1. Top Ten Things You Need to Know About First Grade
Curriculum Night
Great Happens Here!

2. 1. Teamwork
Introductions Who’s here? NAME CHILD’S NAME Communication Blog:

3. Music Program: Tues. April 7
2. Schedule
Music Program: Tues. April 7
Snack is at 1:45 

4. Lunchtime and Recess: 11:40-12:20PM
3. Lunch/Snack
Menu-options
Birthdays
Allergies
Lunchtime and Recess: 11:40-12:20PM
Snack at 1:45PM

5. 4. 7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win-Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

6. 5. Writing Narrative Writing Non-Fiction Opinion Writing
How-to
All About
Opinion Writing
Invented Spelling
Handwriting
Letter formation
Readable

7. 6. Reading District Expectations Daily 3/Café Reading at Home Phonics
Reading for at least 90 minutes per day
Daily 3/Café
Reading at Home
Book baggies
Decoding Strategies
Comprehension
Phonics
Words Their Way
High Frequency Words

8. 7. Math Counts within 120 by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
Reads, writes, and represents a number of objects up to 120.
Adds and subtracts within 20 and demonstrates fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.
Uses addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems.
Tells, shows, and writes time in hours and half hours using analog and digital clocks.
Organizes, represents, and interprets data with up to three categories.
Builds and draws shapes to possess defining attributes.
Understands and uses place value.
Solves word problems using coin combinations and exchanges within $1.00 involving quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.

9. 8. Science/Social Studies
Social Studies SBO’s
Goods/Services provided by Government
Communities (rural, urban, desert, forest, etc.—why people choose to live there)
Producers and Consumers
Natural Resources
Geographic Definitions & Representations
(Maps, globes, human vs. physical characteristics)
US Symbols
Transportation & Technology/Communication
Leadership Qualities
Science SBO’s
Sun and Moon Unit
Exploration of Matter Unit
Light and Sound-Waves Unit
Plants and Animals Unit

10. 9. Volunteers/Giving Tree
Volunteers are always welcome!
Cutting
Sorting
Working with Kids
Leadership Notebooks
Organize Materials
Wish List outside my door & on blog

11. 10. Homework Math Home links Read at least 20 minutes a day
If your child reads 20 min. a day=8,000 min. for the school year.
If your child reads 5 min. a day=2,000 min. for the school year.
Practice High Frequency Words
Projects Occasionally

12. Thank you for coming!