1. Curriculum Night First Grade North Buncombe Elementary School

2. Welcome Agenda: What is Common Core? Math
Language Arts –Reading and Writing
Science/Social Studies
Kindergarten to 3rd Grade: Read to Achieve
Daily Homework
Questions?

3. What is Common Core?
A set of standards that drive the curriculum of each grade level in the school. These standards address the content of what should be taught in individual grade levels and build upon each other so that learning deepens each year.
For more information on the Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts and Literacy, go to
english-language-arts-standards.

4. Math
In grade one, students will work with whole numbers to 120 and place value—including grouping numbers into tens and ones as they learn to add and subtract up through 20. Students will also use charts, tables, and diagrams to solve problems. Activities in these areas will include:
Quickly and accurately adding numbers together that total up to 10 or less and subtracting from numbers up through 10
Understanding the rules of addition and subtraction (for example, 5+2=2+5) Understanding the meaning of the equal sign (=) and determining if statements involving addition and subtraction are true or false (for example, which of the following statements are true? 3+3=6, 4+1=5+2)
Solving word problems that involve adding or subtracting numbers up through 20 with an unknown AND AN EQUATION THAT MATCHES.

5. Continuum of Solution Strategies for First Grade
Examples of Grade One Word Problems
Addition - 6 bunnies sat on the grass. Some more bunnies hopped over Then there were 14 bunnies. How many bunnies hopped over? 6 + __ = 14
Subtraction - 14 bunnies were sitting on the grass. Some bunnies hopped away. Then there were 5 bunnies. How many hopped away? __ = 5
Comparison -Lucy has 12 apples. Julie has 9 apples. How many more apples does Lucy have than Julie? 12 – 9 = ___
Continuum of Solution Strategies for First Grade
Counts all with direct modeling
Combination of counts all and counts on
Counts On or Counts Back
Counts on from the bigger number and uses a combination of counting by ones and groups
Internalized fact or uses relationship between addition and subtraction
Makes a ten by decomposing a number; builds up through ten.
Creates an easier problem with known sums.

6. Comparing two-digit numbers using the symbols > (more than), = (equal to) , and < (less than)
Adding one and two-digit numbers together using a variety of strategies besides counting all.
Measuring the lengths of objects using a shorter object as a unit of length
Putting objects in order from longest to shortest or shortest to longest
Organizing objects into categories and comparing the number of objects in different categories
Dividing shapes into halves and quarters/fourths

7. Literacy Standards
In English language arts and literacy, there are three major comprehension objectives:
Students will continue reading and writing. But in addition to stories and literature, they will read more texts that provide facts and background knowledge in areas including science and social studies.
They will read more challenging texts and be asked more questions that will require them to refer back to what they have read orally and in written format.
There will also be an increased emphasis on building a strong vocabulary so that students can read and understand challenging material.

8. Grade Level Reading Expectations
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May
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F/G G H I J
This is a table for monitoring progress of Instructional Reading Level based on mClass Reading 3D Benchmarks. Instructional level means it can be read with instructional support. Buncombe County Schools are using this to monitor the expected reading performance for the 10 month school year. This table only shows First grade levels. Students will be assessed a minimum of 3 times a year. Extra support in weak areas will be given if he/she is below grade level expectations as well as progress monitoring assessments.
Baggy books sent for homework are to be on your child’s Independent reading level. The independent level is usual a level below the instructional level so students can read with more confidence and fluency. Homework should not be a struggle. Please let me know if you have questions.

9. Examples of Language Arts
• Reading stories and showing they understand the lesson or moral of the story
• Asking and answering questions about a story, including characters, settings, and major events
• Comparing and contrasting the experiences of different characters
• Identifying the reasons an author gives to support a point
• Explaining differences between texts that tell stories and texts that provide information
• Learning and using new words
• Participating in class discussions by listening, responding to what others are saying, and asking questions
• Describing people, places, things, and events, expressing feelings and ideas clearly
• Learning basic rules of spoken and written English
• Working with others to gather facts and information on a topic
• Writing to describe an event, give information on a topic, or share an opinion using details and transitional words.
Use correct letter formation, spacing, punctuation and capitalization .

10. Science and Social Studies are integrated into Reading and Writing
Main Science Concepts:
Ecosystems (needs of plants and animals and how they are met through their environments)
Forces in Motion (how forces affect the motion of an object)
Earth in the Universe ( features and patterns of the earth, moon and sun as seen from Earth)
Earth Systems, Structures and Processes (rocks and soil)
Main Social Studies Concepts:
Geography and Environmental Literacy (mapping, terms, landforms and taking care of our environment)
Civics and Governance (importance of and need for rules)
History (how history tells a story of how people and events change society)
Economics (understand basic economic concepts)
Culture (understand the diversity of people in a local community)

11. Read to Achieve North Carolina Legislation G.S. 115c-83.1A
GOAL:
All students be proficient readers by the end of third grade.
Give students multiple opportunities to show proficiency
Give extra support to third and fourth grade students

12. Read to Achieve
At the end of 3rd grade the “Read to Achieve” legislation requires that 3rd graders read at a proficient level on the end-of-grade test. Here is what will happen for those students who are not proficient:
First, your child will be retested to make sure that s/he did not have a bad day on the day of the test administration.
Second, if your child is not proficient on the retest, s/he may attend a no charge summer reading camp organized by the school district to help improve his/her reading skills.
At the end of summer reading camp, your child’s reading will be retested. If s/he tests proficient, your child will be eligible to be promoted to fourth grade.
If your child does not score proficient, s/he will be placed in:
A three/four transitional class (Third grade “retained reading level”)
Fourth grade standards and curriculum
90 minutes uninterrupted literacy instruction/day
Retested for Mid-Year Promotion.
4th grade End of Grade Test

13. Read to Achieve Grade 1 Reading is the core of all instruction
Foundational reading skill build deeper comprehension skills and success in other content areas.
Teachers and parents understand reading skill development and levels
Design instruction to help students read, comprehend, integrate and apply complex texts needed for secondary education and to be successful independent readers.
mClass Reading 3D Assessments
Listen to child read from books and use one minute skill tasks
Home Connect letters, Progress Monitoring and PEPs

14. Homework
Monday-Friday students will read a Baggy Book, a fluency passage and study the weekly spelling words.
A math activity will be given once a week.
Please sign your child’s work nightly.

15. Ways to Help at Home
Provide time and space for your child to read independently. This reading time should be free from distractions such as television.
Ask your child what topics, events, or activities he or she likes. Then look for books,magazines, or other materials about those topics that would motivate your child to read.
It is also helpful when your child sees other people reading at home. You could share what you have read.
Be sure your child has a library card. Children should select books they are interested in to develop a passion for reading. Many libraries have book clubs and family activities that make reading fun for the entire family.
Use technology to help build your child’s interest in reading. There are several websites where students can read books or articles online. NBES has an exciting and effective online reading program that your child is enrolled in called RAZ-Kids. The computer will help with words the student cannot read independently. Libraries also have computers students can use to access those sites.

16. Questions Thank you for coming!
This PowerPoint will be posted on the NBES website under first grade academics.