1. Curriculum Information
First Grade
Curriculum Information

2. Communication Please email your child’s teacher.
Weekly updates Friday afternoon.
Please your child’s teacher.
Mrs. Felten
Ms. Oakley
Mrs. Scott
Ms. Swaim

3. Quick text message reminders. enter your teacher’s code
Communication
Remind app
Quick text message reminders.
Text 81010
enter your teacher’s code
Felten Oakley Scott Swaim
@1stfelten @boakley @kscott @msjswaim

4. PLEASE be sure your child knows their bus number!
Students will arrive at school
no earlier than 8:20 and will be marked tardy after 8:30.
Students will exit outside classrooms.
PLEASE be sure your child knows their bus number!

5. If your child needs to know a change
in how they will be getting home, please inform the office! We don’t always check during the school day and can miss these important messages!

6. Homework pages will be sent home in the blue “everyday folder.”
Be sure the blue folder is returned to school every day.

7. Math Homework 1 page of math homework will be sent home on Monday.
Math homework should be returned in the blue everyday folder by Wednesday.
The skills on the homework page will be
review and extra practice - not new concepts.

8. Reading Homework
Book Bags: Students will bring home a book bag containing a book at their instructional reading level.
This is a book your child will be familiar from
their reading group instruction. This book
is not intended to challenge their comprehension or decoding skills.

9. Reading Homework
Book Bags: The purpose of the book sent home, is to reinforce fluency skills and word recognition.
The bag might also have ideas for strategies,
or skills for your child to
work on at home.

10. Reading Homework Book Bags: Have your child read the
book to you one-two times per night to reinforce fluency and word recognition
Be sure the book bag is returned to school,
Monday – Thursday.
If this book is lost or damaged, you will be fined $8 to replace the book.

11. Reading Homework
Word Lists: Students will bring home a list of common sight words to practice reading.

12. Reading Homework
Word Lists: The lists are lettered A-T. Students will be tested on their ability to read the words correctly.
Have your child practice reading the
words at home to mastery. Then,
send the list back and your child will
be tested and given a new list.

13. Spelling Homework
Trick Words: Students will be working on learning to spell “trick words” as part of our FUNdations program.
Students should practice spelling these words at home. A copy of all the trick words will be in the blue folder. We will inform you of the current unit each week.

14. Daily 5 Our literacy block utilizes
a daily 5 structure. In addition to guided
reading groups lead by the teacher,
students will be engaged in a variety of
literacy based activities.
Read to self, read to someone, work
on writing, listen to reading, word work.

15. Math Expressions The curriculum in first grade is focused largely
on number sense, counting, and
composing/decomposing numbers.
Students will also be focused on applying their
skills in order to solve real world problems.

16. During our Writing Workshop, students will be writing a variety of
genres.
Personal Narrative
How-To
Informational
Short Stories
Pattern Books

17. Science Units: Animal families and living things States of matter
Earth materials
STEM
We alternate science with social
studies every other unit.

18. Social Studies Units: Traditions Notable people, places and symbols
Economics: wants vs. needs
Geography

19. First grade typically takes 3
field trips.
Denver Aquarium
Arvada Center
Denver Zoo

20. Class DOJO What is Class Dojo?
Class Dojo is a classroom tool that helps me encourage positive behavior. Students can earn points for things like, being on task, completing their work, and showing kindness to others.
Students can use their points to earn different rewards like a prize from the treasure box, or lunch with the teacher.

21. Art P.E. Music Library Tuesday 3 day rotations Felten & Scott
Wednesday
Oakley & Swaim
3 day rotations
Tennis shoes on P.E. days