: “2A” means the student scored a 2 on the assessment.)

  5. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. The standards have been adopted by 45/50 states.

  6. Four strands 1. Reading 2. Writing 3. Speaking and Listening 4. Language The programs used in first grade to facilitate these strands are Daily 5, CAFÉ, and Letterland.

  7. Daily 5/ CAFÉ • Children will be busy completing meaningful literacy tasks: • Read to Self • Read to Someone • Work on Writing • Word Work • Listen to Reading Daily 5 is the “structure” of our Language Arts block • Children will learn reading strategies in each of the four categories: • C for Comprehension • A for Accuracy • F for Fluency • E for Expanding Vocabulary CAFÉ is the “meat” Creators, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser

  8. Letterland …is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. The Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictograms and they all live in an imaginary place called Letterland. …aids in: *print knowledge *alphabet awareness *phonological/phonemic awareness skills *decoding *vocabulary Creator, Lyn Wendon

  9. Questions about 1st grade’s Language Arts programs? We implement The Daily Fivestructure as researched by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser – “the sisters.” We facilitate research-based practices in literacy as outlined by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser in The CAFÉ Book. We use a systematic approach to teaching phonics with Letterland Teachers Guideby Lyn Wendon, Gudrun Freese, Sara Wiegand and Katie Baxendale.

  10. Content Standards Instructional time will focus on four critical areas: • Developing understanding of addition, subtraction, and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20 • Developing understanding of whole number relationships and place value, including grouping in tens and ones • Developing understanding of linear measurement and measuring lengths as units • Reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes

  11. Houghton Mifflin Math Expressions • “Math Expressions” is the textbook program that has been adopted by Wake County. • Teachers supplement “Math Expressions” with alignment lessons created by the county to meet all the strands of the Common Core

  12. New to social studies is the exploration of content through five strands. Five strands include: • History • Geography and Environmental Literacy • Civics and Government • Culture • Economics and Personal Financial Literacy

  13. Science instruction continues to be inquiry-based Areas of Focus: • Balance & Motion • Comparing & Measuring • Organisms • Pebbles, Sand, & Silt The Science program is inquiry- (“kit”) based. Textbooks are supplemental.

  14. Math Assessments • Quarterly assessments • “Math Expressions” Unit assessments • Cumulative assessment at the end of the year. • Teachers will give their own informal assessments throughout the year.

  15. Literacy Assessments • Running Records (mClass) • Used to determine student’s reading level • The student must be able to retell the story before going to the next reading level. It is more than just being able to call out words. • Letterland Unit Tests • Unassisted Writing samples

  16. Discipline • School-wide Positive Behavior System • Students get “SWIM” tickets. They can earn special rewards. • A MCES student… Stays safe Works hard Is respectful and kind Manages actions, and Succeeds!

  17. First Grade Field Trips • In-house Science field trip -Engaging hands-on activities with wonderful and energetic instructors • Asheboro, NC Zoo -Exciting trip to the zoo by charter bus

  18. Other Reminders • Parent Conferences are held at the end of first quarter. • We will begin using parent volunteers when children have established classroom routines. All volunteers must be registered with WCPSS each year. It may take several weeks for registration to be approved. • Teacher websites will be updated often. Please check website if you have any questions. .

  19. Our preferred method of contact is e-mail, which we try to check at least twice a day. If it is urgent, or for changes in transportation, please send a note or call the school at (919)773-9555. • Be sure to check your child’s folder daily for all important papers. • Homework is sent home monthly. Please turn it in each Friday. • Please refer to the first grade • handbook for questions of daily policies.

  20. Got questions?Don’t let them fly away! aebner@wcpss.net jtaylor5@wcpss.net

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