1. Welcome to First Grade!

2. Welcome to First Grade!
I will introduce you to first grade and to our curriculum.
If you have any questions during my presentation please write them down and hold on to them until the end. .

3. Our Goals
To give your child the academic knowledge and skills they need to progress to second grade.
To provide a supportive, warm, and fun classroom environment.
To help your child grow socially, make new friends, and discover new interests.

4. Class Subjects The subjects we cover during first grade are: Reading
Math
Health
Writing
Technology
Social Studies
Science

5. Reading Reading Groups based on ability
Whole Group instruction in Harcourt Trophies Basal Reader and Core Knowledge
Big Books, Books on tape, Poetry, Fiction and non-fiction selections

6. Common Core Standards (AZ College and Career Readiness Standards) for Language Arts
Reading Standards for Literature
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Reading Standards for Foundational Skills
Writing Standards
Language Standards
Speaking and Listening Standards

7. Writing Write From the Beginning (Informative, Narrative, and Opinion)
Writer’s Workshop~ a very fun and relaxing way to learn to write and enjoy their work through celebrations.

8. Math Resources
Investigations ~ a very hands on way of teaching math through exploration and problem solving. We will make real life connections as to why and where we would use math.
Core Knowledge
District Approved Resources

9. Common Core Standards for Math (AZ College and Career Readiness Standards)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Mathematical Practices

10. Technology We have access to shared class sets of laptops/Thinkpad
One Smart Board
Two computer labs in school

11. Science Units of Study Rocks and Earth Materials
Living Things and Their Habitats
Sky and Weather
Movement and Balance

12. Social Studies Units of Study American History World History
Civics/Government
Geography
Economics

13. Health Being Healthy Eating right and being active Personal hygiene
Personal safety
Address, phone number

14. Homework Your child has a binder/folder that should be coming
home nightly and needs to return each day. Please
make sure that you and your student go through this
folder nightly.
Homework may include
Reading/Reading Wall Log
Math games/DreamBox
Additional support based on student needs

15. Grading Grades are based on the following: Teacher observation
Written work
Dialogue
Report Cards:
4 times
Proficient, Developing, Area of Concern

16. School Wide Buzz! Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible
Honey Drop Rewards

17. Parent Drop off
Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk.
If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk.
Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one
line of traffic that is pulling in from the street.
Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is appropriate.

18. LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF
Parent Drop Off
PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF
LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF
Enter
Exit
CROSSWALK
CROSSWAL K
South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue
Mountain Sky Avenue
Our main student drop off / student pick up lot is on the west parking lot off of 46th Street.

19. Parent Pick-up
Please have the yellow sign with your students first and last name, and grade level displayed in the windshield or hanging from the visor.

20. LANE FOR STUDENT PICK- UP
Parent Pick-up
Pull up as far as possible and your student will be sent to your car.
Students can enter cars after car passes the cross walk.
PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP
LANE FOR STUDENT PICK- UP
Enter
Exit
CROSSWALK
South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue
Student waiting zone

21. Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward
This will help the parent pick up line flow.