2. You taught and continue to teach your child: language, socially acceptable behavior, problem-solving skills, morals and values, how the world works, and love and understanding.

3. You Are The Most Important Teacher in Your Child’s Life. It is essential for parents and school teachers to work as partners in educating children and ensuring their success in this world.

4. A Home-School Connection folder Our Weekly Newsletter Our Website Voice Mail Parent Conferences Volunteer Opportunities Communication is essential to building a strong connection between home and school so we offer:

5. What does 1 st Grade look like? The classroom is structured so students of various ages and abilities work and interact together in a learning environment tailored to the individual.

6. A heterogeneous community of learners Teacher-directed, child-centered learning Active student involvement Instruction designed to ensure progress and success Based on current knowledge of how children learn and develop

7. mandated by the State of Michigan and the Southfield Board of Education

8. Students will develop their skills in the five areas of literacy: Reading Listening Viewing Writing Speaking

9. Patterns Geometry Measurement Number Sense Operations Estimation Probability

10. Matter: Properties Magnets & Force Weather: Gathering Data Water: Properties and Sources Living Things: Their Needs and Characteristics

11. My Family History People: Past & Present Good Character People and the Environment My Economic World Gathering Data: Using Maps and Graphs

12. Children practice their math, reading, and writing skills on the computers. Children also have access to computers for research and book publishing.

13. DAILY Read, write, & practice math Study Word Wall Words PERIODICALLY Special projects. You will be informed of the project and its deadline in our newsletter and on our website. WEEKLY A weekly homework packet is distributed each Monday. The packet must be completed and returned the following Monday.

14. IN OUR CLASSROOM We believe that learning is a lifelong adventure. We believe in facing each day with minds open to knowledge and hearts open to love. We believe in the freedom to wonder, to ask, to explore, to imagine, to create. We believe that success means doing our best, being our best, and feeling proud of our effort. We believe that every one of us has special talents, and that the talents of each of us help all of us. We believe in ourselves, in each other, in our classroom.

15. Visit us again soon!

16. Presentation created by Colleen Lutes Graphics by Graphic Garden Music by Eric Satie, “3 rd Gymnopedie” Southfield, Michigan