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Welcome to Mrs. Hunter’s Curriculum Night. 1 st Grade Kyrene del Milenio 2013-2014. Introduction. Andrea Hunter 17 years of primary grade teaching experience in Arizona Reading Endorsement Married, mother of four- ages 26, 22, 17 & 15 Originally from Iowa, but in AZ 30 years.
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Welcome to Mrs. Hunter’s Curriculum Night 1st Grade Kyrene del Milenio 2013-2014
Introduction • Andrea Hunter • 17 years of primary grade teaching experience in Arizona • Reading Endorsement • Married, mother of four- ages 26, 22, 17 & 15 • Originally from Iowa, but in AZ 30 years
7:40-8:00 Attendance, Morning work 8:00-8:15 Morning Meeting 8:15-9:45 Reading Block- Phonics, whole group instruction, Small group instruction and Daily 5 9:45-10:00 Snack 10:00-10:45 Writer’s Workshop 10:50-11:30 Lunch/Recess 11:30-11:50 Calendar 11:50-12:40 Math 12:40-1:25 Specials 1:25- 1:55- Math- Individualized instruction, small groups 1:55-2:15 Science/SS/Health 2:15-2:30 Clean Up/Pack 2:30 Dismissal Daily Schedule
Specials • Monday PE • Tuesday Art • Wednesday Music • Thursday Computer lab • Friday Library
Language Arts • Communication • Listening skills • Speaking skills • Presentations (includes planning and presenting reports with support)
Language Arts • Reading - Harcourt & Daily 5 • Whole Group & Small Group • Apply phonetic decoding strategies • Read & spell high frequency words • Improve fluency • Learn strategies to develop meaning when reading fiction, • nonfiction & poetry • Apply a variety of reading comprehension strategies • Vocabulary • Create daily reading opportunities through Daily 5
Language Arts • Writer’s Workshop • Daily Independent Writing- with focus on improving writing through conferencing with teacher and modeled writing lessons. • Types of writing taught- • Personal Narratives • Creative Stories • Friendly Letters • Informational Report • Research • Persuasive
Math • Investigations • Represent and solve problems using addition and subtraction • Solve and explain thinking and reasoning in a variety of story problem types • Understand and apply the relationship between addition and subtraction. • Count to 120 starting at any number. Be able to read, write and represent a number. • Understand place value – represent numbers, decompose numbers, using place value to add and subtract • Measuring objects and comparing and ordering lengths • Tell and write time to hour and half hour • Represent and interpret data • Reason with shapes and their attributes (sorting, describing, composing and decomposing)
Homework • Folders go home on Thursdays • Due the next Wednesday • Read for 10-15 minutes 4-5 times during the week and record on Reading Calendar- Set a goal! • Spelling words- Choose 2 spelling jobs each week. • Weekly Writing • Skills practice sheets
Parent Volunteers • Volunteers are always welcome in 1st grade! • Please look at our opportunities and sign up for a day and job that would suit you. • There are weekly, monthly & occasional opportunities
Communications • Open Door Policy… be sure to keep in touch! We are partners this year. • A newsletter will go home at least every other week, with emails going out in-between. • Class website-(in progress) • Conferences are held 2 times a year. • My phone goes directly to voice mail during the day. Leave a message and I will call you back. 480 541-4139 • Email is the best way to contact me: • alhunter@kyrene.org
Odds and Ends • Thinking Maps -A visual language tool for learning within and across disciplines. Correspond with eight fundamental thinking processes • Green Take Home Folder • Class list (email) • Book Orders • Volunteering • Birthdays • Snack • Transportation Changes • Parent Pick-Up/Drop-Off • All About Me
Changes in federal law resulted in opportunities for improvement in education • Administrators in classrooms more frequently to observe instruction and to provide teachers with research based feedback • This will increase our capacity to meet the diverse learning needs of our students and their ability to grow in their learning What does this mean for you?? • Administrators will be in classrooms more frequently to observe teaching and help improve teaching practices, thus improving student learning • We are asking that you work with staff to schedule appointments with Mrs. Furedy and other administrators when you would like to have a face-to-face or phone conference • Mrs. Furedy and Ms. Ramundo will continue to respond to email within 24 hours, barring special circumstances