1. Welcome to First Grade!
On one of the index cards on your desk, write an encouraging note to your first grader. You can find a pencil and crayons in the pencil box in their desk. Pictures are always appreciated since we are beginning readers. When you are finished, place the note in your child’s pencil box and place it back in their desk for a Friday surprise! 

2. Welcome to our Classroom!
Curriculum Night
Mrs. Gladden
Bain Elementary School

3. So glad you’re here … Can’t wait for you to get a glimpse of our day!

4. Before we get started, there is one message I promised the first graders I would give you …

5. Enough goofing off - Let’s get started!
Literacy - Imagine It!
Math - Investigations
Science - MacMillan
Social Studies - Nystrom
Writing - Lucy Calkins

6. Literacy

7. Imagine It! - Overview All units are organized around a central theme.
Inquiry is integrated into each unit.
All lessons are divided into three parts:
Preparing to Read
Blending and Decoding
Reading and Responding
Vocabulary and Comprehension Strategies
Language Arts
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Assessments are designed to monitor progress and allow for differentiation for each student.
Workshop: 30 minutes “centers” designed for small-group instruction, focusing on and reinforcing skills learned during whole class instruction.

9. Imagine It! - Units of Study
1st Quarter
Back to School
Where Animals Live
2nd Quarter
I am Responsible
Our Neighborhood at Work
What’s the Weather
3rd Quarter
North, South, East, West
I Think I can
4th Quarter
Away We Grow
Home, Sweet Home
I am Brave

10. Raz-Kids Interactive Books for 1st Graders Log-In dgladden First name
Last name

11. Writing

12. Lucy Calkins
Lucy Calkins is based on providing students the opportunity to write each day.
Writing structures are established and carried out each day.
The year long writing curriculum is divided into month long units of study.
Daily writing time is divided into two parts.
Daily mini lesson
Daily writing time

13. Lucy Calkins - Units of Study
1st Quarter
Launching Writing
Small Moments
2nd Quarter
Writing for Readers
Craft and Revision
3rd Quarter
Authors as Mentors
Non-Fiction Writing
4th Quarter
Poetry

17. Math Lessons are based on research to reach all learners.
Mathematical processes and thinking are the emphasis, over rote memorization of facts.
Skills follow a scope and sequence to build and expand knowledge.
Skills taught meet the NC Standard Course of Study.
Incorporates the use of manipulatives for hands-on learning.
Children learn math skills while enjoying the games and activities.
Provides opportunities for parents to play the games at home.

18. Investigations - Skills
1st Quarter
Introducing manipulatives
Calendar
Comparing and combining quantities
Addition
2nd Quarter
Geometry (2D)
Patterns
Story problems
3rd Quarter
Place Value (tens)
Data collection/ Graphing
Measurement
Addition/Subtraction
4th Quarter
Predictions/patterns
Numbers to beyond
Geometry (3D)

19. Science
Units of study involve learning about the natural world around us.
All units integrate inquiry into each lesson through using the skills of:
Observation
Infer
Predict and communicate
Measure
Put Things in Order
Compare
Classify
Investigate
Make Models and Draw Conclusions
Read and Use Pictures
Write
Find Information
Use Tools

20. Units of Study 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Inquiry Skills
Matter
Animals
2nd Quarter
Force and Motion
Taking Care of the Earth
Sky
3rd Quarter
Weather
Magnets
Sound
4th Quarter
Rocks
Plants

21. Social Studies
All units are designed around a central theme.
Each unit integrates learning across the curriculum through:
Art
Science
Language Arts
Technology
Reading
Math
Units use the expanding approach by starting with topics that are close to the student and guides them through topics that are more abstract.

22. Units of Study 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Land Around Us Black History
1st Quarter
Going to School
Good Citizens
Fall Activities
Various Holidays
Johnny Appleseed
Columbus Day
Halloween
2nd Quarter
Jobs People Do
All About People
Thanksgiving
Winter Celebrations
New Years
Martin Luther King, Jr.
3rd Quarter
Land Around Us
Black History
Dental Health
Nutrition
Various Holidays
4th Quarter
Change Over Time
Looking Back

23. Important Bain Staff John LeGrand, Principal
Kelli Drye, Literacy Facilitator
Twila Quattlebaum, Counselor
Lynn Hohrmann, Psychologist
Lynn Kuhn, Speech Pathologist
Yvonne Shoulders, Cafeteria Manager
Wandalaine Burch, BSEP/ASEP
Shawn Shaver, PTA President

24. Volunteering
Please make sure you have signed up on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools website if you plan to volunteer or chaperone field trips or special events. The process is very simple! Just visit …

25. Bobcat Boogie for Bucks
2010
Projectors for every classroom
Document cameras for each grade level
Speakers and accessories as needed
2011 Goals
Document cameras for every classroom
Accelerated Reader
Wireless keyboards

26. Extra! Extra! Mrs. Gladden’s Wiki Reading Reminders (AR)
Helpful Websites
Calendar
Newsletters

27. Thank you so much for coming
Thank you so much for coming! Please place your question cards in the basket and I will contact you as soon as possible! Make sure your note to your favorite 1st grader is placed in their pencil box so they have a surprise tomorrow morning!