Mrs. Arkinstall First Grade WELCOME!

A little bit about me… * This will be my 12 th year in the school district * 11 years experience in WSD, 4 here at Sequoia * Master’s Degree in Education * Fully credentialed

Daily Schedule 8:15 – 8:25Daily Writing Practice/SSR 8:25 – 8:45Morning Routine 8:45 – 9:50 Language Arts 9:50 – 10:10Recess 10:10 – 10:20Share 10:20 – 11:00Math 11:00 – 11:30 Writing Alive 11:30 – 12:15Lunch Recess 12:15 – 12:25Read Aloud 12:25 – 1:00 English Language Development 1:00 – 1:30Science or History/Social Studies 1:30 – 1:50Workshop/Writer’s Corner/Reading Groups 1:50 – 2:10PE 2:10 – 2:15 Behavior Calendars, Clean Up and Jobs 2:15Dismissal

Extras Schedule Library: Tuesday 11:00 – 11:30 Computers: Thursday 9:05 – 9:50 RAD (Rewards Activity Day) : Friday 1:55 - 2:15

Share Schedule Monday – Mrs. Arkinstall Tuesday – Red Group Wednesday – Orange Group Thursday – Green Group Friday – Blue Group –Table points earned when whole group participates. –Speaking and listening skills, comprehension, etc.

Sequoia Elementary School/Classroom Rules: Rule #1 Be Respectful Rule #2 Follow Directions Rule #3 Behave Safely

A-2 Discipline Individual Table/Color Group Whole Class

Discipline at the Individual Level Consequences for Positive and Negative Behavior Consequence Chart –Discipline Color Cards White = Great Day!!! Student was a good listener and worker all day. Yellow = Warning. Student needs to listen better and not be talking while the teacher is talking Blue = Lose ten minutes of recess Orange = Lose 20 minutes of “fun” activity (teacher’s choice) Red = Note home or phone call home RAZZLE DAZZLE = GREAT CHOICE!!!

Individual Discipline Continued… Behavior Calendars –Students fill in their own behavior calendar at the end of each day. At the end of the week it is sent home for parents to sign and return on Monday. Treasure Box –Each day a student earns a white card (or a Razzle Dazzle card), they also earn a stamp on the card. When they earn 10 stamps they get a visit to the Treasure Box!

Discipline at the Table Group Level Students are seated in small “table” or “color” groups. When the groups are working well together they earn a point for their group. At the end of the week the group with the most table points earns a trip to the “Big Treasure Box”.

Discipline for the Overall Class The class earns marbles in a marble jar for each good choice they make. When the jar is full they have a party (popcorn, cookie, pizza, game, etc).

Homework Rules Homework will be given out at the start of each week in the BLUE homework folder. It is to be completed with Parent Assistance throughout the week. Homework is due on Thursday, (the Reading Folder is due back on Friday) and needs to be returned back in the BLUE homework folder. Each month that your child returns their homework completed and on time, they earn “Lunch Bunch”.

Math Curriculum Addition and subtraction Graphing Time Money Addition and subtraction with two digit numbers

Language Arts Blending Vocabulary Print Concepts Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Reading Genres

Writing Alive Parts of Speech Sentence Structure Shape Sentence Show Color coded visual cues Graphic Organizers Daily sentence styling

Science Organisms Solids and liquids Weather

History/Social Science People Everywhere Where We Live World of Work Everything Changes Good Citizens

Field Trip Discovery Science Center

A-2 Wish List Expo Colored Dry Erase Pens Tissue boxes Hand wipes Hand sanitizer Cleaning wipes Boxed drinks or gallon sized drinks (to be used at the numerous lunch bunches) Plates, cups, napkins

Our School and Classroom We are a team! -students -teachers -staff -parents & families We will all work together towards student success!

Parents… Please leave a note for your child. Please sign the volunteer sheet if you can help out in the classroom! Have a great evening! THANK YOU FOR COMING TO Back to School Night!!!