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Welcome to Ms. Best's First Grade Class 2013-2014

Welcome to Ms. Best's First Grade Class 2013-2014. To Do. Find your child ’ s desk Sign up for a conference time Take conference reminder slip Sign up to be a Mystery Reader or Volunteer Solve your child ’ s Family Feud Write a message to your child Look through folder.

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Welcome to Ms. Best's First Grade Class 2013-2014

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  1. Welcome to Ms. Best's First Grade Class 2013-2014

  2. To Do • Find your child’s desk • Sign up for a conference time • Take conference reminder slip • Sign up to be a Mystery Reader or Volunteer • Solve your child’s Family Feud • Write a message to your child • Look through folder

  3. Day in the Life of a First Grade Student • Unpack/Opening/Calendar • Word Work • Reader’s Workshop • Literacy Centers/Guided Reading • Lunch/Recess • Math • Special • Social Studies/ Science • Pack Up/ Dismissal

  4. Special Schedule Day 1- Art Day 2- Gym Day 3- Music Day 4- Gym/Library Day 5- Computers Day 6- Gym

  5. Opening/Calendar • Students • Backpacks on Hook • Attendance • Lunch Count • Do Now • Calendar • Day of the Week/Date • Today is . . . , Yesterday was . . ., Tomorrow will be . . . • Weather • Poems • Word Wall

  6. Word Work • Fundations • Sorts • Smartboard • Spelling/ Writing skill of week • Ipad • Reading Eggs (Can do at home too! ) • www.readingeggs.com • Log in sent home from Ms. Tackvic

  7. Reader’s Workshop • Mini-Lesson • Read A-Loud • Turn and talk • Independent reading books/ “Just Right Books” • Independent reading • Book Buddy Bags • Shop every Monday • Take home and read each night • Bring back EVERY day • Take care of books • Independent level to practice strategies

  8. Literacy Centers and Guided Reading • Centers- listening, word work, writing, write the room, reading, computers, ipad • Teacher works with children in small reading groups at this time • Center sheets- need to be signed and returned each week

  9. Writer’s Workshop • Interactive writing • Teacher modeling • Sketching • Pre-writing • Peer editing • Adding details • Conferencing • Sharing

  10. Integrated Literacy/Science and Social Studies • Integrate various thematic science and social studies units through the use of literature • Hands on learning • Centers • Writing • Math

  11. Math • Addition*- master facts • Subtraction*- master facts • Word Problems- critical thinking • Hands on learning using manipulatives, Smartboard, computers, ipad, and centers • Go Math • Soar to Success • ww.thinkcentral.com • Log information will be sent home

  12. Homework • Choice Board and Math every night • Needs to be turned in the next day • Will be different based upon child’s needs • Check for name! • Read 10-15 minutes • Book Buddy Bag books • Fill out reading log and sign-keep in book buddy bag • Word Ring- sight words/differentiated for each student • Bring back every day! • Only get new words if they master the previous week’s • Practice each night!

  13. Word Work Choice Board • Chose one activity to complete each night • Cross it off • Rip off completed sheet to turn in next day • Parent signature required on some boxes • New words each week

  14. Snack • 10 minute snack break during literacy block • Healthy Snack! • One snack during snack time • Can pack others for lunch • No peanuts for in-class snack  (lunch time is ok)

  15. Behavior • Follow class and school rules • Team Frog • Stars (20 for prize by Friday) • Frog Clip Chart/Super Star • Bucket Filling

  16. Star of the Week! • Form will be sent home • Please fill it out with your child • Send in 2 pictures that your child likes

  17. Scholastic • Order online or • By check and hand in to teacher • Online code for our class : HZC62 • One free book for our classroom if you order online! • Link on class website to access online order form • http://www.somervillenjk12.org//Domain/195

  18. Class Parents • Mrs. O’Neill • Mrs. Mani • Mrs. Warta A big thank you! 

  19. Communication • E-mail: mbest@somervillenjk12.org • Phone: 908-218-4105 ext. 1334 • Note • Class website- check for updates! • Peek at Our Week- HW Sheet • Last minute changes for the day-please call the office-they will let me know-example: change in how child is getting home, who is picking up . . .

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