1. Welcome to Miss Lewis’ First Grade Open House

2. About Me I am a graduate of Moravian College. I majored in psychology and got my certification for Elementary Education K-6. I am currently pursuing my Masters in Education at Moravian. I have a twin sister who is also in the education field.

3. Kratzer Elementary School I pre student taught and student taught here at Kratzer. I then was a Title I assistant for two years, working with first grade, second grade, and fourth grade. During that time I also subbed for Mrs. Jones while she was on maternity leave, and in second grade as well. Last year was my first year teaching first grade! I’m very much looking forward to starting this second year with your kiddos!

4. A Typical Day in First Grade Morning Settling In / Morning Work Calendar / Rhythm & Rhyme Language Arts Afternoon Finishing Readers Club/Read Aloud/Writing Social StudiesSocial Studies / ScienceScience P.A.W.S. (Personal Achievement Welcomes Success) Period Math Encores

5. ART (Day 1) *smocks LIBRARY (Day 2) MUSIC (Day 3) GYM (Day 4) *sneakers COMPUTER LAB (Tuesday)

6. Classroom Management In my classroom, we earn marbles as our classroom management system. Each day, the children are rewarded with a certain amount of marbles for good behavior as a group. They earn marbles for working hard, listening carefully, walking nicely in the halls, etc. When we fill up our marble jar to the halfway mark, students will earn a treat. When we fill the marble jar completely up, we will have a bigger party! Students may also earn treats throughout the day from the treat jars for completing an assignment nicely, working hard, etc. Hoot Hoot Hooray Slips: You will see these slips coming home occasionally with your kiddos. They can earn a slip by showing outstanding behavior or hard work. When your child receives this slip, he/she has earned a green for the day!

7. Color Behavior System

8. Miss Lewis’ Website Please check out my website by going to: http://www.parklandsd.org/web/lewist/

9. Language Arts We are using the LEAD21 language arts program. There are eight units. They are: Unit 1: Friends and Family Unit 2: Everyday Science – On the Move Unit 3: Geography and Economics – In My Neighborhood Unit 4: Earth Science – Earth’s Treasures Unit 5: History and Culture – Stories of Our Past Unit 6: Life Science – A Perfect Place to Live Unit 7: Government and Citizenship – Good Citizens Unit 8: Challenges – Getting Along Click on the sun to go back. Click on the LEAD21 graphic to go to their website.

10. Math Go Math! is our math program. There are 12 chapters. Ch. 1: Addition Concepts Ch. 2: Subtraction Concepts Ch. 3: Addition Strategies Ch. 4: Subtraction Strategies Ch. 5: Addition and Subtraction Relationships Ch. 6: Count and Model Numbers Ch. 7: Compare Numbers Ch. 8: Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction Ch. 9: Measurement Ch. 10: Represent Data Ch. 11: Three-Dimensional Geometry Ch. 12: Two-Dimensional Geometry Click on the sun to go back. Click on the Go Math! graphic to go to their website.

11. Social Studies Our Social Studies program is published by Scott Foresman. The six units of study in first grade are: Unit 1: Time for School Unit 2: In My Community Unit 3: Work! Work! Work! Unit 4: Our Earth, Our Resources Unit 5: This Is Our Country Unit 6: Our Country, Our World Click on the sun to go back. Click on the Social Studies: All Together graphic to go to the Scott Foresman social studies website.

12. Science Our first grade science program consists of three units of study. Here are the names of the three units. Unit 1: Living Things Unit 2: Environment Unit 3: Matter and Water Click on the sun to go back. Click on the Discovery Works graphic to go to their website.

13. Homework  Your kiddo will have math homework each day. Along with the homework I send home a “Reteach” page. This goes over our lesson and can be extra practice for your child if he/she would like to do so. Each day students will also bring home the math pages they worked on in class. I tell them that this is a great resource to look back at if they are stuck while doing their homework.  When we begin Readers Club, students will be bringing home the book they read in class with a slip. The slip indicated what their reading assignments are. Please sign the slip and send it back to school with your kiddo so I know he/she read!  There will be no homework on Fridays! However, I suggest that you check out the Lead 21 website for some great books on your kiddo’s reading level and/or sing a few songs from your kiddo’s rhythm and rhyme folder!  Thank you for your support with this!!

14. Other Info:  Each Friday students will be getting a Weekly Newsletter. This is an overview of what we have learned that week and also upcoming events or assessments. I also put this up on my website each week so you may check there as well!  Each Friday students will also be getting a Friday Folder. This is a folder that will contain corrected homework and other work that I have checked over the week. Please review the corrected homework with your kiddo as needed. Please remove the papers from the folder each week and send the folder back to school on Monday. Thanks

15. Thank You! Thank you for all of your help and support! Please feel free to contact me anytime you have any questions or concerns.  Email: lewist@parklandsd.orglewist@parklandsd.org  Phone: 610-351-5900 (ext: 21116)