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Welcome to First Grade

Welcome to First Grade. Please sign up for a conference time Please read over the PTA proposed budget and cast your vote Please be sure and check out our volunteer opportunities. Introduction. Meet Miss Daisley. Goals. Develop self-control and self discipline Develop good listening skills

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Welcome to First Grade

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  1. Welcome to First Grade • Please sign up for a conference time • Please read over the PTA proposed budget and cast your vote • Please be sure and check out our volunteer opportunities

  2. Introduction • Meet Miss Daisley

  3. Goals • Develop self-control and self discipline • Develop good listening skills • Develop independent working skills • Develop responsible individuals • Develop social skills

  4. Good Morning! • Students begin walking to class at 7:35am • The late bell rings at 7:50am. • At 7:55, the students begin DEAR time.

  5. Grading The report card will have the following letters as indicators of development: B Below *With assistance, student struggles to demonstrate partial mastery of current grade level expectations PProgressing *With assistance, student demonstrates partial mastery of current grade level expectations MMeets *Student consistently meets and demonstrates mastery of current grade level expectations E Exceeds *In addition to meeting the standard, the student makes application beyond grade level expectations *If a • is placed in an area of the report card, this means that the skill was not assessed during that particular quarter.

  6. Pathways • Word Work/Making Big Words Students practice new vocabulary, spelling, and linking known words to new words • Literacy Centers Students work in small groups on independent activities to reinforce reading and writing skills • Read Aloud Teacher is reading text to students • Shared Reading/Poem Reading a poem and finding words with certain features • Guided Reading/Literature Circles Teacher assists and instructs as student reads • Independent Reading Student reads without assistance while maintaining understanding • Writing Workshop Students work on the elements of writing. They also learn about a variety of texts.

  7. Word Study • Word Study is Loudoun County’s spelling program. Words are sorted into groups based upon their features. grbrpl green brush place grape broom play grade breakfast plate

  8. Mathematics • Addition • Subtraction • Place Value • Probability and Statistics • Patterns • Money • Fractions • Geometry • Time • Measurement • Graphs/Charts • Problem Solving

  9. Science • Units • Weather • Seasons • Matter • Force, Energy, and Motion • Habitats • Cycles • Scientific Process • Asking Questions • Communicating • Gathering Data • Making Sense of Data

  10. Social Studies Units • Map and Globe Skills • Communities/Citizenship • Famous Americans • Economics • Australia • Alaska • Hawaii

  11. Homework Policy • Homework is a nightly 25 minute process • Reading…Silently/Read Aloud- 15 minutes • Word Study (Spelling) • Math • Sight words • Homework will be sent home every Monday and should be returned on Friday. (begins the first week of October)

  12. Expectations • Respect self • Respect others • Respect Arcola • Follow directions • Raise your hand before talking

  13. Behavior Management Plan

  14. Food • Breakfast: students may eat breakfast at school in the morning when they first arrive • Snack begins around 9:15 each day *choose a healthy snack, make it peanut free *water • Lunch begins at 11:00 each day. *joining your child for lunch *adding money to their account *ice cream (Thurs.) and cookie day (Mon.)

  15. Communication • Email • Arcola Website • Weekly Newsletters • Monthly Newsletters • Take home folder • Yellow Thursday folder • Conferences • Phone calls and notes as necessary

  16. Volunteers • Classroom • Home • Book orders • Thursday Folders • Room Parent(s) • Bookroom Parent • Grade Level Representative

  17. Cardboard Challenge  Click on the cardboard box on the home page for information.

  18. Housekeeping • Class celebrations *three each year *1st Fall Harvest Party • Birthdays *No food *Goodie bags *Can donate a book to class or to the library • Field Trips *October/Spring *T-shirts *Volunteers • Nurse *Medication/Fevers

  19. Reminders *T-shirts -Cost $6.25 -Field trips/field day -Keep at the end of the year *Re-link to our Harris Teeter program and others. This can be done online. *Sign up for a family portrait. *Join the PTA! 

  20. To Do List… • Conference Sheet • Volunteer Opportunities • PTA Information

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