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Janet Boyce Kim Kinner Janelle McIntyre Terry Moore. Back to School Night 2015. First Grade. 9:10-9:30 Warm Up and Opening 9:30-10:45 Content 10:45-11:45 Recess/Lunch 11:45-12:45 ELA/Reading Groups 1:00-2:15 Math 2:15-2:30 Handwriting/DEAR 2:30-2:45 Stack & Pack 2:45-3:45 Related Arts.
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Janet Boyce Kim Kinner Janelle McIntyre Terry Moore Back to School Night 2015 First Grade
9:10-9:30 Warm Up and Opening 9:30-10:45 Content 10:45-11:45 Recess/Lunch 11:45-12:45 ELA/Reading Groups 1:00-2:15 Math 2:15-2:30 Handwriting/DEAR 2:30-2:45 Stack & Pack 2:45-3:45 Related Arts Schedule
Zaner-Bloser method Formal instruction on letter formation Practice at home We look for legible writing Reversals Handwriting
What Will Our Students Learn? Grade 1 Grade 2 • Problem Solving • Place Value • Addition/Subtraction • Fact Fluency • Measurement • Time • Shapes and Attributes • Problem Solving • Place Value • Addition/Subtraction (to 1,000) • Fact Fluency • Time • Money • Measurement • Shapes and Figures
Phonemic Awareness Phonics/Decoding Fluency (phrasing and smoothness) Comprehension Vocabulary Guided Reading
Non-fiction Functional Documents Personal Interest Poetry Drama Genres
Plants and Animal Structure &Function Patterns in Space Systems Light Sound Content~Science
Working Together Our World of Cultures Communities at Work Our Changing World Content~Social Studies
Social & Emotional Health Safety, First Aid, Injury Prevention, and Personal Body Safety Disease Prevention and Control Nutrition and Fitness Content~Health
Within the Text • Explain how the picture adds meaning to the story. • Re-read dialogue using voice/expression • Retell important events from the story • Write down 5-7 events (or draw pictures) on index cards and have your child put them in order of the story. Use the events/pictures to retell the story. • Re-read to practice fluency.
Beyond the Text 1. Make predictions @ what will happen next based on: • what you have read • personal experiences • 2. Make connections about events/characters • text + personal experiences • text + another story you have read • 3. Before your read, what information do you already know • about this topic? • 4. During/after reading, what new information have you • learned. Be sure to show evidence from the text. • 5. How is the character feeling? Be sure to use evidence from • the text to support your ideas • 6. Why would the character choose to act that way? Be sure • to use evidence from the text to support your idea.
About the Text • Explain how one or more of the pictures add meaning to the story. • How does the author use word choice or punctuation to show emotion? (surprise, happiness, sadness….) • Non-fiction books: discuss text features: captions, headings, diagrams. • Discuss if the story could be true. What would the author need to know in order to write this book/story? • Express opinions about the text. What do you like or dislike. What compliments would you give the author or what changes would you suggest the author make? • Make judgments about the characters actions. Do they make good decisions? Would you choose to act the same way as the character or act differently?
Writing • Would you recommend this book to a friend? Support your opinion with specific examples of what you liked or did not like. • Connect with the text • ~ Have you ever been in a similar situation, setting, known someone who was like a character that was in the book? Use specific examples from your experiences to write a personal narrative. • ~What did you learn by reading this non-fiction book? Share at least 2 interesting facts and explain why you think they are interesting.
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