Mrs. Hamadi 2015/2016First Grade

Lake Wilderness Elementary School

Welcome to Back to School Night

Developing life-long habits for successful, confident learning

Code of Cooperation/Behavior

• School-Wide Behavior Focus– We are Safe– We are Respectful– We are Responsible– We are Learners– We are Wildcats!

Classroom Tools:

• “How we are learning” rubric 4,3,2,1 provides direct correlation to report card

• Behavior chart• “Thumbs Up” chart

Reading Program

• Reading instruction in first grade is a shared responsibility between all the first grade teachers, the resource room teacher, children and parents.  Walk to Read: After the school year begins, students are grouped to receive specific instruction at their individual reading levels. We assess the children and regroup them as necessary throughout the year. All reading assessments and communication are the shared responsibility of the regular classroom teacher and the reading teacher. A typical week would include the following components:

Shared Reading Read Aloud/Story time Independent Reading Guided Reading and Literacy Centers Whole group Reading Lessons

Writing

Writer’s Workshop: Lessons and modeling of skills

Sharing: Celebrating workConferencing: Setting goals to improve

skillsHandwriting Without TearsSpelling: McCracken curriculum & TSD

spelling tests (begin Dec/Jan)

Math

• Our daily math time may include any of the following:

•  Whole group lessons:  Math Expressions curriculum.•  Math practice: Small group time to practice different

math concepts through the use of games, manipulative experiences and projects.

• Problem Solvers:  Word problems or story problems solved through specific problem solving strategies

• Fact Fluency

Fact Fluency

Fact Fluency: • Begins in October• Quick recall of addition and subtraction

facts for sums to 12• 20 problems in 90 sec.• Passing: 90% (18/20 or better)

Integrated Units

• Communities

• Australia

• Marine Life

Read At Home Program

• A book chosen especially for your child goes home in a zip lock bag.

• Student reads aloud to parent 2-3 times, more if desired.

• This book will be at your child’s independent reading level and should be easy.

• Parent signs off on log sheet. • Return book in it’s bag along with log sheet when

you are finished with that book.• A new book comes home!

Homework in 1st grade:

• An average of 100 minutes of at home reading each week.

• Spelling tests: practice begins in December; more information will come home at that time.

• Fact Fluency practice• Math Expressions: Unit packets will go

home. They do not need to be returned.

Second Step Program

• Develops social/emotional skills• Learn how to problem solve social issues

in order to foster a community of respect (ie: recess, playing fair)

Miscellaneous

  Take Home Folders as communication LWES Website/Class website for documents Contact via email or note vs. phone message

(long distance is not available) 2 field trips per year:

Storybook Theatre at Renton’s Carco Theatre Seahurst Park in May or June

Interested in volunteering?

• Confirm your volunteer clearance status• Sign up on SignupGenius for classroom

volunteering (see classroom website for link)

• Contact LWES Art Docents to become an art docent volunteer

• If your student has lost any items at school, please visit the back of the room

and then

Lost and Found outside Office B.

• Thank you for coming!