1. Mrs. Sharp Elk Ridge Elementary School Open House 2014-2015 Welcome to 1st Grade!

2. Mrs. Sharp 7 th year of teaching Master’s Degree in Education Reading Specialist Certification Member, Kappa Delta Pi – National Honor Society in Education Building Leadership Team

3. Agenda Behavior Logs Snack Star of the Week Curriculum New Policies Home Reading Homework Scholastic Book Orders Miscellaneous

4. Behavior Management Each child starts the day on Green. Please check and initial each night. Students with green or better at the end of the month get to pick form the prize box. Disrupting learning is cause for moving your clip down. Working quietly, staying on task, and being kind is cause for moving your clip up.

5. Snack Please send a healthy snack with your child each day. Due to food allergies, myself included, I do not provide snack. (Healthy snacks are listed on the ER website.)

6. Star of the Week Each student gets a full week to be “Star of the Week”. This comes with special privileges: Monday- Bring your favorite toy. Wednesday- Bring your favorite book to read to the class. Friday- Bring a healthy snack to share with the class.

7. Changes Move to PA Core Standards New materials New scheduling No 100 Book Challenge New groupings Marking periods

8. Math Curriculum Number Sense Addition & Subtraction Data & Graphing Telling Time Place Value Measurement Geometry Fractions Math Facts

9. NEW Literacy Curriculum Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary (HFW and Amazing Words) Reading Strategies and Skills Comprehension Writing Workshop and Journaling Small Group Instruction

10. Science and Social Studies Curriculum Foss - Solids and liquids, new plants Holidays, current events and community helpers

11. Student Evaluation Math- unit assessments Reading- pretests, weekly tests and unit tests Individual & Group assessments Anecdotal Records Journals Teacher Observations Grading System

12. New Policies Visitor Management System Volunteer Policy 4410 Car rider drop off

13. Home Reading No 100 Book Challenge, but students should still be reading each night. 100 Book Challenge books will not go home. If you need books, please let me know and I will lend you my classroom library books.

15. Homework Homework for the 1 st Trimester Nightly Reading – 15 minutes each night Math Homelinks Based on student needs (This will change as the year progresses.) Find a quite place.

16. Scholastic Book Orders Ordering online is quick and easy! Go to Scholastic Book Clubs! We earn free books each time you place an order.

17. Miscellaneous Specials are always on behavior calendar. Class website - mrssharp201@wikispaces.commrssharp201@wikispaces.com Remind 101: Text (484) 842-4196 with this message @mrssharp 1

18. MAP Testing!!! Measures of Academic Progress