1. Welcome to First Grade Curriculum Night

2. School Hours and Attendance  7:30 Active Start  7:50 Students Sent to Classrooms  8:05 Tardy Bell Rings  9:00 Attendance Taken  3:05 Dismissal Begins Attendance is very important! Much of what is taught is done hands-on and can not be made up. If your child has a fever or vomiting, please keep him or her home for 24 hours. This is requested by most doctors.

3. Transportation Transportation changes must be done through the front office by 2:00pm (fax) or a hand written note to the teacher. We can NOT accept transportation changes via email.

4. If your child would like to have a snack during the day, please make sure to remember: a healthy snack that does NOT need to be eaten with a spoon or fork. Water bottles may also be brought to school. Please send in a spill proof water bottle. Spills happen very easily! Lunch: 11:15-11:45 and Recess: 11:45-12:00 Checks/Cash can be sent to school with child’s name and ID number. Money can also be added to account online using a credit card. When visiting your child for lunch, there is a parent table for YOU and YOUR CHILD to sit at. You may not invite other students to eat with you. Snacks, Lunch, and Recess

5. Shoes and Clothing The kids have recess everyday! We will go outside on days the weather permits. Your child will also need to wear tennis shoes every day for P.E. Pack an extra set of clothes in their backpack. Not all accidents are bathroom related. Spills happen at lunch or sometimes puddles are hiding at recess.

6. Birthdays and Invitations Birthday treats will be brought during lunch time 11:15-11:45 and handed out to our class only at 11:35.

7. Homework (10 minutes) Each week, your child will have a math page. Read EVERY night. Other resources may be provided by your teacher.

8. Grades Grades are comprised of daily and major grades. Your child’s reading level will be a major part of their Language Arts grade.

9. Literacy Assessements and Conferences DRA — Developed Reading Assessment (Assessed each marking period) Beginning of the year: Level 4 (Level 3 is At-Risk) Middle of the year: Level 10 End of the year: Level 16 High frequency words, Segmenting and Blending Sounds Beginning of the year conferences will take place once all assessments have been completed.

10. What will my child learn in reading?  Recognize and use individual sounds to create words, or phonemic awareness  Understand the relationships between written letters and spoken sounds, or phonics. This allows children to recognize familiar words accurately and automatically, and "decode" new words.  Develop the ability to read a text accurately and quickly, or reading fluency  Learn the meaning and pronunciation of words, or vocabulary development  Acquire strategies to understand, remember and communicate what is read, or reading comprehension strategies

11. How can I help my child at home with reading?

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13. What will my child learn in writing? Create IDEAS to write about ORGANIZING writing to show a beginning, middle, and end Making decisions about WORD CHOICE Using CONVENTIONS Let me hear VOICE SENTENCE FLUENCY PRESENTATION of writing

14. How can I help my child at home with writing? Encourage writing at home. Allow children to sound out a word and spell it the best they can. Encourage writing using different genres: Nonfiction and Fiction Making Lists and Letters Fantasy

15. What will my child learn in math?  Addition/Subtraction to 20 including missing addends  Patterns in numbers: odd/even, skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s  Place Value: compare and order numbers  Number Sense: order of numbers, greater than/less than, locate on hundreds chart  Measurement: length, area, weight/mass, temperature, capacity  Coins: name, value and mixed combinations  Shapes: 2D (plane) and 3D (space)  Story Problems

16. How can I help my child at home with math? Weekly homework Encourage your child to identify math in everyday situations. Name 3D shapes while in the grocery store. Practice adding or subtracting groups of objects. Math Facts - We want your child to know math facts with automaticity. Flashcards Practice counting a large group of objects by skip counting. Encourage your child to sort loose change by coin. Then, identify the coin and how much it is worth.

17. What will my child learn in science? properties of matter heat energy sound energy light energy motion magnetism weather (clouds) seasons moon and stars soil and rocks living vs. non-living water food chain natural resources pet care life cycle of frog life cycle of chicken

18. How can I help my child at home with science? Incorporate the use of non-fiction text as part of your child's reading practice. Visit your local library to supplement non-fiction reading material. Keep a science fact journal or poster of science topics. Your child may draw a picture of new-found learning and record facts. Visit Brain Pop Jr., accessed through the Deretchin's website to reinforce key topics studied at school.

19. What will my child learn in social studies? Citizenship : What is a good citizen? Geography : Landforms Economics: Needs/Wants & Goods/Services Government: Who are our public officials and what do they do? What is voting? Culture: How are people alike and different? History: How have things changed over time? Texas/U.S. Symbols, Aesop’s Fables Resources

20. How can I help my child at home with social studies? Practice reciting the U.S pledge and Texas Pledge. Expose your child to different Texas Symbols. Talk with your child about community helpers and their roles. Talk with your child about what country, state, city, street they live in/on. Practice reading a calendar and a timeline. Read about the contributions of important people. Talk with your child about changes in technology. Discuss needs and wants. Discuss goods and services.

21. D3: Dragons Digging Deeper Students will participate in "D3 Time" (Dragons Digging Deeper) for 45 minutes per day. During this time, students will enrich the learning from their classrooms by working on targeted areas based on the child's needs. Through data from common assessments and benchmarks, we are able to identify areas that the children need to fill in gaps, as well as, areas that the children need to extend their learning to a higher level. All students will participate in D3 time in order to advance their learning.

22. What does reading look like in D3? Students will read and respond to level appropriate text based on students' individual DRA score. Students will strengthen skills by reading poetry, acting out reader's theaters, responding to literature, and increasing fluency. Fluency is the speed and accuracy at which your child reads out loud.

23. What does language look like in D3? Examples: Students will create words in word family. Generate words in the -at family. Students will make new words using letters in one longer word. Make as many new words as you can with the letters in president. Students will be engaged in activities based on word ladders, word sorts, word wall games, making big words, unscrambling words, word crosswords, vocabulary application.

24. What does math look like in D3? Example One: Students will review value and identification of each coin. Students will find value of coin amounts including combinations with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Example Two: Students will demonstrate mastery of basic addition and subtraction facts up to 20 with missing addends.