Back to School Night 2018-2019

1. Back to School Night 2018-2019 Welcome Parents! First Grade, Room 23 Mrs. Ceccato

2. Welcome Parents! Your child wrote a welcome note to you. Please use a pencil from their pencil box to write back. The Chester Raccoon craft is yours to take home tonight. Your child made it as a special gift to show how much they love you! SignUpGenius will be a available for you to: • schedule parent-teacher conferences • class party donations

3. A Little About Me • 16th year of teaching • Previously taught Kindergarten • Undergraduate school: Rutgers University • Graduate school: College of Saint Elizabeth

4. A Day in the Life… • Morning routine/Morning meeting • Fundations • Daily 5 • Writing/Making Meaning/Shared Reading • Recess/Lunch • Quiet Time • Calendar • Math • Specials • Snack • Science/Social Studies • Pack up

5. Language Arts • Philosophy: Balanced Literacy

6. Language Arts Reading Components: • Shared Reading • Modeled Reading • Guided Reading • Independent Reading • Talk about reading • Write about reading • Epic! Making Meaning

7. Language Arts • Writing Components: Being a Writer • Mentor Texts • Modeled Writing • Guided Writing • Independent Writing • Sharing and partner work

8. What is Wilson Fundations? • The foundation for reading and spelling.   • It provides a structured, sequential, and cumulative phonics/spelling program using multisensory teaching techniques.

9. What is Wilson Fundations? • Part of the balanced literacy instruction-30 minutes per day. • Emphasizes phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, Trick Word study, fluency, vocabulary, handwriting, and spelling.

10. Program Highlights: • letter formation and print knowledge • blend and segment up to 5 sounds    for example: c a t • identify the elements of word structure: blends, digraphs, short and long vowels, basewords, suffixes, syllables types (closed and vowel-consonant-e syllables)

11. Program Highlights • read, spell and write “Trick” and high frequency words   For example: to, too, two • stories (fiction and nonfiction) that provide instruction for fluency, expression, and understanding • beginning compositional skills:  capitalization, punctuation and • proofreading procedures

12. Home Support • You are the “Coach!” Please set time to read Fundations letters that come home and do the homework activities from the Home Support Pack. • Please support classroom instruction by using the verbal step-by-step guidelines for proper letter formations.

13. Home Support • Proper pencil grip and correct letter and number formation will lessen fatigue in the hands and builds stamina for writing neatly. • Please note there are periodic unit assessments. There will be no weekly spelling tests.

14. Daily 5 • A framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently.

15. Daily 5 • It is called The Daily Five because there are five literacy components for children to choose from when they go off to work. These components are: • Read to Self • Read to Someone • Listen to Reading • Work on Writing • Working with Words

16. Math Standards Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. - Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction. - Add and subtract within 20. - Work with addition and subtraction equations. • Number and Operations in Base Ten •  - Extend the counting sequence. •  - Understand place value. •  - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. • Measurement and Data •  - Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units. •  - Tell and write time. •  - Represent and interpret data. • Geometry •  - Reason with shapes and their attributes.

17. Math Standards Number and Operations in Base Ten - Extend the counting sequence. - Understand place value. - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

18. Math Standards Measurement and Data - Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units. - Tell and write time. - Represent and interpret data. Geometry - Reason with shapes and their attributes.

19. GO Math • exploration of concepts before learning the steps to solve problems • deep level of understanding • hands-on activities • critical thinking and problem solving opportunities • connections to real-life • online opportunities for reteach, enrichment, and/or practice • chapter tests and timed tests on facts. • homework: M-Thur., pencil, check for neatness & corrections

20. Science Curriculum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1K2jdjLhbo&feature=youtu.be Next Generation Science Standards: • Students become active investigators having deep engagement with important science ideas

21. Students engage in real life scientific and engineering practices • Student discussions and activities are thoughtfully integrated with mathematics and English/Language Arts instruction. First Grade Units: • Sound and Light • Air and Weather • Plants and Animals

22. Social Studies • People and Places published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill • holidays • geography

23. Report Cards • distributed December, March, June • grading A - Achieved P - Partially achieved D - Developing I - Improvement needed N - Not Assessed at the time

24. Missed Homework Due to Personal Reasons • School policy states that if a child misses school for personal reasons, missed homework will be given to the child the day he/she returns to school. The number of days absent is the number of days your child has to complete the homework.

25. Class Webpage • http://www.warrentboe.org/ Teacher Webpages: Central School: Mrs. Ceccato • Curriculum Information: http://www.warrentboe.org/curriculum/pages/Curriculum-Guides/

26. Snacks – healthy, separate bag • Bathroom breaks • Birthdays • TBP • Home Folder: Empty nightly • The deadline to register for before and after school clubs is this Friday • Homeroom Moms: Mrs. Botte, Mrs. Goldstein, Mrs. Colucci and Mrs. Rana

27. Central School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) 2018-2019 Programs & Events Ladies Night October 17th Guys Night TBD Family Outing October 21st Trunk or Treat October 26th Book Fair November 13th - 15th Reading Event November 14th International Day TBD Bingo Night January 18th Adult Social March Young Authors Day April 4th Movie Night May 31st School Assemblies Ongoing Food Days Ongoing School Spirit Ongoing School Beautification Ongoing 5th Grade Yearbook/EventTBD Teacher Appreciation May 6th - 10th Homeroom Parent Name xxx xxx xxx With all of your support, we can continue to enhance our children’s school experience! Please join and support the Central School PTO by making an online donation at www.myfooddays.com or submitting the paper donation form. Also, please consider volunteering to help with these programs. The Support Our Schools (SOS) sign up is now reopened for 2018-2019.

28. Look Around the Room! Please remember to sign up for conferences and parties using SignUpGenus. Also, write a letter back to your child before you leave and take the Chester Raccoon craft they made for you! Thank you for coming!