1. Welcome to First Grade We invite you to take a look at our day together here at school!

2. First Grade Info Our day begins at 7:45 A phone call is appreciated, but a note is required for an absence Please call front office for ride change by 2:00 Lunch is at 11:15-11:45, Please join us anytime! Visitors-Background checks Send all medications to school nurse

3. First Grade Info Cont. * Boot Binder *Mandatory Parent Conferences Oct. 2 nd 3:15-6:00 Oct. 4 th 3:15-6:00 * Homework-Coming Soon -Reading nightly for 15 minutes -Math/Spelling

4. GRADES Numerical Grades will begin the Second Six Weeks Check grades online Progress Reports and Report Cards will be online this year! Some work will be sent home, other grades will be in your child’s Notebooks You are welcome to come visit us anytime!

5. Our Schedule 7:15-7:45 Arrival 7:45-8:05 Morning Meeting 8:05-8:55 Writers Workshop 8:55-9:50 Readers Workshop 9:50-10:45 Specials, Conference 10:45-11:15 Calendar 11:15-11:45 Lunch 11:45-12:15 Recess 12:15-1:15 Math Workshop 1:15-1:50 Science, S.S. 1:50-2:40 Stations, Reading Groups 2:40 Dismissal

6. Reading is what it’s all about!

7. Reading Goals/Readers Workshop * DRA Testing 3-16 Beginning, Middle, and End of Year * Level C-I What does it look like? * Comprehension Guiding Questions, Make Connections * Fluency Reading just right * Guided Reading Group- Books will be sent home in Boot Binder, Must be returned daily *Spelling-Coming Soon!

8. Speed to Read!

9. Writers Workshop *Opening, Work Period, Closing * The writing process -Planning -Drafting -Editing -Publishing *Story Ideas *Handwriting *Inventive Spelling is good! -mi kat iz cut

10. Math Assessments- B, M, E of year Assessing: Number Sense, Mental Math, Seeing and Counting Groups How can you help at home? *Play Dot Cards *Ask your child how many dots do you see? Can they see groups and not have to count by ones?

11. Science Ongoing Process Skills- collect data, measure, sort, predict Process, Inquiry, and Physical Systems – Parts of a whole, record changes in size, shape, mass, color Earth Systems- Rocks, soil, water Space- change occurs Life Systems- parts of plants and animals, living/non-living

12. Social Studies * Citizenship/Rules *Communities * Authority Figures * Traditions, Customs, Celebrations * Geography/Mapping * Texas Symbols * US Symbols

13. First Grade Behavior * Here at Clara Love we want to create a positive reward system (no colors)! *Choice Celebration- for making good choices *Character Lessons Extra Incentives: taking your shoes off, lunch in the classroom, treasure box School wide Expectations

14. Thank you for coming to Curriculum, now enjoy some cookies and mingle!