Contact Information (While you wait…)

1. Contact Information(While you wait…) • Look over the Personal Summary Report for accuracy-Fix if necessary • Please write a local emergency contact (not yourself)on the bottom of the sheet • Please write: Birthday Treats (Yes or No) • Add Emergency Dismissal Plans- Parents will be contacted by “School Reach.” Please listen to or check local TV or Radio stations for closure information. • Regular After School Plans • Keep at School. Picked up by __________________________________

2. 1st Grade Parent Informational Meeting Mrs. Diane Broksieck Classroom Phone: 696-4620 Email: Diane.Broksieck@k12.sd.us

3. My Family…My Story

4. Take-Home Folder • Communication Back & Forth • Front Pocket • Middle Pocket • Back Pocket

5. Literacy • Shared Reading (poetry, big books, basal stories) • Reader’s Workshop ~Comprehension Strategies *Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Determining Importance, and Synthesizing) ~Guided Reading *Small Groups, Daily Menu, Assessments, Conferences ~Café *Reading Strategies, Reading Toolkit ~Reading Bags *Back and Forth Every Night, Beginning Sometime in September, Book Exchange • Writer’s Workshop ~Small Moments, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Letter

6. Literacy (Cont.) • Differentiated Word Study Groups • Reading Recovery and Title I • Word Work and Spelling • Oral Language • Handwriting • ELA Common Core State Standards http://doe.sd.gov/octe/commoncoreStandards.aspx

7. Math • Investigations ~Newly adopted…3rd year for 1st grade ~Calendar ~Math Workshop ~Homework/Extra Workbook Pages ~Home Letters ~Game Binders ~See Math Handouts-layered curriculum • Inquiry Based • AddVantage Math Recovery Assessments • Math Common Core State Standards • Practice Standards http://doe.sd.gov/octe/commoncoreStandards.aspx

8. Social Studies/Health/Science • Usually focus on ONE of these areas at a time • The same grade will be reflected in both areas on the report card. • The grade is based on effort, participation, and completion of work • Topics include: Ladybugs, Hatching Chicks (lifecycles), Oceans, Deserts (Habitats), Living/Non-Living, Animal Groups, Voting, Rules (Citizenship), Friendship, Maps/Atlas

9. Classroom Management • 3 Basic Rules ~Respect ~Responsibility ~Caring • Go Green ~Tiered Card System ~Go Green Celebrations ~Clipboard • Smile Sticks

11. Monthly "Go Green" Celebrations! • 1 celebration each month • Everyone has a chance to participate • Less than 5 checks in a week is a "Go Green" week • 2 weeks with 5 or more checks you cannot attend the celebration • However, a week with 0 checks can cancel out a week with 5 or more checks!

12. Healthy Snacks • You have been given a hand out on healthy snacks. Our district would like to encouraging healthy/snacks treats. • What would we like to do for Birthdays? • Please avoid peanuts and tree nut products. There are several kids in Hillcrest who are allergic to these. • In our classroom could we please avoid any foods with Red 40 Food Dye

13. Odds & Ends • Book Orders • Weekly Newsletters • Birthdays (We Celebrate ½ Birthdays) • Healthy Snacks • Friendship List • Volunteers • Sign-up Genius • Hillcrest Website: http://brookings.k12.sd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=67