1. Parent Information Night Thanks for coming! Background checks online now. This must be done each year in order to volunteer in the classroom, for parties, field trips, etc. You can do it from home! Thank you! Please pay attention. There is a quiz at the end (I’m not joking-you get to try the “clickers!”)

2. Communication Email (hopefully you’ve received some from me by now) Don’t send an email in the afternoon to change dismissal plan. You should get responses from me within 24 hours. Always check with me if you don’t hear back within a day. Send a note (Take home folder or Red Folder). Call the office. I will send your child home the regular way without a note or phone call. I will communicate through the monthly newsletters and calendars and occasional emails. I will call you with specific concerns. Check out the first grade website (newsletters, pictures, links, etc.). Conferences 2 times a year (Nov. and Feb.)

3. Homework 15 for Fun reading (working on just right books for them) Goal 5 X week High Frequency Words 10 a week for a total of 150 this year-some will be the same as spelling high frequency words. Assessed at the end of each quarter Spelling words (combination of high frequency words and word) I will give Friday quizzes each week Monthly sheet will come home with lists Assessed at the end of each quarter Math weekly review sheet (started this week) Due on Fridays Additional weekly sheet (with choices starts next Monday) Starts with 3 choices Due on Fridays

4. Behavior Expectations Saber Paws to recognize good behavior and earn a class party Go for Green Towers! Fun Friday!! Take a Break Individual Plans

5. Parent Involvement Let me know about any concerns or questions. Volunteer Please fill out the back of the Activity Fee note if you want to be contacted about volunteering. Check your child’s work and discuss their day. Come for lunch Check in at the office and meet your child at the cafeteria at 12:09. More details on the website.

6. Student of the Week Your child can bring in up to 10 pictures and 5 additional items to share with us by Wed. of their week. They share, we interview them and then I put together a book for them. This is kept at school for everyone to read and then sent home after everyone gets a turn to be Student of the Week. The schedule is on the website and I’ll list student names in the monthly calendar.

7. A Day in the Life of a First Grader….

8. Arrival/BellWork 8:40 Breakfast at school starts Otherwise please don’t arrive before 8:45 Lunch choices- Saber meal, Hot lunch, Lunch from Home Lunch money- sent in folders or online food service account Blue folders Red folders Library books Do “Bellwork”

9. Morning Meeting Responsive classroom- social curriculum Greeting Sharing Game

10. Math Homeroom for Core Lessons and Workshop (center, Ipads, small groups, one-on-one) Switching for standards (30 min) Grading- done by homeroom teachers Math Expressions games online Weekly math sheet (homework) Skip counting at home (10’s, 5’s, 2’s) Addition/Subtraction facts (doubles, 0, 1, 2) Counting money (p, n, d) to $1.00 Tell time to hour and half hour

11. Phonics (Spelling) We teach to some of the spelling rules and to high frequency words. Monthly list (in red folder) and quizzes on Friday. We practice at school (whole group lesson and individual practice time, but many kids will need additional home practice especially as words get more difficult.

12. Writer’s Workshop Spelling the best we can during writing We are currently working on journal writing

13. Recess and Lunch Outside everyday unless rainy or below zero with wind chill Dress appropriately for the weather. Eating lunch with your child- arrive 12:09, sign in at office. Saber Lunch Choice: Usually a choice of the Smuckers PBJ (peanut butter and jelly) or a meat/cheese sandwich or sometimes a plain cheese sandwich. If there are chips or a dessert on the hot lunch side, they offer the chips or dessert on the cold "Saber" side. There is a choice of three veggies and usually a choice of two fruits everyday.

14. Reading Whole Group Small Groups based on reading levels and/or other skills students need Read to self, partner read, “jobs,” and choices

15. Specialists Specialists on 10 day rotating schedule. Refer to the monthly calendar for specialist schedule each week. 1. Gym 2.Music 3.Gym 4.Music 5.Media 6.Gym 7.Art 8.Gym 9.Art 10.Music *Gym shoes or clean socks (if needed to borrow gym shoes) needed on Phy. Ed. Day (can leave some here).

16. Snack- bring a healthy snack each day or we have a community shelf, mainly with graham crackers.

17. Science (STEM)/Social Studies/Health Units vary throughout year- refer to monthly newsletters. Our Science Book

18. Dismissal Any changes in usual dismissal must be written in a note or called in to the office by 3:30. If you email me and don’t get a response, call the office.

19. Teacher Website (Shakopee Schools (Sweeney, Classrooms, First Grade- Can choose Mrs. Conyard but most on grade level site) Daily Schedule Having Lunch with your child Spelling Lists Newsletters Calendars Email Address Games (we will keep updating throughout the year)

20. Clicker Quiz You will use the top 3 buttons (a b c) for the following questions.

21. When are the weekly homework sheets due? a. Fridays b. Mondays c. The day after they come home

22. If your child is not going home the regular way, what do you do? a. Tell your child the plan and they can inform me. b. Send a note, email or call the office to make sure I know the change. c. Send me an email at the end of the day.

23. If you want to come for lunch, where can you find out the time to come and other details? a.On the website b.The Monthly Newsletter c.Make your best guess