1. Welcome to First Grade’s Curriculum Night
Mrs. Connell, Mrs. Gossett,
Mrs. Parris and Mrs. Barge, Mrs. Waters

2. The 5 Domains of Reading
The five domains of reading are the five components that all of us must master to become great readers.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension

3. Accelerated Reading (AR) Tips & Reminders
AR Books should be brought to school each day and taken home each day.
Your child will need to score 80% or better to receive credit for the book. They can not retake any AR test.
Students can take up to 2 tests per day.
Students can take tests on books that they have at home. You can check to see if it is an AR book at
Parents can use the Renaissance Home Connect to check their child’s scores and AR progress.
The High Bar Reading Challenge for the school has a goal of 50 points for 1st grade students. Students should earn at least points every 9 weeks in order to achieve this goal. The end of the 1st 9 weeks is October 6th.

4. Text Types and Purposes
WRITING
Text Types and Purposes
Informative/Explanatory
Narrative
Opinion
Production and Distribution of Writing
Add details to strengthen writing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Participate in research and writing projects

5. First grade’s Mathematics

6. Content standards for Grade 1 are arranged within the following domains and clusters:
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Measurement and Data
Geometry

7. Science

8. Science concepts covered this year:
Weather and climate
Changes in water caused by weather
Light and Sound
Magnets
Characteristics and basic needs of
plants and animals

9. Social Studies

10. Geography City, county, state, nation and continent
Continents, oceans, and landforms

11. Historical figures
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, and Ruby Bridges

12. Economics Goods, services, producers, and consumers
Spending and saving choices

13. Songs: “America” and “America the Beautiful”

14. Standards Based Grading
0= Critical Needs: Students are not making progress towards meeting the standard 1= Emerging: Students require additional support and interventions to achieve the standard 2= Progressing: Students are making progress towards but have not met the standard 3= Meets: Students have met the expected goal 4= Exceeds: Students are beyond the expected level at that point in time relative to the standard

15. First Grade Reminders PAWS Cards Project Based Learning (PBL)
Check your child’s folder nightly
Sign and return important papers
Read and keep other papers
Dress code reminders
Literacy Day
LES Parent/Teacher Conference Day is November 6

16. Where can you find more information?
Henry County School’s Website
Resources for The Georgia Standards of Excellence