1. First Grade Curriculum Night
Welcome to
First Grade Curriculum Night
Mrs. Berman
Mr. Acuña
Mrs. Abrams
Ms. Padilla
Mrs. Felix

2. Get To Know Your Teacher
Education
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Family
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SDSU
3RD YEAR
2ND IN FIRST GRADE
BABY GIRL

3. Daily Schedule 8:45-9:00: Principal’s Announcements
10:45-11:15: Phonics
and foundational skills
11:15-12:00: Lunch
12:00- 12:30: Social Studies/Science
12:30-1:15: Writing
1:15-1:45: P.E.
1:45-2:45: Math
2:45-3:00: Read aloud
3:00-3:15: Clean up
3:15: Dismissal
8:45-9:00: Principal’s Announcements
9:00-9:30: Independent Reading & Conferencing
9:30-10:30: Language Arts/ Literacy Centers
10:30-10:45: Recess/snack
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MUSIC ON WED 12:00-12:30
LIBRARY TUES: BRING LIBARY BOOKS TO RETURN

4. Class Rules
Be Kind
Be Safe
Be Responsible

5. Daily Communication
Check backpack for class folder that must come to school and go home everyday.
Homework check list
Parents check weekly from Class Dojo
First grade blog:
What I learned today (backside of homework check list)
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SIGN HW CHECK LIST
ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE LEARNED

6. Class Dojo

7. Common Core Standards
Reading Literature
Reading Informative texts
Foundational skills
Whole class & small group instruction
Phonemic awareness, decoding/ phonics, oral reading fluency & comprehension
High frequency words
Read aloud
Listening & Speaking
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LITERATURE: retell, characters, setting, problem, solution, look at the pictures, what did the book remind you of, who is telling the story
INFORMATIVE: main topic, text features, table of contents, bold print, index, glossary
PHONICS: distingush sounds in print to better read and write.
FLUENCY: 60 CWPM
DRA: 20/24

8. WRITING Common Core Standards
Narrative- Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Write about a time you were scared
Informative/ Explanatory- Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Write about mammals
Write about how you brush your teeth
Opinion- Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
What is your favorite type of weather? And why?

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Common Core Standards
Add and subtract numbers to 20 with fluency
Numbers compare, order, read & write
Place value
Measurement & data
Shapes
Add and subtract to 100
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1. FLUENCY 1/8 OF A SEC OF LESS
2-3 TENS AND ONES PLACE VALUE. DRAW WHAT IT REPRESENTS USING BASE TEN BLOCKS
4. STANDARD AND NON STANDARD UNIT. HOW TO LINE UP ENDPOINTS, USE SAME UNIT OF MEAUSUREMENT
5. READ GRAPHS AND INTERPRET DATA
2D AND 3D SHAPES AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES. 6.

10. Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique their reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

11. Social Studies Citizenship & American Symbols Maps Long Ago & Today
The Economy
Cultural Diversity
Current Events

12. Science Space Systems Patterns with the sun, moon, and stars.
Plants and Animals
How are young plants or animals like and unlike their parents?
Waves: Light and Sound
How does sound move? How does light move?
Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
How do human solve problems by mimicking plants or animals?
Engineering Design
Design a structure to provide a function to solve a problem.

13. Homework
Weekly homework packet- It will go home Monday and it is due back the following Monday
20 minutes of reading a night
Some ways to read- independently, with an adult, audio books, read to a sibling out loud, online
Math practice and REFLEX math

14. Ways to Get Involved Join PTA Volunteer in the classroom
Volunteer to work from home
Classroom Donations

15. Contact Information
Room 706
(619) , ext
Room 703
(619) , ext
Room 705
(619) , ext
Room 704
(619)
Room 702
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16. Thank You
Thank you so much for coming tonight. Working together we will make this school year an exciting and meaningful experience for your child. ☺