1. 2017-2018 Back to School Night Valley View School
Welcome to 1-Lee!
Back to School Night
Valley View School

2. Our Daily Schedule 7:55-8:10- Arrive and unpack
Morning message, greeting, announcements
Reading (Shared and Guided Reading/Centers)
Math
Snack
9:50-10:30- Special
Science
Fundations
11:50-12:50- Lunch (30 minutes) and Recess (30 minutes)
Social Studies
Writing
2:45- Dismissal

3. Morning Message and Greeting
Each morning, students enter the classroom to find a note from me on the easel. The note will inform them of something special about our day. We use this message as a shared reading activity during which we practice our reading strategies and phonemic awareness.
We also greet each other by name each morning. Research has shown that students are more comfortable in school and engaged in their learning when they have strong peer connections.

4. Reading
I will meet with 2 guided reading groups each day. Mrs. Conte will also be working with reading groups 3x/week. We will start guided reading later in September, after I assess each student’s reading ability with the DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment).
Reading Bags will come home each night and students will re-read their book(s) as part of their homework.
While I am meeting with reading groups, other students will be working in Literacy, Math and Science Centers.

5. EnVision Math Topics
1. Understanding Addition 9. Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 100
2. Understanding Subtraction 10. Adding with Tens and Ones
3. Five and Ten Relationships 11. Subtracting with Tens and Ones
4. Addition and Subtraction Facts to Length
5. Addition Facts to Time
6. Subtraction Facts to Using Data to Answer Questions
7. Counting and Number Patterns to Geometry
8. Tens and Ones Fractions of Shapes

6. Our Specials Schedule Monday- Music Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- PE (students must wear sneakers)
Thursday- Media (return books each week)
Friday-Art

7. New Science Program Topics
Earth and Space
Plants and Animals
Offspring and Their Parents
Light Energy
Sound Energy
Inspire Science focuses on “depth, not breadth.”
Each unit delves deep into the topic. Students will ask essential questions (How is sound made?), conduct inquiry activities, explore, experiment, and explain their findings.
Students will also be introduced to many careers in the STEM fields.

8. Fundations
Wilson Fundations provides all students in K-3 classrooms with a systematic program in the foundational skills for reading and spelling, emphasizing phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, high frequency word study, fluency, vocabulary, handwriting and spelling (Wilson Language Training Corporation 2014)
Fundations is a multisensory… program with a clear and thoroughly documented research basis. The program focuses on student development by differentiating instruction, and actively engaging students in their learning.
(Wilson Language Training Corporation 2014)
See hand out for complete overview.

9. Lunch and Recess
Students have 30 minutes for lunch and 30 minutes for recess.
Hot lunch is served everyday by the PTA. Ice cream is available Wednesday and Friday. Students must have their tickets with them.
Indoor recess is held in our classroom on rainy or cold days.

10. Social Studies
Marking Period 1 Rules, Laws, and Community Active Citizenship and Government Marking Period 2 Past and Present: Our Changing World, Native Americans American Culture and Diversity and Traditions Marking Period 3 Historical Figures Landforms, Water forms, and Natural Resources Marking Period 4 Natural Resource: Maps Economics: The Marketplace

11. Writing
Writer's Workshop is a designated time of 40 minutes each day where students become “authors”. Our lessons are taken, primarily, from the Units of Study for Intermediate Writers authored by Lucy Calkins and the Teacher's College at Columbia University.
Students will learn to write, revise, edit, and publish stories throughout the school year. They will also begin to assess their own writing and learn to implement the characteristics of quality writing into their own work.

12. Odds and Ends Please send a water bottle every day.
Dismissal- Please send a note or call the Main Office.
Homework
Star of the Week- Starts in October!
Spanish- Rock-a-Lingua DVDs
Snack- labels
Birthday Treats- nut free, all ingredients must be checked by Mrs. Barmore
Kindness Marble Jar

13. Before you leave… Look through your student’s books and desks.
Make sure I have your correct address.
Sign up for a Fall Conference.
Sign up for Mystery Guest.
Write your child a note.
Thank you so much for coming. If you have any lingering questions, please call or me!